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Tattoo Trouble: No Pay for Pain!
A German court has ruled that employees do not have a right to continued pay if they become…
June 27, 2025
SPD’s Politicization of Pay Threatens Saxony’s Economy?
German Politician Warns Against Politicizing Minimum Wage Sachsen-Anhalt’s Minister-President Reiner Haseloff, a member of the Christian Democratic Union…
June 26, 2025
Will Germany’s Workers Have to Wait Longer for a Pay Rise?
A development in the German minimum wage commission’s decision-making process has emerged, potentially altering the expected timeline for…
June 25, 2025
Taxpayers Pay the Price as Airlines Take Flight in Exile
A German Air Transport Association Chief Demands Swift Implementation of Industry Reliefs in Upcoming Meeting with Transport Minister…
June 25, 2025
Coalition Factions Unite to Make Them Pay
A coalition of Germany’s Union and Social Democratic parties has expressed support for the fire brigade’s demand to…
June 21, 2025
US Tariffs: German Automakers Pay Half a Billion Euros in April
A deal on US tariffs likely, says German auto industry head The head of the German Association of…
June 20, 2025
Insurers Pay Out €350 Million in Damages
Insurance Companies in Germany Pay Record High for Lightning Damages in 2024 According to the annual report of…
June 14, 2025
FUEL APOCALYPSE: Get Ready to Pay the Price for the Middle East Crisis
German motorists can expect higher fuel prices in the wake of the escalating military tensions between Israel and…
June 13, 2025
‘Pay Back If You Leave’ – CDU’s New Rule
German politicians have proposed a new plan to make international medical students who leave the country after graduation…
June 12, 2025
Only 2.6% Pay Index Rent, But New Builds and Big Cities See a Surge
A recent study by the German Institute for Economic Affairs (IW) has shed light on the prevalence of…
June 12, 2025
Families Pay the Price for Deutsche Bahn’s Greed
German Railways Abandons Family Reservation, Raising Fares for Passengers German Railways, the country’s national railway operator, has announced…
June 10, 2025
States to Pay the Price for Tax Cuts?
Germany’s Minister-President Warns Against Federal Tax Cuts at the Expense of States Thuringia’s Minister-President, Mario Voigt of the…
June 4, 2025
German Inland Shipping Workers to Get a 7.4% Pay Bump in a Year!
German employees of the inland waterway shipping industry are set to receive a pay increase, as the service…
June 2, 2025
Will the German Government’s Plan Pay Off?
In a move seen as a positive signal, the German Association of Driving Schools (BVF) has welcomed the…
May 31, 2025
Tariffs Will Lose, Consumers Will Pay the Price
Henkel CEO Carsten Knobel Expects a Positive Resolution to the US Tariff Dispute Henkel’s CEO, Carsten Knobel, has…
May 29, 2025
‘Who Orders, Must Also Pay’ – States and Municipalities Demand Federal Government Bear the Cost of Commuter Allowance and Value-Added Tax Cuts
Germany’s Federal Government Faces Opposition Over Tax Cuts and Commuter Allowance The German federal government’s plans to increase…
May 27, 2025
Childless Germans to Pay More
German Union’s Leader Urges Overhaul of Social Insurance in New German Government The head of the German Young…
May 26, 2025
Will Insurers Pay the Price for Ignoring Employee Demands?
A stalemate in the third round of wage negotiations in the private insurance industry has led to a…
May 24, 2025
‘Vacation Pay’ for the Crooks, Not the Caregivers
Millions in German Social Care System Lost to Fraud, Investigation Finds A recent investigation by Süddeutscher Zeitung, NDR…
May 22, 2025
Foreigners Pay a Premium to Rent in Germany
Foreigners Pay Higher Rent in Germany, Statistics Reveal According to the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the average…
May 21, 2025
Self-Employed and Civil Servants to Pay Contributions
In the ongoing debate about long-term financing of the pension system, Federal Minister of Labor Bärbel Bas (SPD)…
May 12, 2025
US Sticks to Commitments, But Europe Must Pay Up!
The United States remains committed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
April 3, 2025
Deutsche Bahn’s Trains Run Late, CEO’s Pay Runs High
The Deutsche Bahn’s punctuality issues are nothing new, nor are its financial losses. The question is, how much…
March 27, 2025
Higher Pay Wins Out in Military Math
A study by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research suggests that increasing salaries in the German military could…
March 20, 2025
BOMBSHELL: Ukraine Cut Off from US Satellite Lifeline, Now Forced to Pay for Commercial Services in Shocking Fallout from Trump’s Dispute
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) has reportedly stopped providing satellite imagery to Ukraine, for which the US…
March 9, 2025
80% of Germans Demand Fair Pay in Public Tenders
A recent European-wide survey conducted by the European trade union, UNI Europa, has found that a majority of…
March 4, 2025
WAGE WAR: Women’s Pay Gap to be Exposed: Commissioner Demands Transparency Revolution!
A German anti-discrimination official, Ferda Ataman, is calling for the next federal government to introduce regulations for greater…
March 3, 2025
POSTAL WAR: Germany’s Mail Service on the Brink of Chaos as Workers Demand 7% Pay Rise
The German Postal Service’s labor conflict has escalated, with the services union Verdi calling for further strikes. On…
March 1, 2025
How Ottawa’s Gamble with Anti-Trump Rhetoric Could Pay Off in a Big Way
Canada’s Foreign Minister, Melanie Joly, recently traveled to Europe to warn of the threat posed by the US,…
February 22, 2025
DRONEAGEDON: Russia’s Terror Insurance Boom: Don’t Fly, Pay to Pray!
Russian demand for insurance against terrorism and sabotage has increased due to the growing number of Ukrainian drone…
February 21, 2025
Patients to Pay the Price?
A new trend in healthcare could continue under a CDU-led federal government: higher tariffs, less service. The Adenauer…
February 17, 2025
Bahn Workers in for a 6.5% Pay Bump: German Rail Deal Reached
The Deutsche Bahn and the Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft (EVG) have reached a tariff agreement, with both parties agreeing…
February 16, 2025
Trump’s Cop-Out: Can the US President’s Gamble on Russia Pay Off?
The art of deal-making has long been a staple of American diplomacy and now, under the presidency of…
February 14, 2025
Shock 16% Pay Gap Revealed for 2024 Germany!
New Data Reveals Germany’s Gender Pay Gap Remains Substantial According to the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), women…
February 13, 2025
Will Kiev Pay the Price in Dollars and Identity?
In an interview with Bret Baier of Fox News, US President Donald Trump claimed that “the United States…
February 11, 2025
GAS SHOCK: New Homeowners in Germany Pay 43% More for Gas, a Staggering Spike in Just One Year!
Gas Prices for New Customers in Germany Rise Sharply in a Year, Data Shows A recent analysis by…
February 10, 2025
Feminist Fury: Greens Unleash Plan to Sue for Pay Gap Justice!
The Green Party aims to improve the situation of women on the labor market through economic incentives and…
February 4, 2025
German Job Center Demands Refugee Pay Premium to Work, while Locals Get Paid Less!
A recent example of bureaucratic inflexibility in Germany has been reported by the Schwäbische Zeitung. Two refugees in…
February 3, 2025
BREAKING: Survivors of Rape Won’t Pay for ‘Morning After’ Pills Anymore!
Women who have been victims of sexual violence will no longer have to pay for emergency contraception like…
January 30, 2025
Trump’s Ultimatum: Pay Up for Ukraine or Face the Consequences, EU Left in the Dark
The European Union does not understand many things, even if they significantly concern it. For instance, it seemed…
January 26, 2025
Most Germans Want Rich to Pay More
A majority of Germans want higher taxes on high incomes, according to a recent survey. In the ZDF-Politbarometer…
January 24, 2025
Post Workers to Get a Hefty Pay Hike?
Ahead of the second round of collective bargaining for the approximately 170,000 employees at Deutsche Post, scheduled to…
January 23, 2025
‘Pay for Protection’ Warning
In the wake of a recent Federal Constitutional Court ruling, the Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul,…
January 18, 2025
Police Union Demands Bundesliga Clubs Pay for High-Risk Games
Ahead of the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on the assumption of costs for high-risk football matches in the…
January 14, 2025
German Fury: Majority Rejects Boss’s Sick Day Pay Cut Plan
The majority of Germans reject Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte’s proposal to relieve companies by canceling the payment of…
January 14, 2025
Trump’s Threats Pay Off!
Greenland Open to Cooperation with US on Natural Resources, Minister Says Greenland’s Minister for Independence and Foreign Affairs,…
January 10, 2025
No Pay for First Day of Sick Leave?
Allianz CEO’s Proposal to Cut Sick Leave Raises Eyebrows The CEO of Allianz, Oliver Bäte, has sparked outrage…
January 9, 2025
Germany’s Lifeline Against Sick Leave Pay Cuts
German Labor Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) has rejected the proposal by Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte to stop paying…
January 9, 2025
German Citizens Chip in to Pay Off €75,000 of National Debt!
Last year, 74,455.87 euros were deposited into the federal government’s debt redemption account, which citizens can contribute to,…
January 8, 2025
SPD Proposes 18 Months of Extended Parental Leave and Higher Pay!
The SPD is aiming to reform the parental benefit, where parents can receive full parental benefit for up…
December 24, 2024