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Shorter Unemployment Benefits May Ease Persistent Skilled Labor Shortage
Ifo Institute researchers suggest that reducing the duration of reduced working hours benefits could help alleviate the current…
Condor Asks Global Markets Halt Emissions Trading Amid Kerosene Shortage Threat
Amid the global kerosene shortage stemming from the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Peter Gerber, CEO of…
Hospital Workers Warn Reform Plans Threaten Major Nurse Shortage
In an open letter addressing the federal government, the works councils representing over 20 hospital groups and university…
BER Defies Fears No Jet Fuel Shortage Despite Pipeline Rumors
Despite reports of a potential supply stop for Kazakh crude oil via the Druschba pipeline, Berlin Brandenburg Airport…
Opposition Intensifies Pressure On Government Over Fuel Shortage Fears
Renewed pressure is mounting on the federal government as opposition parties react to warnings from the International Energy…
German Finance Minister Urges Preparation Amid Potential Kerosine Shortage
Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) has warned about potential kerosene shortages and called for measures to ensure…
Gasoline Shortage Sparks Appeal For Germans To Conserve Fuel
Sepp Müller, the co-chair of the parliamentary fuel price task force from the CDU, is calling for Americans…
Helium Shortage Threatens Medical Tech Amid Ongoing Iran Conflict
Concerns about the ongoing conflict in Iran have prompted warnings from the medical technology industry regarding a potential…
Easter Egg Shortage Looms as Germany Faces Empty Shelves Ahead of Spring
Germany is facing empty egg shelves in supermarkets right before Easter. Analyst Margit Beck of Marktinfo Eier & Geflügel (MEG) told…
Verena Hubertz Announces New Federal Housing Company to Address Shortage
Germany’s housing sector has fallen behind, prompting Federal Building Minister Verena Hubertz to propose creating a federal housing company of…
German Economy Ministry Rules Out Petrol Shortage
The German Federal Ministry of Economics, headed by CDU’s Katherina Reiche, has ruled out any danger of a gasoline…
Fuel Shortage Sparks Heated Speed Limit Debate as Consumer Advocate Warns Against Panic
Facing looming fuel shortages, a heated debate over state‑led traffic restrictions has erupted. Consumer‑protection officer of the Union’s…
Iran War Spurs Fertilizer Shortage Threatening Higher Food Prices
Federal Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer (CSU) has warned that rising fertilizer costs-driven by the conflict with Iran-could soon push up…
Oil Industry Stands Firm Against Antitrust Crackdown, Alerts to Fuel Shortage
The oil‑fuel industry has opposed a tightening of antitrust law and warned of shortages in gasoline and diesel…
Left Party Demands End to Profit Logic in German Healthcare Amid Hospital Reform Criticized for Worsening Staff Shortage
The amendments to Germany’s hospital reform adopted by the Bundestag on Friday are expected by the Left to…
Ifo President Fuest Warns Expanding Rent Cap Will Fuel Germany’s Housing Shortage
According to Ifo President Clemens Fuest, a broadening of the rent‑cap would actually worsen Germany’s housing crisis. In a…
Germany Sees Easing Skilled Worker Shortage as Hiring Gap Slows Down
The difficulty of finding skilled workers has eased slightly for German companies, according to the latest Ifo Institute…
Union and SPD Reject Greens’ Warning of Gas Shortage
The Union and the SPD in the Bundestag dismissed the Green caucus’s warnings of an imminent gas shortage…
Entry‑Level Workers in Germany Face Longer Job Hunt Amid Skills Shortage Over One‑Fifth Wait Over Six Months for First Job
New professionals in Germany are taking longer than ever to secure their first jobs, even though the country…
Handwerkers Shortage Sparks Rent Boost Proposal
Rebalancing Priorities: German Lawmaker Proposes Incentivized Retirement and Targeted Study Fees to Address Skills Gap A prominent member…
Winter Storm No Salt Shortage Expected
Despite the current severe winter conditions gripping Germany, the German Association of Cities and Municipalities reports no immediate…
Conservatives Push Apprenticeships to Tackle Skills Shortage
A Push for Mandatory Apprenticeships Sparks Debate Germany’s persistent shortage of skilled tradespeople is prompting a significant policy…
Germany Faces Daycare Shortage For New Right
Germany faces a significant shortfall in childcare provisions as it prepares to implement a legal entitlement to full-day…
Germany Faces Childcare Shortage
Germany faces a persistent and widening shortfall in childcare places, particularly for children under three, according to a…
Nursing Shortage Shrinks Dramatically
A recent analysis by the German Institute for Economic Research’s Competency Center for Skilled Workforce Security (KOFA) reveals…
Doctor Shortage Solutions Debated
The proposed overhaul of specialist healthcare access in Germany, spearheaded by Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU), is facing…
Nobel Laureate Questions Skills Shortage Claims
The recent chorus of complaints regarding labor shortages in Germany rings hollow to Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin, the…
Chip Shortage Forces ZF to Consider Furloughs
The automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is preparing for temporary layoffs at several of its sites, a move triggered…
Techmakers Face Growing Chip Shortage
The escalating scarcity of materials impacting manufacturers of electronic and optical products is raising fresh concerns about Germany’s…
Greens Accuse Wealthy of Inaction on Chip Shortage
The ongoing semiconductor shortage is triggering a sharp rebuke of German Economics Minister Katherina Reiche (CDU) from the…
VW Zwickau Cuts Production Due to Chip Shortage
The Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, a critical hub for electric vehicle production, will enter short-time work, beginning next…
Construction Faces Major Skills Shortage in Germany
A significant shortage of skilled workers is threatening to derail infrastructure projects funded by Germany’s Special Fund for…
Road Funding Shortage Sparks Debate
A shortfall in funding is emerging as a significant obstacle to the planned expansion of Germany’s autobahn and…
Doctor Shortage Fears Spark Reform Calls
The German Association of General Practitioners is highlighting a recent survey coinciding with the start of the National…
Airport Scanner Shortage Causes Liquid Restrictions
Recent assessments reveal that German airports are not fully prepared to implement the EU’s relaxed liquid restrictions for…
Housing Shortage To Last Until 2030s
A persistent shortage of housing is expected to continue in Germany for at least the next decade, according…
German Firms Face Growing Skills Shortage
A recent economic survey published Thursday indicates that the shortage of skilled labor is intensifying for businesses across…
Defense Industry Fears Skills Shortage
Germany’s defense industry finds itself at the cusp of a new era of growth, yet simultaneously grappling with…
Trucking Faces Crisis Shortage Threatens Supplies
A potential Russian attack on a NATO member state could trigger a severe supply crisis in Germany, leaving…
Doctor Shortage Hits Big Cities
A new analysis by comparison portal Verivox has revealed significant disparities in pediatric care across Germany, extending beyond…
Skills Shortage Tops Business Planning Concerns
A significant majority of German businesses are currently grappling with a critical skills shortage, emerging as their most…
Skills Shortage to Surge by 2028
A new study released Monday by the Institute for Economic Research (IW) projects a significant widening of the…
Germany Faces Water Shortage Risks
Concerns are rising over potential water shortages in several regions of Germany, according to the Managing Director of…
Successor Shortage: The Hidden Reason Why Companies Are Stalling on Innovation
A study by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research has found that companies that hire fewer apprentices also…
Can It Survive the Coming Shortage?
European Defense Industry Faces Potential Massive Skills Shortage Amid Expected Military Build-Up According to a calculation by the…
EGGS-travagant Inflation: Swiss Scramble for a Yolk as Egg Shortage Hatches!
The Swiss individual egg producers are struggling with a growing scarcity of eggs, particularly affecting regional free-range egg…
BOMBSHELL: Leftist Party Demands Radical Shift in Housing Policy Amid 550,000 Affordable Housing Shortage
In the face of warnings from the “Social Housing Alliance”, Left Party leader Jan van Aken is calling…
‘Growth Stifled by Perfect Storm of Skilled Labor Shortage’!
Russia’s labor market has hit a new record low, with the unemployment rate dropping to 2.3% in November…
90% of Airports Face Severe Pilot Shortage!
A recent report by the CBS network, citing data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), reveals that over…
The Skills Shortage Just Got a Whole Lot Older!
The shortage of skilled workers could further worsen as many dependent employees in so-called bottleneck professions belong to…
Deutsche Bahn’s Shocking Forecast of a Looming Labor Shortage!
German Railway (Deutsche Bahn) will employ fewer new recruits in 2025 than in the current year. Around 5,700…
Health Ministry’s Mysterious Covid-19 Shot Shortage!
The Federal Ministry of Health has provided practices and pharmacies with more than eight million doses of COVID-19…
British Airways is facing staff shortages
British Airways is expected to suspend up to 10,000 flights until the end of March next year. According…
German airports in trouble due to lack of staff
German airports in trouble due to lack of staff. German Transport Minister Volker Wissing noted the problem of…