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German Economy Slowdown Forecast for Next Year
The Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle (IWH) has released its autumn forecast, projecting global production to increase…
Jobless Benefits Frozen Next Year
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Labour has recalculated the standard rates for basic citizen’s income, revealing no increase for…
Ramelow Proposes Mandatory Social Year For Young Germans
A prominent German politician has proposed broadening mandatory national service options for young citizens, injecting a new perspective…
German MP Calls for Mandatory Service Year for All Residents
The Chairman of the German Bundestag’s Defence Committee, Thomas Röwekamp, is advocating for a universal year of national…
German Economy Faces Stagnation This Year
Following a sharper-than-initially-estimated contraction in the German economy during the second quarter, economic advisor Veronika Grimm has expressed…
Retirees Should Do Mandatory Service Year Claims Top Economist
The president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Marcel Fratzscher, is advocating for a re-evaluation of…
Average Grain Harvest Expected This Year
Germany’s agricultural sector anticipates an average grain harvest in 2025, according to recent assessments by the German Farmers’…
Child Hit By Vehicle Every 19 Minutes This Year
Recent data indicates a concerning trend in road safety for children in Germany. Throughout 2024, a child was…
Anti-Feminism Reports Surge Past 500 Cases This Year
Reports of antifeminist and anti-queer incidents surged in the past year, according to data released by a dedicated…
Bosch and VW to Bring Self-Driving Cars to the Masses Next Year
Bosch and Volkswagen are collaborating to transition automated driving from a specialized feature to a widely accessible technology,…
Illegal Border Crossings Rise in Bavaria This Year
German Federal Police have recorded 11,678 instances of unauthorized entry at Bavaria’s land borders since the reintroduction of…
NRW Deports Surge This Year
According to data released by the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Refugee Ministry, 2,494 individuals were deported during the first…
Asylum Decisions Now Take Over A Year
A significant increase in the processing time for asylum applications in Germany has been revealed, with the average…
Netherlands Bans New Year Fireworks
The Netherlands is set to ban private fireworks displays for New Year’s Eve celebrations starting in 2026/2027, a…
Adoptions Rise After Low Year
Adoption Numbers See Slight Increase in Germany Following Historic Low Germany witnessed a modest rise in adoptions in…
BVB’s 19-Year-Old Starlet Abandons Dortmund for a Year, Shocking Move!
VfL Bochum Secures Young Midfielder Kjell Wätjen on Loan from Borussia Dortmund German second-division side VfL Bochum has…
Manufacturing Boom: Order Stock Surges 4% in a Year, Lead Time Hits 10.7 Months!
According to preliminary figures from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the adjusted order stock in the manufacturing industry…
5.4 MILLION EMPLOYED IN GERMANY, 1.8% INCREASE IN JUST ONE YEAR!
The German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has reported a significant increase in the number of public sector employees…
MERCENARY MAGIC: Russell Brings Home the First Mercedes Win of the Year!
In a thrilling race at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Canada, George Russell secured the first Mercedes victory since…
Farm Prices Jump 3.2% in a Year, but Plant-Based Products Plummet
Agricultural Product Prices in Germany Rise by 3.2% in April 2025 According to the German Federal Statistical Office…
BSW Booms: Sahra Wagenknecht’s Alliance Doubles Membership in a Year!
A German Left-Wing Party Sees Significant Growth in Membership According to a recent report by the German news…
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…
20 Women Killed by Partners or Exes in Less Than a Year
Berlin Grapples with Rising Domestic Violence and Femicides A recent response from the Berlin Senate’s Interior Administration to…
Three Arrested and Charged in Germany’s Biggest Espionage Case of the Year
Federal Prosecutors Have Filed Charges Against Three Men Suspected of Spying for Russia A Ukrainian, an Armenian and…
Construction Boom: Orders Surge 18.5% in a Year, a Record High!
According to the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the adjusted order intake in the construction main industry rose…
Societal Costs Exceed 60 Billion Euros Per Year
A new study conducted by the ME/CFS Research Foundation in collaboration with Risklayer and researchers from Germany and…
Verdi Union Demands 15 Euro Minimum Wage Starting Next Year
The head of the services union Verdi, Frank Werneke, expects the minimum wage to be at 15 euros…
Ukraine Could Have Had This Last Year by Surrendering
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) compares the US peace proposal for Ukraine to its capitulation. “The proposal that…
A Wine Lover’s Paradise Debuts This Year
The first wine city in Russia and indeed the world, with the name “Belyy Mys” (White Cape) will…
A Black Sea Oasis Opening This Year
The first wine city in Russia and even the world, called “Belyi Mys” (White Cape) will launch in…
One Year Later, the Crocus City Hall Massacre’s Dark Secrets Remain Unraveled
Moscow and the whole of Russia are commemorating the victims of the heinous terrorist attack on a concert…
2025 Set to be a Year of Record Bankruptcies
The number of corporate insolvencies is expected to remain at a high level in 2025, following a more…
Will Jubilee Year Save the Vatican’s Finances?
The Vatican has been struggling with dwindling finances for years. Before Pope Francis was hospitalized on February 14…
A Year of Waiting for Justice
A federal prosecutor in Karlsruhe has filed charges against a Syrian man in a Düsseldorf state court, nearly…
14th Year of Unprecedented Warmth and Drought in Germany
Winter’s Temperatures and Precipitation Levels Below Average, Reports DWD The recent winter has been the 14th in a…
Water Usage Plummets by 16.7% in a Single Year!
Deutsche Industrie und Energieversorgung setzten im Jahr 2022 weniger Wasser ein als 2019. According to the Federal Statistical…
German Car Makers Slashed Jobs in Crisis Year 2024
A recent market research analysis by Index-Anzeigendaten, reported by the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung”, has revealed that Volkswagen and…
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…
2% Rise in a Year!
Import prices in December 2024 were 2.0 percent higher than in December 2023, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis)…
Selenskyi Shakes Up Eastern Front Command for the Third Time in a Year
The Ukrainian government has announced a reshuffle of its military command structure, with a focus on the eastern…
400,000 New Homes Per Year, or Else!
In the face of sharply rising costs for real estate and rents, the SPD is to maintain its…
German Retailer to Prescribe Online Pharmacy in Second Half of the Year!
German retail chain DM is set to enter the pharmacy business in the second half of the year,…
12% Slump in a Year!
Audi, the German automaker, reported a global decline of 12 percent in vehicle deliveries last year, according to…
Biodeutsch: The Racist Word of the Year
The term “biodeutsch” has been crowned the “Unword of the Year” for 2024. The word, which has been…
Up to €3,500 a Year in Cuts!
CDU to partially relieve taxpayers, calculations show. According to internal example calculations of the CDU, reported by the…
A Year of Devastation
Worldwide, the damages from natural disasters have continued to rise in 2024, reaching around $320 billion, with approximately…
2035: The Decisive Year for Cities
The German Association of Cities and Municipalities (DStGB) demands “a fundamental change in federal, state, and local politics”.…
Unemployment Spikes in the Heat of the Year!
Germany’s jobless count rose by 170,000 in December 2024 compared to the previous year, with a total of…
2024: The Year of Unpredictable Change?
The world has entered a new era, marked by great changes and unpredictability. The past year, 2024, was…
2025: The Year of Higher Bills and Bigger Changes
New Year, New Changes: Higher Costs in Many Areas As of January 2025, some changes will take effect,…
A Year of Gains in Hindsight!
US stock markets ended the year on a low note, but still managed to post a clear gain…
2024: The Year of Turbulent Uprising
Germany’s Stagnation and the World’s Unrest A year on, and the situation appears to be stuck in a…
US Stocks Plunge as Year Ends in Chaos!
US stock markets fell significantly on Monday. At the end of trading in New York, the Dow was…
BREAKING: DAX PLUMMETS, Worst Year End for Stocks in a Decade!
The Dax index started the last trading day of the year 2024 with losses on Monday. By 9:30…
The Year of Surprising Hits in 2024?
Russian cinema has taken on new dimensions in 2024, with film adaptations of Russian fairy tales, a box…
US Markets Enter New Year in a State of Chaos!
While German stock markets were still closed on the second Christmas holiday, trading had already resumed in the…
Crash in Kazakhstan Won’t Define the Year!
Despite the plane crash in Kazakhstan, 2024 has a good chance of being one of the safest years…
BREAKING: EZB’s Shock Move Sends Shockwaves Through Global Markets for the 4th Time This Year!
European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points again. The central bank…
2023: The Year You’ll Get an Extra Day of Vacation, But at What Cost?
By 2025, there will be an average of 248..1 working days across the country, which is 0.7 days…
BLAZING FUTURE: Scientists Stunned as 2024 On Track to Be Hottest Year Ever Recorded!
2024 will likely be the warmest year on record globally, with the warming trend expected to be more…