The number of politically motivated crimes in Germany increased by 7 percent year-on-year in 2022 to a new high of 58,916 cases, the Ministry of the Interior (BMI) recently confirmed. Crimes motivated by right-wing ideology [Read More]
The number of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in Germany declined for the fifth year in a row in 2022, according to a new survey. Germany ranked third among European countries with 832 FDI projects [Read More]
More German companies reportedly consider relocating their production abroad due to high cost structures, according to German experts and media reports. A recent survey conducted by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce [Read More]
A majority of German people oppose the country’s nuclear phase-out as the last three nuclear power plants are taken off the grid, according to a survey conducted by research company infratest dimap and published by [Read More]
German vaccine maker BioNTech has said it expects sales of its COVID-19 vaccine to fall to around 5 billion euros (5.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023, the company said Monday. In 2022, BioNTech recorded sales [Read More]
Nationwide strikes in Germany brought train, bus, and airplane traffic to a virtual standstill on Monday, affecting millions of travelers. Freight traffic was also heavily disturbed. All major airports in Europe’s largest economy were hit [Read More]
Ukraine received the first batch of Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Monday, citing German news outlet Der Spiegel. The German-made tanks were handed over to Ukraine two months after Berlin’s [Read More]
The number of people employed in Germany in 2022 was a record 45.6 million, up 1.3 percent year-on-year, according to provisional figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Monday. The service sector in [Read More]
Drug trafficking offenses in Germany increased by 2.9 percent in 2021, according to an official report presented on Thursday. According to the report by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Government’s Drug and [Read More]
Seventy percent of German retailers expect their revenue around Christmas to stay below last year’s, the German Retail Association (HDE) said on Thursday. The survey was conducted among 500 companies. “This remains a difficult time [Read More]
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