Tag: German

Strike at German Airports Grounds Nearly 300,000 Passengers

BERLIN—A 24-hour strike at seven German airports, including Frankfurt and Munich, was set to affect nearly 300,000 passengers on Friday, as unionized workers pressed for higher wages and threatened a summer of “chaos” if their demands were not met. The strike coincided with the start of the Munich Security Conference, with more than 40 heads…


Websites of Several German Airports Not Reachable

BERLIN—The internet sites of several German airports were disrupted on Thursday after what may have been a hacker attack, German news agency dpa reported. The disruptions did not appear to have an immediate impact on the country’s air traffic, the agency said. Nuremberg Airport in southern Germany reported that its online site was receiving so…


Secretary Blinken Meets With German Vice Chancellor Robert Habec

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 7 at the Department of State. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


9 Held in Netherlands, Belgium Over German ATM Explosions

BERLIN—Nine men suspected of involvement in blowing up dozens of cash machines in Germany and stealing some 5.2 million euros (nearly $5.7 million) have been arrested in the Netherlands and Belgium, German authorities said. The arrests were made during raids on 16 properties in the two neighboring countries on Jan. 30, prosecutors and police in…


‘They Fire, We Hire’: Germany Seizes on Silicon Valley’s Woes

BERLIN—Faced with a tight labor market and a shortage of workers with key software engineering skills, some German companies are looking at thousands of layoffs in Silicon Valley as an opportunity to recruit top talent. The U.S. West Coast has always been the main destination for ambitious software engineers looking to work in the best-paid,…


Effigy: Poison and the City

In the German port city of Bremen in 1828, a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on the true story of female serial killer Gesche Gottfried. …


Ukraine Pushes for Tanks as Holdout Germany Says New Minister to Decide

DNIPRO, Ukraine/KYIV—Ukraine came a step closer on Tuesday in its bid to win a fleet of modern battle tanks it hopes could turn the course of the war with Russia, after the West’s big holdout Germany said this would be the first item on its new defenste minister’s agenda. In the central city of Dnipro,…


Student, 17, Suspected of Killing Teacher at German School

BERLIN—A 17-year-old boy is suspected of killing a teacher at a vocational school in northwestern Germany on Tuesday, authorities said. The youth apparently sought out his teacher at the school building in Ibbenbueren, near the Dutch border, on Tuesday afternoon. She was alone in a classroom at the time. The student is suspected of fatally…


Around 40 Percent of German Companies Expect Output Decline in 2023: IW Institute

BERLIN—Four out of ten German companies expect business to shrink in 2023, a survey by the German Economic Institute (IW) showed on Monday, blaming high energy costs, supply chain issues, and the continuing war in Ukraine. “The risk of a gas shortage in the 2022/23 winter season is no longer as present as it was…


German Industrial Orders Fall More Than Expected in November

BERLIN—German industrial orders saw their sharpest drop in more than a year in November on falling foreign demand, decreasing by 5.3 percent on the month on a seasonally and calendar adjusted basis, the federal statistics office said on Friday. A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a 0.5 percent fall, after a downwardly revised…