Germany is also introducing a mandatory corona test for travellers from China. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced this on Thursday. Travellers from China will at least have to have a rapid antigen test before leaving for Germany, the SPD politician said. Germany, like Belgium, therefore follows the recommendation of the […]
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Nearly 300,000 refugees from Ukraine have been registered in Germany, the Interior Ministry reported. There are currently 294,508 persons known to the German authorities, increasing more than 16 percent compared to a week earlier. As in other countries, the group of refugees mainly consists of women, children and the […]
Referring to the Cold War, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has asked Germany for help in tearing down a new “wall” of Russia in Europe. He did so in his video message to the Bundestag. According to Zelenski, it is not about “a Berlin wall”, referring to the years of […]
US internet giant Google has proposed to the German competition watchdog to remove its news service ‘Google News Showcase’ from internet search results in Germany. The American tech company hopes that this will address the concerns of the competition authority that had launched an investigation. The German competition watchdog […]
The German parliament has elected Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as the new chancellor. This marks the end of the reign of Christian Democrat Angela Merkel after sixteen years. Voting started just after 9:00 am. MPs took turns walking forward to vote. That was a formality. The parties that will […]
The German vaccination committee STIKO advises all vaccinated adults to give an extra shot with the corona vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna. The so-called booster shot is currently only available for the oldest residents of Germany and other risk groups. According to the committee, the booster should ensure that […]
Germany will again offer free corona tests from Saturday. The cut in costs for citizens comes at a time when the country is grappling with ever-rising corona figures. Health Minister Jens Spahn has also announced that doctors will receive higher reimbursements for taking corona vaccinations. On Thursday, more than […]
Prime Ministers of German federal states want action to be taken now to prevent a lockdown and an overload of hospital care. The number of coronavirus infections is rising rapidly in the country, and more and more corona patients are being admitted to hospitals. “If we take too much […]
The German industry is suffering from supply problems such as the shortage of chips for the car industry. Industrial production in Europe’s largest economy fell 4 percent in August from a month earlier, far more than experts had anticipated. On average, they assumed a 0.5 percent lower production. The […]
German inflation rose above 4 percent for the first time in 28 years in September. This is according to an initial estimate by the German Federal Statistical Office. The annual currency depreciation amounted to 4.1 percent. A change in the VAT rate partly caused a sharp increase in inflation. […]
