The Czech Republic's car giant Skoda is defying parent Volkswagen's downturn Volkswagen-owned Skoda is defying a broader downturn for the German carmaker. Fortune · Jan 21, 2025
Elon Musk believes he got Trump elected. Now he’s coming for Europe Experts say the EU can wield its digital services rules against election interference – but even that won’t be easy. Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2025
Austria’s ‘firewall’ against the far right collapsed. Could the unthinkable happen in Germany too? Events in Vienna are forcing Germany’s bickering mainstream parties to rally together. But the AfD could yet outflank the centre The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025
The Bauhaus School May Have Been Short-Lived, but Its Influence on Design Has Endured — Our Editor Explores Why The Bauhaus design movement may have been a short lived period, but it is still informing how we think about architecture and décor today Livingetc · Jan 21, 2025
From My 'Commonplace Book,' No. 9: Thomas Mann, Richard Wagner, and Adolf Hitler There's nothing like a look back at Germany in the 1930s to help us appreciate that things are not as bad as they could be Reason · Jan 20, 2025
Job Cuts Report Worries Employees At Germany's Commerzbank Suggestions that German lender Commerzbank was considering cutting thousands of jobs as it fights off an unwanted advance from Italy's UniCredit had unsettled employees, a senior trade union official said Monday. International Business Times · Jan 20, 2025
UK ‘second most attractive country for investment’, survey finds The survey of chief executives, published ahead of the World Economic Forum, follows an upgraded growth forecast from the IMF The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025
UK given business ‘vote of confidence’ after ranking second-most attractive nation to invest in The wide-ranging survey revealed a ‘vote of confidence in the UK’ as it placed above China and India The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2025
Global top bosses rank UK as second most attractive country for investment PwC’s annual CEO survey cheers ‘vote of confidence in the UK’ as UK surpasses Germany, China and India. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025
Bad Dürrenberg headdress: An elaborate 9,000-year-old headpiece worn by a female shaman in Europe A lavish 9,000-year-old grave in central Germany revealed the burial of a powerful female shaman. LiveScience · Jan 20, 2025
Germany is gripped by election fever … but Trump is pulling the strings The machinations of Elon Musk and the incoming US president loom large in the minds of politicians and voters The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025
At VW Home Base, Germany's Scholz Vows To Revive Economy Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to secure the future of Germany's ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of the crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen. International Business Times · Jan 17, 2025
How an €83m inheritance feud with Germany’s playboy prince could tear apart Otto von Bismarck’s dynasty A bitter inheritance feud is plunging the Bismarck dynasty into scandal, exposing decades of grudges and tarnishing a once-revered legacy The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025
Why did a decorated female ski jumper receive toiletries and towels as a prize while her male counterpart got thousands of euros? Selina Freitag won a qualifying round at a ski jumping tour in Germany and received cosmetics as a prize Advnture · Jan 17, 2025
Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025 Reeves receives rare boost as IMF upgrades UK growth forecasts UK output now expected to advance by 1.6% in 2025, well ahead of France and Germany
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025 Germany's leader says Musk's support for European far-right is 'completely unacceptable' German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Elon Musk’s support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable.”
The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025 Elon Musk knows little about UK and Germany and should not interfere – poll Exclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively – except among Reform UK and AfD voters
InsideEVs · Jan 16, 2025 Volkswagen Is Closing Factories. China's EV Makers Want Them German automakers are looking to the sky right now. But it's not drones over New Jersey that the Deutsch are worried about, it's Chinese electric vehicle makers circling over their European plants like vultures, ready to sink their teeth into idled plants while the machinery is still warm.
FourFourTwo · Jan 16, 2025 'The biggest fine in the history of the Bundesliga': Striker rages with incredible rant after thrashing in Germany Hoffenheim striker Andrej Kramaric was furious after his side slumped to a 5-0 loss against Bayern Munich.
Al Jazeera · Jan 16, 2025 Frankfurt’s Omar Marmoush a Manchester City transfer target: All to know The Eintracht Frankfurt star is having a breakout Bundesliga season, and his profile is growing rapidly outside Germany.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025 Syrians in Germany ask to be allowed to visit home and keep protected status Refugee organisations say many want to ‘go and have a look’ after fall of Assad regime but fear losing asylum rights
Fortune · Jan 16, 2025 German corporate distress could reach pandemic-level highs this year Rising uncertainty about the war in Ukraine and Trump's tariffs is adding to German firms' struggles.
International Business Times · Jan 16, 2025 Life After The Unthinkable: Shoah Survivors Who Began Again In Israel For years, Auschwitz survivor Naftali Furst kept his story to himself.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Jan 15, 2025 Raiders could play in Germany in 2025 The host team has been announced for Berlin Germany. It's the Colts, one of the Raiders away opponents.
Top News · Jan 15, 2025 Germany's Economy Shrinks By 0.2% For Second Year Germany's economy experienced a 0.2% contraction in 2024, prompting analysis and strategies for recovery.