By Paolo von Schirach President, Global Policy Institute; Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, both in Washington, DC Washington, DC – December 2, 2024 — The outcome of the turbulent COP 29 climate gathering which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan prompts a couple of important considerations. One, the world community […]
By Paolo von Schirach President, Global Policy Institute; Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, both in Washington, DC Washington, DC – December 2, 2024 – An article published by MIT News, (A prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk naturally, by Anne Trafton, July 1, 2024), describes the new frontiers […]
Workers stage warning strike at Volkswagen plants, Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes surprise visit to Kyiv and more news from Germany this Monday.
Workers at German factories for carmaker Volkswagen are to go on strike from Monday over plans to cut thousands of jobs, union IG Metall said at the weekend.
Three months before elections, Germany’s embattled Olaf Scholz kicked off the campaign Saturday by attacking his conservative rival as cold towards the poor but a hothead who would play “Russian roulette” with Moscow.
From Germany’s emergency shelter preparations to the Bundesbank getting rid of its fax machines and the start of Advent, here are a few things we’ve been talking about this week.
Volkswagen on Friday rejected as unrealistic a union proposal to make cost cuts at the carmaker’s German operations without having to close factories, sparking anger from worker representatives as strikes loom.
If German grammar rules sometimes seem designed to trip foreigners up, never fear: there are plenty of mistakes that are common even for native speakers.
The small German party at the centre of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition was in disarray Friday, with key figures resigning over a leaked party document dubbed the “D-Day paper”.
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius wants to order four new submarines to help meet NATO’s security requirements in Europe, a parliamentary budget committee source told AFP on Friday.