Tag: German
Federal Council lets “emergency brake” happen
The way for the nationwide Corona "emergency brake" is free: After the decision of the Bundestag, the Federal Council also allowed the amendment...
The ECB is staying on course – for the time being
The ECB is keeping the money locks open, maintaining a high pace of asset purchases and assuring the financial markets that a turnaround...
Warning of the “zombie” companies
The ECB's loose monetary policy has been reducing consumer savings for years. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the course of the...
Wall Street fürchtet Steuererhöhungen
US-Präsident Joe Biden hat heute die Wall Street ausgebremst. Seine Pläne, die Kapitalertragssteuer für reiche Amerikaner zu verdoppeln, belasteten die US-Börsen. In Europa...
Erdogan’s dangerous lira game
The Turkish President is once again unsettling the financial markets. From an economic perspective, Erdogan plays with fire. A "death spiral" threatens the...
Electricity customers should be relieved
The government parliamentary groups have agreed to relieve consumers of electricity prices. This should primarily help citizens and companies, but also the green...
When are vaccines for children coming?
Children can also get Covid-19 and suffer from long-term effects. They also carry the virus on. BioNTech, Moderna and other manufacturers are therefore...
The dream of a self-sufficient life
This year, sustainable nutrition is the focus of the environmental action day "Earth Day" in Germany. A housing project in Rhineland-Palatinate shows how...
FFP2 masks undesirable on Amazon
The online retailer Amazon has researched by NDR, WDR and "SZ" employees in a plant in northern Germany...
Scholz denies complicity
The government is not responsible: Finance Minister Scholz has denied any complicity in the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the Wirecard scandal. He...
Germany wants 30 million Sputnik cans
According to the Prime Minister of Saxony Kretschmer, Germany plans to purchase 30 million doses of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. The prerequisite...
Fee for advice in travel agencies
Get detailed advice from a travel agency and then book your vacation at home on the Internet - the tourism group TUI wants...
Railway boards should forego bonuses
After the record loss last year, the railway is dependent on federal aid billions. However, according to Parliament's will, this should only exist...
How fast does fast internet have to be?
The reform passed by the Bundestag promises citizens a right to fast internet for the first time. But what does that mean? Who...
Bundestag for the right to fast internet
Long loading times and poor internet connection - this should be improved by the Telecommunications Act passed by the Bundestag today. Other things...
Daily fluctuation of twelve cents
Petrol stations change fuel prices more and more over the course of a day. According to the Federal Cartel Office, there are now...
SAP drives cloud business forward
For a long time, Germany's largest technology group, SAP, had to be accused of oversleeping the trend towards data storage via the Internet....
Dependent on the coal
China wants to become CO2 neutral by 2060. But until then it is still a long way. Because despite the promise of climate...
Only organic food left? So what?
Let's assume that agriculture produces 100 percent organic products. Will food be much more expensive then? Is that better for animal welfare? And...
Germany is allowed to participate – for the time being
The Federal Constitutional Court has decided: Germany may initially participate in the planned EU reconstruction fund in the Corona crisis - even if...
