Updated on 02/01/2022 11:43 am The omicron variant coronavirus could ease pressure on the healthcare system German if it turns out to cause milder illnesses, even though infections are increasing, the head of the country’s top hospital doctors’ association (VLK) said on Sunday. VLK President Michael Weber said the coronavirus would cease to be a […]
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Germany announces a tax cut of more than 30,000 million euros for citizens and SMEs
Updated on 02/01/2022 11:21 am The German government – according to international cables – promised tax cuts of more than 30,000 million euros in this legislature, while calling the rest of the ministers to austerity. “In this legislature we will reduce the burden on individuals and small and medium-sized companies by notably more than 30,000 […]
Germany would not meet climate targets for another two years
Updated on 02/01/2022 03:46 am Germany’s new economy minister has warned that the country will not meet its climate goals and needs to step up efforts to achieve it. Projected reductions in greenhouse gas emissions likely won’t be met next year, and 2023 looks tough too, he said. Robert Habeck, who is also a co-leader […]
Germany: regions ask to tighten entry conditions to stop omicron
Updated on 12/18/2021 10:39 am The regions german They asked the government this Saturday to tighten the rules of entry into the territory and prohibit arrivals from the United Kingdom to slow the spread of omicron variant. In a videoconference, the health ministers of the 16 federal states asked that passengers over 6 years of […]
New German Chancellor Scholz seeks his site
The new German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has made his debut before his European partners at a summit marked by tensions with Russia, the rebound in the COVID-19 coronavirus and differences in energy matters, crises inherited from his predecessor, Angela Merkel, a reference during the last 16 years in the European Union (EU). A Scholz, who […]
Olaf Scholz, the new chancellor of Germany with an “incredible resemblance” to Angela Merkel
He won the German general election and now the man who has been Vice Chancellor for three years of Angela Merkel has assumed his position. The Bundestag, the German parliament, on Wednesday invested Olaf Scholz as the new chancellor. Its formation, the Center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), will govern together with Los Verdes and the […]
Olaf Scholz takes over as Chancellor of Germany, succeeds Merkel
Social Democratic leader Olaf Scholz became the ninth chancellor of Germany after World War II on Wednesday, ushering in a new era in the most populous country in the European Union after Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure. The Scholz government takes the reins with high hopes of modernizing Germany and fighting climate change, but faced the […]
Germany Extends Restrictions to Non-Immunized; vaccination will be mandatory from February
Germany will impose nationwide restrictions on the unimmunized and introduce mandatory vaccination predictably from next February, outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel announced, following her meeting with her foreseeable successor, Olaf Scholz, and regional leaders. The measures adopted include the closure of nightlife from certain levels of incidence of infections, as well as restrictions on public events […]
Unstoppable inflation in Germany: 5.2% in November, its highest level in almost 30 years
With information from EFE Inflation in Germany it shot up this November to 5.2%, its highest level since 1992, according to the still provisional figures released today by the federal Department of Statistics (Destatis) of that country. In October, the interannual rate was already 4.5%, while last September it was 4.1%. The main cause of […]
Third case of the omicron variant confirmed in Germany
Updated on 11/28/2021 09:56 am German authorities confirmed today the third case of the omicron variant on Germany after learning the result of the sequencing of the PCR test carried out on a passenger who had landed on the 21st at Frankfurt airport from South Africa. “Sequencing has confirmed the result. In the suspicious case […]