VW worker collapses on hunger strike for more hours
A Volkswagen temporary worker on a hunger strike for a contract extension at the firm’s Hannover plant collapsed and was taken to a local hospital on Tuesday.
Day: March 31, 2009
T-Mobile blocks Skype for German iPhones
German telecommunications giant T-Mobile will not allow their customers to use the new Skype application for the iPhone, the company told The Local on Tuesday.
Study shows pharmacies hand out drugs without prescriptions
In a country where people can’t buy aspirin or even rubbing alcohol at the grocery store, a new survey released on Tuesday shows that Germany’s pharmacies are rather lax when it comes to handing out prescription drugs.
German unemployment increased in March
German unemployment edged up to 8.6 percent of the workforce in March from 8.5 percent one month earlier, raw figures released on Tuesday by the national labour office showed.
VW unveils new Indian plant
Europe's largest car-maker Volkswagen on Tuesday opened a new plant in western India, which it hopes will eventually roll out 110,000 vehicles a year for the growing domestic market.
Cologne offices raided in archive collapse investigation
One month after the collapse of Cologne’s historical archive, the state prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the raid of 40 local offices in the city’s investigation of the incident.
Thousands of jobs cut in Frankfurt banking merger
The integration of the headquarters of Commerzbank and Dresdner Bank in Frankfurt will result in the loss of approximately 2,200 full-time jobs in the city, the company announced on Tuesday.
Neo-Nazi youth organisation banned
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble banned neo-Nazi youth group the Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend (HDJ) on Tuesday as police staged early morning raids at member homes in several states.
Germany files charges in latest Somali pirate case
The German government has filed charges against seven alleged Somali pirates who attacked a German ship this week, according to the country’s defence ministry on Tuesday.
Germany must do more for NATO
On the eve of the NATO’s 60th anniversary summit this week, Dr. Henning Riecke from the German Council on Foreign Relations argues Berlin must make a greater commitment to the transatlantic alliance.
Porsche profits increase dramatically
German luxury car maker Porsche said Tuesday that its first-half profit leapt fourfold owing to its stake in Volkswagen, but that auto sales were down and it could not give a full-year forecast.
Nazi concentration camp survivors testify in Spanish trial
Two Spaniards who survived a Nazi concentration camp have appeared as witnesses in a suit filed against four men who allegedly worked as camp guards, judicial sources said.