funding

Covid-19

Germany sets aside €2.5 billion to reboot pandemic-hit cultural events

Germany on Wednesday unveiled a €2.5 billion fund to revive the country's pandemic-battered cultural sector and encourage organisers to start planning events again now that the coronavirus outlook is improving.

Startups

New German state firm to give startups €2 billion funding boost: report

The German government will set up a new state-owned company which will provide startups with the money they need to transform a great idea into a successful business, Spiegel reports.

US election

Berlin rejects claim it funded Clinton election campaign

The German government has been accused of interference in the US elections after the Clinton Foundation listed it among donors that contributed up to $5 million.

Energy

Germany pulls plug on solar subsidies

Germany will stop subsidizing solar energy by 2018 at the latest, its environment minister said on Monday after last year initiating a scaling-back of generous state support for the faltering industry.

research

Neanderthal birthplace kills archaeology funding

The area which gave rise to the name Neanderthal will run out of public funding for archaeology in two years - North Rhine-Westphalia state government is phasing out its financial support.

Berlin

Cash-strapped NPD uses 0900 phone lines to raise funds

The neo-Nazi NPD party is resorting to prime-rate phone lines to raise money, using the same 0900-code system employed by sex phone services and quiz hotlines.