Germany reopens embassy in Damascus after 13-year closure
Damascus, March 20 (IANS) Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus after a 13-year closure, Syrian media reported on Thursday, coinciding with a visit by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. Baerbock’s trip, her second to Syria since the collapse of former President Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024, saw the reopening of the diplomatic mission. […]
DHL to cut 8000 jobs in Germany
Frankfurt, March 6 (IANS) Germany’s logistics giant DHL Group announced on Thursday that it will cut 8,000 jobs at Post and Parcel Germany, a division dealing with post and parcels in Germany, as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative aimed at saving up to 1 billion euros (1.08 billion US dollars) in 2025. The layoffs […]
Polling for federal elections underway in Germany
Berlin, Feb 23 (IANS) German voters went to polls Sunday to decide the composition of the next Bundestag, the country’s lower house of parliament. The election was scheduled for September this year, but a snap election was triggered by the collapse of the current ruling coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, and […]
Germany beat Netherlands to qualify for Paris Olympics in women’s football
The Hague, Feb 29 (IANS) Germany secured a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s football event with a 2-0 win over the Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League’s third-place play-off.
