Categories EU Best-case scenario: German economy may need at least EIGHT YEARS to recover from Covid-19 recession, report says Posted on Posted onMay 2, 2020May 2, 2020By Editor The German economy continues to contract, losing €15 billion ($16.6 billion) a week due to the recession caused by Covid-19, a new report has said. It warned that it will take at least eight years for the country to recover. … Read More >Best-case scenario: German economy may need at least EIGHT YEARS to recover from Covid-19 recession, report says
Categories EU WATCH protesters light flares, gather for Walpurgis Night in Berlin despite ban on mass rallies during Covid-19 lockdown Posted on Posted onMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020By Editor Police have broken up a Walpurgis Night demonstration in Berlin, where protesters had gathered in violation of the quarantine measures imposed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. More unauthorized rallies are expected on May Day. … Read More >WATCH protesters light flares, gather for Walpurgis Night in Berlin despite ban on mass rallies during Covid-19 lockdown
Categories Business Covid-19 may plunge Germany into worst recession since WWII Posted on Posted onApril 29, 2020April 29, 2020By Editor Europe’s leading economy, Germany, is bracing for a painful fallout from the coronavirus crisis that is likely to result in the country’s deepest recession in the post-war era. … Read More >Covid-19 may plunge Germany into worst recession since WWII
Categories EU WATCH: Raging inferno CONSUMES warehouse in Bremen, Germany, sending vast plumes of black smoke skyward Posted on Posted onApril 28, 2020April 28, 2020By Editor A ferocious inferno has ripped through a timber warehouse in the German port city of Bremen, forcing police to cordon the area off as firefighters battle the blaze. … Read More >WATCH: Raging inferno CONSUMES warehouse in Bremen, Germany, sending vast plumes of black smoke skyward
Categories EU ‘European race to allow tourist travel again leads to unacceptable risks’ – German foreign minister Posted on Posted onApril 26, 2020By Editor German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned that it is still too dangerous to rush to reopen European countries for tourists. He cited the example of a Covid-19 outbreak at an Austrian ski resort. … Read More >‘European race to allow tourist travel again leads to unacceptable risks’ – German foreign minister
Categories EU ‘Let me go to work!’ Hundreds of protesters demand removal of fence on Polish-German border amid Covid-19 lockdown (VIDEO) Posted on Posted onApril 25, 2020April 25, 2020By Editor Protesters have demanded the reopening of the border between Poland and Germany, which was closed due the Covid-19 pandemic. The quarantine rules have left them unable to commute to work and see their families. … Read More >‘Let me go to work!’ Hundreds of protesters demand removal of fence on Polish-German border amid Covid-19 lockdown (VIDEO)
Categories EU Germany approves first clinical trial for potential Covid-19 vaccine Posted on Posted onApril 22, 2020April 22, 2020By Editor Germany has sanctioned its first clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country’s Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI) regulatory body has said. … Read More >Germany approves first clinical trial for potential Covid-19 vaccine
Categories EU WATCH Berlin police forcefully disperse unsanctioned protest against coronavirus lockdown Posted on Posted onApril 19, 2020By Editor Hundreds of activists gathered in central Berlin, defying government Covid-19 lockdown measures and arguing the state is heading for “authoritarian rule.” The gathering was met with a strong police response. … Read More >WATCH Berlin police forcefully disperse unsanctioned protest against coronavirus lockdown
Categories EU Germans decry ‘out of proportion’ Covid-19 lockdown measures with multiple protests with ‘social distancing’ Posted on Posted onApril 18, 2020April 18, 2020By Editor German citizens expressed their anger with what they call extreme Covid-19 lockdown measures in several demonstrations that included cages, empty chairs and sit-ins, yet all were carried out to keep safe distances. … Read More >Germans decry ‘out of proportion’ Covid-19 lockdown measures with multiple protests with ‘social distancing’
Categories EU German court rules blanket ban on demonstrations ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ as Merkel plans easing of Covid-19 restrictions Posted on Posted onApril 17, 2020April 17, 2020By Editor Covid-19 health concerns are not grounds for a general ban on public demonstrations, a German court has ruled, after activists took a case arguing that Berlin’s current restrictions on public gatherings are unconstitutional … Read More >German court rules blanket ban on demonstrations ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ as Merkel plans easing of Covid-19 restrictions
