Stranded in the U.S.: Here’s Why the Klingbeil Flight Couldn’t Take Off – The mystery surrounding the malfunctioning government plane belonging to Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (48, SPD) has been solved: The Airbus A350, which left the minister stranded in the U.S., had damage to one of its doors. That was reason enough to ground the aircraft for the time being.
Roman town in Germany was abandoned after only two generations, archaeologists find – Archaeologists studying a Roman planned town near Neuenstadt am Kocher in Germany think the settlement lasted only about two generations.
The Roman settlement dates to the 2nd or 3rd century CE. Romans laid out the town as a planned settlement near the Kocher River. Archaeologists have studied the site since 2003 to learn more about its size, layout, and purpose.
Ransomware group says it stole Berlin data, offers it for auction – A ransomware group said on Friday it was putting up for auction a trove of data it stole from Berlin state agencies, and city officials refused to pay.
The Rhysida group, which researchers say operates from Russia or Eastern Europe, said on its website it took 5.79 terabytes of data including 46,500 contracts as well as emails, phone numbers, passwords and classified information.
Germany risks missing gas storage target as industry faces cold-winter threat – Germany will miss its November gas-storage target if injections continue at their current pace, the country’s storage association has warned. Although there is no immediate gas shortage, low storage levels combined with a very cold winter could threaten industrial production in the country…
German storage facilities were approximately 51.5% full on 25 August, compared with around 69% a year earlier. Germany is required to reach an aggregate filling level of 70% by 1 November.
German unemployment rises slightly less than expected in August – The number of unemployed people in Germany rose slightly less than expected in August, labour office figures showed on Friday.
In seasonally adjusted terms, the jobless figure grew by 4,000 to 2.996 million, while analysts polled by Reuters had predicted an increase of 5,000.
Row over weight of half a loaf leaves German baker with €15,000 bill – A customer complaint over just 10 grams of missing bread forced the Bavarian baker to install new weighing equipment across his shops.
The punch line: German politicians can’t seem to figure out why companies aren’t willing to invest in Germany anymore.
OK. But they should at least be able to speak the language.
Berlin police struggle to find German-speaking recruits – Berlin is struggling to recruit enough police officers because applicants are unable to speak German, according to the force’s president.
Barbara Slowik Meisel revealed that 40 per cent of applicants failed a German language skills test.
Ms Slowik Meisel said the trend, driven by increasing numbers of migrant applications, had created a dilemma for the Berlin police department: it cannot lower its standards but also urgently needs officers.
That Germany would allow driverless rides before the year 2060.
Waymo to launch driverless rides in Germany in 2027, entering third market outside U.S. – Alphabet’s Waymo on Tuesday said it plans to roll out robotaxi rides in Germany in 2027, marking its third international market and first in the EU.
Waymo will start “phased” testing in Munich over the next few weeks, with plans to launch to the public at the end of next year, the company said in a blog post. The testing aims to build high-definition street maps, train autonomous specialists and adapt software to the city’s “distinct driving conditions.”
Third drone and suspected military explosives found near Leipzig airport – Local media report discovery by German investigators after attempted attack on cargo and military logistics hub.
German investigators uncovered a third drone and suspected military explosives thought to be connected to an attempted attack on Leipzig airport, local media have reported.
The drone was discovered in Kabelsketal, just to the west of the airport, along with about 50g (1.8oz) of a suspected military explosive on 14 August, 10 days after the unsuccessful sabotage. Leipzig airport is a cargo and military logistics hub used by Nato and Ukraine’s Antonov Airlines for transporting military supplies.
The office of the prosecutor general, which is leading the investigation, declined to comment on Tuesday. But the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said the government would soon provide information about who it believed was behind the drone attacks.
It’s the little unsavoury details that make a big unsavoury difference.
Germany’s Nord Stream grudge – The looming trial could undermine support for Ukraine…
The first of the Nord Stream criminal trials will start on 26 October in Hamburg. It will expose many unsavoury details. The prosecutors might ask questions such as: who ordered the attacks? What did President Volodymyr Zelensky know? When did he know it? The attack left Germany in a perma-energy crisis.