20 days a year, suckers. On average.
They don’t call Germany the sick man of Europe for nothing.
Germans are declared ‘world champions in sick leave’ by country’s leading insurer as it reveals workers take average of 20 days off each year…
‘The German economy won’t recover with sick employees, but on the contrary with better working conditions.’
Just burning to surpass Germany’s GDP per capita.
Poorest US state rivals Germany: GDP per capita in US and Europe – Mississippi, the poorest state in the United States, is close to surpassing Europe’s largest economy Germany’s GDP per capita. Euronews Business compares US states with European countries.
That means to stay cool.
This is very important. Especially when the last thing you are is cool.
Germany: Scholz uneasy over Musk’s support for far-right AfD – Elon Musk’s public endorsement for the far-right AfD has the country’s top leaders worried of undue influence on German democracy ahead of the February snap election.
Scholz on Musk’s attacks: ‘Stay cool’ – Musk, a top adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, has been commenting on German politics on his social media platform X for days now.
Stay home and crawl under bed at midnight.
New Year’s Eve: Around 3,000 additional police officers on duty – In order to prevent New Year’s Eve riots and attacks on the emergency services as far as possible, the Berlin police largely rely on the concept from last year.
Same procedure as every year.
It’s just not their thing.
Musk causes uproar for backing Germany’s far-right party ahead of key elections – Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest.
Germany is to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute over how to revitalize the country’s stagnant economy.
Tanks for nothing.
It Took Nearly Two Years, But Large Numbers Of German-Made Leopard 1 Tanks Are Finally Arriving In Ukraine – Almost as many of the tanks shipped between September and December as shipped between September and the summer of 2023.
Dissolution is di only solution.
Germany braces for elections as parliament dissolved – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has announced the dissolution of the country’s lower house of parliament. The move paves the way for early elections in February.
They’ll come to their senses soon enough.
Or maybe they won’t. Hard to say for sure.
Swedish minister open to new measures to tackle energy crisis, blames German nuclear phase-out – Sweden is ready to introduce new measures to tackle the country’s soaring energy prices, Energy Minister Ebba Busch announced on Thursday (12 December), blaming Germany’s nuclear phase-out for the crisis in the country and at EU level…
One main reason Busch cited for the surge in electricity prices is Germany’s decision to dismantle its nuclear power plants, saying it also has detrimental effects for Europe.
“I’m furious with the Germans,” Busch told Swedish broadcaster SVT.
“They have made a decision for their country, which they have the right to make. But it has had very serious consequences,” she added.
That means the “dark duldrums.”
It’s dark here all the time these days, in other words. And there’s not much wind either. “Renewables” don’t seem to like that for some reason.
A weather phenomenon dubbed ‘Dunkelflaute’ is causing havoc in Germany and pushing energy prices to 2-decade highs – A weather phenomenon dubbed “Dunkelflaute” that causes chilly, low-wind conditions is sweeping across Europe and causing fresh havoc to Germany’s embattled economy, where energy prices have risen to a two-decade high.
A Dunkelflaute, translated as “dark doldrums” or “dark wind lull,” is the bain of renewables companies, with an extended period of low wind and cloudy weather hurting their ability to generate electricity from either wind or solar.
But German bread can often be like that.
Ancient bakery discovered in Germany – While excavating the future site of a bakery in southern Germany, archaeologists uncovered evidence of a much older bakery dating back nearly three millennia.
Observing Hermann 