I give up. You tell me. Where do the happiest Germans live?
‘Happiness Atlas’: Where do the happiest Germans live?
According to the latest so-called ‘happiness atlas’, people living in Hamburg are the most satisfied with their living conditions.
That means unemployment.
Germany news: Unemployment tops 3 million as industry slumps – Over three million people are currently unemployed in Germany, with 1.1 million drawing unemployment checks, authorities say.
Germany’s employment agency recorded a jump of 71,000 in monthly unemployment numbers, pushing the total to over 3 million.
EU’s biggest economy reports 6.4% overall unemployment rate.
That means rock bottom.
Germans’ trust in government hits all-time low, survey says – Only 17% still believe government is capable of fulfilling its responsibilities compared to 23, 25, and 27% in previous years.
Will finally turn things around.
Germany Is Reducing Its Subsidization of Renewables – Germany, with some of the highest electricity rates in the world, is reducing its subsidies on some renewable energy programs to better control costs and limit price increases.
Germany plans to scale back renewable-energy subsidies as the country overhauls its funding system, seeking to reduce energy transition costs and address growing pressure on the electricity grid.
That means hemorrhage.
Germany news: Industry hemorrhaging 15,000 jobs a month – Industry boss Tanja Gönner says the situation is critical but offers opportunity.
The head of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) says the country has become less competitive and called on politicians and business leaders to usher in a course correction.
Duh. More investment (taxpayer subsidies) will always be needed because wind and solar don’t deliver.
Why Germany keeps switching off its solar and wind farms – and three ways to stop the problem…
Europe’s solar and wind farms are actively choosing not to produce energy, as experts warn more investment is needed in storage and flexible technologies.
What, or who, could be the problem?
Rise in ramming attacks – The attack is the latest in a series that have left the country grappling with questions about public safety.
Six people were killed and hundreds injured when a car plowed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg in December 2024. Two months later, a car drove into trade union demonstrators in Munich, killing a woman and her two-year-old daughter. Two more people were killed in March 2025 when a car rammed into a crowd in Mannheim…
Thanks again, China.
German battery maker Varta files insolvency applications – German battery manufacturer Varta has filed four insolvency applications, a spokesperson for the Stuttgart district court said on Friday, marking another setback for the company.
Reuters reported on Thursday that Varta planned to file for insolvency after its shareholders sports car maker Porsche AG and Austrian investor Michael Tojner declined to provide additional funding to the struggling company.
Varta now faces a potential breakup: Key creditors, including Deutsche Bank, intend to take over the profitable household battery business, while Tojner has expressed interest in the micro-battery division.
Varta lost its key customer in the spring: Apple plans to source the rechargeable “CoinPower” button cells for its AirPods headphones from China in the future.
This will help reduce risk to non-existent personnel back home as well.
Rheinmetall to Lead German Autonomous Supply Convoy Program – Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles has taken over management of the latest phase of Germany’s Interoperable Robotic Convoy (InterRoC) research program, advancing efforts to develop autonomous military logistics technologies.
Known as InterRoC VII, the program aims to enable different military vehicles to operate together in autonomous convoys with minimal human intervention.
German discount supermarket chain data centers?
Why not?
Germany’s richest man takes on Big Tech – Supermarket billionaire Dieter Schwarz is investing billions in his cloud company, Schwarz Digits, to rival Google, Microsoft and Amazon.
When Bernd Wagner walks through his new company’s headquarters, he can barely contain his enthusiasm. He starts rattling off figures like “seven times as much steel as was used to build the Eiffel Tower” or “cables stretching all the way to Naples…”
Observing Hermann 