Category: Economy
Fewer applications from trainees while many apprenticeship positions are vacant
According to the Federal Employment Agency, the situation with a view on vocational training has become more difficult. So far, only around 285 young people…
Hardly any fraud with respect to Corona economic aid
The economic aid that the Federal Government has made available during the Covid-19 pandemic has hardly resulted in attempted fraud. Only about 1 percent of…
Nursing profession quite attractive, Federal Ministry of Family Affairs
In 2020, more people started training in nursing professions than in previous years, as stated in the Federal Government’s 2nd Report of Concerted Care Action….
Voluntary services should become more attractive
Around 41 percent of young people between the ages of 16 and 21 fancy doing voluntary service, as reported by the German Red Cross (DRK)….
Maas: Breaking off relations with Russia would be the wrong strategy
During a visit to the Polish capital, Warsaw, Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned against isolating from Russia: “It would put us in a difficult…
CDU, SPD the Greens make proposals for amended climate protection law
Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) believes it is possible that the climate protection law can be changed quickly. He wants to submit proposals…
Greens spokeswoman warns of a longer moratory of bankruptcy applications
Katja Keul, legal policy spokeswoman for the Green parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, has warned that a further suspension of the obligation to file…
Heil specifies further financial aid plans for the cultural sector
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has promised cultural workers that they can continue to receive Corona financial aid from the Federal Government. Merkel’s Labor Minister Hubertus…
Oktoberfest 2021 canceled, Bayreuth Festival to take place
The Oktoberfest in Munich, after being skipped in 2020, will also be canceled in 2021, in view of the Corona pandemic, the Bavarian Prime Minister…
Longer bankruptcy protection?
The Grand Coalition is debating whether to extend insolvency protection for commercial companies in view of the Corona pandemic. So far, the regulation applies until…
