Category: Economy
Federal Statistical Office reports gender pay gap in 2025 remains at 16 percent
(Gemini Audio) (de-news.net) – In 2025, women in Germany continued to earn significantly less per hour than men, with the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reporting…
Education reform as an engine of economic growth: new ifo study projects trillions in potential gains
(de-news.net) – If specific educational objectives were consistently pursued, Germany could in the long term secure an additional economic output amounting to several trillion euros….
Deutsche Bahn expands high‑speed services, cuts management posts, and orders 3,000 new buses
(de-news.net) – Deutsche Bahn has introduced new nationwide schedules, marking a significant adjustment to its long‑distance and regional services. Fourteen additional ‘Sprinter’ connections have been…
Coalition moves to fast‑track national infrastructure under new acceleration framework
(de-news.net) – In the Coalition Committee, the CDU/CSU and SPD concluded that essential infrastructure projects must, going forward, be completed at a significantly faster pace….
Coalition plans major overhaul of Heating Law with Building Modernization Act
(de-news.net) – A new, more comprehensive framework governing national heating regulations is scheduled for introduction in spring, according to plans advanced by the CDU/CSU–SPD coalition….
New roadmap charts how Germany can meet its 2040 emissions goal
(de-news.net) – Germany can still meet its national climate target for 2040, according to a new assessment by the Umweltbundesamt (UBA), which outlines a feasible…
Authorities deactivate thousands of fraudulent telephone numbers
(de-news.net) – Nearly 3,500 telephone numbers allegedly exploited by criminal networks have been formally deactivated in Germany. The measure was jointly announced by the Federal…
SPD minister endorses contribution-based retirement reform
(de-news.net) – Federal Labour Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) has expressed her approval to a proposal that would link the commencement of retirement not to a…
Word of the year 2025 marks the dawn of the AI era
(de-news.net) – On Friday, the Society for the German Language (GfdS) announced in Wiesbaden that the expression KI-Ära (“AI Era”) has been selected as the…
Climate protection must be socially fair, federal report urges
(de-news.net) – Concerns have been voiced by the German Federal Government in its newly ratified Poverty and Wealth Report regarding the unintended social repercussions of…
