“It breaks my heart! You can’t treat people this way. We’ve worked so hard for Thyssenkrupp,” said Helmut Renk, the 62-year-old works council chairman of the steelmaker’s facility in Kreuztal-Eichen, Germany. Venting his anger and frustration about the plant’s likely closure, he adds that he’s been working there for 40 years — just like his … Read more
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, December 6: Emmanuel Macron is “alone”, “solitary” in the face of an unprecedented political crisis. The press has few words of comfort for Macron as France’s political chaos ensues. Also, EU commissioner Ursula von der Leyen flies to Uruguay to seal the Mercosur deal – despite France and Italy’s opposition. Scientists … Read more
Washington: Date – December 10. Today – Tuesday. Time – About 10:45 p.m. The sky over Guam, the US military base in the Pacific, lit up with a loud noise. The sound was so loud that the windows of people’s homes broke. At first, people thought this was the sonic boom of a fighter plane, … Read more
A survey on the outlook of French businesses released by the Bank of France shows that the country’s industrial and construction sectors have reached levels of uncertainty last seen during the 2022 energy crunch. This comes as Emmanuel Macron is expected to name a prime minister who will be tasked with forming a new government, … Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is seeking a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag, which he is expected to lose, triggering an early general election. Scholz’s three-way center-left government broke apart on November 6, paving the way for an early federal election expected on February 23, 2025. Early elections have been … Read more
According to the Federal Association of E-Commerce and Mail Order Germany eV, the Christmas business for online retail was disappointing. Online sales of goods to end customers fell by 4.2% in the middle of the Christmas business, including the Black Friday discount campaigns. This is based on current BEVH surveys compared to the previous year. … Read more
Syrians have reacted positively to the appointment of interim prime minister, Mohammad al-Bashir, says FRANCE 24’s senior reporter James André, reporting from Damascus. Hopes are high that new leadership will mark a new start in Syria. “One young woman was telling me that what she wants is freedom, another young man was telling me that … Read more
In a press conference, Robert Gentz (Co-CEO Zalando), David Schröder (Co-CEO Zalando), Sandra Dembeck (CFO Zalando) and Tarek Müller (Co-CEO About You) revealed details about the takeover plans of Zalando and About You. The goal is to form the leading European fashion e-commerce ecosystem and help shape the future of online shopping. The takeover was … Read more
The sports company Puma has announced a cooperation with the Finnish company Spinnova. This specializes primarily in innovative textile materials. In the future, products and collections made from the wood-based Spinnova fiber will be designed and used in the sport style sector. The cooperation primarily affects Spinnova’s joint venture company Woodspin Oy, which is the … Read more
