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The number of Germans without jobs increased by 18,000 on a seasonally-adjusted basis in July, according to the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) - Germany's National Employment Agency. Without the adjustment, the number of unemployed individuals rose by 82,000 month-to-month, meaning a total of 2.81 million people were without work. Compared to July last year, Germany counted 192,000 more unemployed citizens. It's normal for the jobless rate to rise in the summer as hiring slows during the holiday period. Even so, this month's jump is larger than usual. "The weak economic development is putting p...
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Bella Hadid has said she was “shocked” and “upset” when she found out that the Adidas campaign she fronted for the SL72 trainers, based on the design the German brand used in that year’s Olympic games, drew a connection to the Munich massacre. “In advance of the campaign’s release, I had no knowledge of the historical connection to the atrocious events in 1972. I am shocked, I am upset, and I am disappointed in the lack of sensitivity that went into this campaign. Had I been made aware, from the bottom of my heart, I would never have participated,” Hadid wrote on Instagram. “I would never know...
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Germany's highest court has upheld a proposal to downsize its parliament, but overturned a planned change that would disproportionately impact smaller parties. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe ruled the abolition of the so-called basic mandate clause "unlawful". It came after they received objections from the centre-right Christian Social Union, and the smaller Left Party, who feared the change could cost them their chance to send lawmakers to Berlin. The maintaining of this rule means that parties receiving less than 5% of the vote will still be represented in the Bundestag if th...
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Economic growth in the eurozone exceeded expectations in the second quarter of the year, according to preliminary data from Eurostat released on Tuesday. The eurozone's gross domestic product grew at an annualised rate of 0.3% in the second quarter of 2024, matching the growth rate of the first quarter. This surpassed the anticipated 0.2% growth, indicating a slightly faster-than-expected recovery. Growth for the entire European Union also stood at 0.3% in the second quarter, maintaining the same pace as the first quarter. Among the Member States with available data for the second quarter of 2...
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A number of sites across the world are still being assessed in India for inclusion in the United Nation's cultural agency's World Heritage List \- a collection of outstanding landmarks and areas of natural or traditional unique environments. As protection of these sites is paramount there are also some examples that have been placed on an alternative line-up of places at risk of being harmed. The Vjetrenica cave is the most recent landmark added to the protected list becoming the fifth site to be recognised in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Located in the Dinaric mountain range, UNESCO describes it o...
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The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into its 2021 decision to approve €321 million in restructuring aid from Germany for the airline Condor. This move comes after the General Court of the EU annulled the initial approval in May 2023, citing an insufficient assessment by the Commission on whether Germany received adequate remuneration for the bailout. Court ruling prompts new probe into bailout termsThe General Court of the EU’s decision in May overturned the Commission’s earlier approval of the state aid, which had been contested by rival airline Ryanair. The court f...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would deploy short and intermediate-range nuclear-capable missiles if American missile systems capable of striking Russian territory were deployed in Germany. Putin was responding to a joint statement of the White House with German authorities during the NATO security summit on July 9-11 saying that the U.S. will begin deploying long-range weapons in Germany in 2026. “Exercising these advanced capabilities will demonstrate the United States’ commitment to NATO and its contributions to European integrated deterrence,” the statement said. During ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would deploy short and intermediate-range nuclear-capable missiles if American missile systems capable of striking Russian territory were deployed in Germany. Putin was responding to a joint statement of the White House with German authorities during the NATO security summit on July 9-11 saying that the U.S. will begin deploying long-range weapons in Germany in 2026. “Exercising these advanced capabilities will demonstrate the United States’ commitment to NATO and its contributions to European integrated deterrence,” the statement said. During ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would deploy short and intermediate-range nuclear-capable missiles if American missile systems capable of striking Russian territory were deployed in Germany. Putin was responding to a joint statement of the White House with German authorities during the NATO security summit on July 9-11 saying that the U.S. will begin deploying long-range weapons in Germany in 2026. “Exercising these advanced capabilities will demonstrate the United States’ commitment to NATO and its contributions to European integrated deterrence,” the statement said. During ...
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Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned US stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg, Putin vowed “mirror measures” after the US announced that it will start deploying the weapons in 2026. The US said its plan affirms its commitment to NATO and European defence following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Russian president made it clear that such a move would free Moscow from the unilateral moratorium on the deployment of intermedi...
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