DROP IN TESLA CAR SALES In the lead up to Germany’s election last month, Musk – who is the world’s richest man – made an unprecedented entry into the country’s political scene by endorsing the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and shocking the establishment. Observers noted that this mightContinue Reading
BERLIN: German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservatives and outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) held “open and constructive” talks towards forming a coalition, a joint statement said on Friday (Feb 28) without giving details. Parliamentary arithmetic means the centre-left SPD is the most likely ally to help Merz’s conservativesContinue Reading
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BERLIN: Most Germans are worried about the economy and high prices as Europe’s biggest economy, once the region’s economic engine, now contracts, a survey showed on Monday (Feb 10) ahead of a Feb 23 election. The online survey by German reinsurer R&V of 1,000 Germans from Jan 23-25 showed thatContinue Reading
When I spoke with Guldin in December, after the first stage of the pilot had finished, he sketched a rough vision of what this work could look like in the not-too-distant future. Robotic crawlers equipped with cameras, powerful lights, sonar, and upgraded grabber systems might be used to pick upContinue Reading
BERLIN: Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, leading in the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, pledged on Monday (Jan 27) to bring a law on restoring border controls before parliament this week even if it needed to be passed with far-right support. It was a signal Merz would place migration atContinue Reading
