BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – A former employee of a church-affiliated pregnancy counselling organization in Germany is fighting her dismissal after leaving the church. Now the European Court of Justice has weighed in on the matter. Catholic associations in the European Union cannot dismiss their employees on the sole ground of leaving the church, the EU’s…
BARCELONA (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German coach Hansi Flick is on the verge of an initial contract extension with Barcelona until 2028 and plans to retire when his time at the Spanish giants comes to an end. “I do not have it in my head to go somewhere else. This is my last club, it is…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Germany’s parliament is set to debate on Wednesday whether to repatriate the country’s gold reserves held abroad, following a motion by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Citizens are entitled to have national assets kept entirely under German control and on German soil, the party said in its debate motion. The…
The former coach of star gymnast Simone Biles, Aimee Boorman, is stepping down from her role at the scandal-hit German national training centre in Stuttgart. The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) said in a statement on Tuesday that it had agreed with the US coach to end their cooperation. The 52-year-old was hired around a year…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Bavarian state premier Markus Söder has advised the German men’s national football team to avoid politics at the World Cup in North America in June and July. Germany were knocked out in the group stage for the second straight edition in Qatar in 2022. The tournament was dominated by a row…
