By Michael Fischer, dpa Germany on Thursday reopened its embassy in Damascus, more than three months after the ouster of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.The embassy – which closed in 2012 after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war – was formally opened by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a visit to the Syrian capital….
The Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin Oleksii Makeiev hopes that the future German government will put more pressure on firms to give up on business in Russia. If companies are still operating there after three years of Russia’s war in Ukraine, they are helping to finance Moscow’s war effort through taxes, Makeiev told reporters on Monday….
Following the election victory of Germany’s opposition conservatives, calls sounded throughout the republic on Monday urging leaders to get to work and form a government as soon as possible, as Europe’s biggest economy faces a mountain of challenges. The election saw Germany take a big step to the right, with the conservative bloc – made…
The Volkswagen luxury sports car subsidiary Porsche plans to keep its dividend at last year’s level despite higher costs linked to efforts to improve profitability. The German car manufacturer said that, pending final approval from the supervisory board, it would propose maintaining the dividend at approximately the same level at the annual general meeting.For 2023,…
Californian Artificial Intelligence start-up OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced on Thursday that it would open its first office in Germany, located in Munich. Germany is one of the world’s leading countries in terms of AI usage, according to OpenAI.Munich already hosts the German headquarters of US tech giants such as Apple, Microsoft and Intel….
