MUNICH (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Only a small minority of German companies are confident about the coming year, despite slightly better economic prospects, according to a survey published on Monday. The Munich-based ifo institute said that just under 15% of companies expect their situation to improve in 2026. A sizeable majority, 59%, do not expect any…
LEIPZIG (CONVERSEER) – Tatjana Haenni has been appointed RB Leipzig CEO, making her the first woman to hold such a position at a German Bundesliga football club. Haenni, 59, will start on January 1 in the position that had been vacant since Oliver Mintzlaff’s departure three years ago. She will head RB Leipzig’s management board…
MUNICH (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The National Football League (NFL) will return to Munich for regular season games in 2026 and 2028 which means that Germany will have a game every year until 2029. Munich’s Allianz Arena, the home of football top club Bayern Munich, previously hosted NFL American football matches in 2022 and 2024. This…
HAMBURG (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The Flightright legal services company that represents passenger compensation claims is not allowed to disparage Irish budget carrier Ryanair, a German court has ruled. The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg prohibited the online company from claiming, among other things, that the airline was trampling on consumer rights, it said on Friday….
By Christian Ebner, dpa BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – A total of 6.3 million people in Germany worked for low wages at the point of calculation this year, earning a maximum hourly wage of €14.32 ($16.69), the Federal Statistical Office reported on Friday. The statistics are based on the month of April 2025, when salary averages…
