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Rising Stillbirth Rate in Germany: A Complex Issue
Germany's stillbirth rate rose from 3.5 to 4.3 per 1000 births between 2007 and 2021, a trend linked to factors including improved prenatal diagnostics, later maternal age, and legal allowances for late-term abortions.
Rising Stillbirth Rate in Germany: A Complex Issue
Germany's stillbirth rate rose from 3.5 to 4.3 per 1000 births between 2007 and 2021, a trend linked to factors including improved prenatal diagnostics, later maternal age, and legal allowances for late-term abortions.
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48% Bias Score
Rhineland-Palatinate State Audit Office Exposes Widespread Financial Mismanagement
The Rhineland-Palatinate State Audit Office uncovered significant financial mismanagement, including €136,000 in lost wind turbine compensation, €812,400 in unnecessary Police Academy spending, and 21.8 redundant positions in finance offices, alongside issues in personnel management and inadequate c...
Rhineland-Palatinate State Audit Office Exposes Widespread Financial Mismanagement
The Rhineland-Palatinate State Audit Office uncovered significant financial mismanagement, including €136,000 in lost wind turbine compensation, €812,400 in unnecessary Police Academy spending, and 21.8 redundant positions in finance offices, alongside issues in personnel management and inadequate c...
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44% Bias Score
Bavaria Reduces Administrative Regulations by 10 Percent, Enacts Moratorium
The Bavarian cabinet has reduced administrative regulations by enacting a moratorium on new regulations and aiming to reduce existing ones by at least 10 percent by the end of 2024, resulting in 2867 regulations remaining as of January 1, 2025. A third modernization act further simplifies grant proc...
Bavaria Reduces Administrative Regulations by 10 Percent, Enacts Moratorium
The Bavarian cabinet has reduced administrative regulations by enacting a moratorium on new regulations and aiming to reduce existing ones by at least 10 percent by the end of 2024, resulting in 2867 regulations remaining as of January 1, 2025. A third modernization act further simplifies grant proc...
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44% Bias Score
Hamburg City Employees Strike Over Phased Retirement Plan
Approximately 35,000 Hamburg city employees staged a full-day warning strike on Thursday, February 22nd, 2025, demanding the reinstatement of a phased retirement plan, impacting public services due to understaffing and high workloads, while a demonstration is planned for 2 PM.
Hamburg City Employees Strike Over Phased Retirement Plan
Approximately 35,000 Hamburg city employees staged a full-day warning strike on Thursday, February 22nd, 2025, demanding the reinstatement of a phased retirement plan, impacting public services due to understaffing and high workloads, while a demonstration is planned for 2 PM.
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40% Bias Score
Continental to Cut 3,000 More Jobs Amidst Automotive Industry Crisis
Continental, a German automotive supplier, will cut an additional 3,000 jobs globally by 2026, primarily in research and development, bringing the total job cuts to over 10,000, impacting Germany heavily with the closure of the Nürnberg site, due to the challenging automotive market.
Continental to Cut 3,000 More Jobs Amidst Automotive Industry Crisis
Continental, a German automotive supplier, will cut an additional 3,000 jobs globally by 2026, primarily in research and development, bringing the total job cuts to over 10,000, impacting Germany heavily with the closure of the Nürnberg site, due to the challenging automotive market.
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44% Bias Score
Hesse Criticizes Federal Deportation Flights to Turkey
Hesse's Interior Minister criticized the federal government's organized deportation flights to Turkey as symbolic politics, stating that the flights primarily involved individuals without criminal records, including women and children, some of whom volunteered to leave; the federal government respon...
Hesse Criticizes Federal Deportation Flights to Turkey
Hesse's Interior Minister criticized the federal government's organized deportation flights to Turkey as symbolic politics, stating that the flights primarily involved individuals without criminal records, including women and children, some of whom volunteered to leave; the federal government respon...
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48% Bias Score
Germany's Labor Shortage Eases Amidst Economic Slowdown
A new ifo Institute survey reveals that Germany's labor shortage has lessened in 2025, affecting 28 percent of companies due to the economic slowdown and resulting layoffs by major companies such as Volkswagen (over 35,000 job cuts). However, some sectors like services, law, and hospitality still re...
Germany's Labor Shortage Eases Amidst Economic Slowdown
A new ifo Institute survey reveals that Germany's labor shortage has lessened in 2025, affecting 28 percent of companies due to the economic slowdown and resulting layoffs by major companies such as Volkswagen (over 35,000 job cuts). However, some sectors like services, law, and hospitality still re...
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36% Bias Score
Germany Bids Farewell to Former President Horst Köhler in State Funeral
Germany held a state funeral for former President Horst Köhler on February 1st, attended by current President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and other dignitaries, celebrating Köhler's life and career, from refugee to IMF head and ultimately, German President.
Germany Bids Farewell to Former President Horst Köhler in State Funeral
Germany held a state funeral for former President Horst Köhler on February 1st, attended by current President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and other dignitaries, celebrating Köhler's life and career, from refugee to IMF head and ultimately, German President.
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20% Bias Score
Appeal Allowed for Controversial Kampenwand Cable Car Construction
A Bavarian court has allowed an appeal against a ruling that halted the construction of the Kampenwand cable car, raising concerns about environmental impacts and potential violations of nature protection laws. The appeal challenges the lower court's decision, which cited unclear plans for tree fell...
Appeal Allowed for Controversial Kampenwand Cable Car Construction
A Bavarian court has allowed an appeal against a ruling that halted the construction of the Kampenwand cable car, raising concerns about environmental impacts and potential violations of nature protection laws. The appeal challenges the lower court's decision, which cited unclear plans for tree fell...
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44% Bias Score
Bavaria Cuts Administrative Regulations by 15 Percent, Exceeding Targets
Bavaria reduced 519 administrative regulations by December 31, 2024, exceeding its 10 percent goal; a moratorium on new regulations is in effect until 2026; this is part of a larger effort to reduce bureaucracy, including the introduction of a new Modernization Act.
Bavaria Cuts Administrative Regulations by 15 Percent, Exceeding Targets
Bavaria reduced 519 administrative regulations by December 31, 2024, exceeding its 10 percent goal; a moratorium on new regulations is in effect until 2026; this is part of a larger effort to reduce bureaucracy, including the introduction of a new Modernization Act.
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56% Bias Score
Surge in Severe Pediatric Influenza Cases Strains German Hospitals
German hospitals are reporting a fivefold increase in children hospitalized with severe influenza since January, straining hospital resources due to bed and staff shortages, while vaccination remains an option.
Surge in Severe Pediatric Influenza Cases Strains German Hospitals
German hospitals are reporting a fivefold increase in children hospitalized with severe influenza since January, straining hospital resources due to bed and staff shortages, while vaccination remains an option.
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28% Bias Score
Thuringia Sees Sharp Rise in Small Arms Licenses, Raising Public Safety Concerns
By the end of 2024, approximately 16,900 people in Thuringia held small arms licenses, permitting them to carry non-lethal weapons like blank-firing guns and pepper spray outside their homes; this number has steadily increased from 9,800 in 2017 due to less stringent licensing requirements compared ...
Thuringia Sees Sharp Rise in Small Arms Licenses, Raising Public Safety Concerns
By the end of 2024, approximately 16,900 people in Thuringia held small arms licenses, permitting them to carry non-lethal weapons like blank-firing guns and pepper spray outside their homes; this number has steadily increased from 9,800 in 2017 due to less stringent licensing requirements compared ...
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48% Bias Score
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