Daily Briefing 18.08.2026, 16:50 (CEST)

Economic expectations on the rise in Germany, survey shows

Economic expectations in Germany continued their rise in August, the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) reported in figures released on Tuesday.

Germany opens drone security centre following incidents

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt opened a new technology centre for drone security at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) site in Cochstedt to the north-west of Leipzig on Tuesday....

German service sector losing jobs

Employment in Germany's services sector fell by 0.1% on the year, or 27,000, in the second quarter compared with the same quarter last year, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) report...

Drought effects on German grain output limited, but farmers struggling

German grain production is expected to come in slightly below average at 41.9 million metric tons following extended drought across the country, the German Farmers' Association (DBB) predic...

Germany increasing Ebola aid to Congo by €11 million

Germany has increased its aid to combat the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by €11 million ($12.7 million) Development Minister Reem Alabali Radovan said on Tuesday.

German minister in Kiev: Chernobyl protection must be repaired

German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider pledged to help Ukraine repair damage to the protective shelter covering the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site during a visit to Kiev on Tuesday....

Hack hits Berlin city cyber network paralysing two departments

A cyberattack has paralysed two major departments in the government of the city-state of Berlin, the Berlin daily the Tagesspiegel reported on Tuesday.

German business closures near 20-year high as 'crisis dynamic' spreads

Germany saw 187,744 businesses close last year, the highest number in almost 20 years, according to a joint annual analysis by credit agency Creditreform and the Leibniz Centre for European...

Ukrainian man sentenced to prison in Germany for parcel sabotage plot

A German court sentenced a Ukrainian man to imprisonment on espionage charges on Tuesday, finding him guilty of plotting arson attacks on behalf of Russia, but acquitted two other Ukrainian...

Survey finds German parents uncertain on offspring's use of AI

Fewer than half of all German parents say they are "fairly confident" in using artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and able to explain how to use them to their offspring, according to a ...