Why Germany’s Conscription Plans are Falling Apart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXeC9LSdXfc

#germany #nato #russia

For over 50 years, German's North Rhine-Westphalia has been a magnet for Japanese companies due in part by its location at the heart of Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/26/companies/japan-firms-germany/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #germanyjapanrelations #germany #manufacturing

Germany to pay US military base employees amid shutdown

> Germany plans to pay some 11,000 local employees at #US #military bases in the country who might not receive salaries in October because of the government shutdown in Washington, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

> "The [German] federal government will initiate an unscheduled expenditure to ensure that October salaries are paid on time," a ministry spokeswoman said.

> A ministry spokeswoman told AFP news agency on Wednesday that it was still unclear whether the US government would send through the money but that the German government would ensure that salaries would be paid anyway.

> She said the German government anticipates being reimbursed once the US side does make payment.

> Berlin's contribution is "a sign of solidarity with the US armed forces stationed in Germany and their civilian employees," she added.

> #Germany and the US are both members of the #NATO military alliance and engage in substantial defense cooperation.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-pay-us-military-base-employees-amid-shutdown/a-74477877

Not for the first time, this company has got the best marketing team for their TV commercials. The brief must have been "remind middle-aged Germans about their childhood".

The cinematography is insanely good.

#advertising #marketing #tv #photography #McDonalds #Germany #German #camera

🗺️ Map showing Germany Land Cover – 2024
Made with QGIS & Blender using:
🏞️ Landcover from EarthMap (ESRI 2024)
⛰️ DEM from Divagis
#Germany #Europe #QGIS #Blender #b3d #data #Cartography #GIS #gischat #LandCover #map

TIL that right now lots of cranes and herons are dying from #BirdFlu H5N1 virus in #Germany

They literally fall from the sky.

German companies have started trading industrial secrets in exchange for Chinese rare materials according to Bloomberg.

To keep rare earth supplies flowing, German companies are giving China a front-row seat to their industrial blueprints: diagrams, supply chain layouts, customer lists, and even 3-year production forecasts.

All this, just to get a 6-month license for rare earth supplies.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-25/german-firms-hand-over-secrets-that-china-could-use-for-leverage

#germany #china #tech #economy

The mood in German machinery and equipment manufacturing sector deteriorated further in the 3 quarter and the outlook has worsened noticeably. In addition to the customs conflict, the weakness in key customer industries is having an increasing impact.

https://www.vdma.eu/en/viewer/-/v2article/render/148711973

#germany #economy

🗺️ Map showing Germany Land Cover – 2024
Made with QGIS & Blender using:
🏞️ Landcover from EarthMap (ESRI 2024)
⛰️ DEM from Divagis
#Germany #Europe #QGIS #Blender #b3d #data #Cartography #GIS #gischat #LandCover #map

Not for the first time, this company has got the best marketing team for their TV commercials. The brief must have been "remind middle-aged Germans about their childhood".

The cinematography is insanely good.

#advertising #marketing #tv #photography #McDonalds #Germany #German #camera

Germany to pay US military base employees amid shutdown

> Germany plans to pay some 11,000 local employees at #US #military bases in the country who might not receive salaries in October because of the government shutdown in Washington, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

> "The [German] federal government will initiate an unscheduled expenditure to ensure that October salaries are paid on time," a ministry spokeswoman said.

> A ministry spokeswoman told AFP news agency on Wednesday that it was still unclear whether the US government would send through the money but that the German government would ensure that salaries would be paid anyway.

> She said the German government anticipates being reimbursed once the US side does make payment.

> Berlin's contribution is "a sign of solidarity with the US armed forces stationed in Germany and their civilian employees," she added.

> #Germany and the US are both members of the #NATO military alliance and engage in substantial defense cooperation.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-pay-us-military-base-employees-amid-shutdown/a-74477877

Germany and France are supporting a push to discuss China’s increasingly restrictive trade measures at a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels, according to people familiar with the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/germany-france-china-trade-eu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #france #germany #europe #eu #trade #china

🇩🇪 What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier / Ai Weiwei

｢ At the heart of bureaucracy lies a collective endorsement of power’s legitimacy, and therefore, individuals surrender their moral judgment — or perhaps never developed one. They abandon challenge. They relinquish dispute.

When conversation becomes avoidance, when topics must not be mentioned, we are already living under the quiet logic of authoritarianism ｣

https://hyperallergic.com/1050197/what-i-wish-i-had-known-about-germany-earlier/

#germany #authoritarianism

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Nineteen EU countries and Norway demand measures to return Afghans either voluntarily or forcibly.

Twenty countries are pressing the EU Commission to start sending back Afghans resident illegally in Europe, either voluntarily or by force.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251018-nineteen-eu-countries-and-norway-demand-measures-to-return-afghans-either-voluntarily-or-forcibly?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#EU #Afghans #Afghanistan #Taliban #Migration #Austria #Belgium #Bulgaria #Cyprus #Czechia #Estonia #Finland #Germany #Greece #Hungary #Ireland #Italy #Lithuania #Luxembourg #Malta #Netherlands #Norway #Poland #Slovakia #Sweden