Industrial Robot Installations Fall in EU Automotive Industry While Global Demand Doubles
The European Union's automotive industry recorded a 5% year-on-year decline in industrial robot installations in 2024, with only 30,650 units deployed across the bloc's vehicle-producing countries. This contraction comes despite the automotive sector traditionally accounting for approximately one-quarter of all global robot installations, according to the World Robotics 2025 Industrial...
German Circus Performance Ends in Fatality as Artist Plunges From Trapeze
A 27-year-old trapeze artist died during a performance at Circus Paul Busch in Bautzen, Saxony, on Saturday evening, plunging approximately five meters from her apparatus in front of approximately 100 spectators. The Spanish performer, identified only as Marina, was pronounced dead at the scene despite emergency response efforts, according to police statements.The tragedy occurred...
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German households are showing declining willingness to actively participate in the country's energy transition despite overwhelming support for its goals, according to the latest KfW Energiewendebarometer survey. While 83 percent of private households consider the shift toward renewable energy important, only 59 percent express high readiness to drive the change themselves—the lowest level...
Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) is currently deliberating whether companies can legally use the "Miss Moneypenny" name from the James Bond franchise to market secretarial and assistant services. The case, which reached the country's highest civil court on Thursday, examines whether the fictional character has achieved sufficient independent recognition to warrant trademark...
German prosecutors have filed charges against a 27-year-old man from North Rhine-Westphalia accused of orchestrating a nationwide banking fraud scheme that allegedly defrauded customers of more than €1.2 million. The Bamberg General Prosecutor's Office, through its Central Cybercrime Unit Bavaria, has charged the suspect with organized and commercial fraud following an extensive...
MUNICH — Knorr-Bremse AG, the German manufacturer of braking systems for trucks and trains, announced on Monday it has agreed to acquire Dutch digital services platform TRAVIS Road Services International B.V. The deal, valued in the mid-double-digit million-euro range, represents the latest step in the company's strategy to build a comprehensive aftermarket ecosystem for commercial vehicle...
European defense technology company Helsing has unveiled its CA-1 Europa unmanned combat aircraft, presenting the design concept during a media event at its subsidiary Grob Aircraft's facility in Tussenhausen. The presentation was attended by Bavaria's Minister President Markus Söder and Helsing's co-supervisory board chairman Tom Enders, highlighting the significance of the project for...
The Bremen SPD has laid out its political and personnel roadmap for the remaining year and a half of its legislative term, with a clear focus on education equity, public safety, affordable housing, and economic strengthening. At a party conference, delegates approved both the substantive policy directions and key personnel changes that will guide the state government's work until the next...
The European Union's automotive industry recorded a 5% year-on-year...
A 27-year-old trapeze artist died during a performance at Circus...
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), Germany's largest naval...
The German government has unveiled an ambitious 80-measure plan to...
A large-scale fire in Freiburg's industrial district has caused...
Hypo Vorarlberg Bank AG has announced the publication of its...
Social Democrat Andrea Henze has been elected as the new mayor of...
Swiss cement conglomerate Holcim has agreed to acquire German...
