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German Environmental Protection Sector Records Impressive Growth
Berlin (ots) - Germany’s Federal Statistical Office says that 2022 turnover in goods and services in the sector reached 107.5 billion euros – an annual increase of 16.9 percent. Environmental protection is big business in Europe’s largest economy. And it’s grower bigger by the year, as the government figures show. The largest share of the nearly 108 billion euros of turnover in the sector came in climate ...
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BVR: Council of the EU’s decision on CMDI acknowledges institutional protection but improvements are still needed
Berlin (ots) - The Council of the European Union (EU) has today decided on its general approach regarding the European Commission’s proposed legislation for amending the crisis management and deposit insurance framework (CMDI review). The Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR) [National ...
moreOECD Deems Germany “Global Leader” in Artificial Intelligence
Berlin (ots) - In a new report, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development found that Germany was a world-class environment for AI and pointed out room for further development and growth. The OECD study “Artificial Intelligence Review of Germany” praised Europe’s largest economy for showing “vision” and “leadership” in becoming one of the ...
moreGermany Leads Europe, Second in World in EV Production
Berlin (ots) - The German automotive industry association VDA says that 995,000 purely electric vehicles rolled off German assembly lines in 2023. All told, some 1.27 million purely electric (BEV) and hybrid (PHEV) vehicles were made in Germany in 2023, the second highest number in the world behind China. China dominates global EV production, but the vast majority of its cars are sold domestically. By contrast 76 percent ...
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PRESSRELEASE Alexander Zverev
Berlin (ots) - As lawyers for Alexander Zverev, we declare on behalf of our client that the criminal proceedings under file number 250 Cs 184/23 have been dropped: The criminal proceedings against Alexander Zverev were dropped and the case was terminated today by the court with the consent of the public prosecutor's office, Ms. Brenda Patea as joint plaintiff and Alexander Zverev's defence lawyer. The penalty order is now groundless. Alexander Zverev has agreed to this ...
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Germany Sets Quarterly Record for Renewable Energy Generation
Berlin (ots) - European largest economy generated and fed into the national grid 121.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in the first quarter of 2024. Renewables accounted for 58.4 percent of all electricity produced in Germany in the first three months of this year. That is more than for any quarter since statistics of this sort began to be collected in 2018. The 121.5 billion kilowatt hours represented an annual ...
moreCIVIS Media Prize 2024 | eight programmes honoured
Berlin (ots) - The winners of the European CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity 2024 have been announced: The main prize of 15,000 euros, the CIVIS TOP AWARD, goes to the social media format STRG_F: Israel and Gaza: Life between terror and war (NDR | funk) by authors Manuel Biallas, Armin Ghassim, Lisa Hagen, Mariam Noori, Timo Robben, Sulaiman Tadmory. The film depicts the fate of two young people ...
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Global Renewable Energy Summit on 28 May online
moreGermany Records Big Rise in Foreign Direct Investment in 2023
Berlin (ots) - The volume of international business expansions to and in Europe’s largest economy increased by over 37 percent last year. Germany attracted 34.8 billion euros worth of international business projects in 2023 – that’s the result of Germany Trade & Invest’s (GTAI) annual FDI study. The figure includes both greenfields and expansions. It does not include any mergers or acquisitions. The comparable ...
moreGodrej & Boyce eyes Europe's EV market amid rising demand
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - Godrej & Boyce, announced that its Motor Components business is targeting a revenue of 1000 Cr in the next three years, with 50% of the revenue coming from exports. As demand for electric vehicles (EVs) surges, Europe has emerged as a manufacturing powerhouse for automobiles and allied industries. Godrej & Boyce, a leading industrial manufacturing brand, is making significant strides in the ...
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Gerresheimer partners with RxCap to offer connected adherence solutions
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Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena)
PR // Application phase for the 2024 Energy Efficiency Award has begun
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Premium documentary series “Free at Last” unveiling the secrets of Apartheid from BEETZ BROTHERS and STORYSCOPE boarded by ZDF, ARTE, VPRO and SABC
moreOpenSynergy introduces COQOS Cloud in AWS Marketplace / COQOS Cloud enables Software Defined Vehicle Developers to test their software on virtualized hardware on AWS before physical devices are available
Berlin (ots) - OpenSynergy, a market leader in embedded software for hardware virtualization, announces that COQOS Cloud will be available in AWS Marketplace for developers to easily develop, run and test their software on Amazon Web Services (AWS). OpenSynergy will demonstrate COQOS Cloud at Embedded World 2024 ...
moreGodrej Lawkim Motors eyes the European Export market to drive future growth
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - ~ The company is targeting a revenue of 1000 Cr in the next three years Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, announced that its business Godrej Lawkim Motors is targeting a revenue of 1000 Cr in the next three years, with 50% of the revenue coming from exports. This growth is being driven by the transition of the global ...
more2022 Marked a Record for German R&D Investments
Berlin (ots) - EUR 121.4 billion was spent in Germany on reasearch and development - more than ever before in a single year. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the amount of money devoted to R&D rose by seven percent in 2022, reaching an all-time high. The figures include commercial, university and non-university research. R&D investments by businesses grew by eight percent, reaching EUR 81.8 billion. That's ...
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CRIME SCENE BERLIN: NIGHTLIFE KILLER – New true crime docuseries by Beetz Brothers coming to Netflix on April 3rd
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Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft e.V.
Press Release: BETD 2024 – 10 years Berlin energy transition conference
Press release Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2024 19–20 March 2024 | Federal Foreign Office 10 years Berlin energy transition conference “Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue” (BETD): BETD discusses concrete implementation of COP28 targets and the associated financing of renewables Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Federal Minister for Economic ...
moreGermany Now on Course to Reach CO2 Goals / The reduction in carbon dixioide emissions from 2022 to 2023 suggest that Germany can meet its ambitious climate targets by 2030
Berlin (ots) - Ten percent - that was the annual decrease in German CO2 output last year, according to the Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt). Germany emitted 673 million tons of greenhouse gasses in 2023, 76 million million tons fewer than the previous year. That represents a reduction of around ten ...
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FDX Fluid Dynamix and Fraunhofer IPK to Collaborate with Lonza on Novel Nanoparticle Formulation Technology Platform FDmiX
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Berlin (ots) - Germany has introduced new legislation that will relax entry requirements for qualified non-EU professionals who wish to live and work in the country. As of March 1, 2024, a major part of the legislative package to modernize German residence law will come into force in Europe’s largest economy. Easements for the EU Blue Card have already been in place since November 2023. The new support measures mainly ...
moreLarge majority recognises disinformation as danger to democracy
Gütersloh/Berlin (ots) - The German population is concerned about disinformation being disseminated deliberately over the internet. They fear that political opinions and elections are being influenced in this way. The political class, civil society and the media must confront this challenge. Comparison with the United States shows that polarisation boosts awareness of ...
moreLooking for 40 young leaders: AGYLE, the African-German Young Leaders programme, is now open for applications
Berlin, Germany (ots) - - Looking for 40 young leaders from Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, Senegal, Tunisia, and Germany - Applications can be submitted at www.agyle-programme.com until 7 April 2024 - Core theme: Circular Economy - How young leaders are shaping the transformation - Aim of the programme: strengthening ...
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Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte
EU-Member states should agree to EU Due Diligence Directive
Berlin (ots) - The German Institute for Human Rights urges the German Government and all other EU member states to vote in favour of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in the final vote on 9 February. The EU directive is critical to safeguard and protect human rights and the environment in global supply chains. After lengthy negotiations, the CSDDD may now fail due to disagreements within the ...
moreConstruction begins on 10 MW hydrogen plant in Brake
Berlin / Brake (ots) - Lhyfe, a leading European producer of green and renewable hydrogen for transportation and industrial applications, is set to begin construction of a 10 MW green hydrogen plant in Brake (Unterweser). The groundbreaking ceremony for the production plant took place on February 1 in the port area of Niedersachsen Ports, the country's largest public seaport operator. According to Lhyfe, the new facility ...
moreDIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS: Savina Rizova als eine der 100 einflussreichsten Frauen im US-Finanzwesen zum Co-Chief Investment Officer ernannt
moreRobust 2024 Growth Forecast for Digital Industry in Germany
Berlin (ots) - Leading digital industry association Bitkom says that the sector is poised to outperform other parts of the German economy in the coming year. Bitkom predicts that the German information technology and communications market will grow by 4.4 percent in 2024 – three to four times as much as prognoses for German GDP as a whole. In 2023, the industry grew by 2 percent, reaching EUR 215 billion, according to ...
moreGermany Remains Top International Business Expansion Location
Berlin (ots) - Despite negative headlines and transnational economic challenges, a lot went right for the German business sector in 2023, says the country’s international economic promotion agency, Germany Trade & Invest. German GDP may have been stuck treading water in 2023, but that didn’t deter major international companies from launching major expansion projects in Europe’s largest economy. In August, Taiwanese ...
moreCES award-winning e-exoskeleton specialist German Bionic presents the Apogee+ power suit for the health sector, in Las Vegas
Berlin (ots) - Recognized with this year’sCES “Best of Innovation” Award in the Wearable Technologies category, Berlin-based robotics and wearable tech specialist German Bionic is back in Las Vegas in 2024 with its latest e-exoskeleton, the Apogee+ power suit. The device is specifically developed to provide ...
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