FRANKFURT—For decades, thousands of niche, world-class manufacturers that form the backbone of the German economy relied on an unassailable moat: unmatched quality. Now that moat is drying up. The ...

Indonesia/Germany: Heidelberg Materials is facing local protests against a planned cement plant and limestone quarry in Central Java. Locals say that the company failed to properly assess and mitigate ...

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has appeared to rule himself out of replacing Julian Nagelsmann as Germany national team coach in the wake of their shock World Cup Round-of-32 exit after a ...

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been urged to take over from Julian Nagelsmann as Germany head coach. The appeal comes from sections of the German media following the four-time World ...

Weidel wants to lift boycott of Russian oil, gas Comments show potential fragility of alliance backing Ukraine AfD dominates polling before two eastern state elections BERLIN, June 30 (Reuters) - ...

BERLIN — German political leaders are responding to Volkswagen's bombshell plan to slash 100,000 jobs — potentially one of the largest corporate layoffs in history — with predictable pledges to ...

Volkswagen is planning to cut 100,000 jobs and close four manufacturing plants -- three make Volkswagens and one makes Audis -- during the next five years in an effort to better compete with Chinese ...

June 27 (UPI) --Volkswagen is set to cut as many as 100,000 jobs, and end production at four of its plants, as part of a restructuring to better counter Chinese rivals in Europe. The company is one of ...