All posts tagged "Germany"

  • A family reunification dilemma for the EU

    Many of the asylum seekers heading for Europe hope to bring their families over later – so governments are squeezing refugees’ rights to family reunification. But Yermi Brenner finds that

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Managing the EU Migration Crisis

    The recent influx of migrants into Europe from Africa, the Middle East and South Asia has presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the Eurozone crisis. The

    • Posted March 23, 2016
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  • Germany announces $299bn infrastructure investment

    Germany’s federal government has announced a €265bn ($299bn) infrastructure investment plan covering the next 14 years. The national infrastructure plan (Bundesverkehrswegeplan), which was announced on Wednesday, sets out which roads,

    • Posted March 18, 2016
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  • Civil servants’ pension payments pose challenge to Germany’s finances, report says

    Rising pension payments for Germany’s civil servants are set to pose a challenge to the country’s finances, according to a report by credit ratings agency Moody’s. Teachers, who all, until

    • Posted January 22, 2016
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  • Q&A: Dr. Ludger Schuknecht, Ministry of Finance, Germany

    Dr. Ludger Schuknecht is chief economist and director-general for strategy, international financial monetary policy at Germany’s Ministry of Finance.   Please describe your role. What is the focus of your

    • Posted October 3, 2015
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  • British civil service is world leader, says top civil servant

    The British civil service is world leader in behavioural insights and evidence-based policy, its most senior civil servant has claimed. Speaking at an event in London last week, cabinet secretary

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Update on world economic outlook out tomorrow

    The OECD will publish its projections for the economic outlook of the world’s major economies tomorrow. The OECD’s chief economist Catherine L. Mann is presenting the Interim Global Economic Assessment

    • Posted September 15, 2015
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  • UK Appoints New Foreign Office Chief

    The British ambassador to Germany has been appointed the new top civil servant of Britain’s foreign office, it has been announced today. Sir Simon McDonald will take up the role

    • Posted July 29, 2015
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  • German Bundestag to rebuild IT systems as cyber attack continues

    The German lower house of Parliament is working to re-build its IT systems as a cyber attack which has lasted almost two months, is still ongoing. Global Government Forum reported

    • Posted June 24, 2015
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Hackers steal data from German parliament

    Hackers have been able to steal data from the German government as part of a “massive cyber attack” that has now lasted for almost a month, Global Government Forum has

    • Posted May 28, 2015
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