Confidence in the evolution of the euro zone economy registered a moderate correction in August from the maximum of the last 21 years registered last July. It represents the first setback in the figure so far this year, before supply chain problems and outbreaks of infections, as reflected in the…
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Input shortage affects the German industry
Two-thirds of German industry, 64 %, is suffering from material shortages and struggling to meet production, according to a survey by the Ifo economic institute.
In the previous quarter, the number of companies reporting problems had…
Spain and Germany will create a common digital identity system
Spain and Germany announced an agreement to initiate the pilot test to analyze the viability of a "decentralized and cross-border digital identity ecosystem based on the principles of self-sufficient identity", which will contribute to the…
Germany allocates special fund to deal with floods
Angela Merkel is visiting the areas that have been devastated by the floods in Western Europe, considered the worst of the century, leaving about 183 fatalities, dozens of disappeared and innumerable material damage in Germany and Belgium.…
ECB launches digital euro project
The European Central Bank (ECB) announced today the launch of a two-year pilot project to introduce the digital euro in the long term. The plan will start with the research phase that aims to "supply a coin in its safest form." According to…
Germany approves the European unitary patent
The German Constitutional Court gave the green light to the European unitary patent after rejecting constitutional complaints against the project, which had slowed down the approval of the initiative in Germany.
The judicial entity…
G7 reaches an agreement to reform the tax system
British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the world's most developed economies, meeting at the G7 in London, reached a historic agreement on the reform of the global tax system.
Thus, the G7 ministers, made up of the United…
Germany, synonymous with success in job digitization
The digitalization of work caused by the coronavirus pandemic worked better than expected in Germany, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"We continue to have major weaknesses in the expansion of hardware, but at least we have…
More than 20 Spanish banks attacked by malware
Spain is the European country most affected by the new Brazilian banking Trojan Bizarro, a malware that has already attacked 70 different banks around the world, of which 22 are Spanish banks.
The cybersecurity company Kaspersky, which has…
German economy contracts 1.7 % in 2021
Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) declined 1.7 % year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced today. The figure stops the growth trend registered in the last two quarters, taking into…
Germany will allow Spezialfonds companies to invest in cryptocurrencies
A recent law passed in Germany will allow the most popular mutual fund managers in the region to invest at least 20 % of their resources in cryptocurrencies.
This law, which will come into effect on July 1st, will allow companies known as…
Brexit hits European companies in the UK
The departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU), the so-called Brexit, is markedly hindering the jobs of German companies in the construction and maintenance sector in that country due to the procedures and visas now…