Why are Germany's gas storage levels so low?
Germany's gas storage facilities are only 50% full as traders bet that wholesale prices will fall if the Iran war ends. With around three months until winter, DW asks whether the country can refill it
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dw.com
20.08.2026
Why Germany's gas storage levels are so low
Germany's gas storage facilities are only 50% full as traders bet that wholesale prices will fall if the Iran war ends. With around three months until winter, DW asks whether the country can refill it
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dw.com
20.08.2026
As drought hits Germany's harvest, will food prices rise?
Germany's main farmers' association has warned of a below-average harvest after drought and extreme heat damaged crops. DW looks into what lower yields could mean for food prices and grocery bills.
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dw.com
18.08.2026
How the Rhine drought threatens Germany's economic recovery
Germany's inland waterways still move around 5% of the nation's goods. With the Rhine at a critically low level, DW explores how the drought is hitting the economy where it hurts most.
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dw.com
10.08.2026
Berlin’s defence push draws global groups to set up shop in Germany
Companies from Norway, Finland and South Korea establish German offices to tap higher spending
Finance
ft.com
26.08.2026
VW's future could shape Germany's auto future
Volkswagen bosses face angry workers this week over restructuring plans that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and threaten several German plants. DW examines the pressure on Europe's biggest automak
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dw.com
25.08.2026
Will Volkswagen's crunch week decide Germany's auto future?
Volkswagen bosses face angry workers this week over restructuring plans that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and threaten several German plants. DW examines the pressure on Europe's biggest automak
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dw.com
25.08.2026
Another drone found at Leipzig airport as Germany warns of ‘unscrupulous’ attacks
Latest discovery made near scene where explosive-laden drone was uncovered on August 4
Finance
ft.com
25.08.2026
The little-known French company trying to unseat Palantir in Europe
ChapsVision is in talks with governments across the region and competing for major German defence and police contracts
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ft.com
25.08.2026
German ice-cream firm Florida Eis to build new factory
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finance.yahoo.com
24.08.2026
Germany must ditch doubts over private capital, says investment tsar
Martin Blessing says foreign investors face sceptical public authorities
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ft.com
24.08.2026
Germany becomes Europe’s largest regulated cannabis market
Critics are calling for legislation to be tightened two years after the drug was partially liberalised
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ft.com
22.08.2026
How Germany’s doctors, lawyers and dentists got burnt by private markets bets
Questions mount over management of mandatory pension schemes for professionals worth €300bn
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ft.com
22.08.2026
Global borrowing costs hit fresh highs
Interest rates on long-term US, UK, German and Japanese government debt have soared.
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bbc.co.uk
18.08.2026
Will Germany's drought push up food prices?
Germany's main farmers' association has warned of a below-average harvest after drought and crops damaged by extreme heat. DW looks into what lower yields could mean for food prices and grocery bills.
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dw.com
18.08.2026
Germany harvest drops as drought raises food price fears
Germany's farmers' association has warned of a below-average harvest after drought and extreme heat damaged crops. DW looks into what lower yields could mean for food prices and grocery bills.
Finance
dw.com
18.08.2026
MM to acquire RDM Arnsberg carton board mill in Germany
Finance
finance.yahoo.com
18.08.2026
Governments’ borrowing costs hit further multi-decade highs as US-Iran peace hopes fade
Bond yields in US, UK, Germany France and Japan rise after ceasefire ends and Trump threatens to bomb OmanBusiness live – latest updatesGovernment borrowing costs in several advanced economies continu
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theguardian.com
18.08.2026
The German far right’s Maga problem
Alternative for Germany is wary of getting too close to Donald Trump
Finance
ft.com
18.08.2026
From tourism to power generation and productivity, Europe feels economic cost of heatwaves
Low river levels have stalled German freight traffic and forced closure of nuclear plants in FranceAcross Europe this scorching summer, workers have struggled in the heat as wildfires raged and critic
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theguardian.com
16.08.2026