Germany greenlights €2,000 tax-free earnings for pensioners
Published on 15/10/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Germany will introduce an “active pension” from 1 January 2026 that…
Hong Kong’s pension scheme earns higher grade, still lags behind Singapore’s
Hong Kong’s pension scheme improved its overall adequacy, sustainability and integrity over the past 12 months, rising from…
Hippos Lived in Central Europe around 40,000 Years Ago, New Study Suggests
A small, isolated population of common hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) was present in the Upper Rhine Graben in southwestern…
World’s most powerful X-ray laser spots warm ice under pressure
International researchers have just discovered a new ice form called ice XXI, which compresses water to extreme pressures…
German team Schalke apologises after video of supporter assaulting man in Dublin circulates – The Journal
German team Schalke apologises after video of supporter assaulting man in Dublin circulates The Journal Schalke Fans Condemned For…
Germany’s €1.3 Trillion Burden Is Becoming Battleground for Merz
Germany’s soul-searching over how to revive its moribund economy is running into a hard truth: a sprawling welfare…
My chilling encounter with self-pitying rapist and paedophile Christian Brueckner as he finally answers the question: Did you abduct and kill Madeleine McCann? ROB HYDE
As the waiter scurries away with our orders, I lower my voice and remark to the man sitting…
Four of the best wines to hit the Irish market this autumn – The Irish Times
The wine trade tastings begin in earnest in September. It is the start of the busiest few months…
The 2025 Leica Oskar Barnack Award Winners Capture the Complexity of the Human Experience
The winners of the 45th edition of the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award are photographers Alejandro Cegarra and…
Debate sparks fly as Heather Humphreys links Catherine Connolly to Neville Chamberlain’s 1930s appeasement of Hitler
The two candidates set out their stall – with international viewpoints proving the biggest divide Presidential candidate Heather…
German coalition agrees on urgent measures to revive economy – POLITICO
“The economy is under pressure, and everything we decided yesterday reflects this pressure,” Bärbel Bas, the SPD’s labor…
Germany may raise pension age to 73, to avoid collapse
Increasing the retirement age for Irish workers became a major campaign issue during the 2020 general election –…