New potential investments worth RM45.4 bln from Germany: Tengku Zafrul
BERLIN: New investment interests arising from the roundtable and one-on-one meetings with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim here today are worth a potential RM45.4 billion. Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the potential investments encompassed new as well as expansion and diversification projects. “The potential investments are from […]
PM meets up with Muslims in Germany
BERLIN: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim spent the first day of Ramadan by meeting up with fellow Muslims in Germany yesterday. Anwar, who arrived on Sunday on an official visit, joined congregants at the Sehitlik Mosque to fulfil his isyak and tarawih prayers, and was greeted by Turkish Ambassador to Germany, Ahmet Başar Şen. […]
Malaysia receives impressive support from Germany: Anwar
BERLIN: Malaysia has received impressive support and recognition from Germany’s leaders and captains of industry with potential investments worth RM45.4 billion. “We have registered a very impressive support and commitment for Malaysia, not only among political leaders but also from the businesses,” Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. On Monday, Anwar held a meeting […]
German maker of Playmobil toys cuts jobs
BERLIN: The crisis-hit German toy company behind Playmobil, the small plastic figures loved by children the world over, said on Monday that it was cutting 17 per cent of its workforce. The Horst Brandstaetter Group, named after its founder, plans to slash nearly 700 positions worldwide by 2025, 369 of them in Germany, amid long-running […]
Germany to phase out Chinese tech from core 5G networks by 2026
MOSCOW: German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser plans to phase out Chinese-supplied technology from the core 5G networks by 2026, putting Berlin on a collision course with Beijing, reported Sputnik quoting media reports on Tuesday. The plans, which were shared with national broadcasters, show that Huawei- and ZTE-made components will be banned from the next-generation mobile […]
German pharmacists warn of acute medicine shortage
BERLIN: As many as 1.5 million people in Germany have been affected by acute supply bottlenecks for certain medicines, the North Rhine Chamber of Pharmacists said on Thursday. “Sometimes the supply is really on the brink because antibiotics are very scarce and… have to be supplied very quickly,” Xinhua quoted the association’s chair Thomas Preis […]
German man arrested in France for allegedly holding wife captive
PARIS: A German man was arrested on Monday in the French town of Forbach, near the German border, for allegedly holding his wife captive for 12 years, reported German news agency (dpa). However, the French judiciary has urged caution against jumping to conclusions. Olivier Glady, the Sarreguemines public prosecutor for the Moselle region in northeastern […]
Legalising cannabis in Germany will save over €1 billion, says ministry
BERLIN: The German Health Ministry expects the planned legalisation of cannabis to save the country’s law enforcement agencies, courts and prisons more than €1 billion (US$1.08 billion) in costs per year. This emerged from a revised draft law that the ministry sent round on Thursday to professional associations that deal with the issue, a ministry […]
Sarawak joins Europe’s largest biz tradeshow with IMEX debut
BY AWANG MUHAMMAD SYAHMI & NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS KUCHING: Sarawak is set to make its debut at one of the largest business events in the world with its first standalone pavilion at IMEX Frankfurt in Germany from May 23 to 25, 2023. “Sarawak has consistently sent a delegation to IMEX as a proactive effort to […]
Germany prepares for extremely low water levels
BERLIN: Low water levels on the River Rhine due to this summer’s record drought have led German policymakers and industry to launch a Low Water Action Plan, said the Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV). “We have to face the fact that in the long term, due to climate change, we will have to adjust […]
