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As Berlin struggles to provide affordable housing to its people, locals talk to our correspondent Vincent McAviney about rent rises and the difficulty in finding accommodation. The Euronews red sofa was set up in Alexanderplatz, in the centre of the city, to see what Berliners think. The complaints started to flood in with one resident saying: “It’s extremely hard to find room to live. It’s extremely expensive. If you find an apartment, there are hundreds of other people who want to live there as well. I’m stuck in my apartment.” Another Berliner told us how rent rises are pricing local people out of the market: “Yes the apartments have become much more expensive for sure, especially when they are renovated. Our apartment was really cheap for its size - but then it was renovated a few years ago and now costs 200 euros more a month. Many people can’t afford that at all.” A third resident explains how she has been looking for a flat for … [Read more...] about Road Trip Europe Day 46 Berlin: Housing prices skyrocket

Updated 7:09 am CDT, Tuesday, April 9, 2019 BERLIN (AP) — Pharma and chemicals giant Bayer says it is cutting 4,500 jobs in its home market of Germany. Bayer said Tuesday that the positions are part of 12,000 job cuts around announced last year. The company currently has about 32,100 employees in Germany. Bayer is fighting the fallout from lawsuits over the alleged carcinogenic effects of Roundup, a weed killer it acquired with the purchase of American agrochemicals rival Monsanto. Bayer says that scientific evidence shows the product is safe and regulators have supported that conclusion. … [Read more...] about Pharmaceuticals giant Bayer to cut 4,500 jobs in Germany

Updated 11:56 am CDT, Tuesday, June 18, 2019 BERLIN (AP) — German industrial equipment maker Siemens says it is cutting 2,700 jobs globally at its power and gas company as it seeks to make cost savings. Siemens said Tuesday that the cuts include 1,400 jobs in Germany and would take place over the course of several years. The layoffs come in addition to the 10,400 from its core units that the company already announced last month. Siemens in May said it was undertaking a major restructuring that would involve spinning off its oil, gas and power generation business and creating new areas of growth. The company plans to save 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in costs by 2023. … [Read more...] about Germany’s Siemens announces 2,700 job cuts

BERLIN, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Ali Mohammad Rezaie does not celebrate his birthday because his Afghan parents never noted the date he was born. Yet he knows exactly when he arrived in Berlin to seek asylum: Oct 15, 2015.That day changed his life."It wasn't a special day. I was tired and had been on the road for two months," he told Reuters of his overland journey through the Balkans.Since then he's sung in a choir and done internships and temporary work at a nursing home, a bakery, hotels and restaurants. It is a far cry from the village of his birth 26 years ago.More than 1 million people have come to Germany as migrants since 2015 under Chancellor Angela Merkel's open door policy. Since then, migration has divided Europe and helped propel a rise of far right parties.  19 PHOTOS Berlin becomes home for migrants See Gallery Berlin becomes home for migrants Syrian migrant Haidar Darwish performs during a show at Silverfuture club in Berlin, Germany, July 8, 2018. … [Read more...] about With clubs and churches, Berlin becomes home for migrants

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s first giant panda cubs have been born and their mother, Meng Meng, is doing a wonderful job looking after the pink twins who bear no resemblance to their black and white furry parents, Berlin Zoo announced on Monday. Immediately after the first birth, the mother placed the creature on her belly and warmed it with her large paws and soft fur, said the zoo. Within an hour, a second cub had been born. “On Saturday evening, Berlin’s panda population doubled as Germany welcomed its first-ever panda offspring – two of them!” said the Zoo, adding that mother and cubs were all in good health. The zoo is also home to the cubs’ father, Jiao Ching. As pandas with twins usually raise only one of the cubs, the zoo is actively supporting Meng Meng, 6, in the rearing process and has enlisted experts from China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding Zoo to help. It is notoriously difficult to get giant pandas to … [Read more...] about Berlin celebrates birth of Germany’s first giant panda cubs