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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWY9hPDUNGg/verena-sepp.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bertelsmann Profits Down With Declining Results of TV Unit RTL]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/bertelsmann-profits-down-with-declining-results-of-tv-unit-rtl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-26/bertelsmann-profits-down-with-declining-results-of-tv-unit-rtl</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Benoit Berthelot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:47:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik.UKoPmTwt4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik.UKoPmTwt4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[VW CEO Vows More Restructuring, Sees Lessons in China: Bild]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/vw-ceo-blume-tells-bild-restructuring-will-continue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/vw-ceo-blume-tells-bild-restructuring-will-continue</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTWH5OmZccNI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTWH5OmZccNI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Oliver Blume</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rheinmetall Plans to Take Over F126 Frigate Project, Welt Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/rheinmetall-plans-to-take-over-f126-frigate-project-welt-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/rheinmetall-plans-to-take-over-f126-frigate-project-welt-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:03:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iobmhktmUvxg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iobmhktmUvxg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A model of the F126 or Frigate 126 Multi-Purpose Combat Ship 180 of the German Navy is on display at the Berlin Security Conference on European Security and Defence, on November 30, 2022 in Berlin. The F126, planned to be commissioned in 2028, is to be the largest surface warship to join the German Navy since World War II. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merz Plans Trump Call While Doubling Down on MAGA Criticism]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/merz-plans-trump-call-while-doubling-down-on-maga-criticism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-21/merz-plans-trump-call-while-doubling-down-on-maga-criticism</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:17:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGOSrHp9tQQA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGOSrHp9tQQA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Friedrich Merz, Germany&apos;s chancellor, at an informal European Union (EU) leaders retreat at Alden Biesen Castle in Rijkhoven, Belgium, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. EU leaders are to discuss ways to bolster the single market amid new geoeconomic challenges.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Minister Wants More State Ownership in Defense Firms: HB]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-05/german-minister-wants-more-state-ownership-in-defense-firms-hb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-05/german-minister-wants-more-state-ownership-in-defense-firms-hb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:13:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRJ_urCWoTnQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRJ_urCWoTnQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>German defense minister Boris Pistorius</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany Expects Slight GDP Growth This Year, Upswing From 2026]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/germany-expects-slight-gdp-growth-this-year-upswing-from-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/germany-expects-slight-gdp-growth-this-year-upswing-from-2026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Nienaber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 14:03:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTYsRq60pDaU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iTYsRq60pDaU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shoppers near Kurfuestendamm U-Bahn railway station in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, July 29, 2021. Germany reports gross domestic product figures on July 30.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[German Army to Tap Anti-Drone Startup Tytan for Air Defense: FAS]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/german-army-to-tap-anti-drone-startup-tytan-for-air-defense-fas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-04/german-army-to-tap-anti-drone-startup-tytan-for-air-defense-fas</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 12:01:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im7qgnN6WQlA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im7qgnN6WQlA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Defense Minister Boris Pistorius visits the innovation laboratory in Erding on July 22, 2025. Drone from TYTAN Technologies (a Munich-based aerospace company). Photo by: Frank Hoermann / SVEN SIMON/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Munich Airport Resumes Flights After Renewed Drone Sightings]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-03/munich-airport-suspends-flights-again-on-fresh-drone-sightings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-03/munich-airport-suspends-flights-again-on-fresh-drone-sightings</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Allyson Versprille]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 21:27:44 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.A2Xm3ldmuQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.A2Xm3ldmuQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Passengers sleep on inflatable mattresses on the ground while others queue up next to them at Munich International Airport in Munich, southern Germany, on early October 4, 2025, after reports of drone sightings again forced Munich airport to close and more than 30 flights had to be cancelled and left nearly 3,000 passengers stranded. New reports of drone sightings again forced Munich airport to close late on October 3, 2025, a day after drones caused more than 30 flights to be cancelled there and left nearly 3,000 passengers stranded. The airport said in a statement on its website that &quot;because of unconfirmed drone sightings air traffic has been cancelled until further notice&quot;, the latest in a spate of such incidents heightening security fears in Europe. (Photo by Michaela STACHE / AFP) (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany Had the World’s Best Vocational System. What Happened?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The model no longer seems to work for trainees or their employers.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-09/germany-had-the-world-s-best-vocational-system-what-happened</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-09/germany-had-the-world-s-best-vocational-system-what-happened</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marilen Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 05:00:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iECGg4f_XJlI/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iECGg4f_XJlI/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A carpentry workshop in Dobbrikow, Germany. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany’s Humanoid Robots Fail to Show Up for Their Debut]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-26/germany-s-humanoid-robots-fail-to-show-up-for-their-debut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-26/germany-s-humanoid-robots-fail-to-show-up-for-their-debut</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Bergen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:01:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGVl3syWpJCM/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGVl3syWpJCM/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>David Reger, chief executive officer of Neura Robotics, beside a Neura 4NE1 humanoid robot in October 2024 at the Bloomberg Tech Summit in London.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB Has Maximum Flexibility on Interest Rates, Nagel Tells DLF]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-08/ecb-interest-rates-officials-have-maximum-flexibility-nagel-tells-dlf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-08/ecb-interest-rates-officials-have-maximum-flexibility-nagel-tells-dlf</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Schroers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 09:35:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itAYELACOuMw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itAYELACOuMw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Joachim Nagel, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, during a presentation of the Bundesbank&apos;s 2024 Annual Report in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. German parties should quickly form a new government after Sunday’s election, to help prevent the economy failing to expand for a third straight year, according to Nagel.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany’s Main Parties Slip in Election Poll, Far-Left Gains]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-08/germany-s-main-parties-slip-in-election-poll-far-left-gains</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-08/germany-s-main-parties-slip-in-election-poll-far-left-gains</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 12:25:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iShnUrKf7izs/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iShnUrKf7izs/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Friedrich Merz remains on course to become Germany’s next chancellor.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany’s Scholz Slams Trump’s Plan on Ukrainian Minerals]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-08/germany-s-scholz-slams-trump-s-plan-on-ukrainian-minerals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-08/germany-s-scholz-slams-trump-s-plan-on-ukrainian-minerals</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Feb 2025 09:28:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is4eJyplPVGQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is4eJyplPVGQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Olaf Scholz </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s Ailing the German Economy and How Can It Be Fixed?]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/quicktake/germany-s-economy-what-went-wrong-and-how-much-is-china-to-blame</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/quicktake/germany-s-economy-what-went-wrong-and-how-much-is-china-to-blame</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:56:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3GLQ9giod.g/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3GLQ9giod.g/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Vallourec SACA pipe plant in Düsseldorf, which dates back more than a century, was closed down in 2023.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECB Moves to Edge Up Capital Requirements For Region’s Banks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-17/ecb-raises-bank-capital-requirements-citing-heightened-risks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-17/ecb-raises-bank-capital-requirements-citing-heightened-risks</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Comfort]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:02:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate-Hit Nations Wait Years for $370 Million Fund to Deliver]]></title><description><![CDATA[A German-led program announced at United Nations climate talks in Egypt two years ago has deployed just a tiny share of funds to the climate vulnerable countries it’s seeking to help. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/climate-hit-nations-wait-years-for-370-million-fund-to-deliver</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/climate-hit-nations-wait-years-for-370-million-fund-to-deliver</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:55:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPQ1DazX_pcA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPQ1DazX_pcA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A woman carries a bundle of fodder along flooded water in Umerkot district in Sindh province, Pakistan, in September 2022. 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Photographer: Julia Kochetova/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here Are Some Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Wind Industry]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Zero podcast team looks back at recent episodes to gain some insight on where the wind industry is headed. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-11/here-are-some-reasons-to-be-optimistic-about-the-wind-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-11/here-are-some-reasons-to-be-optimistic-about-the-wind-industry</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Verena Sepp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:00:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZQExRzio.VE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iZQExRzio.VE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banks Need to Prioritize Spending on Cyber Defenses, ECB Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-26/banks-need-to-prioritize-spending-on-cyber-defenses-ecb-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-26/banks-need-to-prioritize-spending-on-cyber-defenses-ecb-says</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicholas Comfort]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>