Cottbus (Germany)

Type: City

Name: Cottbus (Germany)

Country: Germany

Latitude: 51.77

Longitude: 14.33

population: 115,246

First reported Mar 12 2013 - Updated Mar 12 2013 - 1 reports

Vattenfall AB

Berlin: Mass layoffs at energy firm Vattenfall

The Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has announced the cutting of 2,500 jobs by the end of 2014. Four hundred workers in Sweden, 500 in the Netherlands and 1,500 in Germany will lose their jobs.The Berlin-Brandenburg region will be affected with particular ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - Mar 12 2013]

Entities: Vattenfall AB, Layoffs, Mass Layoffs, Workers

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...Finance minister of the state of Bavaria, Markus Söder, supported Wulff by saying that Islam is an "integral part of Bavaria”, while new President Joachim Gauck said, Muslims living in Germany are more definitively a part of the country than the religion of Islam.Back on 13 November 2012, Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz concluded a “historic” accord with its Muslim and Alawite communities, which made it the first German state to recognize and integrate certain Islamic holidays in its official calendar and also allowed integrating Islamic religious teaching in schools and the future employment of Muslim and Alawite religious studies’ teachers. Soon afterward on November 30th, the same was adopted by a second German State, Breman. “I am delighted because Islam and Muslims are part of our city and part of our life,” said Brenan’s mayor Jens Boehrnsen (AFP).To former President Christian Wulff, President Joachim Gauck, Markus Söder"

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