Petra Sorge

  • Cash machine blown upFinance

    ATM bombings have soared to a record high in Germany

    By Petra Sorge and Bloomberg
  • 31 August 2020, Saxony, Trebendorf: Lignite is transported via a conveyor belt in the Nochten opencast mine. The energy company Leag has begun preparations for demolition work in the Lusatian village in order to be able to excavate lignite there. In spite of the coal phase-out agreed until 2038, Mühlrose is to be one of the last places to make way for open-cast mining, because from the end of the 2020s the lignite lying below the village is to be extracted by the Nochten open-cast mine. This is to secure the long-term supply of the Boxberg power plant site. Around 200 inhabitants are affected, for whom building plots are currently being developed in the neighbouring community of Schleife. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images)Environment

    The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind

    By Petra Sorge and Bloomberg
  • Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev making a speech.Politics

    Europe plotting to keep last remaining Russia-Ukraine gas pipeline flowing with Azerbaijan’s help

    By Ewa Krukowska, Petra Sorge, and others
  • 05 July 2021, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Olaf Scholz, SPD candidate for Chancellor and Federal Finance Minister, stands at a bar table during a visit to the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)Tech

    Volkswagen to develop affordable EVs priced at $21,696—a ‘very good’ move says Germany’s Scholz

    By Petra Sorge and Bloomberg
  • CUXHAVEN, GERMANY – JANUARY 31: German Federal Economy and Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck holding a model wind turbine while visiting the Siemens Gamesa wind turbine factory on January 31, 2023 in Cuxhaven, Germany. Siemens Gamesa specialises in wind turbines for offshore wind parks. (Photo by Gregor Fischer/Getty Images)Environment

    Siemens Energy shares fall 40% after company seeks government help as wind-turbine woes threaten gas and power division

    By Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Petra Sorge, and others
  • Olaf Scholz

    Germany wants to strip families making over €150,000 of the benefit that pays them during parental leave

    By Petra Sorge and Bloomberg