A new analysis from the German Economic Institute (IW) projects that Germany could be short 723,000 skilled workers by 2029 — almost double 2025’s shortfall — with sectors that already lean heavily on immigrant labour, from care work to construction, among the hardest hit. Germany’s skilled-worker shortage is set to widen sharply over the next three years, according to a …

Twenty-five years after 9/11, its deepest legacy extends far beyond the wars that followed. The attacks reshaped how the world moves, trades, finances and cooperates, embedding security into the architecture of globalisation. Collins Nweke* examines how that transformation reordered the global system—and continues to shape its future. Twenty-five years after 11 September 2001, perhaps its most enduring legacy is not …

The story of Jolloful Foods began not in a boardroom, but around a breakfast table in Berlin in the 1990s. Every Saturday, a diverse group of professionals from 17 countries gathered at a French restaurant near Savignyplatz, to share stories and explore Berlin. Then one day, a simple question about the absence of African food planted a seed. A concert …