A quiet start to the week

Edit The Malta Independent 31 May 2016
German stocks climbed to a one-month high on Monday as investors bet the euro’s weakness against the US dollar would help German exports ... Also trading higher was German airline Lufthansa after the company said it would suspend flights to Venezuela next month due to the country’s economic problems.Other movers during the day were shares in PostNL....

Battle of Jutland centenary marked

Edit BBC News 31 May 2016
It saw the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, based at Scapa Flow in Orkney, clash with the German High Seas Fleet. German President Joachim Gauck will be at the service at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, along with the Princess Royal and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, representing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission ... In the North Sea, The German ship FGS Schleswig-Holstein will join HMS Duncan at Jutland Bank....

Boateng: German right-winger's neighbour comment 'sad'

Edit BBC News 31 May 2016
German footballer Jerome Boateng has said comments by a right-wing politician that most Germans would not want him as a neighbour are "sad". Fans at the German national team's match against Slovakia on Sunday held up banners in support of Boateng, whose father is Ghanaian ... "Jerome Boateng is a super footballer who is rightly a member of the German national team....

Paralympic jumper maintains Olympic hopes despite questions

Edit WPXI 31 May 2016
Wolfgang Potthast of the German Sport University in Cologne said Monday that it was "difficult if not impossible" to determine whether the 27-year-old Rehm gets an advantage or not ... Rehm also won the German national title in 2014 over non-amputee athletes, drawing a mixed reaction ... "Since the German championship in 2014 it has been an ordeal ... Under current rules, Rehm is not eligible for the German team....

Cameron to pay tribute to war dead at Battle of Jutland centenary service

Edit Belfast Telegraph 31 May 2016
One hundred years ago British and German ships engaged in a 36-hour conflict off the coast of Denmark which would leave both sides with devastating losses and change the course of the war ... A service is being held at the UK's most northerly cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, where Mr Cameron and German President Joachim Gauck are expected to attend....

Electric pedestrian forklifts for small-scale tasks (Jungheinrich AG)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
The compact design, short front end of just 435 mm and low overall height guarantee a high degree of manoeuvrability, giving operators of any size an ideal view of the forks ... An advantage here consists of the low chassis height of the EJC M10 E, offering even short operators an ideal view of the fork tips ... A range of safety precautions like the low foot guard reduce the danger of injuries and ensure a high degree of safety....

Functionally ideal, robust and reliable (Jungheinrich AG)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
The trucks' globally tried and tested Kubota industrial engines have high torque even at low revs ... The efficiency-optimised Jungheinrich transmission shaft features an integrated non-wear wet multi-disc brake characterised by its high reliability and low service costs compared with standard drum brakes ... Jungheinrich shares are traded on all German stock exchanges....

Markets edgy ahead of eurozone inflation and unemployment data - business live

Edit The Guardian 31 May 2016
LIVE Updated. Key events. Show ... 08.27 German retail sales take a dive. German consumers kept their hands in the pockets last month, fuelling concerns that Europe’s largest economy may be in the doldrums ... This data is quite volatile, but it does suggest that the German public are being cautious... German retail sales fell -0.9% m/m in Apr after drop of -1.4% in Mar despite employment hit all-time high at 43.43mn pic.twitter.com/ORQO8hQPRc ... ....

Boateng finds neighbour comment 'sad'

Edit BBC News 31 May 2016
German footballer Jerome Boateng says comments by a right-wing politician that most Germans would not want him as a neighbour are "sad" ... ....

Venkaiah Naidu to visit Germany to promote investments in smart cities

Edit Topix 31 May 2016
The Union Urban Development Minister, who leaves for Berlin on Monday night, will hold detailed talks with his German counterpart and senior officials on the roadmap for developing the Bhubaneswar , Kochi and Coimbatore as smart cities with German assistance, an official statement said ... ....

German retail sales post surprise fall in April

Edit RTE 31 May 2016
German retail sales dropped by 0.9% in April, their second consecutive fall, new figures show today ... On the year, German retail sales rose by 2.3% in real ......

Nordic Semiconductor-powered Bluetooth low energy soccer sensors measure player attributes for post-game analysis with interactive coaching videos... (Nordic Semiconductor ASA)

Edit Public Technologies 31 May 2016
Nordic Semiconductor today announces that California, U.S.-based wearable sports technology company, Zepp Labs, has launched a new wearable soccer sensor that employs Nordic's nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC) to support the challenging Bluetooth low energy (previously known as Bluetooth Smart) application while meeting low power consumption requirements ... Zepp Soccer places high demand on the Bluetooth low energy SoC....

Belfast commemorates 1500 Irish sailors killed in World War One

Edit BBC News 31 May 2016
The emergence of the U-Boat as a German weapon forced the Royal Navy to move its grand fleet from its northern home at Scapa Flow in Scotland ... But, in the years to come, the German attack would take its toll in the cold waters off Donegal, sinking HMS Audacious and the SS Laurentic ... "On that day, the fleet he was part of approached the Germans at speed....
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