Lower Saxony's new Minister-President, Olaf Lies (SPD), wants to keep an election promise that was made by his predecessor Stephan Weil (SPD) in 2022 and was later included in the coalition agreement.

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Smartphones in schools: Lower Saxony and Saxony against blanket bans How countries deal with cell phones in schools varies a lot. Some are already changing their laws, while others are looking for ...

Artillery shell output at a state-of-the-art Rheinmetall factory will be almost twice initial corporate targets and, thanks to near-bottomless demand for munitions driven by the Russo-Ukraine War, ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Veteran German Social Democrat (SPD) Stephan Weil plans to stand down as premier of the state of Lower Saxony after 12 years in office, two sources familiar with the matter told ...

German Minister President of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil speaks during the opening of Canada's booth at the Hannover Messe, which has Canada as this year's partner country for one of the world's ...

HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) -The likely new leader of the German state of Lower Saxony on Tuesday promised continuity in the oversight of Volkswagen after Social Democrat Stephan Weil said he would ...

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Germany is set to introduce the world’s first zero-emission passenger train to be powered by hydrogen. The Coradia iLint only emits excess steam into the atmosphere, and provides an alternative ...

Europe News: A fire department in the German state of Lower Saxony intervened when a duck's feathers froze to the surface of a pond near a sewage treatment plant.

"Language is the key to successful integration - professionally and privately," says Minister Sven Schulze. "With the new B2 language course, we are optimally preparing young people for their ...