Germany Plans to Let Asylum-Seekers Work After Only Three Months
Germany Rolls Out Fully Digital Skilled-Worker Visa Portal Worldwide
Verdi Calls 48-Hour Nationwide Local-Transport Strike for 27–28 February
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Berlin Extends Belgian Border Checks, Raising Schengen Tensions
Germany will keep passport checks on the Belgian border until at least September 2026, prolonging a measure that has already disrupted commuter and freight traffic since 2024. The decision strains Schengen principles and forces businesses in the border region to adjust logistics and staffing plans.
Five-Year Review Shows Skilled-Worker Immigration to Germany Has Doubled
A Federal Employment Agency review shows Germany attracted 128,000 skilled third-country nationals in 2025—double the figure recorded when the Skilled Immigration Act debuted in 2020. Vocational workers now outnumber university graduates under the scheme, but qualification recognition and local-authority digitalisation remain pain points.
Berlin admits it lost track of thousands of short-term visa workers
FOCUS reports that no German authority keeps systematic records on whether holders of the short-term contingent work visa leave the country when their eight-month permits expire. The data gap raises political pressure for tighter exit controls and could lead to new compliance obligations for employers.
Lufthansa launches cabin-refit programme for German Airbus A320 fleet
Lufthansa confirmed on 21 February that it has begun upgrading the cabins of 38 Germany-based Airbus A320s with new seats, larger overhead bins and in-seat power. The €-multi-million project aims to improve passenger comfort on key business sectors such as Frankfurt–Hamburg and Munich–Berlin.
Europe-wide weather and strike chaos slows German airports, warns industry tracker
A Grand Pinnacle Tribune analysis shows that snowstorms and a 48-hour Lufthansa strike earlier in the week left German airports nursing hundreds of residual delays on 21 February. Companies are urged to update duty-of-care and re-routing protocols as labour action becomes a regular risk factor.
WELT TV highlights visa-expiry blind spot in German migration oversight
A 21 February WELT TV report says neither the Federal Police nor the Interior Ministry reliably capture whether low-skilled foreign workers leave Germany after their visas expire, raising questions about the efficacy of forthcoming EU Entry/Exit registers.