Germany's factory orders plummet 5.3pc last November

Factory orders in Germany dove 5.3% from a month earlier in November 2022, the largest decline over a year, according to provisional data released on Friday.

The market forecast was a 0.5% decline for the month, following a downwardly revised 0.6% rise in October. New orders have reached their lowest level since July 2020 due to an 8.1% monthly drop in foreign orders, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said in a statement.

New orders from the euro area decreased by 10.3% and from countries outside the single currency zone sank by 6.8% compared to last October. At the same time, domestic orders fell by 1.1% in the same period.

On an annual basis, new factory orders fell by a calendar-adjusted 11% compared to November 2021.

The European Commission has identified Cameroon as a "non-cooperating country," banning import of seafood caught in waters of the Central African country.

"The Commission decided to identify Cameroon as a non-cooperating country in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, giving it a so-called 'red card'," the Commission said in a statement on Thursday. "From now onwards EU

Member States shall refuse the importation of fishery products from Cameroon even when accompanied by catch certificates validated by the national authorities," it continued.

The IUU fishing is "one of the most serious threats" to the sustainable exploitation of living aquatic resources, the commission said, adding that it has a "zero-tolerance approach" towards it.

Cameroon is one of four non-EU countries that are currently on the Commission's "red card" list, alongside Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Comoros, and Cambodia.

Under the Instagram handle 'crossfitpriest', Swedish hospital chaplain Oskar Arngarden doles out fitness and spiritual advice to more than 30,000 followers, helping to heal body, mind and soul.

"God is in every aspect of my life," the 38-year-old says.

"When I'm working out it's also in some way a relationship interaction, a prayer with God."

Pulling out his cellphone at the gym across from the Uppsala University Hospital-where he is a Swedish Lutheran Church priest-the muscular father-of-two shows videos on his Instagram account of him lifting weights and exercising.

"In the Bible, it says that your body is your temple. And part of that is to think: 'How should I treat my temple?'". While the negative effects of social media are well documented, Arngarden says social media can also be a good place to talk about "faith and health, and... our existential, mental health."

His account also features posts with spiritual reflections and healthy life habits.

The young priest launched his first Instagram account in 2019.

He became such a sensation that he quickly found himself overwhelmed.

"It got a little bit out of hand... In a couple of months I had 160,000 followers, and I'm a pretty shy guy so for me it was not that comfortable".

A lot of the comments were about his toned physique, numerous tattoos and resemblance to Australian actor Chris Hemsworth.

At the same time, he was suffering from depression.

He ended up closing his account. In 2020 he returned to Instagram, with a clearer idea of the message he wanted to deliver-especially to his subscribers in Sweden, one of the most secular countries in the world.

"We are held back by a history where the church was in the centre, and people came to the church," he says.

"Now we need to find ways for the church to come to meet people."

"And where are the people? They are on social media."

To him, there is "something spiritual in social media", and the way it allows users to "interact with the whole world."