AIn view of the rapidly increasing number of infections, several federal states decided or promised tougher measures on Tuesday. In Bavaria, subject to the approval of the state parliament, strict contact restrictions for the unvaccinated are to apply from Wednesday. Accordingly, only a maximum of five people from two households are allowed to meet. All … Read more
AThis journey cannot begin elsewhere: the dining car on the train from Berlin to Budapest is closed, the landlord only sells bottled beer – mainly to a gentlemen’s company that will get off again in Dresden. With the prospect of at least twelve hours of fasting comes the right mood: I may actually be on … Read more
EA vaccination campaign by the federal government is causing controversial discussions on social media. Five influencers have been promoting vaccinations in short, government-paid videos since last week. In this way, the federal government wants to increase the vaccination rate among young people. However, the provocative videos have been badly received so far. The comments were … Read more
Dhe strike of the train drivers’ union GDL hit commuters and vacationers for the second time this month. Large parts of local and long-distance traffic had been paralyzed since Monday morning. According to Deutsche Bahn, a little more trains should run in long-distance traffic than during the first strike in mid-August, when around a quarter … Read more
His caricature is not easy to distinguish from his real picture: six meters high Trump balloon in London 2018. Bild: AP – For some it is a demagogue, for the market it mainly meant Trump books, Trump hats and Trump jokes: About the end of a desolate presidency. – EA peculiar mood lies in the … Read more
The old town hall, St. Petri Cathedral and the Bremen citizenship (from left) Image: dpa – A high number of bankruptcies in Bremen shows striking patterns. There is now an anonymous complaint against judges and a tax consultancy. The opposition is investigating, and the Hanseatic city is in need of an explanation. – WITHAt first … Read more
“Closed”: Signs like this are currently hanging on the door of many restaurants due to the corona pandemic. Image: dpa – Many innkeepers want money from their insurance because of the corona losses. 150 lawsuits are directed against Allianz Germany alone. But their boss says: The policies were not sold as protection against a pandemic. … Read more
IIn Hesse, the number of corona victims is approaching 500. According to the Robert Koch Institute and the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs, there was only one further death in connection with the Covid 19 pandemic overnight. Officially 496 deaths have been reported since records began in early March. On the other hand, the Robert … Read more
IIn the past day, the group of large cities and districts in Hesse that are doing very well with regard to new coronavirus infections in the past seven days has become smaller and smaller. From eleven it went down to just three. But there were three newcomers overnight: the Hochtaunuskreis, the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and the … Read more
Mhe finance minister and SPD candidate for chancellor have made misleading statements about a common European debt policy Olaf Scholz the coalition partner against them. “Mr. Scholz always gives more to the SPD’s candidate for chancellor than the responsible federal finance minister,” criticized the budgetary spokesman for the Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Eckhardt … Read more