Live conversation with Selenskyj at the festival in Vienna

29. June 2022 Ukrainian president to speak at festival © APA/AFP/POOL/LUDOVIC MARIN – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj addresses an audience in Vienna on Thursday evening and speaks live at the 4Gamechangers Festival with Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen and Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP). The organizers announce this talk “subject to current events”. After … Read more

$19.8 billion for Ukraine

The war in Ukraine determines the summit of the group of economically strong democracies (G7). Will Chancellor Scholz and the other G7 countries agree on further aid in Elmau? Long-term support for Ukraine is one of Olaf Scholz’s (SPD) key goals at his first G7 summit as chancellor. Just over a month ago, the group’s … Read more

Escape leads to the Krefeld stage

June 20, 2022 at 5:15 p.m Ukrainian actress Kateryna Nazemtseva : Escape leads to the Krefeld stage – Kateryna Nazemtseva is now on stage at the Krefeld Theater in a role in the play “Birds”. Photo: Andreas Bishop – – Krefeld The Ukrainian actress Kateryna Nazemtseva has found an engagement at the theaters in Krefeld … Read more

How social researcher Gerhard Bäcker looks at Mönchengladbach

June 15, 2022 at 5:10 am Lecture by Gerhard Baker : This is how a social researcher looks at Mönchengladbach – Gerhard Bäcker spoke in Mönchengladbach about the city’s problems. Photo: Reichartz, Hans-Peter (hpr) – – Moenchengladbach The prospects are not rosy, as the social researcher made clear in his lecture at the Volksverein. There … Read more

Film Series »Perspectives of Ukrainian Cinema«: War and Everyday Life (nd-aktuell.de)

In »Atlantis«, director Valentyn Vasyanovych approaches the horrors of war with dark, post-apocalyptic images. Foto: Best Friend Forever – Somewhere in the desert of southern Ukraine the car of an OSCE delegation breaks down. The translator Lukas sets out to get help and has no idea that a long odyssey through the steppe lies ahead … Read more

More than 14,000 Ukrainians at schools in Lower Saxony

That’s around 2,000 more than a week ago, as the Ministry of Education announced on Friday. The majority attends a general school, only 490 go to vocational schools. According to the ministry, 200 additional people have been hired to look after the war refugees, which corresponds to around 42 full-time units. Up to 100 full-time … Read more

Defense against Russia: New weapons for Ukraine? | NRS import | DW

The battle for Donbass can only be won with heavy weapons. This is the consensus among military experts. In order to reduce the numerical superiority of the Russian army in this regard, Ukraine’s western allies have already supplied thousands of weapons with ammunition. But one thing is clear: the country cannot be defended without further … Read more

Forecasts: Denmark for abolition of EU defense reservation – Politics

Forecasts by the broadcasters DR and TV2 initially saw the yes camp after the polling stations closed in the evening with 69.1 and 66.6 percent of the votes respectively, the opposite side with 30.9 and 33.4 percent respectively. If the majority votes yes, Denmark could in future take part in European security and defense cooperation … Read more

Bremen wants a special tax for war-related excess profits

RTL>regional-news> Bremen (dpa) – The federal state of Bremen wants to impose a temporary special tax on war-related excess profits at mineral companies. Bremen’s Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte (SPD) and Finance Senator Dietmar Strehl (Greens) announced on Tuesday after a Senate meeting that a corresponding application would be submitted to the Bundesrat next week. The goal … Read more

Erkelenz schoolchildren discover the EU​

May 26, 2022 at 5:10 am Europatag : High school students discover the European Union – Former students at the Cornelius-Burgh-Gymnasium reported on experiences they had in other European countries. Photo: Christos Pasvantis – – erkelenz On Europe Day, young people should be made aware of the advantages of a common Europe. Because the EU … Read more