The 21-year-old musician Jonas Sempert plays the guitar and sings in a bar in Passau – in Bavarian. Some guests nod their heads to the beat, the innkeeper behind the counter sings along. Jonas Sempert regularly appears in “Wahnsinn”. He has host Alex Weirethmayer to thank for that. Two years ago he saw him at … Read more
The Swiss referendum on a 13th pension payment from the state pension fund AHV is turning out to be yes. The political and media scientist Lukas Golder from the opinion research institute gfs.bern said this on Swiss television. According to initial data analyses, he estimated approval at at least 54 percent. However, for a popular … Read more
The Christ statue in the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro was illuminated with a bright yellow Brazil jersey of the football legend on the one-year anniversary of Pelé’s death. The projection on the monument is a tribute to the player “who enchanted the whole world during his lifetime and will always be a great … Read more
Kenan Yildiz gave himself a present the day before Christmas Eve: The offensive talent from Regensburg scored his first goal after twelve minutes of play in his starting eleven debut in Serie A. The 18-year-old had already contributed a remarkable goal to Turkey’s 3-2 win in Berlin in the international match against his native Germany … Read more
With a final repair, the federal government wants to make the current year’s budget constitutional. The cabinet launched a supplementary budget on Monday – and thus initiated the first steps towards the renewed suspension of the debt brake. Time is of the essence because changes made after the end of the year would be vulnerable. … Read more
Switzerland experienced a clear shift to the right in the parliamentary elections. According to projections by the survey institute gfs.bern, the right-wing conservative Swiss People’s Party (SVP) is likely to get 29 percent. That would be an increase of 3.4 percentage points, more than expected in surveys. The SVP has been the party with the … Read more
Lower Bavaria is BMW country. According to the company, almost 20,000 people are employed in the group’s Dingolfing plant alone. And 7,500 of the automobile manufacturer’s employees live within a 20-kilometer radius of Straßkirchen. That’s more than twice as many as the community’s population. There is hardly a family in the entire region without a … Read more
A man in Regensburg is said to have defrauded Deutsche Post of 20,000 euros. The 30-year-old had ordered high-quality goods several times, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The man then explained to the post office that the goods had not arrived or that he had sent them back. He then withheld the compensation for … Read more
Efforts to conclude the free trade agreement between the EU and the South American economic community Mercosur are picking up speed again. At the summit of the EU and the Community of South American and Caribbean States in Brussels, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the current Spanish EU Council Presidency expressed their … Read more
Defending champion Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. The 36-year-old Serb won his round of 16 in London against Hubert Hurkacz from Poland 7: 6 (8: 6), 7: 6 (8: 6), 5: 7, 6: 4. Djokovic converted his first match point after 3:07 hours. The game was interrupted on Sunday evening after two … Read more