German Flights Disrupted by Strikes; Arbitration Offered as Solution

German Flights Disrupted by Strikes; Arbitration Offered as Solution

Frankfurt/Hannover (dpa) – There is a glimmer of hope for passengers in Germany plagued by strikes. After five rounds without agreement, arbitration is now expected to bring a solution to the collective bargaining dispute among Lufthansa ground staff. At the same time, aviation security personnel continued their warning strikes at several German airports on Friday. … Read more

Christian Wulff Acquitted: The Trial of the Former Federal President Ends in Acquittal

Christian Wulff Acquitted: The Trial of the Former Federal President Ends in Acquittal

As of: February 27, 2024 5:00 a.m Former Federal President Christian Wulff had to answer in court from 2013 for accepting benefits. It was the first criminal trial against a former German head of state. Ten years ago today, Wulff was acquitted. by Nils Hartung Even the start as Federal President was bumpy: it was … Read more

Cinema Employees Union Calls for Strike: Films in Jeopardy, Popcorn Supplies Low

Cinema Employees Union Calls for Strike: Films in Jeopardy, Popcorn Supplies Low

Films could be canceled in several cinemas in the coming days and popcorn bags could remain empty. The reason? The ver.di union is calling for a strike. The service union ver.di has called on employees of the cinema companies CinemaxX and CineStar to go on strike from Thursday as part of the nationwide collective bargaining. … Read more

Controversy in Lower Saxony & Bremen: AfD Proposal against Rainbow Flag Display at Public Buildings Sparks Criticism

Controversy in Lower Saxony & Bremen: AfD Proposal against Rainbow Flag Display at Public Buildings Sparks Criticism

Lower Saxony & Bremen AfD against rainbow flag in front of public buildings: criticism February 8, 2024, 5:48 p.m Rainbow flags are sometimes flown in front of public buildings. The AfD rejects this and submitted a corresponding proposal to the state parliament. Other groups clearly disagreed. Hanover (dpa/lni) – According to the AfD parliamentary group … Read more

Corporate Bankruptcies in Lower Saxony Economy Soar in 2023: 17.4% Increase and 14,000 Jobs at Risk

Corporate Bankruptcies in Lower Saxony Economy Soar in 2023: 17.4% Increase and 14,000 Jobs at Risk

Hanover (dpa/lni) – The number of corporate bankruptcies in the Lower Saxony economy has risen significantly. In 2023 there were 202 more applications to open insolvency proceedings than in the previous year. This corresponds to an increase of 17.4 percent, the State Office for Statistics in Lower Saxony (LSN) announced on Monday. 1,366 companies submitted … Read more

Hit-and-Run Reform: Controversy Over Potential Downgrade to Administrative Offense

Hit-and-Run Reform: Controversy Over Potential Downgrade to Administrative Offense

Goslar (dpa) – Should hit-and-runs only be an administrative offense in the future? Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) brought this possibility into play last year. Opinions on this vary among experts and associations. This will be discussed at the traffic court day in Goslar from January 24th. “The time is ripe for reform,” says … Read more

Hanover’s Changing Dog Preferences: Mixed Breeds Now Most Popular

Hanover’s Changing Dog Preferences: Mixed Breeds Now Most Popular

Mixed breed dog, Labrador, toy poodle: many dog ​​breeds are popular in Lower Saxony. In Hanover, however, tastes have changed in the past year. Hanoverians particularly like mixed-breed dogs. At least that’s what a pet insurance survey shows. Accordingly, most of the dogs born in 2023 and registered with Agila insurance were mixed breeds. Rhodesian … Read more

Lower Saxony Civil Servants to Receive Salary Increase in April

Lower Saxony Civil Servants to Receive Salary Increase in April

Hanover – Lower Saxony’s civil servants get more money. The salary is expected to be increased in April. The collective agreement for state employees should then also be transferred to state and local civil servants, candidates and pensioners. Finance Minister Gerald Heere (Greens) and the unions have agreed on this. The wage increase is 5.5 … Read more

State Fire Director Criticizes Canoeing, Kite Surfing, and Swimming in Floodwaters: Calls it Unreasonable and Self-Endangering

State Fire Director Criticizes Canoeing, Kite Surfing, and Swimming in Floodwaters: Calls it Unreasonable and Self-Endangering

Lower Saxony’s state fire director Dieter Rohrberg has sharply criticized people who canoe, kite surf or even swim in floodwaters. “That is absolutely unreasonable,” said Rohrberg. “Not only is it negligent and self-endangering, but it also repeatedly ties up emergency services that we need much more urgently in other places.” As state fire director, Rohrberg … Read more