German Weather Service (DWD) Warns of Cold Nights and Snowfall in Northern Regions

German Weather Service (DWD) Warns of Cold Nights and Snowfall in Northern Regions

Continuous rain is followed by frost: The German Weather Service (DWD) expects cold nights in the north, and snow could even fall in some regions. Now it’s getting cold: According to forecasts from the German Weather Service (DWD), people in Lower Saxony and Bremen can expect low temperatures in the coming days. According to current … Read more

Emergency Evacuation and Flooding Crisis in Lilienthal, Near Bremen

Emergency Evacuation and Flooding Crisis in Lilienthal, Near Bremen

ReutersThe fire brigade in Lilienthal, near Bremen NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 01:01 In the German town of Meppen, just across the border from Drenthe, a nursing home has been evacuated due to the high water level. German media report that the building is located directly on the Eems and that 47 residents have been accommodated elsewhere. 30 … Read more

Lower Saxony & Bremen Floods: Dams Full, Flood Situation Tense

Lower Saxony & Bremen Floods: Dams Full, Flood Situation Tense

Lower Saxony & Bremen Floods keep Lower Saxony in suspense: dams full December 26, 2023, 3:52 p.m The floods are not allowing people in Lower Saxony to relax. Thousands of helpers worked over the holidays to support dikes with sandbags. The all-clear is not in sight. Overflowing reservoirs in the Harz are exacerbating the situation. … Read more

Osnabrück Municipal Pool Prices to Increase Due to Sharp Energy Cost Rise

Osnabrück Municipal Pool Prices to Increase Due to Sharp Energy Cost Rise

As of: December 19, 2023 9:09 a.m The reason is the sharp increase in energy costs. Prices increase by four to six percent. The Osnabrück municipal utilities are increasing the prices for their swimming pools at the turn of the year. Visitors then pay four to six percent more in Nettebad, Schinkelbad and Moscowbad. Pool … Read more

Controversial Hannah Arendt Prize Winner Sticks to Comparing Gaza Situation to Jewish Ghettos

Controversial Hannah Arendt Prize Winner Sticks to Comparing Gaza Situation to Jewish Ghettos

Berlin/Bremen (dpa) – After the controversial awarding of the Hannah Arendt Prize for political thought, Masha Gessen sticks to the comparison of the situation in Gaza with Jewish ghettos during the Nazi era. “The claim of the uniqueness of the Holocaust places it outside of history,” Gessen said on Monday in Berlin during a discussion … Read more

60 Years of Winnetou: Celebrating Karl May’s Classic Adventure Novels

60 Years of Winnetou: Celebrating Karl May’s Classic Adventure Novels

It all started with a little boy. Matthias, the son of the West Berlin film producer Horst Wendlandt, got his hands on Karl May’s adventure novel “The Treasure in the Silver Lake” when he was nine years old and devoured it. »Dad, you absolutely have to make a film of “Treasure in Silver Lake”. This … Read more

Head of philology: “Teachers are fleeing”

Head of philology: “Teachers are fleeing”

Goslar (dpa) – Less staff, more tasks, more stress: the situation in Lower Saxony’s schools has become more tense for both children and young people as well as teachers. The crises from Corona to war were reflected in everyday school life, said Christoph Rabbow, chairman of the Lower Saxony Philology Association, to the German Press … Read more

Osigus calls for abandonment of the European unanimity principle | Nds. Federal Ministry

European Minister: Only a reformed EU can grow successfully Lower Saxony’s European Minister Wiebke Osigus has welcomed the European Parliament’s proposals to reform the European Union and called for a “fundamental debate” about the structures, tasks and goals of the association of states. “The EU needs to reform. This applies all the more with a … Read more

Gusts and light frost expected in Lower Saxony and Bremen

Gusts and light frost expected in Lower Saxony and Bremen

Hanover/Bremen (dpa/lni) – Thursday brings a lot of wind and light frost to Lower Saxony and Bremen. According to forecasts from the German Weather Service (DWD), there will be strong winds, particularly along the coast. There may also be squalls at times. During the day the maximum values ​​are between 7 and 10 degrees. It … Read more

Public Sector Employees on Strike in German Federal States

Public Sector Employees on Strike in German Federal States

As of: November 13, 2023 4:51 p.m Collective bargaining for public sector employees in the federal states is apparently not making any progress. The ver.di union therefore began a so-called “wave of warning strikes” today. Actions are taking place in the north throughout the week. Hamburg is a focus of the current wave of strikes. … Read more