Consequences of the financial scandal: What does Wirecard bankruptcy mean for customers?

After Wirecard’s insolvency, there is great uncertainty among customers. To what extent your money is protected, what shareholders need to know and what threatens the supervisory authorities – an overview. By Dominik Lauck, tagesschau.de What happens to the Wirecard Bank? Wirecard Bank, with which many private individuals are customers, is a subsidiary of Wirecard AG, … Read more

Price jumps after bankruptcy: Wirecard stock turns into gambler paper

After falling to € 1.28 on Friday, the Wirecard share rears up again today and briefly made the jump above the € 4.00 mark. It is fired by a message from the management. But investors shouldn’t be happy too soon. As is so often the case with insolvent and crisis-ridden companies, Wirecard investors also grab … Read more

Merkel and the EU Council Presidency: Time and again crisis manager

Merkel’s second EU Council Presidency begins on Wednesday. The focus should be on climate protection and digitization. But in pandemic times, the Chancellor is once again in demand as an EU crisis manager. By Christian Feld, ARD Capital Studio She smiles. She is enjoying the moment. It is June 27, 2007. Angela Merkel is a … Read more

Environmental scandal in Russia: toxic broth on the tundra

In May, a diesel leak in a power plant threatened the Russian Arctic ecosystem. Now environmentalists have identified further pollution. The accused corporation Nornickel hinders the investigation. By Ina Ruck, ARD Studio Moscow He doesn’t want his name published, he says on the phone. And certainly not to be associated with the video – he … Read more

Presidential election in Poland: Duda must be in the runoff election

Incumbent Duda won the most votes, but it was not enough to win the first round of the Polish presidential election. His competitor in the runoff is the liberal Trzaskowski. Jessica Chmura for the ARD studio Warsaw It came as expected on Sunday evening: Poland’s presidential election goes into a second round. None of the … Read more

Fighting Corona: Politics and pop collect billions

The aim was to collect as much money as possible for the fight against Corona. And the virtual donor conference and the online concert did it. An unusual collaboration between politics and pop. By Holger Romann, ARD studio Brussels “I cry” – “Ich weine” – the latest song by R&B singer Usher was the perfect … Read more

Iceland’s head of state confirms: a president like “Kloppo”

It is a result that is otherwise only known from tight dictatorships: the Icelanders have confirmed their president in office with a large majority. He wants to practice it along the lines of a German football coach. A victory with an overwhelming majority and yet no surprise: Iceland’s President Gudni Johannesson has been confirmed in … Read more

Coronavirus: Ten million infected worldwide

Six months after the first corona cases became known, the number of infected continues to rise sharply – to more than ten million confirmed cases worldwide. Particularly affected: USA and Brazil. It is difficult to estimate the actual number of infected people. Because many people are not tested or they had no or only weak … Read more

Basketball: Alba Berlin is German champion

Alba Berlin has won the German basketball championship for the ninth time in a superior manner. The capital city also prevailed in the second final game against Ludwigsburg. The wait is over: after a dry spell of twelve years, Alba Berlin is again number one in German basketball. The former series winner won the second … Read more

OM sale: the scathing message from Boli to Boudjellal – Around OM

This Sunday, Basile Boli reacted to recent sales rumors about OM. The Olympic ambassador, on his own Twitter, posted a message where he speaks directly to Mourad Boudjellal, which has increased the number of outings in recent hours. The Munich striker demands respect towards the Marseille club: “Mr. Boudjellal. I have just read and listened … Read more