People like to hide their most valuable treasures so that they are less easy to find. The treasurers of the Free State of Bavaria, for example, have placed their archaeological finds on the edge of the English Garden, in a small side street behind the National Museum, hidden in a box of boxes whose front … Read more
Again, German students did poorly in the Pisa studymore time for German and mathematics at primary schools things should now be sorted out in Bavaria. 400 girls and boys study at the Eichendorff School in Erlangen, 70 percent of them have a migration background, 35 percent receive social benefits. In order to give them back … Read more
The police in Berlin broke up a controversial “Palestine Congress” planned for three days on Friday around two hours after it began. An official announced this to up to 250 congress participants early in the evening and asked them to leave the hall. The police had previously temporarily interrupted the pro-Palestinian event. According to a … Read more
Stuttgart (dpa) – According to preliminary figures, there is a nationwide heat record for the first ten days of April since weather records began: On Saturday, 30.1 degrees were measured in Ohlsbach in the Rhine Valley, as a spokesman for the German Weather Service announced in the evening. The previous heat record of 27.7 degrees … Read more
Dresden (dpa / sn) – Caritas in the Dresden-Meißen diocese is again collecting donations for social projects. Around 70 people will be out on the streets on its behalf between April 6th and 15th, as the Catholic welfare association announced on Wednesday in Dresden. “Whether advisory services, youth projects or help for refugees, our support … Read more
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
Oberursel/Frankfurt (dpa/lhe) – Because of a life-threatening knife attack on two neighbors in an Oberursel apartment building (Hochtaunuskreis), the perpetrator is permanently housed in a special psychiatric facility. In both cases it was a case of attempted malicious murder, said the presiding judge in the Frankfurt regional court when the verdict was announced on Tuesday. … Read more
The evening before there had been riots at the stadium. The night before! Cologne Ultras had come specifically to disturb Gladbach fans who were about to prepare a choreography. There were screams, running, flares. In the end, the police took 131 Cologne residents and 74 Gladbach residents into custody overnight and until after the game … Read more
Rafael Nadal also has to cancel his start at the tournament in Indian Wells. For the 37-year-old, the question has long been less of whether he will win another major title – but rather whether he can leave the tennis stage in a dignified manner. It has now been a year and a half since … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – Without too many illusions, the Berlin Volleys will play in the quarter-final second leg of the Volleyball Champions League at Itas Trentino on Thursday (8.30 p.m.). The burden of the 3-0 home defeat against the Italian champions in the first encounter is too heavy to seriously believe in reaching the semi-finals. “We … Read more