We start the news day with you and give you a quick overview of the most important topics of the morning.
An emergency reminiscent of Wuhan: The draconian “zero Covid” strategy of the past two and a half years was replaced overnight in China by a rapid spread. “Hundreds of thousands of dead” are feared after the turnaround. Now President Xi Jinping is also reporting on the great crisis for the first time. More on this.
True globalization is only just beginning: China’s erratic coronavirus policy is prompting investors to look for alternatives. Like in India. The end of globalization has been declared too soon, he writes Gerard Hofer in the editorial.
Lavrov threatens with the Russian army: According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Ukrainian government has received Russian requests for the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine. Ukraine should comply with the requests “for its own good”, otherwise “the Russian military will answer the question”. The current developments of the war in Ukraine in the live report.
Serbian army on alert over Kosovo: Faced with tensions in Kosovo, the Serbian government has placed the army on high alert. Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vučević said on Monday evening that President Aleksandar Vučić had ordered “maximum combat readiness”. More on this.
“Some quality standards” for kindergartens: Too few skilled workers, demand for better framework conditions: Education Minister Martin Polaschek is optimistic that the federal states will agree on common quality criteria that are often demanded: “There will certainly be certain quality standards for all industries” . .
The traveling cinema: Max Kaufmann opens his Milieu cinema today. It took the director and artistic director of Vienna’s Odeon Theater ten years to create his mobile venue: it is housed in a specially converted truck.
