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Offenbach considers ban on alcohol in public places
Already in the past year, the city of Offenbach has received repeated complaints from residents and passers-by because a group of people has regularly gathered on the area Geleitstra?e, corner Herrnstra?e, for sometimes noisy meetings. According to the city, alcohol has also been drunk during the...
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The number of unemployed rises sharply
The German labor market is proving robust at the start of the New Year. Although the number of unemployed in January...
South Korea expects low growth
For the first time since spring 2020, the Korean economy contracted at year-end 2022. Real gross domestic product fell by...
Health expenditure increased by 7.7 percent in Berlin
The Regional Database Germany has published data on the local healthcare economy for the first time: In the first pandemic...
More youth protection for alcohol and tobacco
The Federal Commissioner for Drugs, Burkhard Blienert, is urging greater protection, especially for children and young...
Berlin police target 40 car rental companies
In Berlin, police are targeting several dozen car rental companies that have attracted attention with dubious practices...
Google parent Alphabet cuts around 12,000 jobs
Google parent Alphabet is set to become the next tech industry heavyweight to cut thousands of jobs, according to media...
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More than 250 Corona vaccine claims approved
The German states have so far approved 253 applications for compensation due to a serious undesirable side effect of the...
Violence often started from mask refusers
There were more than 2,000 assaults on employees on local and long-distance trains operated by Deutsche Bahn (DB) last...
Corona in Germany: Current number of cases from the RKI
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported the nationwide seven-day incidence as of Tuesday morning at 68.3. That's...
Large majority favors free condoms for young people
In France, young people between the ages of 18 and 25 have been receiving condoms free of charge since the beginning of...
Covid wave in China: Virus without a visa
There is great joy in the neighboring countries about the Chinese being allowed to travel again. But there is also fear of...
Number of acute respiratory diseases significantly declining
The number of acute respiratory illnesses in Germany has fallen significantly. It was most recently at the level of the...
Politics »
Verdi demands 3000 euros for public sector employees in Berlin
The trade union Verdi demands a one-time payment of 3,000 euros for each employee of the public service in the state of...
Employment agency assures punctual payment of citizen's allowance
The new citizen's income is to be paid out to needy people in Germany on time at the beginning of the year. Thanks to the...
Berlin's energy supply remains secure
Berlin's energy supply is secure - "currently in all sectors", according to the current "Situation Report on Energy...
EU states agree to freeze funds for Hungary
A large majority of EU member states have agreed in principle to freeze billions in payments from the European Community...
New regulations for immigration of skilled workers
The German government has agreed on new regulations for the immigration of skilled workers. The federal cabinet on...
Gas price brake to apply retroactively from January
In the gas price brake, citizens and companies are to be relieved retroactively for January and February 2023. So far, it...
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Inflation in the euro zone falls to 8.5 percent in January
Inflation in the euro zone has continued to fall. As the European statistics office Eurostat in Luxembourg announced on...
Minimum tax brings even more money
The global minimum tax increases tax revenue in the world by an estimated 220 billion dollars (204 billion euros). This...
Online trade shrank for the first time in Germany
The world of online retail has even been speculating about the return of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in recent weeks. It...
Online shopping becomes a debt trap for many shoppers
The trend toward online shopping, which has been boosted by the Corona pandemic, brings with it a negative side: many...
Pig farming: fewer than 600,000 animals in Brandenburg
The number of pigs kept in Brandenburg - as well as nationwide - has fallen to a low. According to preliminary results,...
More than five million work in the public sector
Following significant job growth in the public sector, the number of federal, state and local government employees has...
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2022 was one of the two warmest years on record
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), Germany experienced an "exceptional weather year" in 2022. According to the...
Test flight for NASA "Artemis" moon mission launched
After months of postponements, the crisis-ridden NASA lunar mission "Artemis 1" departed on Wednesday for a first test...
EU wants to tighten emissions trading
Consumers and companies in the EU will have to pay more frequently for carbon dioxide (CO?) emissions in the future....
Europe's first ecosystem with its own rights
The largest saltwater lagoon in the western Mediterranean is threatened with ecological collapse. Intensive agriculture is...
Global warming in Arctic much faster than previously assumed
Global warming in the wake of the climate crisis has progressed much faster in the Arctic than previously assumed,...
Deutsches Museum becomes fit for the future
The Deutsches Museum in Munich is one of the largest science and technology museums in the world. It has been undergoing...
Arts »
It´s festival time again!
After a break of almost two years due to the pandemic, the big summer festivals are taking place again. Long overdue! This...
Germany online dating just got a facelift
The Germany online dating scene is woefully lacking in two main areas - price and flexibility. German professionals, as...
A play on perspectives rejuvenates the harp
There can be few instruments as universally identifable as the harp, either by sight or more pertinently, sound. Indeed,...
How to play the American Powerball from anywhere
"Powerball," and can run into the millions, if not billions, of dollars! The biggest jackpot in history was a massive 1.5...
Bundesliga are favourites for 10 in a row but face an unlikely challenge
The German Bundesliga is back in full swing following the summer break where football fans filled their time by following...
German basketball players qualify for Olympics
The German basketball players have fulfilled their dream of the Olympics with an impressive energetic performance. The...
Travel »
Warning strike at BER
Due to a warning strike at BER, no passenger planes will take off from the capital's airport on Wednesday (January 25)....
China punishes South Korea over imposed Corona entry hurdles
For the first time, China has reacted with retaliatory measures against one of the countries that have imposed entry...
Travelers can demand money back because of Corona
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) strengthens the rights of vacationers in the event of Corona restrictions. Package...
Winter storm warnings in the USA
A winter storm that "only happens once in a generation" is threatening to throw off the Christmas plans of millions of...
Five new underground trains are now running through the city
Five new subway trains are now in service in Munich. But laymen might have a hard time recognizing them. Visually, the new...
British airports plan new rules
British airports plan to abolish rules on the amount of liquids in carry-on luggage within the next two years, according...
Opinions »
Sadness In Ukraine
David, a local Munich resident, originally from Ireland, explains the motivation behind the writing of his latest...
Post Corona Blues
Like many husbands I have a pretty small suitcase. Well, small, anyway. All the better in this day and age, I hear you...
Earth Day still focused on immoral climate crusade
Today is Earth Day, an event that has been almost entirely hijacked by the ridiculous and dangerous climate change...
Facing the Future
In the olden days, before coronavirus, robbers used to wear masks when they made their way into banks to make off with the...
A Shot in the Arm
Until a few minutes ago, I thought the letters VHS meant Video Home System, one of the two competing video systems of my...
V is for Vaccine
My arm has often felt like a pincushion. A good example of this was during the SARS epidemic in 2002, when both myself and...