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Sweden's Foreign Minister has signed membership application

Sweden's Foreign Minister has signed membership application

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde signed her country's NATO membership application on Tuesday. "Our NATO application is now officially signed," Linde wrote on Twitter. This will now be sent to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as soon as Finland has also signed an application, she added. The two countries, which decided to apply for membership in the military alliance under the impact of Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine, plan to submit their membership applications jointly....

Shortage of skilled workers in Germany reaches record level

Shortage of skilled workers in Germany reaches record level

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

The shortage of skilled workers in Germany reached record levels in the first quarter of this year, despite the strains on the economy caused by the Corona pandemic and the Ukraine war. In March, the number of vacancies for which there were no suitably qualified unemployed people nationwide rose to a new high of just over 558,000, the Competence Center for Securing Skilled Labor (Kofa) of the employer-affiliated Institute of the German Economy (IW) reported on Saturday. This means that the...

Russian energy company stops deliveries to Finland

Russian energy company stops deliveries to Finland

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

A Russian company that imports electricity to Finland has announced a supply stop at short notice. As the Helsinki-based company Rao Nordic announced on Friday, no more electricity from Russia can flow into the Scandinavian country from Saturday The background is allegedly a missed payment. No money has yet been received for electricity sold in May, the company said. "We are therefore forced to stop importing electricity from May 14," the statement said. Rao Nordic says it is one of the...

EU announces another 500 million euros for arms deliveries

EU announces another 500 million euros for arms deliveries

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

The EU wants to provide a further 500 million euros for the supply of weapons and equipment to the Ukrainian armed forces. This was announced by EU foreign affairs representative Josep Borrell on Friday on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers' meeting near Weissenhäuser Beach on the Baltic Sea. This would increase the EU funds available for Ukraine for military aid to two billion euros. A first package of 500 million euros had already been approved at the end of February, with two more to...

Berlin hardly calls up funds for cycle path financing

Berlin hardly calls up funds for cycle path financing

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

The federal government is donating a total of 657 million euros to the states for better bike paths. Berlin could get 30 million of that - but it's in danger of being largely forfeited. The "City and Country" program expires in 2023. So far, only three Berlin projects have been approved for 4.1 million euros in funding, and three others have been registered for 1.9 million. This is shown in a list from the transport administration. The federal government provides between 75 and 90 percent of...

Bavarian siren tests at 11am today

Bavarian siren tests at 11am today

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

At 11 a.m. today, sirens and warning apps in Bavaria will be tested for one minute to ensure they are working properly. These sirens are used to warn the public of hazardous situations such as chemical accidents, natural disasters and other such community-important incidents. For one minute, the sirens will sound in certain communities and cities across the entire state. Which areas are taking part in the test alarm can be found on the website of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior (site is...

Lots of sun in Berlin and Brandenburg - but drought causes problems

Lots of sun in Berlin and Brandenburg - but drought causes problems

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

After several dry months now summery outdoor weather already at the beginning of May: Maximum temperatures of up to 28 degrees are expected by the German Weather Service (DWD) on Tuesday in Berlin and Brandenburg. Even if clouds move in, it should not rain. Wednesday is expected to remain cloudy. In Brandenburg, temperatures between 23 and 26 degrees are expected, in Berlin, the maximum temperature is expected to be even between 26 and 29 degrees. Meteorologists speak of a summer day from 25...

Real estate prices rise to record high

Real estate prices rise to record high

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

The price increase in the German real estate market continues with unchanged momentum. As reported by the Association of German Pfandbrief Banks (VDP) on Tuesday, real estate prices rose by 8.8 percent in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the first quarter of 2021, meaning that the real estate price index of the association, to which the most important German real estate financiers belong, once again reached a new high of 190.8 points (base year 2010 = 100 points). This means that price...

G7 help Ukraine in cyberspace

G7 help Ukraine in cyberspace

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Free data flow, sustainability and the framework conditions for digital technologies were actually the top topics for the G7 digital ministers' meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday in Düsseldorf. The war in Ukraine has upended the program: "Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine and its digital infrastructure has caused the G7 to not only put the topic on the agenda of the digital ministers' meeting in Düsseldorf, but rather we stand more united than before in our joint efforts to protect our...

Alba Berlin enters the play-offs in first place

Alba Berlin enters the play-offs in first place

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Games between Alba Berlin and the Basketball Löwen Braunschweig are not under a good star this year. In January, the first leg in Berlin had to be postponed due to a massive Corona outbreak in Alba's team, and now it caught the Lower Saxons before the return game scheduled for this Sunday. "According to the current status, ten team members have tested positive for the Corona virus," Braunschweig announced on Friday. With fewer than eight regular players available to the Lions, the match was...

Inflation in Turkey rises to almost 70 percent

Inflation in Turkey rises to almost 70 percent

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Inflation in Turkey continues to rise at a very high level. In April, consumer prices rose by almost 70 percent compared to the same month last year, as the statistics office announced in Ankara on Thursday. In March, the inflation rate had been around 61 percent. By comparison, the German inflation rate in April was 7.4 percent, which is the highest level since 1981. On a monthly basis, consumer prices in Turkey rose 7.25 percent in April. Producer prices show just how significant the price...

More than 30 million people for 2022 census starting May 15

More than 30 million people for 2022 census starting May 15

May 10, 2026 • 05:40 PM

Starting May 15, more than 30 million randomly selected people nationwide will be surveyed for the census. It consists of a population census and a building and housing census, the Federal Statistical Office announced in Wiesbaden on Thursday. About 10.3 million randomly selected people in households will be interviewed for the population census. All residents of residence halls are counted and interviewed in person for five to ten minutes by interviewers at the door. They announce themselves...

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