FRG
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Baden-Württemberg: Government extends Alarm Stage despite lowering incidence
The state government in Baden-Württemberg has decided to maintain alert level II for Corona despite a declining hospitalization incidence and intensive care bed occupancy. While…
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Hamburg: Renewed restrictions on the right to demonstrate
Last weekend, opponents of the Corona measures again planned a demonstration in Hamburg. 15,000 people were expected, a number that is by no means unrealistic…
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Bremerhaven: Lloyd shipyard files for insolvency
Things continue to go downhill for the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven. We have already reported in the past on the traditional company, which has been…
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Gatherings and fireworks banned on New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and with it new rules and measures enacted by the German government. Like last year, the German…
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Dismissal at Christmas – Amazon in Achim dismisses hundreds of workers
In Achim, near Bremen in Lower Saxony, the online mail order company Amazon opened its new location in north-west Germany in May 2021. With 2000…
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Graffiti on the occasion of Chairman Mao’s birthday
On the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of Chairman Mao, a graffiti was painted in Freiburg. The painting is located under a bridge…
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The Chancellor and the Banker: A somewhat different Christmas story
It’s Christmas again and the season of gift-giving is upon us. This story is also about giving presents. It is about a man who really…
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Poverty Report 2021: Poverty in the FRG rises to record level
According to the poverty report of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, poverty rose to a new record level of 16.1 percent in 2020, the first year of…
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Berlin: GEW leaves teachers in the lurch
After the collective agreement in the public sector, the yellow union GEW accomplishes the stunt of being dissatisfied with the result, which they themselves hastily…
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With the army against Corona: Bundeswehr general becomes head of the new crisis unit
On 30th of November, the new head of the crisis unit newly established by the German state was made public. Major General Carsten Breuer, until…
