What is important today
International Women’s Day: SPD calls for tougher penalties for “femicide”. If a woman is killed because she is a woman, this must in future be recognized as femicide and regularly punished as murder for base motives, demand SPD right-wing politicians from the federal and state governments. Go to Article
Kita strike: The need for childcare. This Wednesday, in several regions of Germany, many educators and day-care center employees will go on strike. They demand 10.5 percent more salary. And the parents want secure childcare so that they can work regularly. Go to Article
Georgia: Violent protests against agent law in Tbilisi. The Georgian parliament is introducing a controversial regulation that will officially disclose the flow of money from abroad. Critics fear that the Georgian provision could be modeled on a similarly worded law in Russia. Thousands of people are therefore taking to the streets. The country’s president wants to use her veto, but this can be overruled. Go to Article
Berlin: Coalition talks with the CDU are controversial in the SPD. While the distribution of Senate posts is already being worked on before the negotiations that begin on Thursday, the Berlin Jusos and some SPD district associations are resisting a black-red alliance. Many in the party consider CDU leader Wegner to be intolerable because of his position on internal security and migration as governing mayor. Go to Article
“Last generation”: Municipalities make compromises with climate activists. We support your goals, you stop sticking. Several mayors have now made such a deal with the “last generation” – for example in Marburg in Hesse. In the cities where there has recently been peace, the “last generation” now lacks their most important means of pressure: the blockade as an attention generator. To the article (SZ Plus)
Football: Dortmund is eliminated in the Champions League round of 16. The second-placed Bundesliga team lost 2-0 to Chelsea and gave up their 1-0 lead from the first leg. Dortmund are initially lucky that Chelsea cannot convert some good chances in the first ten minutes. But a penalty repeated after a video decision and the resulting goal by Havertz sealed Borussia’s exit. Go to Article
Other important topics:
All about the war in Ukraine
Apparently new evidence of Nord Stream explosions. The New York Times reported that, according to anonymous sources in the Washington government apparatus, the US had compiled evidence that a pro-Ukrainian group was behind the September 2022 sabotage. It remains unclear what type of information is involved and how conclusive it actually is. Go to Article
Live blog on the war in Ukraine: Amnesty International calls for solidarity with Ukrainian women on Women’s Day
Bachmut: A city becomes a “meat grinder”. The brutal attrition battle for the Donbass city lasted longer than the Battle of Stalingrad. Now Bachmut could fall. Nevertheless, the siege is a disaster for Putin – and for Ukraine defeat could turn into victory. Go to Article