Tag: controversial
Corona pandemic in France: Parliament approves controversial vaccination requirement
Status: 07/26/2021 3:18 a.m. Despite the mass protests over the weekend, France’s National Assembly has the government’s corona plansapproved. The new law provides for mandatory vaccination for health and care…
Controversial Baltic Sea pipeline: Green light for Nord Stream 2
Status: 07/21/2021 10:26 p.m. Germany and the US have achieved a breakthrough in the dispute over Nord Stream 2. With the agreement that has now been concluded, sanctions against Russia…
Controversial Baltic Sea pipeline: settlement in dispute over Nord Stream 2
As of: 07/21/2021 9:03 p.m. For years Germany and the USA argued over Nord Stream 2. Now top US diplomat Nuland has announced a breakthrough. The agreement includes sanctions should…
Controversial representation – The Mohr remains in the coat of arms – District of Munich
Hardly any other topic has been on the minds of Unterföhringer for almost a year more than the debate about the Mohr, which adorns the municipality’s coat of arms and…
Akbar al-Baker, controversial head of Qatar Airways – opinion
Akbar al-Baker’s career and the rise of the Emirate of Qatar have parallels – for better or for worse. 30 years ago only the Sheraton Hotel towered over the beach…
Controversial short-haul flights: rail instead of jet: is that possible?
Status: 07/14/2021 4:31 a.m. Train travel instead of cheap flights – for the sake of the climate: a big topic two months before the general election. But can that work?…
Controversial personnel at the WDR broadcasting council – media
The WDR Broadcasting Council is a mixed bag, and it should be: politicians and trade unionists belong to the 60-strong body, representatives of the economy and members of various religious…
Four years after the Nazi march: Controversial statue removed in Charlottesville
Status: 07/10/2021 4:15 p.m. For years there has been a dispute in the US city of Charlottesville over the statue of a southern general. Plans to remove it had sparked…
New dung emoji-shaped building is controversial in Edinburgh
Criticism has multiplied after the construction in Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom) of a building resembling the famous poop emoji. The W Hotel, whose total cost is estimated at 1 billion…
Hungary: Controversial gay law in force
Status: 08.07.2021 8:00 p.m. Despite massive criticism from abroad and at home, the controversial law restricting information about homosexual and transsexuality has come into force in Hungary. Numerous activists protested…