STORY: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz campaigned for free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He will do his utmost to ensure that the EU concludes free trade agreements with India, the South American Mercosur countries and Indonesia, he said in Davos on Wednesday. In order to achieve fairness in the competition between the countries with different climate protection efforts, the EU must have a border adjustment mechanism, emphasizes Scholz at the same time. This could then have import...
As of: 01/16/2023 4:52 p.m Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock has proposed a new legal format that could be used to indict Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. A lawsuit against President Putin is also being discussed. Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock advocates the formation of a special international tribunal to punish Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. What is needed is a tribunal that could investigate and try the Russian leadership, Baerbock said in a keynote speech at the Hague...
Status: 09.01.2023 4:06 p.m The United States has been experiencing an influx of migrants for some time. This puts US President Biden under increasing pressure. Now he has traveled to Mexico - it is his first visit to the neighboring country since taking office. During a visit to Mexico, US President Joe Biden promoted common solutions with the southern neighboring country in migration policy. All sides could work together to "repair the broken system," Biden said on Twitter after his...
fact finder Status: 05.01.2023 3:42 p.m With great fanfare, Musk announced the so-called Twitter Files - alleged revelations about how unwelcome opinions were censored on Twitter. According to experts, the findings are not new - but reveal a lot about Musk himself. By Pascal Siggelkow, ARD fact finder editors "The public deserves to know what really happened," Twitter owner and multi-billionaire Elon Musk wrote in late November on the platform, which he acquired for $44 billion in October. Musk was...
Steer Lindner promotes the abolition of the solidarity surcharge Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) would also like to relieve the top earners in the current situation. photo © Britta Pedersen/dpa Christian Lindner knows that the SPD and the Greens are critical of tax cuts for the rich, but due to the current situation he urges more openness. The Greens respond with a counter-proposal. Finance Minister Christian Lindner continues to advocate reducing the tax burden for citizens and companies. "For example,...
"Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd" Lana del Rey promotes a new album – but only in her ex-boyfriend's place of residence Lana del Rey recently announced her ninth album - on her ex-boyfriend's birthday © ZUMA Wire / Imago Images Singer Lana del Rey will release her ninth album in March. There is only one advertising poster for the record. And that is just in the place where her ex-boyfriend lives. For her upcoming album "Did You Know That There's a...
According to Pope Francis, Christmas is not Christmas without caring for the poor. In his sermon, he castigates the wars in the world, but does not directly mention the situation in Ukraine. After a year marked by the bloody conflict in Ukraine, Pope Francis castigated the wars and conflicts in the world on Christmas Eve. "People hungry for power and money even consume their neighbors in the world, their brothers and sisters. How many wars are there! And in how...
Status: 13.12.2022 10:25 a.m Chancellor Scholz spoke out in favor of incentives for more people to work until they retire than before. FDP politician Vogel is now calling for people to be free to choose how long they want to work. The FDP gratefully takes up the pension debate initiated by Olaf Scholz - and with its own proposals goes far beyond the Chancellor's initiative: "No one has to tell people when they have to retire anymore," says FDP Vice...
The social committee of the district of Upper Bavaria has released almost one million euros in funding to support two construction projects in the district of Munich. According to the district, the projects in Oberschleißheim and Putzbrunn promote the participation of people with disabilities. With its financial help, the construction of a new residential complex for people with disabilities in Oberschleißheim and a support center in Putzbrunn are made possible.The non-profit Augustinum GmbH is planning a dormitory with 24 places...
Apparently, most people in Oberschleißheim have no problem with the new commercial area south of Dachauer Strasse. Friederike Forster, who presented the objections to the project and in particular its development for the "Climate & Nature Conservation Schleißheim" citizens' initiative, remained largely alone with her criticism at the citizens' meeting on Wednesday evening. Mayor Markus Böck (CSU) campaigned for the settlement of new businesses and called the planning an "extremely important project" in his annual report.In view of the written...
