Ex-Head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution CDU exit: Maassen lets the ultimatum pass Has until February 13th to submit a written statement: Hans-Georg Maassen. photo © Michael Kappeler/dpa The deadline ended at 12 p.m., but there was no reaction from Hans-Georg Maassen to voluntarily leave the party. An elimination process is now to be initiated. The controversial former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen (CDU), has let the ultimatum set...
property Tenant protection: SPD and Greens accuse Buschmann of blockade Germany is one of the countries with the lowest home ownership rate in the world. photo © Marco Rauch/dpa Germany is one of the countries with the highest proportion of tenants in the world. In the coalition agreement, the traffic light agreed on measures to protect tenants. Greens and SPD are now insisting on implementation. Dispute in the traffic light coalition: Politicians from the SPD and the Greens have accused...
Simply protect forests for a flight to offset greenhouse gases? There is more and more criticism of this, many certificates do not keep what they promise. Five suggestions of what needs to change.From Christopher von EichhornLightning probably ignited the fire. In August 2020, flames spread from Lionshead Canyon, Oregon, in all directions, eating through the dry undergrowth and bearberry native to the western United States, leaving charred undergrowth and dead roots. Three weeks later, a freak storm reignited the flames...
Status: 03.02.2023 1:16 p.m A study by the Cochrane research network is said to prove that masks are of little or no use in the fight against the corona virus. But the paper does not allow such a conclusion. By Carla Reveland, ARD-Faktenfinder editor, and Alexander Steininger, tagesschau.de The benefit of mouth and nose protection against the spread of the coronavirus has long been the subject of heated debate. Almost simultaneously with the abolition of the mask requirement on buses...
More and more industrial companies are finding it difficult to insure themselves against hacker attacks and other cyber risks. Some of them are now resorting to self-help. source site
The European Parliament wants to improve working conditions for employees of online platforms such as Bolt, Uber, Gorillas and other delivery services. The drivers are slaves to the algorithm, said the Social Democratic MEP Elisabetta Gualmini in a parliamentary session in Brussels. The EU Commission has proposed better protection for platform employees in the future. EU states and Parliament still have to agree on a compromise. According to the proposal, millions of platform employees could be classified as employees –...
In 2003, Maxim Biller's novel "Esra" was withdrawn from circulation by the judiciary. The freedom of art is underexposed in Karlsruhe. source site
Can the 1.5 degree target still be reached? According to a Hamburg research team, that depends primarily on ten social factors - and things don't look good everywhere. source site
Status: 02/01/2023 12:51 p.m Actually, the new academy for civil protection on Dänholm should have been finished long ago. But the construction on the Baltic Sea island has not even started. What's going on there? And why actually Danholm? After all, the site for the academy has already been decided. According to the Stralsund city administration, Hiddenseer Straße 7 and the open spaces to the west are planned. The site is only 50 meters from the Baltic Sea and is...
Mining Cesium capsule in Australia: Radiation protection is now looking for it Australian civil protection officers are trying to find a trace of the capsule with measuring devices. photo © Evan Collis/DEPARTMENT OF FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES/dpa It has to be somewhere: an Australian mining company has lost a highly radioactive capsule just a few millimeters in size. The problem: The search corridor is hundreds of kilometers long. Australia's Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Authority (Arpansa) has joined the search...
