Exclusive Status: 01/22/2023 10:31 a.m After research by WDR and "Süddeutsche Zeitung" are missing Cum-Ex investigators in the tax scandal. Ex-NRW Minister of Justice Biesenbach is now making serious allegations. By Massimo Bognanni, WDR Düsseldorf in June 2022: Hendrik Wüst (CDU) and Mona Neubaur (Greens) appear in front of the press. They have just agreed on the first black-green coalition agreement in North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany's biggest tax scandal also plays a role in the 148-page "Future Contract for North Rhine-Westphalia"....
Status: 12/09/2022 7:42 p.m In the dispute over the silt in the Elbe, representatives from Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein met with the Hamburg Senate in City Hall on Friday. There has apparently been no breakthrough at the so-called silt summit, but talks are to be continued. The state secretaries from Hanover and Kiel sat together with the Hamburg state councilors for longer than expected. According to the Hamburg Senate, the talks were constructive. Possible solutions to the question of where...
Status: 09.12.2022 08:53 The navigable water depth in the Elbe has been reduced since the beginning of December due to huge amounts of silt. This silt and its disposal have been the cause of much controversy for weeks. This afternoon, representatives of the coastal states will meet in Hamburg City Hall for the first silt summit. Since December 1, ships that call at the port of Hamburg are only allowed to do so with a shallower draft. This was decided...
Status: 11/25/2022 3:07 p.m In the dispute over the silt in the Elbe, Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) and the Chamber of Commerce are now calling on the federal government to help. Above all, the staff in the water and shipping administration is to be increased. The joint letter from Mayor Tschentscher and Chamber of Commerce President Norbert Aust, which is available on NDR 90.3, consists of three pages. It is addressed to the Federal Chancellery, Economics Minister Robert Habeck...
Australia Study shows: octopuses deliberately throw mussels and silt at other animals An octopus throws objects around itself. The behavior was newly observed by researchers. © University of Sydney To date, throwing objects has been observed almost exclusively in mammals. A new study shows that octopuses also tend to hurl shells, silt and other objects. Researchers have observed a special characteristic of common Sydney octopuses: They throw mud, mussels and algae around - specifically at conspecifics and fish. The behavior...
