Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a raw material for all kinds of impregnations and coatings, has not been manufactured in the Gendorf Chemical Park for 20 years and has not been processed for 15 years. And yet the suspected carcinogenic substance can still be found in the district of Altötting in the soil and groundwater, in venison and fish - and in people's blood. Only when a study of blood donations from the municipality of Emmerting became known in 2017 did the...
program Richard Wagner sites celebrate anniversary - "Ring" performances The Richard Wagner sites in Graupa (Saxony) are celebrating their tenth anniversary. photo © Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa In 1846 Wagner spent a long time in Graupa just outside of Dresden and also conceived the "Lohengrin". There the Wagner sites celebrate their tenth anniversary. The Richard Wagner sites in Graupa near Dresden are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their museum and can also rely on the powerful sound of the Semperoper. From January...
Status: 01/17/2023 10:35 a.m A lot of problems await the new secretary of defense. Training time is unlikely to be granted to him. Much is pressing, for example the tank problem. What to do - an overview. Christine Lambrecht failed to become Minister of Defense, she is not the first. The post is probably one of the most difficult in the cabinet. Since the Russian war in Ukraine, the challenges have grown even more. Deficits in the Bundeswehr came relentlessly...
The city is planning a whole series of construction sites for 2023 that will disrupt traffic - from the renovation of the Neue Pinakothek to the design of the Sendlinger Tor square. An overview. from Andrew SchubertNot a year goes by without countless construction sites being worked on in Munich. Roads have to be renewed, lines laid, houses built. In many places, there are therefore restrictions on road traffic, which primarily affects drivers. Although pedestrians and cyclists also have to...
An imposing 30-tonne crane lifts large 9-tonne concrete drainage bends, loaded onto a barge firmly moored to the bank of a canal in Strasbourg. No truck ball on the horizon… Backed by the Rhénus Sport, in the immediate vicinity of the European Parliament, a transshipment point now makes it possible to deliver materials to the imposing Archipel 2 construction site: four islands under construction which will form a brand new Strasbourg district, located between Wacken and Robertsau.But who says big...
The emotion is palpable when Frédéric Dauch pushes the door of the large hangar, in one of the ArianeGroup factories in Gironde, in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles near Bordeaux. Behind sits proudly, in the middle of the room, a skirt, a huge metal piece in the shape of a cylinder. Fully wired and connected, it is ready before leaving for Kourou in French Guiana, for the maiden flight of Ariane 6 scheduled for the end of the year.Rear skirt of the Ariane 6...
Inflation everywhere, even among scammers… The bank policeman announced on Wednesday that it had registered 3% more sites on its “blacklist” last year than last year. In total, 1,243 sites or entities offering, in France, financial products (loans, savings accounts, etc.) without being authorized to do so, have been singled out.“Almost all” of the fraudulent offers “concern fake loans or savings books and, for more than 56% of them, usurp the identity of an establishment or a financial intermediary duly...
Status: 01/11/2023 1:41 p.m Sweden's conservative government wants to increase energy security and build more nuclear power plants. In the future, nuclear power plants should be allowed to stand at more locations than previously permitted. Smaller reactors are also to be built. The Swedish government wants to allow the construction of new nuclear power plants at more than the previously approved locations. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced at a press conference that she would submit a corresponding legislative proposal to...
Status: 01/03/2023 12:34 p.m Not good news for motorway users: there are currently 552 construction sites on German motorways and, according to the operator, they will probably remain so. Even if a lot was invested in 2022, the renovation backlog is still large. According to estimates by the federal operator, motorway users in Germany will have to live with hundreds of construction sites in the coming years. "In the past, too little was invested in maintaining the infrastructure," said the...
construction sites:Where Munich's new construction boss wants to tackleJan 2, 2023 6:41 p.mReading time: 7 minsOpen detailed viewFrom poor Bremerhaven to rich Munich: construction officer Jeanne-Marie Ehbauer is happy that the city can spend money on high-quality construction. (Photo: Stephan Rumpf)Dilapidated bridges, green bike paths and tunnels for the subway: Jeanne-Marie Ehbauer explains the city's major construction sites, why it always takes so long there - and what the street signs have to do with the Ukraine war.Interviewed by Heiner...