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The youthful sins of other politicians – and the consequences

The leaflet scandal surrounding Bavaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Aiwanger has shaken Bavarian politics. But how have other politicians reacted to scandalous incidents from their youth? The most important things at a glance As a schoolboy, he is said to have given the Hitler salute several times, had anti-Semitic leaflets with him and scribbled right-wing extremist […]

German manufacturer probably supplied weapons industry in Russia

A German manufacturer is said to have supplied machines to the Russian armaments industry. According to a media report, there was an arrest. Despite international sanctions against Russia, a company from southern Germany is said to have supplied machines to the Russian armaments industry. The machine tool manufacturer from Baden-Württemberg has already concluded several contracts […]

German company probably supplied Russian arms industry – despite sanctions

A German manufacturer is said to have supplied machines to the Russian armaments industry. According to a media report, there was an arrest. Despite international sanctions against Russia, a company from southern Germany is said to have supplied machines to the Russian armaments industry. The machine tool manufacturer from Baden-Württemberg has already concluded several contracts […]

German company is said to have supplied Russian arms industry

A German manufacturer is said to have supplied machines to the Russian armaments industry. According to a media report, there was an arrest. Despite international sanctions against Russia, a company from southern Germany is said to have supplied machines to the Russian armaments industry. The machine tool manufacturer from Baden-Württemberg has already concluded several contracts […]

Violence against children reaches peak: abuse and neglect

The number of detected cases of child neglect and abuse has increased significantly. It is not always possible to react appropriately. In the past year, the German youth welfare offices identified a child endangerment in almost 62,300 children or young people. That was around 2,300 cases or four percent more than in the previous year […]

Lauterbach has to call off his revolution

The Minister of Health and the federal states have agreed on the cornerstones of the hospital reform. Much will change for patients, but the announced revolution will not materialize. Karl Lauterbach had promised a revolution at the end of 2022. The German hospital landscape should be turned inside out, announced the SPD Federal Minister of […]

CDU leader Merz presents 10-point plan – against the Greens

The CDU boss Merz impressively announced a ten-point program together with Markus Söder, which only knows one opponent: the Greens. He does not mention the AfD in East Germany at all. Can this work? The remarkable thing is less the success of the AfD than the speed with which the rival party CDU ignores it. […]

Party program out of mothballs: CDU leader Merz on the wrong track

The CDU boss Merz impressively announced a ten-point program together with Markus Söder, which only knows one opponent: the Greens. He does not mention the AfD in East Germany at all. Can this work? The remarkable thing is less the success of the AfD than the speed with which the rival party CDU ignores it. […]

These federal states are planning free drug tests in the future

In so-called drug-checking stations, consumers should be able to have their drugs examined. Several federal states want to introduce the offer soon. According to a report, several federal states want to follow Berlin and introduce free drug tests. After pilot projects in the federal capital and Thuringia, Hesse and Baden-Württemberg also want to introduce offers […]

Raids and arrests of alleged IS supporters

The terrorist militia IS is still fighting. Money is also being collected for this in Germany. The judiciary has now struck an almost nationwide blow. The federal prosecutor’s office has arrested seven suspected supporters of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS). There are four women and three men, most of whom have German citizenship. In […]