Karlsruhe spends almost 100,000 euros on a new image
The Federal Constitutional Court is reinventing itself – and has dug deep into its pockets to do so. The costs for the conception and development of the new image of the highest German court...
More than 2,000 people who are obliged to leave Berlin have unknown origins
In Berlin, the country of origin is unknown for almost every tenth person who is obliged to leave the country and whose asylum application has been rejected. A comparably high proportion of people with...
Now the right-wing love of Russia is beginning to crack
It took a whole year for the French right-wing populists to change course towards Vladimir Putin. Jordan Bardella, the party leader of the Rassemblement National (RN), spoke out in favor of arms deliveries to...
The Ministry of Transport is said to have approved the end of combustion engines...
Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) is said to have approved the EU agreement on the end of cars with combustion engines in November. This is reported by the "Spiegel" with reference to a...
Leopoldina warns the federal government to be open to technology when it comes to...
German scientists are pushing for greater political efforts for an energy transition. "The critical time at which Germany and Europe can create the conditions for achieving the Paris climate goals will soon have passed,"...
"We must seriously consider Ukraine's NATO membership"
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) made his position on possible peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia clear this week: "You can't negotiate with a gun on your temple, except about your own submission," said Scholz...
"We still live in patriarchy," says Family Minister Paus
Federal Family Minister Lisa Paus is pushing for the unequal treatment of women and men to be overcome. "We still live in the patriarchy that we have to say goodbye to," said the Green...
Prime Minister Kallas' Liberal Party wins general election
In the EU and NATO state of Estonia, which borders Russia, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas' liberal business reform party clearly won the parliamentary elections. After an election campaign dominated by the aftermath of the...
Despite disputes, Scholz draws a positive interim conclusion from the coalition
Despite the current quarrels in the traffic light coalition, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has drawn a positive interim conclusion of the government's work. "We have safely led Germany through a major crisis together (...) in...
Why worrying about tomorrow can be a good thing
When expressing concern for prisoners, some people like to quote: “Don't worry about tomorrow” (Matthew 6:34). Having spent some time in prison with inmates who are serving long sentences or who have been sentenced...