As far as the European Commission is concerned, Germany can receive 25.6 billion euros in subsidies from the European corona recovery fund. The recovery plan submitted by the government in Brussels meets the conditions and will help Germany emerge stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the EU daily […]
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German authorities have identified fewer than 500 new corona infections for the first time since August last year. The RKI health institute, the counterpart of the Dutch RIVM, announced on Monday morning that 346 people had tested positive in the previous 24 hours. According to news agency DPA, the […]
Angela Merkel will be the first European head of government to visit the White House since Joe Biden took office on July 15. According to his spokesman, he is looking forward to the arrival of the German chancellor. Merkel will confirm “deep bilateral ties” between the United States and […]
Retailers in Germany are suffering from corona measures. In addition to the closure of non-essential stores, retailers are also struggling with an increase in sales tax, which had previously been temporarily reduced due to the crisis. Especially entrepreneurs in the fashion industry are having a hard time. According to […]
Long traffic jams have arisen at the Czech-German border due to the German corona measures to restrict traffic from the Czech Republic. The Federal Republic closed its borders with the Czech Republic and the Austrian region of Tyrol on Sunday as a measure against the spread of the coronavirus. […]
The right-wing extremist Stephan Ernst has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Frankfurt for the political murder of the German regional administrator Walter Lübcke. Ernst shot the Christian Democratic politician in 2019 in the north of the state of Hesse. The suspect has long denied but eventually made a […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to extend the lockdown in her country until February 15. The newspaper Bild reports this in the run-up to the consultations between the chancellor and the leaders of the federal states. The drivers must decide whether to extend the lockdown in their country. It […]
In her latest New Year’s speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 2020 has been by far the most challenging year in her 15-year term. However, the start of the vaccinations against the coronavirus will make 2021 a year of hope, according to Merkel. In a rare show of […]
The US Congress wants to block the massive withdrawal of US military personnel from Germany planned by sitting President Donald Trump. That is stated in a bill for the US defence budget, on which the Democrats and Republicans in both houses in Congress reached an agreement on Thursday, writes […]
The number of new daily infections with the coronavirus is increasing in Germany after a few days of decline. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM, reported on Tuesday morning that the lung virus was diagnosed in 13,554 people in the last 24 hours. On […]