The government purchased the masks from a Chinese firm Yi Cheng in the spring of 2020 when Europe was first hit by the pandemic. The EU regulator had warned that the masks made by the firm had poor filter quality and barred them from the market. Nevertheless, German Health Minister …
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As Germany’s ‘super election year’ focuses on the state of Saxony-Anhalt this Sunday, the disruptors in the nation’s biggest opposition party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), are poised for a shock win as its anti-immigration message resonates in the heartlands of former East Germany. Sitting top of the most recent INSA …
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“For a German party leader to be photographed donning a steel helmet near the Russian border is inappropriate, in view of our history, and downright grotesque for a Green party leader,” Dietmar Bartsch told Dusseldorf newspaper the Rheinische Post. Last month, amid ever-growing tensions in the Donbass, Robert Habeck went …
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A fire at Tesla’s so-called ‘gigafactory’ in Gruenheide outside Berlin early on Wednesday damaged electricity cables at the site, a spokesperson for Brandenburg police said. Forensics officers were dispatched to the scene and police are looking at a potential crime of arson, a spokesperson for the state criminal investigation office …
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The German maritime regulator said that Fortuna will work in German waters from May 22 to June 31. According to MarineTraffic, the ship has left the waters of Denmark, where it previously worked on the construction of Nord Stream 2 together with the Akademik Cherskiy vessel, and is currently in …
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The unusual find was the result of some routine maintenance work. A Volksbank branch in the small town of Spenge, North Rhine-Westphalia had hired a crew of laborers to inspect an area of sagging pavement near its entrance. The construction team initially assumed that the issue was due to water …
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A member of the Bundestag from Die Linke (The Left), Diether Dehm, and the spokesman for the party’s parliamentary faction, Michael Schlick, attended the Victory Day parade in Moscow, held annually on May 9. It’s not the first time that the two politicians have taken part in the commemoration of …
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Jahn reportedly was riding a bike on Saturday afternoon in Campton Hills, Illinois, located about 50 miles west of Chicago, when he was struck by two cars going in opposite directions. Police said the bicyclist failed to stop at a stop sign before being struck in an intersection. Jahn, who …
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The First Senate of the Karlsruhe-based court said in a statement on Wednesday that the curfews serve a “fundamentally legitimate purpose.” However, it also acknowledged the disagreement among experts about whether curfews are an effective way to curb the spread of infection. “The fact that the Federal Council has not …
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The shutdown of the platform was announced in a statement by Frankfurt prosecutors together with the Federal Criminal Police Office on Monday. Law enforcement officials said they had caught three suspects believed to be the administrators of the now-defunct platform, which reportedly had over 400,000 users at the time the …
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