But it will still get us through the winter. Maybe.
Gas Storage Facilities Only 61.17 Percent Full – German natural gas storage facilities are significantly less full than expected for this time of year. At the end of October, the fill level stood at around 61.17 percent. This means Germany fell short of the targeted nationwide average of around 70 percent as of November 1. This is according to data from Gas Infrastructure Europe, as reported by Bloomberg. The EU average is around 75 percent.
Also the Left Party in Berlin: “Give me police protection!”
Elif Eralp to Receive Police Protection at the Left Party Convention – Politician Elif Eralp will attend the Left Party convention in Berlin under police protection. Authorities currently believe she is at risk.
The decision is partly related to calls on social media for a rally outside the conference venue against “betrayal of voters” and in support of “consistent solidarity with Palestine and socialization.” In addition, according to reports, the police see grounds for protecting Eralp in light of a report by “Der Spiegel.”
On Thursday, “Der Spiegel” published a report claiming that Eralp, who may become the next Governing Mayor, is said to fear Israel-haters and terrorist sympathizers in her own party. The report mentions unauthorized interview excerpts as well as internal comments made during the authorization process—comments that her office had inadvertently sent back to the magazine along with the interview text and that were not intended for publication.
In Germany. Get it? Zzz, as in sleep? As in BORING?
I love slow news days just as much as the next guy but could we please move on to something real? Like Halloween?
Massive Gen Z protests set to sweep cities across Germany – Young people in Germany are taking to the streets in some 34 cities, calling for greater political say and a more hopeful future. The protests come amid a wave of youth demonstrations across Europe. DW has more.
PS: Happy Halloween!
That means anti-Semitic quagmire.
“Elif Eralp is the harmless face of left-wing fascism”—“The Left is an anti-Semitic quagmire,” said columnist Henryk M. Broder following *Der Spiegel’s revelations about Berlin’s top candidate, Elif Eralp. With her as mayor, “Hamas would already have a foot in the door.”
Wolves are our friends.
Until they’re not.
Germany: Eight-year-old girl seriously injured in wolf attack at wildlife park – The incident comes after a number of other animal attacks at zoos and wildlife parks across Europe in recent weeks.
An eight-year-old girl has been seriously injured in a wolf attack at a wildlife park in Germany.
Police said the girl had been inside an enclosure with a staff member and two other children when the attack happened at the Johannismühle wildlife park in Brandenburg, near Berlin, on Wednesday.
What person? What gang?
All the news that’s fit to suppress.
Germany: Car ramming injures several near Hannover – A person intentionally drove into a group of people in a northern German town, police have said. Three people have been detained in what police said was likely a gang confrontation.
Pro tip: It was a Muslim person from a Muslim criminal clan.
No, wait. Our roads already are kaputt. But we won’t allow that there Cybertruck on our roads anyway. So there.
Cybertruck driver stopped in Germany, ‘Monster truck’ not allowed on roads – A Tesla Cybertruck was pulled over while driving in Germany, a reminder that the vehicle is generally not legal on European roads.
The Tesla Cybertruck has attracted plenty of attention, mostly for its unconventional and polarizing look. For better or worse*, the car looks different than anything else on the road, and thus has been the target of all sorts of discussion (*it’s for worse).
“You accept the invitation. That is what respect for the office and for the country in which we invest demands.”
Audi defends decision to stand by Trump on $4 billion factory in Georgia – The head of German automaker Audi defended on Sunday the company’s planned $4 billion investment in a new US plant, announced by President Donald Trump as he campaigns for the November midterm elections.
Audi Chief Executive Gernot Doellner stood alongside Trump at a rally in Perry, near Macon in central Georgia on Saturday, as the US president said Audi, part of the Volkswagen Group VOWG_p.DE, planned to build an assembly plant in Georgia that will produce 200,000 SUVs annually.
That means suicide mission.
How the Crew of U-672 Survived Their Suicide Mission — In July 1944, U-672 received the suicidal order to attack Allied ships at the mouth of the Seine. A destroyer damaged the submarine, but its crew managed to escape. The wreck has now been discovered in the English Channel…
On July 18, U-672 was spotted by the British frigate HMS “Balfour” and attacked with Hedgehog launchers loaded with 24 grenades. The submarine sprang a leak, but the crew managed to keep it submerged until nightfall. Lawaetz then gave the order to surface and abandon the submarine. He and the engineering officer were the last to leave the submarine, after destroying the Enigma cipher machine and opening the flood valves. Drifting in rubber dinghies, the crew was picked up by Allied ships. All 52 crew members were taken alive to a British prisoner-of-war camp.
Sheesh. Airbnb this is not.
Suspect arrested as fire engulfs Nazi guest house ‘Eagle’s Nest’, German police say – German police said they had detained a suspect after fire broke out at a historic mountain guest house known as the “Eagle’s Nest”, used as a retreat by Nazi officials, including the dictator Adolf Hitler.
Around 200 firefighters and emergency personnel in the area around Berchtesgaden in the southern region of Bavaria were battling the flames after the building, known as the Kehlsteinhaus, caught fire on Friday, police said.
