In Germany?
Montezuma’s Revenge it is not. More like Moscow’s Revenge, I’d say.
Drinking water contaminated? Suspected sabotage again at Bundeswehr base – Once again there is suspicion of sabotage at a Bundeswehr base. This time, a fence at a drinking water tank in Mechernich, North Rhine-Westphalia, has been cut. The public health department warns against using the water.
If we could only figure out how they get into these near-insurmountable high-security facilities.
Maybe then we could finally find a way to stop them.
Germany: Climate activists block four airports – Cologne/Bonn airport announced it was suspending flights after an “unauthorized intrusion.” Protestors said they were also targeting air hubs in Stuttgart, Nuremberg, and Berlin.
Letzte Generation or “Last Generation” climate activists had promised demonstrations at several German airports this week.
They shared footage of themselves blocking the runway in Cologne, as well as in Stuttgart. The group also claimed to be blocking traffic in Berlin.
Just like we did with our dependency on Russian gas a few years back.
It’s called diversification through more dangerous entanglement.
German investment in China soars despite Berlin’s diversification drive – Politicians warn of rising geopolitical tensions but country’s carmakers stick with Chinese manufacturing.
German direct investment into China has risen sharply this year, in a sign that companies in Europe’s largest economy are ignoring pleas from their government to diversify into other, less geopolitically risky markets.
And nope. And learn how to cope. Already.
And while you’re at it, wash your mouth out with soap.
German voters have high hopes for Kamala Harris – Respondents to a monthly trend survey had a clear preference for the Democrats’ new presidential candidate.
German media have reported on the shift in the political mood in the US over the past two weeks since President Joe Biden bowed out of the race. The new candidate, Kamala Harris, is seen to be scoring points against the Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump.
Respondents to Germany’s monthly Deutschlandtrend survey by pollster infratest dimap have a clear preference: of the 1,300 eligible voters surveyed between August 5 and 7, a whopping 77% said they believe Vice President Kamala Harris is more suitable for the presidency, while only 10% favor Donald Trump.
No, not China. US-Amerika itself.
US tops China as Germany’s biggest trading partner – The United States overtook China as Germany’s biggest trading partner in the first half of 2024, according to preliminary German statistics office data, as Berlin’s drive to reduce dependency on Beijing takes shape amid a resilient U.S. economy.
German imports and exports to the world’s largest economy totalled around 127 billion euros ($139 billion) from January to June, while for China the figure was 122 billion euros, according to Reuters’ calculations based on the data.
Drugstores with Teslas?
They are clearly making way too much money. Maybe we should no longer support these drugstores.
German drugstore chain shuns Teslas over Musk’s support for Trump – German drugstore chain Rossmann said on Tuesday it would no longer buy Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab cars for its corporate fleet due to CEO Elon Musk’s support for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
The drugstore chain, which is among the largest in Europe, said its decision was with immediate effect and due to what it called an “incompatibility” between statements by Musk and the values that Tesla represents.
Doesn’t mean we can’t sink any lower.
German court due to rule on ‘from the river to the sea’ case in test of free speech – Defendant is accused of ‘condoning the assault by Hamas’ by using slogan during protest…
A spokesperson for the court, Lisa Jani, confirmed that while there had been about five cases in Berlin involving “rioting” and “incitement” at pro-Palestinian protests, this was probably the first revolving specifically around the use of the politically charged phrase.
Even if the defendant is found guilty on Tuesday, it would be only the beginning of a long legal odyssey of appeals through higher tribunals. “The ruling … would not be binding – we’re the lowest court,” Jani said.
Or one of them.
For now.
Red triangle symbol: Germany debating a ban – Once worn by political prisoners in Nazi camps, the symbol has recently been associated with Hamas, but also with pro-Palestinian activism. Opinion is divided on whether Germany is justified in mulling a ban.
Honest. No, really.
We mean it now. Those days are over. For real.
Foreign Office in Berlin says Germans still being held in Russia – Germany’s Foreign Office confirmed on Friday that there are a “low double-digit number of people” with German citizenship still being held in Russia. A “single-digit number of Germans” are also being held in Belarus, the Foreign Office said on Friday.
They’re always disrupted.
Berlin train services disrupted, vandalism suspected – Rail service between the German capital’s main railway station and the western district of Spandau has been severely disrupted. Authorities believe the fire was deliberatly started.
Train services in the German capital, Berlin, will be disrupted for days due to a cable fire that authorities believe was deliberately set…
The incident follows an arson attack that caused damage to the train line between Hamburg and Bremen on Monday.
Police said perpetrators deliberately set fire to a cable shaft on the railway embankment near Bremen’s Bürgerpark, disrupting high-speed trains between the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg.
Last week, arson attacks on the French high-speed network severely disrupted rail traffic shortly before the start of the Olympic Games.
An activist linked to a far-left movement was arrested in connection with the French incidents.
Observing Hermann 