What did you study? Ministers and state secretaries at the first cabinet meeting of the new year at the beginning of January Image: dpa Economists and engineers are rare in government – this is shown by an analysis by the management consultancy Horváth, which is available to the FAZ. Not even every second manager had … Read more
Dhe number 261 is one that is not particularly liked by airlines in Europe. Because behind what are known in industry jargon as 261 cases, it is not uncommon for airlines to have to pay passengers fixed compensation rates of 250 to 600 euros for long delays or short-term flight cancellations. The cases are named … Read more
JNow here we go! The federal government is giving the railways almost 15 billion euros this year so that they can finally improve their rail network. Large construction projects are planned, for example between Frankfurt and Mannheim, between Hamburg and Berlin or between Kassel and Göttingen. The construction industry is happy about that, right? Oh … Read more
Survived the torture and is now sitting in the trenches: Stanislav Asseyev Bild: Oleksandr Magula Stanislav Asseyev secretly reported from the Russian-occupied “People’s Republics” and ended up in a torture prison. Back in freedom, he put his tormentor behind bars. Now he is fighting for Ukraine. STanislav Asseyev is back in Donbass. He is sitting … Read more
A Deutsche Bahn (DB) employee walks to a train at the main station. Image: dpa The intensified railway tariff conflict is also turning trade unionists against the GDL. The head of the Civil Service Association wants to take action against this and speaks in a letter of solidarity of “misunderstandings and shortenings”. IIn the hardened … Read more
Dhe debate about German cruise missiles continues. Within the opposition and also the traffic light government there are vehement supporters of delivering the Taurus to Ukraine. They argue that France and Great Britain have already handed over similar longer-range weapons. This speaks against the Chancellor’s arguments that Germany is becoming a warring party with a … Read more
Damaged electricity pylon: Police operation in Grünheide on Tuesday Image: Reuters Left-wing extremists from the “Turn off Tesla volcano group!” claim the fire on an electricity pylon as their own. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warns of “tendencies of left-wing extremism breaking boundaries into the climate protection movement”. DThe letter of … Read more
Terry Reintke found clear words in June last year: “So far, the European Parliament has not lived up to its responsibility to protect its employees,” said the co-chair of the Green group when the clear majority of MPs called for tougher measures against sexual harassment. Reintke wrote the report. “Victims of sexual assault still remain … Read more