Lufthansa criticizes new warning strike
Lufthansa has criticized the renewed warning strike by ground staff as disproportionate. According to the company, the strike will affect more than 100,000 passengers. A special flight plan is in progress. According to the Verdi union, the strike will begin tomorrow morning and last until Wednesday morning. The airports affected are Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart. Verdi is demanding, among other things, 12.5 percent more salary for the more than 20,000 Lufthansa employees on the ground.| Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
Local transport: failures in Lower Saxony
In some places, local buses and trains are canceled again. This time the warning strike is hitting Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony. In Saxony-Anhalt, employees of municipal transport companies are on strike in Magdeburg, Halle and Dessau, among others. In Lower Saxony, there is a risk of failures in Hanover, Braunschweig, Osnabrück and Goslar. The warning strike should continue here tomorrow. The reason is a tariff dispute. Verdi is demanding, among other things, more vacation and longer rest periods for employees.| Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
Commemoration of the victims of Hanau
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the attack in Hanau. The victims are to be remembered with several events in the Hessian city. At the request of the relatives, there will be a silent memorial in the cemetery this morning. Federal Interior Minister Faeser also takes part. On the occasion of the anniversary, she said in advance that the democratic forces must take the threat that right-wing extremism poses to many people seriously and act. A funeral march and a rally are planned for the afternoon and evening. Several thousand people took to the streets in Hanau over the weekend. On February 19, 2020, a 43-year-old German killed nine people – for racist motives. He then shot his mother and himself.| Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
Russia: Prison sentences for commemorating Navalny
In Russia, numerous people have apparently been sentenced to prison following the death of opposition politician Navalny. They expressed their grief in public and were then arrested. According to human rights organizations and the media, more than 150 people in St. Petersburg alone received prison sentences of up to two weeks. They are said to have violated Russian assembly laws. There are said to have been similar verdicts in other Russian cities. Navalny died in a prison camp on Friday. Nothing is known about the background.| Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
DIW: Gas market relaxed – cancel emergency plan
According to the German Institute for Economic Research, the situation on the gas market has eased again two years after the start of the Russian war of aggression. A shortage is not foreseeable – the gas emergency plan should therefore be canceled, said the head of the DIW energy department, Kemfert, to the newspapers of the Funke media group. The institute is also of the opinion that the expansion for the import of liquefied natural gas on the planned scale is no longer necessary. One analysis talks about oversized plans that should not be pursued any further. | Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
Freighter damaged by explosion in Red Sea
There has been another attack on a ship in the Red Sea. According to the British Navy, there was an explosion in the immediate vicinity of the freighter. He was damaged in the process. Nothing happened to the crew. In recent months, the Islamist Houthis in Yemen have repeatedly attacked ships on the important trade route in the Red Sea. That’s why the EU wants to send its own warships for protection. The foreign ministers want to decide this at their meeting in Brussels today.| Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
Bafta film awards: “Oppenheimer” big winner
The biography “Oppenheimer” won the British Bafta film awards. Director Christopher Nolan’s work has won seven awards, including best film. It tells the story of the US physicist Oppenheimer, the pioneer of the atomic bomb. The film of the same name is also considered a favorite at the Oscars in three weeks. The German actress Sandra Hülser came away empty-handed. She was nominated for both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.| Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
Football: Bochum defeats Bayern
Football record champions Bayern Munich are still deep in crisis: coach Tuchel’s team lost the Bundesliga game at VFL Bochum 2-3. Freiburg and Frankfurt drew 3-3. In the second league, league leaders St. Pauli beat Braunschweig 1-0. Osnabrück lost 1:3 in Elversberg and Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern drew 1:1. In the handball Bundesliga, Flensburg won at the Rhein-Neckar Löwen with 35:26, Kiel defeated Stuttgart with 39:36 and Hanover defeated Magdeburg with 28:27.| Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
The weather
During the day it will continue to be densely cloudy, with occasional showers coming from the northwest. Highs 5 to 11 degrees. The further outlook: Mostly cloudy on Tuesday, with occasional rain. 6 to 10 degrees. Rain on Wednesday. 7 to 11 degrees. | Feb 19, 2024 4:15 am
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