Nokia says goodbye to annual targets – license fee negotiations continue
ESPOO – The telecommunications equipment manufacturer Nokia no longer expects to achieve its annual targets. This affects previous statements on net sales, adjusted operating margin and free cash flow, the company said in a statement on Saturday. According to the information, the background is the ongoing negotiations over outstanding license fees at Nokia Technologies. These are now scheduled to be completed in 2024 and will then contribute to business development./he
Ritter Sport: ‘Turbulent year’ and slight growth
WALDENBUCH – The chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport says it grew slightly in 2023 despite difficult conditions. “2023 was a turbulent year,” said managing director Andreas Ronken of the German Press Agency. Nevertheless, the company from Waldenbuch (Böblingen district) will record slight sales growth at the end of the year, albeit somewhat less strongly than in the previous year. In 2022, Ritter Sport’s sales increased by seven percent to 538 million euros.
ROUNDUP 2/Escalation in the Red Sea: US military kills several Houthi rebels
WASHINGTON – Attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea have resulted in a direct escalation between the US military and Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The responsible US regional command announced on the X platform, formerly Twitter, that on Sunday the US military came to the aid of a Danish container ship that was attacked by the Houthis. The pro-Iranian group attacked the ship with small arms from four small boats, approached up to 20 meters and tried to get onto the ship. A security team on board returned fire. US forces intervened, attacked themselves and ultimately killed several of the rebels.
Power of opinion: Media regulators want to monitor platforms more closely
BERLIN/STUTTGART – From the perspective of German media regulators, large internet platforms should be more closely monitored for their power of opinion. “As a first step, it would be important to start with monitoring that observes the effects of global platforms,” said the chairman of the media companies’ directors’ conference, Wolfgang Kreißig, to the German Press Agency.
New BVB assistant coach Sahin says an emotional farewell in Türkiye
DORTMUND – Borussia Dortmund’s new assistant coach Nuri Sahin said goodbye to his previous club Antalyaspor with emotional words. “Antalyaspor gave me the first chance in my coaching career. Together with my players, we achieved successes that will go down in the club’s history,” wrote the 35-year-old on Saturday on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. “I really felt like this place had become my home,” Sahin continued. He gained unforgettable impressions with the Turkish first division club, “which I will remember with pride for the rest of my life.”
TV ratings: ZDF East Frisian crime thriller before ARD annual quiz
BERLIN – With a new episode of the “Ostfriesen-Krimi” ZDF won the ratings on Saturday evening in prime time. An average of 6.22 million viewers saw the episode “Ostfriesenwut”, which corresponded to a market share of 23.5 percent. 4.84 million (19.7 percent) chose the ARD guess show “2023 – The Quiz”. The annual quiz was moderated by Kai Pflaume for the first time, after Frank Plasberg had previously moderated the show 15 times. As usual, Barbara Schöneberger, Günther Jauch, Florian Silbereisen and Jan Josef Liefers were the celebrity candidates.
New Boehringer Germany boss sees movement in politics
INGELHEIM – According to Boehringer Ingelheim’s new head of Germany, Fridtjof Traulsen, with the help of digitalization, the development of new drugs can be shortened and made more efficient. “Digitalization is a very important success factor,” said Traulsen to the German Press Agency in Mainz. The hope is that the research cycle, which previously took four to six years, can be significantly shortened. For example, more digital experiments are possible in a shorter time.
Farmers President Rukwied: Food prices must rise
DÜSSELDORF – From the perspective of farmers, food must become more expensive in order to cover the costs of producing it. “We farmers need a higher price because our costs have also risen sharply,” said the President of the German Farmers’ Association, Joachim Rukwied, to the “Rheinische Post” (Sunday). There is currently a shortage on the global agricultural markets. “If consumers want to enjoy high-quality, local products, they have to be prepared to pay a little more for it,” said Rukwied.
Eurostar trains are running as scheduled again after the route was closed
LONDON – The Eurostar trains from the European continent to England and in the opposite direction ran largely as planned again on Sunday after a route closure. The operator canceled all connections between Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam to the British capital London (and vice versa) on Saturday. The reason was that two railway tunnels near London, which run under the Thames, were filled with water. It was initially unclear what exactly led to the flooding.
Fight against mass tourism: Venice bans larger travel groups
VENICE – The city of Venice will in future ban tourist groups of more than 25 people accompanied by tour guides. The local council decided this on Saturday at its last meeting this year in order to limit mass tourism and its negative impact on the northern Italian lagoon city. The resolutions also provide for the ban on loudspeakers on such tours in order to protect people from noise and nuisance in the city center and on the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello. The measures that have now been decided will come into force on June 1, 2024.
Additional Reports
-Prime Minister Weil: The danger of dam failures has not been averted -Wegner advocates magnetic levitation train routes to the outskirts -Construction Minister Geywitz defends mandatory advice before replacing heating systems -Record demand for housing construction bonuses in times of high interest rates -ROUNDUP 2: Chancellor Scholz thanks helpers in flood areas -Number of blown-up ATMs in Germany at a high level – farmers’ association expects stable milk prices
– ‘Dangerous monster waves’ rage off the California coast – Lemke on nuclear power: The waste has to go somewhere at the end of the day – Great potential or unnecessary? EPI payment system to start in 2024 – Icelandic Weather Service: New volcanic eruption is becoming more likely – A year without Russian oil – ‘Steep learning curve’ for PCK refinery – Bulgaria’s government welcomes restricted Schengen accession – Growing danger of cyber attacks: ECB tests banks – US State Department approves arms sale to Israel without a congress -After the declaration of a disaster: the situation in the southern Harz remains tense -PiS calls for a demonstration against the restructuring of public media -Almost one in three rail travelers this year arrives late at their destination -Double debits due to technical disruption – Refunds°
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