Starting in January, housing benefit is to be increased by an average of 30 euros. In Berlin, recipients often wait more than half a year for approval. Housing benefit is rising – but so is the waiting time Photo: Markus Pfaff/imago BERLIN taz | Richard Behrend waited seven months for his housing benefit application to … Read more
100 years ago, the so-called house interest tax was introduced in the Weimar Republic. This could stimulate new construction again today. Money was only given if standards were met: Schillerpark settlement in Wedding Photo: Markus Schreiber BERLIN taz | War refugees, inflation, housing shortages and hardly any construction activity: poor conditions that make it difficult … Read more
During the Paris Games, the IOC decided to introduce another mega event: Olympic e-sports games. Saudi Arabia is fully involved. Presenting himself as a kind of messiah of sport: IOC boss Thomas Bach spoke via video at the Olympic ESports Week in Singapore in 2023 Photo: Xinhua/imago The symbol of the Olympics always looks the … Read more
The knot in the files. A sequel story of a different kind (part 2). Today in the Truth summer series: How it escalated… The individual parts of the case are becoming increasingly complicated Photo: AP What happened so far: Attorney Dr. Schrunz was supposed to find a knot for his only client, Röder, as quickly … Read more
The series “The Mafia Only Kills in Summer” explains Palermo in the 1970s from the perspective of a 10-year-old – with a bit of humor Salvatore Giammarresi (Edoardo Buscetta) observes a lot in his hometown When Lorenzo Giammarresi (Claudio Gioe) almost collides with a car, he sees for a brief moment a Mafioso who has … Read more
Boxing is in turmoil. There is talk about referees, the question of women’s eligibility and the suspended professional association. Hard blow: Hungarian Anna Hamori (r.) was still able to prevail against Gráinne Walsh Photo: imago Boxing delivers. Big stories, small dramas, epic battles and countless scandals. Anyone who takes a quick look at the Arena … Read more
They requested the recusal of Judge Georgieva because of her statement in the commission for the Notary Former director of customs Petya Bankova and businessman Stefan Dimitrov will appear before the Court of Appeal on April 16. Today’s meeting was postponed due to an ill lawyer. Petya Bankova’s husband Delyan Tanev gave the document to … Read more
In addition to the mobile phones belonging to high-ranking officials, the laptop and USB sticks owned by the Bulgarian journalist Hristo Grozev, at least one more secret laptop was smuggled from Vienna to Moscow in 2022. He was later found in the apartment of former Austrian constitutional protection officer Egisto Ott, accused of spying for … Read more
Can a recidivist with a revoked license and refusal to give an alcohol test become a municipal councilor, while being a member of the transport and road safety commission in Sofia? This is the case with Blagovest Georgiev, who fled the scene of the accident on Friday evening and refused to give a sample for … Read more
An expensive watch is always on the wrist of managers of any industry and caliber How can we know that a person is an important stick? Well, the easiest way is to see if an expensive watch is shining on his hand. For years, wearing a mega-expensive accessory has been indicative of a man’s power. … Read more