Companies: New boss of the startup association calls for a “culture of courage”

Companies: New boss of the startup association calls for a “culture of courage”

More digitalization, more money for founders, more entrepreneurial courage: The new chairwoman of the startup association, Verena Pausder, wants to advance Germany as a start-up location and prevent growth companies from leaving. “We can no longer allow successful founders to rely on money from abroad for large financing rounds and some to go to the … Read more

After the Pisa shock: consequences for schools demanded

After the Pisa shock: consequences for schools demanded

The Pisa study compares the performance of 15-year-old students internationally every three years. The current results for Germany are worse than ever. This is also causing unrest in Bavaria. The sharp drop in performance of German students in the international comparative study Pisa is also having an impact Bayern tempers rise. The current results are … Read more

Music: Conductor Thielemann before returning to Bayreuth

Music: Conductor Thielemann before returning to Bayreuth

Star-Dirigent Christian Thielemann should return to the Green Hill. As the German Press Agency learned, the Bayreuth Festival is planning to use the 64-year-old again. This was announced at the most recent meeting of the Festspiel-GmbH board of directors. Thielemann “will return, yes,” said festival spokesman Hubertus Herrmann when asked. Current: Headlines Mundhalle Cooperative : … Read more

Shortage of Headmasters in Thuringian Primary Schools

Shortage of Headmasters in Thuringian Primary Schools

Headmasters are missing Thuringia especially in primary schools. This emerges from a list of vacant management positions in the Ministry of Education, which is available to the German Press Agency. The numbers refer to mid-August, a few days before school starts. Accordingly, of the 392 headmaster positions in the primary school sector, 61 were vacant. … Read more

Mainz City’s Financial Future: Moving Away from Liquidity Loans and Focusing on Investment

Mainz City’s Financial Future: Moving Away from Liquidity Loans and Focusing on Investment

DThe city of Mainz, which is financially well off thanks to the tax revenue bubbling up thanks to the success of Biontech, no longer wants to take out liquidity loans in the future. “We should fundamentally avoid that,” said Mayor Nino Haase of the German Press Agency in Mainz. Municipal consumption should not be financed … Read more

Remembering Thomas Danneberg: The Legendary Voice behind Hollywood Stars

Remembering Thomas Danneberg: The Legendary Voice behind Hollywood Stars

John Travolta, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, John Cleese – Thomas Danneberg dubbed half of Hollywood. A colleague warns film distributors: Don’t try to imitate this legend! He was the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terence Hill and Adriano Celentano: The busy voice actor Thomas Danneberg is dead. This was confirmed to the German Press Agency in … Read more

Actor Mark Margolis, Known for ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Caul Saul’, Passes Away at 83

Actor Mark Margolis, Known for ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Caul Saul’, Passes Away at 83

The American actor Mark Margolis, known among other things from the series “Breaking Bad” and “Better Caul Saul”, is dead. He died on Thursday after a short illness in a New York hospital, his son, Morgan Margolis, said on Friday . Manager Robert Kolker confirmed the death of the 83-year-old actor to the German Press … Read more

Discovery of WWII Bomb in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel Leads to Evacuation and Transit Disruptions

Discovery of WWII Bomb in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel Leads to Evacuation and Transit Disruptions

The S-Bahn is closed and Bartelsstrasse in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel has been cleared. The reason for this is an aerial bomb from the Second World War. An aircraft bomb from World War II was discovered during construction work in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel on Monday. The police and fire department are on site, the police tweeted in the … Read more

“Forest Fires Break Out in Brandenburg: Smoke Reduces Visibility on Freeway”

“Forest Fires Break Out in Brandenburg: Smoke Reduces Visibility on Freeway”

In Kleinmachnow near Berlin, the forest burned on Whit Monday. The smoke reduced visibility on the nearby freeway. Several smaller forest fires broke out in Brandenburg at Pentecost. A large burning pile of wood triggered a forest fire near Kleinmachnow in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district near Berlin. The burning area is between 100 and 200 square … Read more

Loss of his special rights: Schröder is suing the Bundestag – dpa

Mainz City’s Financial Future: Moving Away from Liquidity Loans and Focusing on Investment

Dhe former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) is suing the Bundestag for the restoration of his special rights, which were revoked in May. The 78-year-old demands that a former Chancellor’s office with employees be made available to him again, as his Hanoverian lawyer Michael Nagel told the German Press Agency on Friday. The lawsuit was filed … Read more