Berlin For Christian Lindner (FDP) these are not good reports. On Monday, lawyers and economists will bow to a hearing in the Bundestag about the supplementary budget of the new Federal Minister of Finance. The expert opinions submitted to the budget committee in advance are sometimes devastating. One professor ruled that it was “unconstitutional”, while … Read more
– Volksbank According to preliminary figures, the institutes expanded their lending business in 2021 compared to the previous year by almost seven percent to 710 billion euros, as the Federal Association of German Volksbanks and Raiffeisenbanks (BVR) announced on Monday in Berlin. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Frankfurt The German cooperative banks extended … Read more
Updated on December 26th, 2021, 7:27 pm – The radical Islamic Taliban in Afghanistan continue to restrict women’s rights. Now women should only be allowed to travel long distances if they are accompanied by a close male relative. In addition, the women must be veiled and are not allowed to listen to music in the … Read more
– Coronavirus This year, too, the holidays will take place in the shadow of the corona pandemic. Photo: Thomas Banneyer / dpa – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Even if the majority of infections are still caused by the delta variant of the coronavirus, the number of detected omicron cases has increased significantly in … Read more
Zurich, Brussels, Athens, Vienna, Madrid, Rome Portugal, Ireland and Italy currently also oblige vaccinated persons to present a negative corona test upon entry. This caused disputes at the EU summit – after all, EU neighbors fear that the measure will reduce the incentive of vaccination skeptics to get vaccinated. And although Brussels is striving for … Read more
– The government in Vienna wants to introduce a general compulsory vaccination in February. A draft law with details of the regulation is to be presented in the second week of December. A lockdown has been in effect across the country since last Monday. There were already mass demonstrations last weekend because of the measures … Read more
Vaccination certificate on the smartphone Workers who are not vaccinated will have to go through daily checks and submit their current test. – (Photo: imago images / Friedrich Stark) – – – – Düsseldorf The 3G regulation in the workplace has been in effect since Wednesday. Employees are then only allowed to come to the … Read more
– However, the standard values on Wall Street gave way for the most part. They suffered from concerns that the pandemic would worsen further after Austria pulled the emergency brake in view of the massive fourth corona wave and will go into lockdown again from Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial expanded its recent losses on … Read more
Ministry of Health predicts surge in illnesses undetected due to coronavirus – – In three to five years, a surge in cancer and tuberculosis is expected in Ukraine, since many cases might not have been detected due to a pandemic. The Ministry of Health in the coming years predicts a surge in other diseases that … Read more
Opening of the viewing platform of the new One Vanderbilt high-rise in New York Most of the building is already rented. Photo / John Minchillo, AP – (Photo: AP) – – – – New York Aby Rosen takes a pragmatic view of the matter. “As a landlord you have to offer more today. The companies … Read more