Heidelberg (dpa / tmn) – A generation of children is growing up whose parents do not have the very best reputation. They are too caring, too protective, too controlling, always circling over their children. In the early 2000s, a US family therapist coined the term helicopter parents. Over the years, a few more unflattering labels … Read more
Mainz (dpa/lhe) – After more than two months of the compulsory Corona break, thousands of Frankfurters have returned to the dance floors of clubs and discos. “The longing was great,” said Victor Oswalt from the Network Clubs am Main on Saturday, in which 15 clubs have joined forces. “You could tell that something important was … Read more
Freiburg (dpa) – The city of Freiburg is going one step further when it comes to job offers in terms of gender – and will in future use the addition (a) for “all” in job advertisements. In addition, she only writes the job title in the female form, as the Baden municipality announced on Thursday. … Read more
It was shortly after 9 p.m. when the first child of the new year was born in the hospital in Copiapó, in the far north of Chile: a little boy, 50 centimeters tall, 3064 grams, so far, so unspectacular, if it weren’t for them two first names that the parents had chosen for their son: … Read more
New York (AP) – The art collection of Linda and Harry Macklowe put up for auction due to their divorce has brought in almost $ 700 million in New York. This makes it the auction with the highest total value in the history of the auction house, announced Sotheby’s. The most expensive piece was the … Read more
London / Freiburg (dpa) – For 2021 the “Lonely Planet” selected only a few future-oriented projects because of Corona, for 2022 the publisher is now returning to its global top ten lists. In the new book “Lonely Planets Best in Travel 2022”, Freiburg im Breisgau is one of the top cities. It ranks third because … Read more
Freiburg (dpa) – The largest welfare association in Germany will be led by a woman for the first time in the future: At the delegates’ meeting of the German Caritas Association in Freiburg on Wednesday, Eva Welskop-Deffaa was appointed as the successor to President Peter Neher. The prelate leaves office after 18 years. The new … Read more
Freiburg (dpa) – The largest welfare association in Germany is getting a new leadership today: At the delegates’ meeting of the German Caritas Association in Freiburg, the successor to President Peter Neher will be determined. The prelate leaves office after 18 years. The candidates are the Stuttgart city dean Christian Hermes, the chairman of the … Read more
New York (AP) – In the presence of the former professional tennis player and activist Billie Jean King, the foundation stone for a new LGBTQ + museum was laid in New York. For the museum, which is supposed to tell the stories of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans people, queer people and others who feel they … Read more
Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – 1946 In a hundred years from now, letters are to be distributed from Freiburg to specific addressees. In the year 2120 the city celebrates its 1000th birthday and for a special postal project on this occasion the municipality installed an “anniversary mailbox” in front of the old town hall. The … Read more