Nurses Protest for Better Funding and Outpatient Care in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Nurses Protest for Better Funding and Outpatient Care in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Status: 07/07/2023 1:50 p.m In several cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, nurses took to the streets today. They called for better funding, especially for outpatient care. The “Nursing in Need” network brought many nurses to the streets in at least nine cities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to protest today. At “5 past 12” the traffic was therefore … Read more

Construction Industry Demands Accuracy: Politicians Accused of Playing the Wrong Game

Construction Industry Demands Accuracy: Politicians Accused of Playing the Wrong Game

The general manager of the Central Association of the German Construction Industry (ZDB), Felix Pakleppa, accused politicians of playing the wrong game. “You can miscalculate at school, but not on the construction site. The wall has to be straight,” he told the newspaper. The companies in his industry have to “retrain apprentices in math and … Read more

Inflation Rate in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Falls Below 7% for the First Time in a Year

Inflation Rate in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Falls Below 7% for the First Time in a Year

Schwerin (dpa/mv) – The slowdown in inflation seen since the beginning of the year has continued in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. As reported by the Statistical Office in Schwerin on Wednesday, the annual inflation rate in the north-east fell to 6.5 percent in May and thus fell below the 7 percent mark for the first time in … Read more

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival regains audience after three years

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival regains audience after three years

Schwerin (dpa/mv) – The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival is slowly winning back its audience after three years with a limited program due to the corona and decimated space. According to artistic director Ursula Haselböck, four weeks before the opening concert on June 17 in Neubrandenburg, almost a fifth of all events are sold out. “We have … Read more

“Housing Association in Rostock Receives Loan for Gas Heating System Conversion to District Heating”

“Housing Association in Rostock Receives Loan for Gas Heating System Conversion to District Heating”

Rostock/Schwerin (dpa/mv) – The housing association Schifffahrt Hafen Rostock receives a loan worth millions to convert gas heating systems to district heating. The Ministry of Construction announced on Sunday in Schwerin that 1.7 million euros were available from the housing modernization program. The loan is interest-free and a quarter of it does not have to … Read more

ADFC Bike Climate Test Survey: Germany Only Receives “Sufficient” Rating, Bremen Tops Big Cities with Best Score for Bicycle-Friendliness

ADFC Bike Climate Test Survey: Germany Only Receives “Sufficient” Rating, Bremen Tops Big Cities with Best Score for Bicycle-Friendliness

As of: 04/24/2023 6:28 p.m According to a survey by the General German Bicycle Club, Germany is not a bicycle-friendly country. According to the ADFC, progress has been made in the past two years, especially in large cities. But overall, Germany only gets a school grade of 3.96 – “sufficient”. In the north, Bremen is … Read more

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Extends Schools’ Flexibility for Distance Learning Amidst Illness

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Extends Schools’ Flexibility for Distance Learning Amidst Illness

Schwerin (dpa / mv) – The schools in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania can continue to switch to partial or complete distance learning independently in the event of many cases of illness among the teachers. The Ministry of Education in Schwerin extended the so-called phase model until the end of this school year, according to a statement on … Read more

New meerkats on guard duty at Rostock Zoo, with expectations for more to come

New meerkats on guard duty at Rostock Zoo, with expectations for more to come

Rostock (dpa) – A new group of meerkats is on guard duty in Rostock Zoo: zoo director Antje Angeli and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s lottery boss Ait Stapelfeld as animal sponsor welcomed the four newcomers. It is a female meerkat from the Leipzig Zoo and three brothers from the Krefeld Zoo. All were born in 2021. As … Read more

Parliament discusses both the Corona Protection Fund and Wolves

Parliament discusses both the Corona Protection Fund and Wolves

Status: 03/22/2023 04:56 am At the state parliament session on Wednesday, a decision will be made on how to deal with the multi-billion dollar corona protection fund. Another important topic is the possible hunting of wolves. Three opposition factions have submitted motions for the Wednesday session on the wolf, all of which are pursuing the … Read more

Still positive for Corona after five days?

Still positive for Corona after five days?

From mid-February, anyone who is infected with Corona no longer has to be isolated at home anywhere in Germany. But what if the test is still positive after five days? Anyone infected with the Coronavirus confirmed by a PCR test or a rapid test from an official body, no longer has to go to the … Read more