Zürich | Wirtz and Kroos nominated for World Football Choice

Zürich | Wirtz and Kroos nominated for World Football Choice

Zurich (dpa) – Florian Wirtz and Toni Kroos nominated for World Footballer of the Year. Wirtz, 21, from Leverkusen and 34-year-old Kroos, who ended his successful career this summer after the European Championship, have been shortlisted along with nine other professionals for an award from world association FIFA. The football player of the world is … Read more

Against illegal parking in front of the airport: closed hard shoulder

Against illegal parking in front of the airport: closed hard shoulder

Düsseldorf (dpa/lnw) – In front of Düsseldorf Airport, a hard shoulder on the A44 has been closed with warning lights to prevent illegal parking. This was confirmed by a spokesperson for the responsible Autobahn GmbH. The “Rheinische Post” had previously reported. “Unfortunately, it has become common practice for road users heading to the airport to … Read more

Differences in NRW: This is what people in Düsseldorf have on hand every year

Differences in NRW: This is what people in Düsseldorf have on hand every year

In North Rhine-Westphalia there are big differences in the average income of people. In Düsseldorf there is much less money available than the front runner. There is still a strong difference in the disposable income of people in North Rhine-Westphalia and thus their purchasing power in the municipalities. In the city of Herdecke in the … Read more

Unique Monet exhibition coming to Cologne: What to expect during the interactive tour

Unique Monet exhibition coming to Cologne: What to expect during the interactive tour

Cologne will have a special attraction from October 16. The exhibition “Monet’s Garden” brings works by Claude Monet to life in a unique way with projections and music. From October 16 he is inside Cologne to marvel at a one-of-a-kind art exhibit. The new exhibition “Monet’s Garden” gives visitors a unique opportunity to immerse themselves … Read more

Right-wing extremist denies plans to attack – “fantasy”

Right-wing extremist denies plans to attack – “fantasy”

A suspected right-wing extremist has to answer in court. He is said to have planned to shoot foreigners and police officers. It’s all just a fantasy, he says. In a trial in Düsseldorf against a suspected right-wing extremist from Mönchengladbach, he made a partial confession but denied terrorist intentions. The 41-year-old is said to have … Read more

Rare tropical storm reaches Cologne – 100 liters of rain and hurricane expected

Rare tropical storm reaches Cologne – 100 liters of rain and hurricane expected

A severe storm front, triggered by Hurricane Kirk, will move across North Rhine-Westphalia in the next few days. A massive tropical storm is threatening Cologne. A tropical storm front with severe storms and squalls will reach Cologne and the region in the next few days. The foothills of Hurricane Kirk will reach North Rhine-Westphalia by … Read more

Living space is scarce – many students in North Rhine-Westphalia still have no room for the winter semester – education

Living space is scarce – many students in North Rhine-Westphalia still have no room for the winter semester – education

The situation seems just as precarious in other university cities: in Cologne, according to the student union there, 1,500 students are still looking for a room. The student union in Bonn still has 2,200 active applications, although these could also include students who have found something in the meantime. This generally also applies to the … Read more

NRW Justice: No Corona emergency aid without additional provisions

01.10.2024 The Higher Administrative Court decided today that additional provisions to approval notices for Corona emergency aid in North Rhine-Westphalia cannot be repealed in isolation. According to a statement from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, corresponding additional provisions were attached to all of the approximately 430,000 approval notices for NRW emergency aid 2020 issued between … Read more

Lawyer: Suspect had no political motive

Lawyer: Suspect had no political motive

According to his lawyer, the 41-year-old man who allegedly started two fires in apartment buildings in Essen on Saturday had no political motive. “Not a discovery,” lawyer Volker Schröder told the German News Agency. “A true story of family tragedy. Fight his wife for the children – and maybe a mental disorder.” That was the … Read more

Munster | Merz is a guest speaker at the CDU state party conference in Münster

Munster | Merz is a guest speaker at the CDU state party conference in Münster

Moving into the hall together According to the party conference management, Merz and North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst should move into the hall together to music. As CDU state chairman, Wüst gives a report before Merz gets on stage. There are no board elections at the meeting of around 670 delegates. Attention should therefore … Read more