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Prime Minister Calls for North Rhine-Westphalia to Become International Competition Court for Commercial Matters

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Prime Minister Calls for North Rhine-Westphalia to Become International Competition Court for Commercial Matters

In his keynote at the opening of the panel discussion, the Prime Minister emphasized that North Rhine-Westphalia should be developed into an international competition court for all commercial matters through the Court Commercial. The conference, organized in collaboration with the German American Business Association, the German-American Lawyers Association and the German Consulate General in San … Read more

Top Restaurants in Düsseldorf: “Feinschmecker” Magazine’s 2024 Rankings

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Top Restaurants in Düsseldorf: “Feinschmecker” Magazine’s 2024 Rankings

The gourmet magazine “Feinschmecker” has chosen the best restaurants in Germany for 2024. These restaurants from Düsseldorf are among them. The renowned gourmet magazine “Der Feinschmecker” has updated the list of the 500 best restaurants in Germany. Among the top restaurants in all of Germany there are also many from Düsseldorf. However, none of the … Read more

German Donations Council Reports Almost Five Billion Euros in Donations for 2023 – North Rhine-Westphalia Leads with One Billion Euros

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German Donations Council Reports Almost Five Billion Euros in Donations for 2023 – North Rhine-Westphalia Leads with One Billion Euros

Bielefeld. The 71 organizations that are members of the German Donations Council received almost five billion euros in donations in 2023. These include large institutions that are based in East Westphalia-Lippe, such as the Bodelwickelhsche Stiftungen Bethel, the Evangelische Johanneswerk or the Eben Foundation Ezer. “I’m most pleased that North Rhine-Westphalia has shot the bird,” … Read more

Landmark Judgment: 15th Civil Senate of Cologne Higher Regional Court Partially Amends Contested Decision

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06.02.2024 The 15th Civil Senate of the Cologne Higher Regional Court decided today in the aforementioned proceedings and partially amended the contested regional court decision. In the proceedings (cf. the press release dated October 7th, 2022 – PM 10/22), the plaintiff takes action following an earlier injunction procedure (OLG Cologne, judgment of May 29th, 2018, … Read more

Customs Clearance of Parcel Shipments: Ensuring Your Package Quickly and Safely Gets Through the Zoll

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Customs Clearance of Parcel Shipments: Ensuring Your Package Quickly and Safely Gets Through the Zoll

Krefeld (ots) New IT application makes customs clearance of parcel shipments easier This year too, Black Friday at the end of November marks the beginning of the hot phase of pre-Christmas online shopping and means peak season for parcel senders and services. What many online shoppers don’t consider is that if the package they ordered … Read more

Emergency Rescue Operation by Special Task Force for Patient Transport in Mönchengladbach, Germany

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Emergency Rescue Operation by Special Task Force for Patient Transport in Mönchengladbach, Germany

Mönchengladbach, November 20th, 2023, 9:31 a.m., Albertusstrasse (ots) This morning an ambulance was supposed to transport a patient to a hospital in Mönchengladbach. The ambulance crew quickly discovered that transporting the patient from the upper floor through the stairwell could not be carried out safely using the usual aids. She called in additional emergency services … Read more

Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia: Two suspects identified after nationwide series of bomb threats – WELT

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Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia: Two suspects identified after nationwide series of bomb threats – WELT

NAfter a nationwide series of bomb threats, including against schools, two suspects have been identified. A 30-year-old from North Rhine-Westphalia and a 19-year-old from Baden-Württemberg are said to belong to a group that attracted attention with crimes on the Internet such as false emergency calls, as the Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office and the Stuttgart … Read more

Till Lindemann’s Controversial Concert in Düsseldorf: Protests, Resistance, and Unsettling Revelations

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Till Lindemann’s Controversial Concert in Düsseldorf: Protests, Resistance, and Unsettling Revelations

On Friday evening, Rammstein singer Till Lindemann will perform in front of a sold-out crowd. But there is resistance to the tour – also in Düsseldorf. There are around 150 people moving in the rain on Siegburger Straße in the Düsseldorf district of Oberbilk. Some of them wear yellow vests, others carry – mostly red … Read more

Construction Standstill and Unpaid Bills: The Carsch House Luxury Department Store Project in Jeopardy

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Construction Standstill and Unpaid Bills: The Carsch House Luxury Department Store Project in Jeopardy

The Carsch House is being converted into a luxury department store at an estimated cost of 55 million euros. But because of the crisis at investor Signa, there is a standstill on the construction site. Every day thousands of passers-by pass by the Carsch Haus construction site on Heinrich-Heine-Platz. The more than 100-year-old building between … Read more

VfL Bochum: A Crisis Club in the Bundesliga’s Shooting Gallery

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VfL Bochum: A Crisis Club in the Bundesliga’s Shooting Gallery

19 goals conceded make VfL Bochum a crisis club and the league’s shooting gallery. Now of all times we’re going to Leipzig – things have never looked good there. As expectations rise, the height of the fall also changes. In that regard, VfL Bochum has just hit hard. Having competed at the start of the … Read more