Cinema Employees Union Calls for Strike: Films in Jeopardy, Popcorn Supplies Low

Cinema Employees Union Calls for Strike: Films in Jeopardy, Popcorn Supplies Low

Films could be canceled in several cinemas in the coming days and popcorn bags could remain empty. The reason? The ver.di union is calling for a strike. The service union ver.di has called on employees of the cinema companies CinemaxX and CineStar to go on strike from Thursday as part of the nationwide collective bargaining. … Read more

Rhineland-Palatinate State Government Makes it Easier for Foreign Teachers to Work in Schools and Promotes Female Leadership

Rhineland-Palatinate State Government Makes it Easier for Foreign Teachers to Work in Schools and Promotes Female Leadership

Mainz (dpa/lrs) – The Rhineland-Palatinate state government wants to pave the way for more foreign teachers to come to schools. “We are making it easier for foreign teachers to gain access to teaching while respecting and maintaining their qualifications,” said Education Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) to the German Press Agency. In this way, the level … Read more

2023 Starts with Warmest Turn of the Year and Political Resignation in Rhineland-Palatinate

2023 Starts with Warmest Turn of the Year and Political Resignation in Rhineland-Palatinate

As of: December 25, 2023 11:43 p.m The year 2023 starts with the warmest turn of the year since weather records began. In the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate, parliamentary group leader Christian Baldauf is throwing in the towel. The year 2023 starts with the warmest turn of the year since weather records began. In the CDU Rhineland-Palatinate, … Read more

Rhineland-Palatinate State Government Boosts Daycare Expansion with Additional 40 Million Euros

Rhineland-Palatinate State Government Boosts Daycare Expansion with Additional 40 Million Euros

Mainz (dpa/lrs) – The Rhineland-Palatinate state government wants to accelerate the expansion of daycare places with an additional total of 40 million euros. The funding for the coming year will be increased with five million euros from this special program, and 35 million will be made available in 2024, explained Education Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) … Read more

Controversial Basketball Player Joshiko Saibou: Career Highlights, Controversies, and Return to German League

Controversial Basketball Player Joshiko Saibou: Career Highlights, Controversies, and Return to German League

Trier (dpa) – The controversial basketball professional Joshiko Saibou played a competitive game in Germany for the first time since the Corona controversy in 2020. The 33-year-old is now under contract with second division team Medipolis SC Jena and made his season debut on Saturday evening in Jena’s 95:83 defeat at Römerstrom Gladiators Trier. Saibou … Read more

Mainz Leads Germany’s Most Dynamic Cities Ranking, Munich and Berlin Follow

Mainz Leads Germany’s Most Dynamic Cities Ranking, Munich and Berlin Follow

Frankfurt/Main (dpa) – Boomtown Mainz: In a study, the Biontech location defends its place as the most dynamic city in Germany and, given the current situation, is getting closer to the leader Munich. This emerges from the city ranking published on Thursday by IW Consult on behalf of the Internet portal Immoscout24 and “Wirtschaftswoche”. Last … Read more

Study Reveals Mainz as Germany’s Most Dynamic City in Economic Strength, Labor Market, and Sustainability

Study Reveals Mainz as Germany’s Most Dynamic City in Economic Strength, Labor Market, and Sustainability

How are Germany’s major cities doing in terms of economic strength, labor market or sustainability? According to a study, one city in particular stands out this year. Frankfurt/Main (dpa) – Boomtown Mainz: In a study, the Biontech location defends its place as the most dynamic city in Germany and, given the current situation, is getting … Read more

Rhineland-Palatinate Records Unusually High Temperatures in October, Ranks Among the Warmest States in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate Records Unusually High Temperatures in October, Ranks Among the Warmest States in Germany

Offenbach (dpa/lrs) – According to preliminary data from the German Weather Service (DWD), Rhineland-Palatinate was one of the warmest federal states in October. An average of “unusually high” 12.1 degrees Celsius was measured, the DWD announced on Monday in Offenbach. That was 2.9 degrees more than in the internationally valid reference period from 1961 to … Read more

Autumn Weather Forecast: Clouds and Rain in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland

Autumn Weather Forecast: Clouds and Rain in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland

Offenbach (dpa/lrs) – It will be autumn in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland in the coming days. As the German Weather Service (DWD) announced on Tuesday, the weather will be characterized by clouds and rain. On Tuesday it will be very cloudy with a maximum of 12 to 15 degrees and rain in many places. From the … Read more

Christmas Markets in Rhineland-Palatinate May Have Less Music Due to Rising GEMA Fees

Christmas Markets in Rhineland-Palatinate May Have Less Music Due to Rising GEMA Fees

As of: October 22, 2023 6:26 p.m This winter there could be less music than usual at the Christmas markets in Rhineland-Palatinate. Some organizers fear that they will not be able to cover the GEMA fees. Lights, the smell of sausages, mulled wine and wooden toys – that’s part of the Christmas market. And of … Read more