Frankfurt/Main (dpa) – The travel group DER Touristik is expecting a strong year in 2023/24 given the sharp increase in demand on the German market. “With Dertour and the sister brands ITS and Meiers Weltreisen, we are currently heading towards the best summer we have ever had in terms of guest numbers,” said Ingo Burmester, … Read more
Freiburg (dpa/lsw) – More and more specimens of the strictly protected European wildcat are sneaking through the forests in the southwest. “The development has been going upwards for years,” said Andrea Lehning, consultant for wildcat protection and forests at the Federal Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany (BUND). According to experts, it is … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – After the Karlsruhe budget ruling, all of the federal government’s ancillary budgets are under scrutiny. One thing is certain so far: 60 billion euros for climate projects and the modernization of the economy have been lost. But may billions more not be available, for example for energy price caps? And what about … Read more
Erfurt (dpa/th) – According to a survey, the economic situation has worsened for half of Thuringians over the past four years. 36 percent rated their situation as the same, 9 percent as better. This emerges from a representative survey by the Insa Institute on behalf of the family business group. There was almost a tie … Read more
Novak Djokovic clenched his fist and shouted his joy, then the Serb rushed to his family in the stands and distributed kisses to the two kids. In the final of the ATP Finals in Turin, the Grand Slam record champion made short work of local hero Jannik Sinner 6:3, 6:3, defended his title – and, … Read more
Freiburg (dpa) – It is estimated that several hundred of the strictly protected wild cats live in Baden-Württemberg and their number is increasing. “They now populate the entire Rhine plain, and from there this wild animal species is increasingly spreading towards the east,” said a spokeswoman for the Baden-Württemberg Forestry Experimental and Research Institute (FVA). … Read more
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
Nice (dpa) – Records, dream goals and a strange debut: The 14-0 win by France’s football stars against Gibraltar set some records. Never before has a European national team scored 14 goals in qualifying for a European Championship or World Cup. The team around superstar Kylian Mbappé replaced the DFB team, which won the European … Read more
What’s special about these cup games in the country is that everything is so close. The additional stand that they had set up at FC Pipinsried on Wednesday was less than five meters behind the goal where the only goal of the day would fall. And when a memorable cup game came to an end, … Read more
Vienna (dpa) – Right at the beginning of their new album, the Viennese band Culk sets the basic mood for their dark examination of the present. “Anyone who looks will no longer be able to see because of tears, we can’t just stand next to it anymore,” sings front woman and lyricist Sophie Löw on … Read more