According to information from Spiegel, the maker of the currently most successful German children’s film Johannes Honsell has died at the age of just 45. Honsell was one of the inventors of the children’s format “Checker Tobi”, a popular series of reports in Kika and Erste, which was nominated for the Grimme Prize and received … Read more
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) shows no understanding for doctors’ demands for more money. “I don’t think the demand for more money is justified,” he said on the ZDF program “heute journal update” on Thursday night. “Apart from Switzerland, of course, nowhere in Europe do practices earn as well as they do in Germany. I … Read more
Munich (dpa) – The world-class soccer players Pernille Harder (31) and Magdalena Eriksson (30) have been playing for FC Bayern Munich since this summer. Together. This was also very important for the Danish-Swedish couple in their private lives. In an interview with the German Press Agency, Harder, striker and recently recovered, and Eriksson, defender and … Read more
Minneapolis (dpa) – Thanks to Amon-Ra St. Brown, the Detroit Lions celebrated their eleventh win of the season in the American football league NFL at Christmas. The Lions won 30:24 at the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Eve and secured the title in their division for the first time since 1993. The 24-year-old St. Brown put … Read more
Düsseldorf (dpa) – The consumer advice centers advise electricity and gas customers to consider changing providers because of the additional costs announced for 2024. “Consumers should definitely check a tariff portal to see how much savings they could save,” said energy expert at the North Rhine-Westphalia Consumer Center, Christina Wallraf, to the German Press Agency. … Read more
Berlin/Potsdam (dpa/bb) – The storm “Zoltan” hit the plans of many travelers from Berlin and Brandenburg a few days before Christmas. On Thursday, numerous long-distance trains were canceled, especially to the west, as can be seen on the Deutsche Bahn website. Because of the storm, the fire brigade had to go on many missions, especially … Read more
Berlin/Bremen (dpa) – After the controversial awarding of the Hannah Arendt Prize for political thought, Masha Gessen sticks to the comparison of the situation in Gaza with Jewish ghettos during the Nazi era. “The claim of the uniqueness of the Holocaust places it outside of history,” Gessen said on Monday in Berlin during a discussion … Read more
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
Glendale (dpa) – The San Francisco 49ers became the first NFL team to win their division. The Super Bowl contenders won 45:29 against the Arizona Cardinals and, after six wins in a row, can no longer be pushed out of first place in the NFC West. The 49ers had already qualified for the playoffs last … Read more
Foxborough (dpa) – Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs won the away game at the New England Patriots after two recent defeats in the NFL and preserved the chance of home advantage in the playoffs. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes made two missed throws to make it 27:17, but also had two touchdown passes in an ultimately … Read more