[ad_1] 10 reasons to love Saxony Meissen porcelain The Saxon city of Meissen is known worldwide for its porcelain. The first European hard-paste porcelain was developed here in 1708. The Saxon kings did not do without the white gold when traveling, as this travel service from 1728 proves. Meissen porcelain remains one of the most […]
Month: December 2020
ASF Germany: number of cases in wild boar tips 300
[ad_1] The number of cases of African swine fever in wild boars in Germany exceeded the 300 mark in mid-December. The total on December 16 is now 302 cases. The cases were found in eastern Germany in 4 separate and demarcated zones along the border with Poland. 3 of these zones are in the state […]
The gender pay gap in Germany is narrowing
[ad_1] The gender pay gap in Germany shrank by almost 1 percent in 2019, but is still well above the EU average. In fact, Germany has the bloc’s second-worst gender pay gap after Estonia. The gender pay gap in Germany is slowly shrinking Women in Germany took 19 percent less home with them than men […]
Germany is preparing for a tougher lockdown before Christmas
[ad_1] German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks upon arrival to a personal EU summit amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Brussels, Belgium, December 10, 2020. John Thys / Pool via REUTERS BERLIN, December 11 (Reuters) – Germany must shut down more parts of society before Christmas to try to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, […]
For most American staff, holiday travel to Germany is either complicated or unlikely – Europe
[ad_1] Stars and Stripes is making articles on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – U.S. servicemen and their families living in Germany will not have many travel options during the December […]
Hong Kong suspends poultry meat imports from Germany and Japan
[ad_1] The Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene has announced that in light of notifications from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and Japanese authorities of outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany and highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza in […]
Timeline: Nord Stream 2 – The difficult birth of the gas pipeline from Russia to Germany
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The Nord Stream 2 project, a focal point of a major discord between Moscow and Washington, plans to resume pipelaying on a 2.6 km section of the pipeline before the end of the year, and a Russian pipelay ship has arrived at the site . FILE PHOTO: The Nord Stream 2 gas […]
Poverty in Germany hits new record
[ad_1] Over 13 million people in Germany were affected by poverty in 2019, bringing the poverty rate to 15.9%, the highest measured poverty rate since reunification thirty years ago. These figures are presented in the latest poverty report from the German social protection association Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband, published on November 20. The resurgence of poverty is […]
“Wolfsbrigade 44”: Germany bans neo-Nazi group; Police raid 11 members’ homes, World News
[ad_1] Police found a crossbow, machete, knife and Nazi symbols in early morning raids on Tuesday after banning an extreme right-wing group called Sturmbrigade 44, which the government said wants a Nazi state. Swastikas were one of the Nazi symbols that were discovered during searches of the apartments by eleven members of the group in […]
North German federal states cooperate in the hydrogen development “Hy-5”
[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Five northern German federal states announced on Tuesday that they would jointly advance the development of hydrogen from renewable electricity and install at least 500 megawatts (MW) of electrolysis capacity by 2025. Green hydrogen is made by electrolysis, which is based on electricity obtained from sources such as wind and sun. […]
German authorities are investigating E. coli infections in day-care centers
[ad_1] More than 20 E. coli infections are being investigated in a German community. Four day-care centers in the Lützow-Lübstorf district are affected by the E. coli O26 outbreak. Lützow-Lübstorf is located in Northwest Mecklenburg, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) are often referred to as shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). Authorities initially […]
ASF Germany: 1st white zone ready for wild boar depop
[ad_1] Germany is entering the next phase to eradicate African swine fever from its wild boar population. In the 1st âwhite zoneâ in East Germany, wild boar hunting is about to resume. A white zone is a specific, double-fenced zone around the 1st core area, in which the African swine fever virus has been detected […]