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Germany: The Party Continues in Spite of Rising Infection Numbers

While party people gathered and danced at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, the infection numbers rose further. This week, the Corona rules in Germany might be tightened substantially.

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Markus Söder: The Natural with the Kennedy Effect

Germany's Bundestag elections are coming up, and the conservative 'Union' parties have not picked their candidate…

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Germany: Söder Says He Wants to be Candidate for Chancellor

In Berlin, Markus Söder told the participants of a meeting of the 'Union' parties' Bundestag fractions, he would be…

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Steinmeier at Former Concentration Camp Buchenwald: ‘We Should Never Want to…

In Weimar and the nearby Buchenwald memorial site, the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the former…

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Germany: Occupancy Rate at ICUs at Highest Level Since Beginning of Corona…

Professor Christian Karagiannidis of the organization ‘Divi Intensivregister’ is sounding the alarm. He says the…

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Germany: The Party Continues in Spite of Rising Infection Numbers

Imanuel Marcus Apr 12, 2021

While party people gathered and danced at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, the infection numbers rose further. This week, the Corona…

Markus Söder: The Natural with the Kennedy Effect

Imanuel Marcus Apr 12, 2021

Germany's Bundestag elections are coming up, and the conservative 'Union' parties have not picked their candidate for Chancellor.…

Germany: Söder Says He Wants to be Candidate for Chancellor

Imanuel Marcus Apr 11, 2021

In Berlin, Markus Söder told the participants of a meeting of the 'Union' parties' Bundestag fractions, he would be willing to…

Steinmeier at Former Concentration Camp Buchenwald: ‘We Should Never Want to Forget’

Imanuel Marcus Apr 11, 2021

In Weimar and the nearby Buchenwald memorial site, the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the former concentration camp was…

Germany: Occupancy Rate at ICUs at Highest Level Since Beginning of Corona Pandemic

Imanuel Marcus Apr 11, 2021

Professor Christian Karagiannidis of the organization ‘Divi Intensivregister’ is sounding the alarm. He says the occupancy rate in…

Annalena Baerbock: Germany’s First Green Chancellor?

Imanuel Marcus Apr 10, 2021

On April 19th, 2021, the German Greens will announce the name of their first candidate for Chancellor. It will have to be the…

Germany Working on New ‘Emergency Brake’ for Counties with High Corona Infection Numbers

Imanuel Marcus Apr 10, 2021

In Germany, the government is preparing an amendment of the Infection Protection Act. The "emergency brake", which is supposed to…

Germany Reacts to Passing of Prince Philip

Imanuel Marcus Apr 9, 2021

After the death of Prince Philip, Germany's Angela Merkel and other leading politicians expressed their condolences. The…

Pirna: Saxony’s Medieval Beauty

Imanuel Marcus Apr 9, 2021

Located in south-eastern Saxony, close to the Czech and Polish borders, Pirna is at least 780 years old. Its medieval buildings,…

Germany: New Infections at Highest Level in Months

Imanuel Marcus Apr 9, 2021

According to Germany's Robert Koch Institute, 25,464 new Coronavirus infections were registered within the past 24 hours. It is…

Berlin: BVG Completes Renovation of Elevated ‘U-Bahn’ Viaduct

Imanuel Marcus Apr 8, 2021

In Berlin, the U-Bahn train lines U1 and U3 are back in business. It took the public transport provider BVG a year to renovate an…

Adolf Eichmann: The Nazi War Criminal who got Help from West Germany

Imanuel Marcus Apr 8, 2021

The Eichmann case is directly connected to the darkest chapter in the history of Germany and of mankind. Sixty years ago, the…

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The Berlin Perspective: ‘Guess what Happened at the Airport the…

Imanuel Marcus Apr 2, 2021

But something was very wrong. It took me a while to figure out what in the hell…

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Markus Söder: The Natural with the Kennedy Effect

Annalena Baerbock: Germany’s First Green Chancellor?

Pirna: Saxony’s Medieval Beauty

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Germany: The Party Continues in Spite of Rising Infection Numbers

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