Disasters

Disasters can happen at any moment, at least in theory. When they do, the population needs to be warned. Two years ago, Germany's national 'warning day' failed. This time, things are supposed to work.

The authorities in Poland have known about the poisoning of the Oder since the end of July. Much later, they informed the public and neighboring Germany. Who or…

In Germany, the Federal Authority for Civil Protection (BBK) conceded there was a problem on the nationwide Warning Day. The NINA warning app partially failed.…

On Thursday at 11:00 a.m., media and communication devices in Germany will go berserk. A nationwide alarm for testing purposes will be seen and heard. All 16 federal states are part of Warning Day.

For the first time in decades, all German disaster warning systems will be tested on September 10th, 2020. In the information age, there are many of those.

According to Berlin's Foreign Ministry, a German employee of the Embassy in Beirut died in Tuesday's explosion. The Federal Agency for Technical Relief from…