From top politician to spokesman for a clothing company: Peter Tauber makes a clear cut in his life. The reason is a physical collapse that almost cost him his life. In an interview, he explains what happened and how he is rearranged. He was CDU General Secretary, State Secretary in the Defense Ministry and a […]
Dispute over systems: where are the air filters in schools?
The delta variant could cause schools to close again in autumn. To avoid this, parents, teachers and scientists are calling for air filters to be purchased. The funds are there, but the schools are still lacking. Why? Schoolchildren have been able to study with their friends again for a few weeks. You don’t even have […]
Hessen wants to ban smoking and steaming in playgrounds
The state of Hesse wants to minimize the dangers of passive smoking. The government is therefore planning to ban cigarettes on playgrounds and in marquees. The opposition sees loopholes in the plans. With a smoking ban on children’s playgrounds, Hessen wants to increase protection against the dangers of passive smoking in the future. In addition, […]
Holocaust survivor: Esther Bejarano has died
The Hamburg Holocaust survivor and political activist Esther Bejarano died on Saturday night at the age of 96 in Hamburg. This was confirmed by the International Auschwitz Committee on Saturday. Esther Bejarano co-founded the German Auschwitz Committee. Previously, Meron Mendel, the director of the Anne Frank educational facility in Frankfurt, announced the death news on […]
Green-red coalition agreement: Kassel wants fewer cars, parking spaces and firecrackers
With the signing of the coalition agreement in Kassel’s town hall, the situation is reversed: The Greens are the strongest force, the SPD has to get used to the new status of junior partner. The “green topics” are also dominant in terms of content. When the coalition agreement was signed in Kassel’s town hall on […]
“Human, earth! We could have it so beautiful” by Eckart von Hirschhausen: In the tumult of feelings
In the pre-modern era, curious households had two books: the Bible and an almanac, a compendium of world knowledge with stories, calendar sayings and lists that you could leaf through over and over again on the long winter nights without getting bored. Friends of the “funny paperbacks” still know a late form of it, the […]
Cinemas versus Disney: Blockbusters? No thanks
Even a revolution can start small, in this case at the bottom left of the homepage of the Mathäser-Kino in Munich. There is a small window that you can click on with “Current information on ‘Black Widow’”. This is the new Marvel blockbuster that started in the cinema on Thursday – but not in Mathäser. […]
Exhibition James Ensor: Death in all its cheerful cheek
Death is back with its grotesque disciples. Shining white and grinning with the extinguished candle in his hand, he is the only one bareheaded between grimaces with a carnival-like headdress and dead eyes that love him to eat, he’s back in the Kunsthalle Mannheim. But only for a visit. Because James Ensor’s key work “Death […]
Bundestag election: Transport Minister Scheuer wants to stay in office
The parties position themselves for the Bundestag election. Follow all developments in the news blog. Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer would like to continue his office in a new government despite widespread criticism because of the failed car toll. The CSU politician told the German Press Agency: “I really enjoy it. I will fight hard, […]
On Baerbock’s plagiarism: arch alone or group chatting
A few years ago the writer Christine Angot was sitting in a café near the Pompidou Center. Angot is a media star in France with a passion for the big verbal slap in the face of politicians. Nevertheless, it was supposed to be a conversation about writing, and before the first question could be answered, […]