The defense ministers of Germany and FranceBoris Pistorius and Sébastien Lecornu, today announced a preview “historical” regarding the new generation main ground combat system (MGCS) when referring to the agreement in principle on the tanks that will replace the German Leopard and the French Leclerc. “Today we have made great progress. It is not an […]
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Germany will change Adidas for Nike from 2027 after 70 years
German football and adidas They get divorced. The German team will no longer be dressed by Adidas, after 70 years, and will have Nike as a new sponsor from 2027, with an initial 7-year contract. “We are pleased with the cooperation with Nike and the trust they have placed in us. The alliance will allow […]
UN warns of strong growth of electronic waste in the world
A report from the Institute of Studies of the UN based in Bonn (west of Germany) warns of strong growth in the generation of electronic trash around the world with serious implications for the global south. According to the report, 53.6 billion tons of electronic waste were produced in 2019 – 7.3 kilograms per capita […]
Germany sees its CO2 reduction goal in 2030 achievable for the first time
The German Government assured this Friday that Germany is for the first time on track to achieve its climate goals in 2030 if it stays the course, predicting in new projections that greenhouse gas emissions will have decreased by almost 64% in six years. compared to 1990. “This makes Germany’s 2030 climate goal – a […]
A man was vaccinated 217 times against covid, did he suffer side effects?
A 62-year-old German man has been vaccinated 217 times against covid, despite the fact that he had received advice from doctors not to do so, according to the latest issue of the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The vaccines were purchased and administered privately over a period of 29 months, and everything indicates that the […]
German machinists call for more strikes, the first will be this week and will last 35 hours
The German Machinists’ Union (GDL) announced this Monday new strikesthe first will be this week, after breaking off negotiations with Deutsche Bahn (DB) in their dispute to obtain an improvement in working conditions. The head of GDL, Claus Weselsky, said at a press conference that there will be strikes “in waves” without prior notice and […]
Germany overtakes Japan as the world’s third most powerful economy
Germany has displaced Japan as the third most powerful economy in the world at the end of 2023. According to official data from the Japanese statistical agency, the Asian country registered a contraction of 0.1% in the last quarter of the year, accumulating two consecutive ones. Already in the third quarter, Japan had registered a […]
Germany reduces the work week to four days to increase productivity
Germany will implement a scheme for six months in which the working week is reduced to four days, with the aim of reducing a chronic labor shortage. This test will allow employees of 45 companies across the country to work one day less a week for the same salary . The initiative, which only involves […]
The mysterious death under Nazism of Matthias Sindelar, in the 20s and 30s
This Tuesday marks 85 years since the mysterious death of Matthias Sindelar, known as ‘the Mozart of soccer’a legendary Austrian attacker of the 1920s and 1930s, famous for his elegance on the field and, according to legend, for his resistance to the regime Nazi. On January 23, 1939, Sindelar, shortly before his 36th birthday, was […]
Franz Beckenbauer, Kaiser and greatest legend of German football, dies
The name of Franz Beckenbauer is irremediably linked to the successes and history of Bayern Munich and German football that he marked as a player, coach and also as an official. Beckenbauer grew up in the Munich neighborhood of Giesing and began playing with the SC 1906 Munich children’s team. At that time the first […]