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Fireworks on New Year's Eve still allowed

November 17, 2020 • 12:00 AM

The nanny state leaped into action recently, as ÖDP city councillor Tobias Ruff supported a ban on fireworks in proximity to certain venues. He had demanded a fireworks exclusion zone be set up around the zoo. District administration adviser Thomas Böhle (SPD) rejected the proposal for legal reasons. In order to be able to implement a fireworks prohibition approximately around the zoo, according to the Abendzeitung - and at other sensitive places in the city - the laws would have to change...

False police officers target elderly

November 15, 2020 • 12:00 AM

Munich has recently been experiencing a rise in so-called false policeman crimes. These acts of theft and fraud are targeted at elderly and vulnerable people and performed by criminals masquerading as policemen when ringing their potential victims with a fabricated story. The police think they may be finding their victims by going through the phonebook and seeking out people who have a name which may be more likely to belong to an eldery person. The fraudulent scheme sees the perpetrator phone...

Over 300,000 German students are in quarantine

November 11, 2020 • 12:00 AM

The number of students in quarantine has increased six-fold since the end of September, with The German Teachers' Association quick to criticise the government policy. According to the Association, more than 300,000 students and up to 30,000 teachers are currently in quarantine, as reported by the "Bild" newspaper. As a result, more and more schools are closing down. The president of the association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, told the newspaper. "We are now experiencing a lockdown at the...

Transport strikes on hold till Spring

November 10, 2020 • 12:00 AM

The Bavarian public transport sector has agreed to suspend strikes until spring 2021. After that, negotiations between unions and employers are set to resume.   This development is very much a temporary solution. MVG reported yesterday on this turn of events, also noting that neither side is satisfied at progress up to now. For all drivers employed under the collective contract for local public transport in Bavaria (TV-N Bayern), agreement has so far been reached on two points: The...

Most Christmas markets in Germany cancelled for 2020

November 6, 2020 • 12:00 AM

Until recently, Germany was still looking good in terms of running Christmas markets in 2020. Many cities, organisers and also voices from the world of politics were clearly in favor of a 2020 Christmas market season. But the current infection figures are causing a rethink. Germany is currently in lockdown yet again. Events have been cancelled and public life has been shut down as much as possible. This has also prompted most local authorities in Germany to cancel the Christmas markets...

New Lockdown in Germany

September 30, 2020 • 12:00 AM

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Minister Presidents of the federal states have agreed on more stringent corona measures. These are extensive and will apply uniformly throughout Germany from Monday, 02.11.2020. The measures are for the time being limited to November. Contacts must be further restricted. From 1st November onwards, private meetings are only permitted for members of one's own household and a further household with a maximum of ten persons. "This applies obligatorily and...

Warning strikes in the public sector

September 22, 2020 • 12:00 AM

LATEST: Commuters will have to be prepared for warning strikes in public transport (ÖPNV) nationwide on Tuesday 29th. The trade union Verdi has scheduled work stoppages for that day to enforce a nationwide collective agreement for some 87,000 public transport workers. Employers have so far been reluctant to accept such a uniform regulation, which means of transport will be affected and to what extent can be seen in the press releases of the local transport companies. For example,...

Nationwide warning day

September 22, 2020 • 12:00 AM

A nationwide warning day will be held for the first time on September 10, 2020, and from then on will be held every second Thursday in September each year. On the joint day of action by the federal and state governments, all warning devices will be tested throughout Germany. Punctually at 11:00 a.m., warning devices such as sirens will be triggered simultaneously in districts and municipalities in all states with a test alarm. What happens on the nationwide warning day? At 11:00 a.m. a...

Flood of pizza boxes in German cities

September 22, 2020 • 12:00 AM

In urban parks and green spaces, the waste from to-go packaging is piling up. Especially the bulky pizza boxes are a problem for the waste disposal of many German municipalities. Now the introduction of a deposit regulation is being discussed. Public parks have been used particularly intensively since the Corona pandemic. For many people, an outdoor picnic includes a pizza, which traditionally has to be transported in a pizza box. Due to their bulkiness, these pizza boxes then clog the garbage...

IGel-Report 2020 of the health insurance association

August 31, 2020 • 12:00 AM

Three out of four patients are familiar with individual health services (IGeL) in a doctor's practice. IGeL, which can do more harm than good, are still among the top sellers. New on the IGeL market are COVID-19 antibody tests. Due to insufficient information about the significance of the test results, there is a risk that patients could be lulled into a false sense of security and therefore disregard distance and hygiene rules.

In a representative survey, the IGeL Monitor asked nearly 2,300...

Tourism in Upper Bavaria: Munich is not yet recovering

August 31, 2020 • 12:00 AM

Upper Bavaria is still a popular travel destination. A study by the tourism association now shows: the rural regions are recovering from the Corona-crisis and summer tourism is in full swing, while Munich is still suffering enormously. Due to limited air travel and the fact that many people prefer to spend their vacations at home this year, summer tourism is booming in the rural regions of Upper Bavaria. In many places there are even more tourists and day trippers than in previous...

Housing construction booming despite Corona

July 18, 2020 • 12:00 AM

In May 2020, the construction of a total of 32,000 apartments was approved in Germany. According to provisional data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports that this was 3.9% more building permits than in May 2019. The figures include building permits for both new buildings and for construction work on existing buildings. The number of building permits is an important leading indicator for estimating future construction activity, as building permits represent planned...

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