Tag: communal affairs
Lindner wants to change the Basic Law and relieve highly indebted municipalities
Christian Lindner As a condition for the relief, the Federal Minister of Finance called the amendment of the Basic Law. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has proposed…
Municipalities do not want to operate charging stations
Charging station for e-cars There are still too few charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) must expect resistance to his…
Hanover’s mayor about the digital challenge of the municipalities
No state institution is as close to the people and their everyday life as the municipalities are. This is precisely why cities and municipalities should become guarantors of more common…
Tax ineffective – McDonalds owner gets right
Tübingen packaging tax Environmental activists demonstrated in front of the building, but the Baden-Württemberg Administrative Court agreed with the plaintiff. (Photo: dpa) Mannheim, Tubingen The city of Tübingen has received…
The city that Putin didn’t get in 2014
Explosion Mariupol The city of Mariupol is highly political (Photo: picture alliance / picture allia) Streets are ablaze, smoke hangs over the city: Aerial photos from the Ukrainian Mariupol give…
Russia appoints governor in captured Melitopol
Protests in Melitopol After the alleged kidnapping, citizens in Melitopol began to demonstrate. (Photo: VIA REUTERS) Melitopol For the first time, Russia has appointed its own governor in a conquered…
“You rip my heart and soul out”
Vadim Boychenko Much of the city lies in ruins. “They are destroying us,” says Mayor Boychenko. (Photo: Reuters) A few weeks ago, the mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Bojchenko, was still…
Rotterdam has to dismantle a bridge for Jeff Bezos
Konigshaven Bridge The 40 meter high bridge is too low for Jeff Bezos’ superyacht. Now she may have to go. (Photo: Reuters) Rotterdam Ships have been sailing under the Koningshaven…
Geywitz wants to regulate the municipal right of first refusal
Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz “It is important to me that the cities have the opportunity to influence their own urban development.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Building Minister Klara Geywitz…
Boris Palmer is running for re-election as an independent
Boris Palmer The mayor of Tübingen is applying for another term as a non-party. (Photo: dpa) tubingen Tübingen’s long-time mayor Boris Palmer (Greens) wants to run as a non-party candidate…
New York’s mayor is seen as a beacon of hope
New York, Washington Eric Adams is different: a former police officer from a poor background, a yogi and vegan. The new New York mayor does not fit any mold, including…
Palmer no longer wants to stand for the Greens in the mayoral election in Tübingen
Boris Palmer The mayor of Tübingen had come under pressure because of provocations. (Photo: dpa) tubingen The mayor of Tübingen, Boris Palmer, does not want to run as a candidate…