Tag: New Year’s Eve
The economist accuses the CDU leader of making statements that are harmful to the economy
Friedrich Merz The CDU federal chairman has received harsh criticism for statements about migrant children. (Photo: dpa) Berlin CDU leader Friedrich Merz drew sharp criticism with a statement about migrant…
Berlin was supposed to become a Washington DC on a small scale
Brandenburg Gate Berlin needs a new start. Maybe along the lines of Washington DC? (Photo: Reuters) The summit against youth violence ended with a lukewarm appeal that the riots on…
A different kind of integration debate is needed
Woman and child in front of a burned-out bus in Berlin-Neukölln We have to ask ourselves how we as a society can prevent such situations. (Photo: AP) It is one…
Doubts about the state are growing
New Year On New Year’s Eve, there were clashes between rioters and the police in several cities in Germany. (Photo: dpa) The state does a lot for security. But the…
Not quite there yet: The Asian free trade colossus
Good morning dear readers, First of all I would like to wish you a good start into the new year. Although it has to be said that a year is…
After ban on firecrackers – fireworks manufacturer is looking for an investor
Dusseldorf After two years of corona silence on New Year’s Eve, the Germans can let it rip again this year. For Thomas Schreiber, head of Europe’s largest fireworks manufacturer Weco,…
Farewell to growth – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Good morning dear readers, it becomes increasingly clear: The corona pandemic marks a break in the economic era in Germany. The recession of 2020 and the sluggish recovery that we…
The year 2022 has begun – again rather restrained celebrations worldwide
Sydney / Wellington Hundreds of millions of people in Europe have welcomed the year 2022 – in the hope that the corona pandemic will end soon. In Germany the old…
Second New Year’s Eve with Corona – billions celebrate anyway
Fireworks in Sydney The fireworks over the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge took place this year – tens of thousands watched from 30 vantage points. (Photo: dpa) Sydney…
The charm of doing nothing – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
in the literature of the 19th century he belongs to the familiar ensemble: The privateer or reindeer (please pronounce in French, has nothing to do with ungulates) is a person…
Fireworks ban 2021: three graphics on the fireworks industry
Dusseldorf The majority of Germans prefer to celebrate the turn of the year traditionally: Champagne, “Dinner for One” and the New Year’s countdown on television – that is part of…
Farewell in the name of the rose – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Angela Merkel’s “Big Zapfenstreich”: a farewell in the name of the rose. The degree of wetness in their eyes changed slightly when the Bundeswehr played their Hildegard Knef music request…
Corona measures: Another ban on fireworks on New Year’s Eve
Dusseldorf New Year’s Eve in 2020 was quiet and dark. That should also be the case this year: The sale of fireworks will be banned for the second year in…