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☆ Criminals are looting millions from ATMs in Europe. Here’s why Germany is a prime target
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-27 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Rather than staging dramatic and risky bank robberies, criminal groups in Europe have been targeting ATMs as an easier and more low-key target. An explosive device used to blow up ATMs shown at a press event in Stuttgart, Germany on November 21, 2023. The majority of Germany’s 83.3 million citizens have to travel no further than one kilometer to reach their nearest ATM, according to the central bank, Bundesbank. Bodo Marks/picture alliance/Getty Images/FileA 2023 BKA report notes that ATM robberies in Germany have been rising since 2005, although they dropped slightly from 2022 to 2023. In July, the German government announced that ATM robberies would receive harsher punishment.

Persons: Europol, Bernd Weißbrod, ” Europol, Baden Württemberg, ” Bundesbank’s Johannes Beermann, –, Bodo Marks, ’, Nancy Faeser, ” Organizations: CNN, Federal Criminal Police, Germany –, Getty, German Banking Industry Committee, “ Locations: Kronberg, BKA, Europe, Germany, France, Netherlands, Stuttgart, Wiernsheim, German, Baden, Bundesbank, Sparkasse, Schenefeld, –, “ Germany

☆ German warships visit the Philippines amid its South China Sea clashes after angering Beijing by sailing through the Taiwan Strait
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tensions are high in the South China Sea, as China continues its aggressive tactics against Philippine vessels. JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty ImagesClashes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea have been escalating for months as China unjustly claims sovereignty over a majority of the South China Sea, defying international law while increasing efforts to assert its authority in the area. While traveling to Manila, the Baden-Württemberg and Frankfurt am Main transited the Taiwan Strait, sparking backlash from China. The German warships transited the Taiwan Strait last week for the first time in 20 years. "International waters are international waters," he said .

Persons: —, Per Andreas Pfaffernoschke, Pfaffernoschke, Mao Ning, German Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius, Mao Organizations: Service, Business, Baden, Philippine, ROSA, Getty, Ministry of Foreign, German Defense Ministry, Command Locations: Philippines, Taiwan Strait, Germany, China, South China, Berlin, Frankfurt, Manila, AFP, Beijing, Baden, Württemberg, Taiwan, Main

☆ German warships ignored China's complaints and sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in over 2 decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Two German navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time in over 20 years. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementTwo German navy ships have sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the first such move in over 20 years. Despite China's complaints and criticisms, Germany said that it had a right to transit the strait, which is international waters. The German first-in-class frigate Baden-Württemberg and the supply ship Berlin-class Frankfurt am Main sailed the Taiwan Strait on Friday.

Persons: —, Boris Pistorius Organizations: Service, Baden, Main, German, Business Locations: Taiwan Strait, China, Taiwan, Germany, Berlin, Frankfurt

☆ Far-Right Politician Attacked With Box Cutter in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Christopher F. Schuetze | More About Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A municipal candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany party was slashed with a box cutter in the western German city of Mannheim, the authorities said on Wednesday. While the police said that the incident on Tuesday night did not appear to be politically motivated, it came four days after a knife attack on members of an anti-Islam party in the same city, which raised concerns about more violence in the prelude to Sunday’s vote in Germany for the European Parliament. The attack on Tuesday occurred after the candidate, Heinrich Koch, who is running for municipal office in Mannheim, noticed a man “taking down and slashing” Alternative for Germany campaign posters, according to Emil Sänze, a party spokesman in the state of Baden-Württemberg, which includes Mannheim. After Mr. Koch confronted him, the man attacked Mr. Koch with a box cutter, Mr. Sänze said. Mr. Koch was taken to a hospital for stitches on Tuesday night but is expected to make a full recovery, according to Mr. Sänze.

Persons: Heinrich Koch, Emil Sänze, Koch, Mr, Sänze Organizations: Parliament Locations: Germany, German, Mannheim, Baden

☆ Floods Break Dams and Submerge Highways in Southern Germany
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a weekend of heavy rains, severe floods in regions of southern Germany led several towns to declare states of emergency and to evacuate their citizens from heavily affected areas. Water submerged streets and highways, broke dams and derailed a high-speed train. Even as rain let up on Monday, emergency crews rushed to fortify dams along rivers in anticipation of further flooding. On Monday morning, a 43-year-old woman was found dead in her basement in the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in Bavaria, according to the local authorities. On Saturday, a firefighter died trying to save people, according to the district he served; another firefighter has been missing since Saturday.

Persons: Württemberg Locations: Germany, Neuburg, Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Schorndorf, Baden

☆ Why is medieval art so weird? This new book offers a guide to the era
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —So you want to live like you’re from the Middle Ages? Swarthout is the researcher behind the popular art history-inspired social media account Weird Medieval Guys, which has attracted nearly 700,000 followers on X, formerly Twitter, since she began posting with the handle @WeirdMedieval in April 2022. Swarthout is not a historian, but a recently graduated statistician who took art history during undergrad. Württemberg State Library Stuttgart/Courtesy Penguin Random HouseThere’s a reason why Medieval art is particularly, well, weird. Watch: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)The classic satire of Arthurian legend mined the Middle Ages for comedic gold decades before Medieval memes were a thing.

Persons: it’s, Olivia M, commonfolk, Guy, —, ” Swarthout, Swarthout, ”, Jonah, tradespeople, Andreas, Monty Python, Jack Hartnell Organizations: CNN, Dark Times, University of Pennsylvania, Twitter, Stuttgart, Xbox Locations: Camelot

☆ Euro slips as ECB policymaker takes cautious tone
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The lettering Euro can be seen on a 1 euro coin, taken on 10 August 2023, in Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil. The euro edged back on Thursday after comments from German policymaker Isabel Schnabel failed to give firm clues on whether the European Central Bank will raise rates in September. ECB rate-setter Schnabel said that euro zone growth was weaker than predicted but that does not necessarily void the need for more rate hikes. "We've heard the most influential hawk on the Governing Council take on a much more cautious tone," said Michael Brown, analyst at Trader X. "I think the fact she is flagging downside risks to growth is putting some downside pressure on the euro this morning."

Persons: policymaker Isabel Schnabel, Schnabel, We've, Michael Brown, Chris Turner Organizations: European Central Bank, ECB, Trader, Traders, Federal, Commerce Department, UK, CEE Locations: Baden, Tokyo

☆ Euro jumps on inflation while dollar braces for jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The lettering Euro can be seen on a 1 euro coin, taken on 10 August 2023, in Baden-Württemberg, Rottweil. The euro stood at a 15-year high on the yen on Thursday on signs of sticky inflation in Europe, while the dollar was squeezed ahead of consumption, inflation and jobs data that could add to evidence of a softening economy. Annual inflation in Germany and Spain barely slowed in August, against expectations, data on Wednesday showed. Europe-wide inflation data is also due later on Thursday, as is U.S. personal consumption data and core PCE — which is the Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge. It has been steadying with traders wary of the risk of official intervention, and was last at 146.07 per dollar.

Persons: Sterling Organizations: Traders, China PMI, Federal, Commerce Department, ANZ Bank ., New Zealand, Aussie Locations: Baden, Europe, Germany, Spain, Asia, China, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, United States

☆ Gold prices brace for biggest weekly decline in five
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

At Agosi AG in Pforzheim, freshly cast gold granules are on display that have a fine gold content of 99.99 percent. Gold prices held near two-week lows on Friday after strong U.S. economic data spurred the dollar and bond yields in a high interest rate environment that dragged the non-interest-bearing metal towards its biggest weekly decline in five. Bullion has declined 0.4% so far in the week, heading for its biggest weekly fall since June 23. "Any confirmation of an adjustment at the upcoming meeting will bring about upside risks to global bond yields and weigh on the non-yielding yellow metal further." Higher U.S. interest rates and Treasury bond yields raise the opportunity cost of holding gold.

Persons: Bullion, Yeap Jun Rong Organizations: Agosi AG, Bank of Japan, IG, U.S, Fed, Higher Locations: Pforzheim, Baden, Württemberg, U.S

☆ Germany has shut down its last three nuclear power plants, and some climate scientists are aghast
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

16 April 2023, Baden-Württemberg, Neckarwestheim: The Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant. The era of commercial power generation with nuclear power plants in Germany came to an end on Saturday with the separation of the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim and Emsland nuclear power plants from the power grid. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesAs of Sunday, April 16, Germany is no longer producing any electricity from nuclear power plants. With the separation of the Isar 2, Neckarwestheim and Emsland nuclear power plants from the power grid, the era of commercial power generation with nuclear power plants in Germany came to an end on Saturday. Nuclear energy is also often more expensive than wind and solar power, Quaschning said, adding, "there are no longer any real advantages with nuclear energy."

☆ Mercedes-Benz begins building battery recycling factory in southern Germany
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( Industry Insight | Reuters Professional | Green Is The New Black As Fashion Sector Fast-Forwards On Sustainability Trend | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Companies Mercedes Benz Group AG FollowFRANKFURT, March 3 (Reuters) - Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) laid the foundation stone for a sustainable battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, southern Germany on Friday. The pilot plant will have an annual capacity of 2500 tonnes and will contribute to the production of more than 50,000 battery modules for new electric Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Subject to talks with the public sector, the pilot factory will be completed a few months later. The Kuppenheim plant already runs a CO2-neutral operation with solar and green electricity. "We are sending an important signal of innovative strength in Baden-Württemberg and Germany for sustainable electromobility," said Jörg Burzer, management board member of Mercedes-Benz in production and supply chain management.

☆ Tesla to Change Camera Settings in Europe Over Privacy Fears
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Catherine Stupp | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla Inc. agreed to change camera settings in its cars after complaints from European consumers and an investigation by the Dutch privacy regulator. The last 10 minutes of recorded footage will be saved under the new settings, instead of the hour of footage that was previously stored. The previous camera settings allowed serious privacy violations, the regulator said. PREVIEWWith the new software update, the headlights of Tesla cars will blink if the cameras are recording, and a message will be displayed on an internal touch screen, the Dutch regulator said. The regulator said it planned to investigate how data is transferred out of Tesla cars.

It recently raised a 10 million euro Series A round, which was led by AEW Energie AG. Insider has an exclusive copy of the pitch deck it used to raise the funds. Its aim is to improve the link between these providers, the original vehicle manufacturers, and energy data, helping to smooth the transition to electric vehicles. The company recently raised a 10 million euro Series A round, which was led by the Swiss utility company AEW Energie AG. Insider has an exclusive copy of the pitch deck Azowo used to raise the funds.

☆ Consorţiul proiectului ERASMUS+, COOPERA reunit la cea de-a doua şedinţă, coordonator – ASEM
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Consorţiul proiectului ERASMUS+, „Integrating Dual Higher Education In Moldova and Ukraine (COOPERA)”, număr de referinţă: 617490-EPP-1-2020-1-MD-EPPKA2-CBHE-SP s-a reunit în cea de-a doua şedinţă. Karazin Kharkiv National University, K Ukraine;# Odessa National University of Economics, Ukraine;# Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;# Duale Hochschule Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany;# University of Lleida, Spain;# Varna University of Management, Bulgaria;# Akademia WSB, Poland;# European Policy Development and Research Institute of Maribor, Slovenia. Partenerii Consorțiului proiectului ERASMUS+, COOPERA, alături de ASEM s-au focusat pe următoarele activităţi:# Dezvoltarea unui model de învățământ superior dual flexibil și generic în țările partenere din est;# Elaborarea legislației naționale pentru integrarea cu succes a modelului de învățământ superior dual în Moldova și Ucraina. # Creșterea capacităților instituționale și pilotarea modurilor specifice de învățământ superior dual ale instituțiilor de învățământ superior ale țărilor partenere. Evenimentul a fost moderat de Coordonatoarea proiectului – Dr. Olesea SÎRBU, Prorectoră pentru relații internaționale și proiecte europene, ASEM.

Persons: Grant, . Olesea SÎRBU, Şedinţa Organizations: Studii, Moldovei, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Universitatea Liberă, Ministerul Educației, Culturii, Cercetării, University, Odessa National University, Varna University of, Development, Research Institute, universitari Locations: Moldova, Moldovei, Republicii Moldova, Ukraine, University, Odessa, Economics, Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany, Lleida, Spain, Varna, Varna University of Management, Bulgaria, Poland, Maribor, Slovenia, ASEM, Ucraina

☆ Un cuplu din Germania a fost condamnat la închisoare, după ce a amenințat politicieni și a vrut să dea foc unei clădiri guvernamentale
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Bogdan Țîrdea | ) unimedia.info time to read: +1 min

Femeia şi partenerul ei au trimis zeci de scrisori unor personalităţi ale vieţii politice, între care Winfried Kretschmann, premierul landului Baden-Württemberg, şi ministrul de interne Horst Seehofer. Ei au încercat de asemenea, fără succes, să incendieze clădirea Agenţiei Federale pentru Ocuparea Forţei de Muncă din Nürnberg, la începutul lunii august 2020. Scrisorile au fost trimise în cinci rânduri între decembrie 2019 şi octombrie 2020 către politicieni, autorităţi, ministere şi asociaţii de transporturi din Germania. Ei au trimis în scrisori gloanţe oarbe, chibrituri sau cuţite. Cei doi au fost arestaţi în octombrie 2020, transmite digi24.ro.

Persons: Horst Seehofer Locations: landului Baden - Württemberg, Nürnberg, Germania

☆ Germania: Un cuplu, condamnat la închisoare, după ce a amenințat politicieni și a vrut să dea foc clădirii guvernamentale
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-30 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaGermania: Un cuplu, condamnat la închisoare, după ce a amenințat politicieni și a vrut să dea foc clădirii guvernamentaleUn cuplu din oraşul Stuttgart, sudul Germaniei, a fost condamnat la doi ani şi patru luni de închisoare pentru scrisori de ameninţare cu gloanţe oarbe și cuţite trimise unor politicieni şi încercarea de a incendia o clădire guvernamentală, relatează dpa. Cuplul a cerut eliberarea unor deținuți politici și încetarea urmăririi penale a călătorilor clandestini din mijloacele de transport. Scrisorile au fost trimise în cinci rânduri între decembrie 2019 şi octombrie 2020 către politicieni, autorităţi, ministere şi asociaţii de transporturi din Germania. Ei au trimis în scrisori gloanţe oarbe, chibrituri sau cuţite. Cei doi au fost arestaţi în octombrie 2020.

Persons: dpa . Cuplul, Horst Seehofer Locations: Germania, Stuttgart, Germaniei, landului Baden - Württemberg, Nürnberg

☆ Un băiețel de nici 5 ani, cu o formă rară de cancer, are nevoie de ajutor; „E micuț și nu înțelege ce se întâmplă” (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-23 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Sursa foto: jurnal.mdUn băiețel de nici 5 ani, cu o formă rară de cancer, are nevoie de ajutor; „E micuț și nu înțelege ce se întâmplă” (VIDEO)Nu are nici cinci ani, dar a trecut deja prin multă durere și suferință. În luna martie, Iurie și Oxana Radu aveau să primească cea mai cruntă veste: fiul lor cel mai mic, de mai puțin de 5 ani, a fost diagnosticat cu o formă rară de cancer:„Pe data de 2 martie, am avut matineul. Pentru mine e greu să pronunț”, spune mama copilului, Oxana Radu. „Slăbiciuni după chimioterapie, în brațe, îi cade părul, l-am tuns scurt și acum trebuie și mai scurt că îi cade. El nu prea înțelege, el e micuț, nu înțelege de ce am stricat coafura, de ce-l doare ochișorul și febra, ne batem cu ea.

Persons: Radu, Iurie, Copilul, Igoraș, SWIFT, IBAN Organizations: BC Locations: Trușeni, România, Italia, Turcia, Minsk, Belarus, Baden Wurttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany

☆ Немецкий Neue Heimat. Как Молдова стала общим домом для разных народов. Часть восьмая
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +2 min

Но главной причиной роста миграции в Бессарабию стала климатическая катастрофа, обрушившаяся в это время на большую часть Европы. За это он получил в немецких государствах историческое название Jahr ohne Sommer (Год без лета). Результаты «года без лета» были катастрофическими для экономики большинства стран Европы и США (там этот год прозвали eighteen hundred froze to death – тысяча восемьсот замерзший насмерть). И это вместе с предложенным набором привилегий привело к огромной волне миграции немецких колонистов. К «вюртенбергской» волне по схожим причинам присоединилась волна «баденская» - немецких колонистов из соседнего Великого герцогства Баден.

Persons: –, Фридрих, Наполеон, Вюртенберга Вильгельм Locations: Бессарабия, Вюртенберг, Германия, БаденВюртенберг, Европа, США, Великий герцогства, Баден

☆ O mișcare de protest împotriva restricțiilor COVID, pusă sub supraveghere în Germania
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Gruparea Querdenken 711, care a organizat în ultimele luni numeroase manifestaţii împotriva restricţiilor stabilite de guvern pentru a combate pandemia, devine din ce în ce mai radicală şi a fost „infiltrată” de extremişti, susțin responsabilii germani. Fondatorul mișcării, Michael Ballweg, un antreprenor din Stuttgart, a respins acuzaţiile că mişcarea sa este alimentată de teoriile conspiraţiei şi extremismul de dreapta. „Suntem o mişcare paşnică şi nu un partid politic”, a declarat recent Ballweg pentru dpa, insistând că antisemitismul, violenţa şi extremismul nu-şi au locul în cadrul protestelor. Numărul 711 din denumirea ramurii din Baden Wurttemberg a mişcării Querdenken face referire la prefixul telefonic pentru Stuttgart. Au fost înfiinţate filiale ale mişcării şi în alte părţi în ţară.

Persons: Michael Ballweg Locations: Stuttgart, Berlin, Reich, Baden Wurttemberg, ţară

☆ 20 best German foods
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-09 | by ( Marcel Krueger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +30 min

Check out our list of 20 traditional German dishes that you need to try when you travel there. Germany National Tourism Board Azalea and Rhododendron Park Kromlau: This 200-acre English landscape park was built in the 19th century in Gablenz, Saxony. Germany National Tourism Board Maschsee Lake: This quiet and idyllic lake attracts families throughout the year in Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony. Germany National Tourism Board Berchtesgaden National Park: Alpine lakes and ice-topped mountains are just a few of the natural wonders that make Berchtesgaden such a breathtaking national park. It comes wrapped in bacon or heaped upon schnitzel; as asparagus soup, fried asparagus, pancakes with herbs and asparagus, asparagus with scrambled eggs or asparagus with young potatoes.

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