An additional burden, in addition to the already increased bills, is caused for households in Germany by the “special tax for natural gas”, which is imposed in October. The “special fee” is set at 2.4 euros per kilowatt-hour and essentially passes on to consumption the increased cost of companies forced to import natural gas from […]
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Norway to Germany: ‘We have no more gas to give you’
Solz returns to Berlin with a polite Norwegian “no” to more natural gas. Accelerating Sweden’s accession to NATO – message from Stockholm to Ankara. The two-day visit of Chancellor Olaf Solz to Sweden and Norway ended with a heavy agenda, albeit in the middle of August, and the main issues being energy security in Europe, […]
The ‘golden’ businesses of the pandemic in crisis
Drinks and juices, cold meats and cheeses, at your door in minutes – many product distribution startups have done golden jobs in times of lockdown. But for how much longer? In the midst of the pandemic, they appeared on the market completely out of the blue: start-ups like Gorillas and Flink set up a dense […]
Britain: In the Mind of the Conservative Voter
Crisis time is coming for the British Conservative Party. A minority is called upon to choose Boris Johnson’s successor as Prime Minister. By what criteria? Even today, the memory of Boris Johnson causes excitement. Members of the ruling Conservative Party have gathered in Cheltenham, south-west England, to form a close-up picture of the would-be successors, […]
German winter with extraordinary end for natural gas
The amount of the extraordinary natural gas levy that consumers in Germany will pay has been announced. The good news of the day: the producer price index recorded a decrease. 2.419 cents per kilowatt-hour: This is the final gas surcharge that consumers in Germany will have to pay from October. Experts calculated it in a […]
Britain: New discount on electricity, the opposition bids
From October, consumers are expected to see an increase in their energy bills of up to 78%! The government is called upon to take relief measures and immediately. According to information, Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi is moving in this direction, who is considering the possibility of reducing the ceiling on energy bills by 400 pounds. […]
Italy: 91% occupancy in rentals
One in two Italians decided to spend the 15th of August in a resort, even if it was a short “escape” from the big cities. Need to relax and have fun, despite the bad weather that hit the country, the last two days. According to a survey by the polling institute Ixè, for the agricultural […]
Cyprus: The unacknowledged rapes of 1974
The Greek Cypriot women who were raped in 1974. Testimonies and documents. A journalistic investigation by Loukianos Lyritsa on the occasion of the anniversary of the operation of Attila II. “They put us in a room at the school in Voni, together with the rest of the family. They came in there whenever they wanted, […]
German Minister of Health: ‘We overcame the worst of the pandemic’
It has been a long time since Health Minister Karl Lauterbach addressed the journalists. Perhaps because the summer wave of the pandemic turned out to be milder than expected, perhaps because he himself was diagnosed positive for the coronavirus and was forced to remain out of action for some time. Now Lauterbach returns to announce […]
SZ: It will be cold in winter in Germany…
Long Habeck interview on SZ. As the newspaper notes on its front page, a bitter winter is coming with 19 degrees in public buildings and “black” in the monuments. “Pool weather, tropical nights – Real cold seems infinitely far away these days in Germany. But the federal government is preparing for a winter in which […]
