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Rapid and concrete EU expansion is sought by Germany and France

EditorJanuary 23, 2023

January 23, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized that they wanted to see rapid and concrete progress in the EU enlargement process. This was in a guest article for the German broadsheet Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “At the same time, we must ensure that an enlarged European Union remains......

Health

COVID-19 cases in Germany are on the rise as fall approaches

EditorOctober 1, 2022

October 1, 2022

Germany’s health minister has warned that the country is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases as the fall season begins, and urged older people to have a second booster shot that is tweaked to protect against new variants of the virus. Moreover, other European countries such as France, Denmark, and......

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Last two nuclear power plants in Germany have been put into standby

EditorSeptember 6, 2022

September 6, 2022

German government scrambles to find solutions to its energy woes as winter approaches. It puts two of its last three nuclear power plants on standby instead of shutting them down at the end of the year. Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the two power stations in southern Germany will be......

Health

Smoking rates in Germany have increased since the start of the pandemic

EditorAugust 29, 2022

August 29, 2022

There has been a marked rise in the number of smokers in Germany since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a long-term study conducted in the country. In the ongoing German Survey on Smoking Behaviour (DEBRA), more than one-third (34.5%) of people aged 14 and older smoke. This......