Germany on Monday launched a new multinational naval tactical headquarters for the Baltic Sea in the northern coastal city of Rostock. The Command Task Force (CTF) Baltic headquarters will coordinate naval activities for all NATO allies on the Baltic Sea. ‘Germany stands firmly by its commitments’ — Pistorius Led by Germany, the CTF Baltic will be “ready to direct naval operations in times of peace, crisis and war,” said Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. “Our message to our partners and to those who threaten our peace is simple: Germany stands firmly by its commitments,” said Pistorius during an address in Rostock. “We are committed to ensuring the security of the Baltic region, the strength of NATO, and the defense of our shared values,” Pistorius added. There is an existing command staff at the Rostock Naval Command, which already works together with various countries but will in the future perform additional tasks for NATO according to the German Ministry of Defense. The center will be led by a German admiral...

A pizzeria based in the city of Düsseldorf was caught delivering much more than baked dough with cheese and tomato. According to German police, the restaurant used to deliver pizzas with a side dish of cocaine, listed in the menu as “pizza No. 40.” “That was one of the best-selling pizzas,” a German police officer said in a statement. The 36-year-old restaurant operator was arrested, but not before throwing a bag full of drugs out of the window as soon as police rang his door. The bag “fell right into police’s hands,” the officer said. The man had no previous criminal record. Germany seeks coordinated action against cocaine trafficking To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Drug crackdown in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia    Two days after being arrested, the man was discharged and, according to police, he returned to offering pizza...

Draußen wird es heißer und trockener, warum dann nicht hinter Glasfassaden Pflanzen und Tiere züchten? Einfach ist das nicht. Obwohl eine Aquaponik-Anlage auf dem Sonnenberg funktioniert, mussten die Initiatoren Rückschläge hinnehmen. Unten im Keller schwimmen Fische und geben ihre Ausscheidungen ab, oben werden mit dem gedüngten Wasser Gemüsepflanzen in ihrem Wachstum gestärkt. Das nährstoffarme Wasser landet über Rohre wieder bei den Fischen. Was genial klingt, verlangt tatsächlich nach Genialität, um es zu beherrschen. Davon kann das Team der Aquaponik-Anlage im… Registrieren und testen. Jetzt mit Ihrer Registrierung 1 Monat gratis testen und alle Beiträge lesen. Schon Abonnent? Melden Sie sich mit ihren Zugangsdaten an. Deutsche Welle

The first thing you see when rolling into the German city of Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony by train are four giant smokestacks rising from a huge factory building that carries the VW logo in blue and white on the front of its reddish-brown brick walls. Welcome to Volkswagen city, home to one of the biggest car-making factories in the world.   Wolfsburg is one of the few German cities built during the first half of the 20th century as a planned city, meaning it was designed for a purpose and constructed on previously undeveloped land. Founded by Hitler’s Nazi regime on 1 July 1938, Wolfsburg was built to become home for workers producing the the so-called KdF-Wagen — a low-cost, affordable car that was built until 1945 to please the masses, part of the Third Reich’s Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) campaign. Wolfsburg exists because of the Volkswagen (VW) car factory, and some say if VW sneezes, Wolfsburg is catching a...

The first thing you see when rolling into the German city of Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony by train are four giant smokestacks rising from a huge factory building that carries the VW logo in blue and white on the front of its reddish-brown brick walls. Welcome to Volkswagen city, home to one of the biggest car-making factories in the world.   Wolfsburg is one of the few German cities built during the first half of the 20th century as a planned city, meaning it was designed for a purpose and constructed on previously undeveloped land. Founded by Hitler’s Nazi regime on 1 July 1938, Wolfsburg was built to become home for workers producing the the so-called KdF-Wagen — a low-cost, affordable car that was built until 1945 to please the masses, part of the Third Reich’s Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) campaign. Wolfsburg exists because of the Volkswagen (VW) car factory, and some say if VW sneezes, Wolfsburg is catching a...

Es ist vermutlich das letzte seiner Art in Sachsen: Das Schulplanetarium der Albert-Schweitzer-Oberschule im Chemnitzer Süden. Schon bei der Errichtung des Hauses wurde es mitgedacht. Die Architektur macht es möglich, dass einem hier der Himmel auf den Kopf fällt – rein hypothetisch. Eigentlich befand sich das Chemnitzer Schulplanetarium mal in der Kopernikus-Schule. Die gibt es nicht mehr. Heute ist das Planetarium in der Albert-Schweitzer-Oberschule zu finden. Umgezogen ist es aber nie. Das wäre wohl unmöglich. Als Schulen schlossen und umzogen, wurde aus der Kopernikus- die Albert-Schweitzer-Schule. Wissenschaftler waren… Registrieren und testen. Jetzt mit Ihrer Registrierung 1 Monat gratis testen und alle Beiträge lesen. Schon Abonnent? Melden Sie sich mit ihren Zugangsdaten an. Deutsche Welle

Das zu den Kufen an den Füßen passende Outfit ist an diesem Tag ein T-Shirt. Mehr brauchten viele Freizeitsportler zumindest obenrum nicht, als sie am Sonntagnachmittag ihre Runden auf der Eisschnelllaufbahn im Küchwald drehten. Zum Saisonauftakt auf der 400-Meter-Bahn im Freien zeigte das Thermometer 20 Grad. An den Kassen bildete sich schnell eine Schlange, die Vorfreude ist offenbar groß. … Deutsche Welle

Germany’s aviation sector called for taxes on air travel to be slashed on Sunday. It comes after Ryanair and Eurowings recently scaled back services to and from Germany, citing high costs. “Flying has to remain affordable,” German Aviation Association president Jens Bischof said in remarks published by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. “The air transport tax must be abolished. Sweden has shown the way,” said Bischof, who is also the CEO of Eurowings. High costs render German airports uncompetitive To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Germany increases air travel tax Germany has some of the highest airport fees in Europe. But one particularly contentious fee has been an air travel tax that the government increased in May 2024. The tax now adds between €15 ($16) and €70 ($76) per ticket, depending on the distance. The measure was introduced for...

When teens in Germany and around the world use the word “aura,” it is not a wholly new take on the original, which is the distinctive atmosphere or essence surrounding a person. But Generation Z and Generation Alpha have given aura a slightly new twist by using the term as a positive expression of being cool or doing good deeds. The 2024 German Youth word of the year, which was announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Saturday, can also be expressed as “aura points.” “Your aura is the sum of your aura points,” explained TikTok teacher of youth slang, Mr Lindsay, in a recent post. “What is the cool energy that [someone] puts off and what is it you could do, or not do, that’s going to add or take away from your aura?” The contemporary use of the term among youth worldwide is said to originate from a 2020 article...

A Libyan man with alleged ties to the “Islamic State” (IS) militant group was set to appear before Germany‘s highest court on Sunday, charged with planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. The man was detained on Saturday in the town of Bernau in the state of Brandenburg, just outside the capital. Prosecutors said he was planning to use firearms in the attack. The suspect, named only as Omar A. in line with Germany’s strict privacy laws, was detained in a raid by a heavily armed police unit in a Berlin suburb on Saturday. He was set to be brought before the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe later on Sunday when a judge will decide whether or not he should be held in custody during the investigation. In a statement, the prosecutor’s office said the Libyan national had intended to carry out “a high-profile attack with firearms on the Israeli...