1. The firing of the Bayern soccer coach is still leading as topic number one today. The assistant coach moves up a step...temporarily. If they lose another game over the next month....I'd expect him to be released. Team owners have put intense pressure on performance and winning....with a lot of capital spent on getting the right players.
2. Some chatter (coming from Focus) indicating secret talks within ARD (the public TV giant) that they want to engage upon a massive TV-radio-media tax increase (going from 18.36 Euro a month per house) to 25.19 Euro a month.
It took an enormous amount of pressure on one German state about 18 months ago, to get the tax raised to 18.36 Euro. This 'remainer' state bluntly said 'you kept promising to reform, and have done nothing to show for the past couple of years'.
What they will likely say in public now with this chatter? Inflation, and the cost of entertainment. What the public will say? It's finally time to reform, and evolve to a lesser service.
3. Danes are doing underwater video of the Nord Stream I/II sites, and have found a sonar-buoy type 'thing' next to what remains of the pipe. They'd like to bring it up. Russians are very agreeable and would even assist.
What the device might be? I would take two guesses. First, it could be a sonar-buoy having nothing to do with the explosion and may have been there for years. Second, it's the device that set off the explosion, and has a 'maker' serial number on it....leading to a purchase.
I'll just say....this might be rather embarrassing for some folks. I'd expect it to be brought up to the surface within the next two or three days.
4. Lot of NFL football hype on RTL (major German commercial network). They will actually be broadcasting the NFL draft live. Some indications that more games will be broadcasted. A lot more interest in American football over the past 20 years.
5. Major railway strike for Monday. All lines in Germany to be shutdown.
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