Saturday, April 29, 2023

Seven German News Stories

 1.  Pretty crazy allegation, but police raided the Munich soccer team FC Bayern.  Reason?  Well...something about a Russian Oligarch guy money-laundering through the club (this was before the war started).  

Yeah, wild allegation, with some elements to it.  They went through the club headquarters and the Arena.  Amount being openly discussed?  For about a 2-year period....tens of millions of Euro.  

Who knew what?  Unknown....but this is the stuff that you'd to get you a year or two in prison if you were a key player in hiding the situation.

2.  Some report out of Schleswig-Holstein area.....a meteor struck a house (the one-in-a-billion situation).  Struck a apartment building.

3.  Court system in Berlin has racked up 555 charges against Last Generation activists in the past week.  Hefty rate.  Police can establish as a fact that in 21 cases....ambulances were hindered.  In that situation....it's a pretty sure bet you will get 90-plus days in jail (at least on the first run-through).

I noticed in one episode from Friday....some car enthusiast pulled out a lighter and tried to light-up a glued-up protester.  Yeah, apparently glue is flammable......cops stopped the episode before things got intense (even I wasn't aware of that science fact).  

4.  Some suggestions around Berlin that right-wing extremists now exists with teenage kids in local schools (something you didn't see before).

5.  Starting Monday, the 49-Euro train/bus ticket is in effect.  Lot of skeptical views about how crowded things will be....some folks believe this ticket is opening up a public problem with Germans being grumpy over the lack of seats.

6.  This past week, big drug bust in Berlin area....four meth labs of a 'industrial' size reported.

7.  Various doctors have signed a letter to the Minister of Health....indicating a national crisis brewing on prescription drug shortages (in particular for kids).

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