Thursday, May 25, 2023

Four German News Stories: 25 May 2023

 1.  The Last Generation activists held a news conference yesterday.  It was roughly ten minutes of blunt criticism of the gov't conducting raids on the leadership, and a refusal to answer any questions by the journalists there.

I'd generally say they didn't seem to have expected this, and their 'focus' is probably pretty hyped-up at present.  

Jail-time?  It may be a full-year before you reach a court situation, but someone is probably going to do a minimum of 12 months of prison.

2.  Bear sighting in Bavaria over the weekend.

3.  Odd court development.  There was a murder/rape case run through the court system here in Germany around 40 years ago.....guy was acquitted.  

Well....some investigative details have come up, with new science....and the authorities want to bring the guy back for a second court episode.

Lot of negativity by lawyers,  with a challenge going on.....normally....once acquitted, you can't be brought back a second time.

4.  There was an official declaration of death issued for the Tengelmann grocery 'CEO' back in 2021.  In the opinion of most people.....he'd been missing from a ski-run but no body was ever found (2018).  

This week, some evidence has come up to say the guy is probably still alive, and the court is discussing reopening the death certificate business.  

Karl-Ervin Haub....interesting guy...born in Tacoma, Washington, and grew up mostly in Wiesbaden.  On the affair business suggested?  Most everyone agrees that he had something going on with some Russian gal...for several years.  

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