Monday, March 4, 2024

5 March 2024: Twelve German News Stories

 1.  Russian authorities have called the German ambassador in....to explain the recorded call between two German Bundeswehr officers.

2.  Apparently, the office of German Environmental Aid (DUH) has refused to discuss around fifteen major donations from 2021. Amount?  Around 1-billion Euro.  Nothing serious but it's just odd they won't reveal where the money came from.

3.  Hunt in Berlin for the two RAF terrorist guys continues.

4. New Duden book coming out (the book that explains all German words and use).  Cost?  54 Euro.

5.  Weather-guy warning?   Well....it came up that a artic-front is expected around the 3rd week of March....bring temperatures down -5 temperatures  (C).  If it happens?  It'll be a serious shock to gardening folks....spring-like  for almost 2 months now.

6. 6 PM on Wed.....another railway strike through Thursday night.

7.  Russian Foreign Minister says something to the effect....denazification of Germany was not completed.

What that means?  Unknown.

Brit comments on Monday.....indications that Russian infiltration of German gov't is obvious.   Secret agent activity?  Well....Brit newspapers always go overboard. But if you asked me if five or six KGB guys are fully employed in Berlin and gathering intelligence?  I'd likely assume that's a true statement.

As for the Nazi talk?  This Putin  theme was what triggered the invasion of the Ukraine.   Saying Nazis exist here now?  It'd provoke a lot of chatter, with 10-percent of Germans actually believing it.

8.  Switzerland passed a law....allowing for a 13th month pension payment (the Xmas 'bonus').  This getting hyped in Germany?  OH YEAH.  Where the money would come from?  

9. Some weird attack in Ravensbug....at a StreetSide Imbis stand.  Some guy in a mask....attacks a 21-year old standing there and having lunch.....stabbing the guy in the back while having words with him.

Ambulance took the guy to the hospital....he is still alive.  Cops were called but unable to catch the attacker.  No motive so far.

10.  Sixt, the German car rental folks....are admitting that with E-cars...they are having bad luck in getting people to rent them. Their plan was to have the entire fleet by 2030...totally E-cars.  

11.  Germany's social pension program says they are preparing to flow billions of Euro...into the stock market (something they tried to avoid for decades).

12. Monday night's public TV's Hart Aber Fair public forum show topic?  "Arming instead of disarming: Does Germany really have to become ready for war?"

Yeah, it was a pretty harsh topic.

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