1. For the over-40 German crowd....ZDF (Channel 2 of Public TV) finally decided to go forward with the revival of the 'Wetten Das' Show.
The new host (plural)? Well....from Tokyo Hotel fame (kid rock band from 2005 to 2015 era)....the brothers Tom and Bill.
Yeah, from the top 100 Germans who are recognizable.....I would agree. However, if you ask anyone under age 25...they don't know Tom or Bill, or Tokyo Hotel.....same probably for those over age 70. For the crowd between 25 and 60....everyone follows the adventures of Bill (husband of German model Heide Klum).
Oddly, this is 'hot' trending this AM across Germany.
2. German gov't agreed on a E-car subsidy.....no problem. Then they turned around and allowed Chinese-made E-cars on the list as well. Some public folks are grumbling....it should have only been German-made E-cars.
3. Piece on Focus written by Ulrich Reitz....commenting how the German deployment of 15 soldiers into Greenland resembles the script in some ways to the comedy....Dr. Strangelove.
I would suggest before this analysis came out....a number of Germans were writing comical pieces over the 15 guys, the mission, and how this was organized. It would not surprise me if some German writer puts forth a movie script. My suggested title? Forty-Four Hours.
4. EU rumor (out of Brussels).....the EU is examining the idea of creating a new NATO-like 'creature'....without the US, but would include Ukraine. What they haven't discussed....Ukraine is still at war, and any such creation would get the attention of Putin (asap).
My suggestion....call up Putin and suggest that a new alliance occur....if he ends the war....to allow Russia to be the 'partner' of the EU.
5. From this rail accident in SW Spain....forty dead, 24 seriously injured, and another 150-odd passenger hurt in some way. Couple of Germans noted among the dead.
6. Berlin.....group of seven guys smoking in Hermannplatz subway station (something you aren't supposed to do.....maybe for 20 years now)...when 4 security guards for the rail-network....confront the men about it. Guards get insulted and then beaten up. Two of the BVG employees had to be taken to the hospital with lacerations/cuts.
Police investigating. Security cameras probably have decent images of the six.
7. Bavaria's Soder (Premier) put up the idea of merging several German states. Like taking Saarland and merging into the Pfalz.
Some survey was done over the weekend.....two out of three Germans oppose merging.
To be honest....you might find more support to split several German states into multiple states (instead of 16 states....having 25 states). Several cities would like to have the status of Bremen or Hamburg....city-states. I suspect residents of Stuttgart, Hannover and Munich would approve of this idea.
8. Mayor of Aschaffenburg comments a year after a knife attack in the city: "Safety is not something to be taken for granted."
I'll offer the analysis....in my village or a small town of 10,000....I feel 100-percent safe. When in a metro-situation (town of 200k or more)....especially at night....I have a watchful eye, and obviously care more about safety. No-go zones are more obvious.
9. Bus services in the Heidelberg area are experiencing delays/cancellations. This relates to newly delivered E-buses....that fail in below 0 C situations.
The operator is Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (RNV).
Particular type? Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G buses.
So what they say....around 50 were delivered recently, and half can't operate at full capacity...unless the temp is plus-temperatures (above 0). I would imagine that the battery area of the vehicle has to be warmed in some fashion....to keep temperatures above zero. If you read through the story.....modifications coming. But you have to wonder....did M-B ever test the E-bus technology in harsh conditions.
10. German statistics: Germans required almost 20 days of sick leave for 2025. This is adding cost to German health insurance.
11. Since publicly known in 2024.....noting scandalous revelations surrounding a paratrooper regiment and sexual misconduct within the German armed forces....an investigation is to finally start.
To be clear....this is simply the beginning of the survey/report.....if the report is ever released to the public is still a unknown.
I'll predict....almost no one agrees to participate, and the final report isn't written until mid-summer 2027.
12. After a little 'joke' by RyanAir social media folks on Elon Musk.....Musk asked the value of RyanAir (figured in the 35-B range).
Some folks think that Musk might buy and re-name the airline X-Air.
Having ridden twice on RyanAir....2000 to 2005 era....I'm not a big fan. You feel like it's a Greyhound bus situation. If I had 35-B euro.....I would find something better to buy.
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