1. ARD (public TV, Channel One) signed a unique contract for soccer games (for the 2025 season).
For several decades, on Saturday evening....the Sportschau came on around 10:15 PM and featured highlights and discussions of the Saturday game. I'd say it was highly popular with most German guys.
Well....ARD came to realize with the type of contract they signed....they can only present Saturday highlights....via streaming video....NOT via normal TV signals.
I'll just say....unless they can fix this....it'll piss-off a number of soccer fans.
2. Focus ran a major feature piece...talking over the idea that the AfD Party may pursue a Chancellor candidate in 2025's federal election. Who? Left blank, but it is a hot topic apparently.
3. CDU members for the Berlin-City gov't....have now said they are willing to discuss some expropriations. Meaning? They could see a way to buy back housing, and manage it (set rental prices) at a certain level. How much? Left blank.
To go into detail....there used to be a lot of public housing across Germany, and in the 1980s/1990s....they sold it to private companies. It's a hot topic in Berlin presently.
4. A Covid case was determined yesterday....coming out of 2020 (yeah, 3 years ago). So there was supposed to be a protest meeting to occur, and in Saxony....the gov't said 'NO'. Well....the judges reviewed everything and said the city didn't have the right to deny the meeting/protest.
5. The name 'Deutsche Post' to disappear? Some chatter from yesterday that the company will rebrand itself, and get a new name. No idea what the name will be.
6. For a number of years, Russelsheim has held a classic-car fest (probably up in the range of 3,000 cars that would appear). People came from across Europe.
Well....the environmentalists went to court and challenged the environmental 'safety' and a court agree. The fest (which was to start Friday, running 4 days)....is now cancelled.
Hotel cancellations? I would imagine every single hotel within 20 kilometers had rooms rented out. Those will all be cancelled.
Just adding another layer of disrespect for the environmentalists? Yeah.
What this was mostly about? Organizers have always used a huge grassy park area for the cars to be parked and shown. What the environmentalists wanted was a plan to protect the grass (preventing oil spills).
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