1. In regional news....Frankfurt city council has appointed what they call a night-council...trying to stir up the city for night-life....after 10 PM. Group is limited on powers but given a mandate to present ideas to re-invent the city.
What I'll say....late 1970s to late 1980s...Frankfurt had a ton of late-night action going on. Much less so since Covid.
2. Federal chatter going on about knife bans? They are writing the law....all train stations and fest-operations....will be protective-zone (period). Cops will have full power to frisk anyone for any reason.
Other chatter....if you have any crimes on your sheet during asylum applications....that will end the process.
Other chatter....if you came from a EU state to Germany, for asylum.....they won't process your paperwork, and support will be marginal (a bunk, 'bread', and soap).
3. German inflation rate falls to lowest in several years. I'm not saying things are fine....just that there is a stability situation going on.
4. It may be BS, but the CIA told the Austrians of this planned attack on the Swift concert (3 weeks ago)....the arrested group had planned on deaths being in the 'tens of thousands'. The CIA says a lot of stuff.....some true....some BS.
5. German shop.....Scotch and Soda.....known for upscale fashion trends....financially shut down.
6. Jan Hofer, who did the newscast for ARD 8 PM news for a decade or two....moved over to RTL in the last 2 years....did his last news piece yesterday. What I always found interesting....he refused to give his true age when working at ARD. HR probably didn't push it in the 1990s.
7. Top song in Germany at present....pop song....'Belly Legs Butt'. Play on working out and staying fit.
8. 'Icon-League' to start up in Germany....indoor soccer. Would combine some older pro guys, some promi folks and regular folks. Toni Kroos is behind it....retired in the last month from pro-league soccer.
9. Those who might remember the Capri-Sonne drink.....they've tested various ways of handling the EU ban on plastic straws. What they've found....paper straws with the little drink pouch DON'T work. They are approaching the EU to get some kind of waiver. I don't expect them to bend much.
10. This Brit-Germany meeting that has implications for a trade-deal....if you go and read through the material....it's not a real trade deal.
Yeah, it opens doors to talks and improved trade probably in two years....but it was mostly a strange meeting where the Brits got a open door for the first time since Merkel left.
If you were asking me on a open-back-up-the-EU-to-the-UK? Yeah, that's probably on the 'menu'.
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