For the first time, the federal government is naming the exact amount that the Federal Ministry of Health has spent on COVID vaccines since 2020. In the area of health care, the total expenditure in connection with the corona crisis is around 53.2 billion euros. After a parliamentary request from the CSU health politician Stephan […]
The US fast food giant McDonald’s is accused of having fraudulently evaded taxes for a decade. The case has now been settled with a fine of 1.25 billion euros. This is the second highest tax comparison amount in France. To avoid a court case for years of tax evasion in France, the fast-food chain McDonald’s […]
For months, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has been announcing an urgently needed draft law to stabilize health and long-term care insurance funding, which has not yet taken place. Due to deficits in the billions, citizens are threatened with significant increases in contributions. The DAK board speaks of an impending “contribution tsunami”. Federal Health Minister […]
Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who ruled the country from 2003 to 2010, is harsh on Washington’s military aid to Ukraine. According to Lula, western politics “don’t punish Putin,” it “punishes humanity.” Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva slammed US President Joe Biden in two campaign speeches this week, referring […]
A commentary by Scott Ritter The apparent lack of contextual awareness that doomed the Afghanistan mission is an ongoing problem for the US when it comes to Ukraine. The failure to address corruption at a time when the US Congress is trying to rush through some $40 billion in funds seems little more than an […]
30 May 2022 15:23 Egypt wants to modernize its transport system and build a network for high-speed trains. This includes a 2,000-kilometer high-speed network. Among other things, Siemens is supplying 135 trains. The order value for Siemens is 8.1 billion euros. Source: AFP © Christof Stache The industrial group Siemens has received another billion-euro order […]
The European Union has announced plans to continue moving away from Russia’s energy supply. Ursula von der Leyen presented a package worth almost 300 billion euros that provides for more efficient use of fuel and faster introduction of renewable energies. On Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, announced the EU’s latest […]
Federal spending on PoC and other antigen tests in the years 2020 to 2022 has so far amounted to around 13.4 billion euros. From October 2020 to February 2022, around 572 million PoC antigen tests for “people without symptoms” were billed via the associations of statutory health insurance physicians. Latest Data as of May 2022 […]
A US Senator has blocked the US Senate from rushing through a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine. The reason is his striving to include an addition to the law project via a supervisory authority, which is rejected by both US parties. The US plan to send nearly $40 billion in additional military and economic […]