A commission led by a retired British judge had recommended that London abolish the local autonomy of the British Virgin Islands and take over control for two years after serious allegations of corruption and abuse of office. Several Caribbean states have condemned a possible reinstatement of direct rule by London over the British Virgin Islands, […]
14 Apr 2022 10:45 am At the end of March, Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania declared themselves “corona hotspots” in order to maintain almost all restrictions on public life. Three weeks later, just in time for Easter, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has now implemented numerous relaxations. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg went their own way at the end of […]
6 Apr 2022 11:16 am The recently announced plans by the Minister of Health that people infected with Corona will no longer have to go into isolation from May will not come into force. Karl Lauterbach takes back the rule he was aiming for and also admits a mistake. According to the Minister of Health, […]
5 Apr 2022 6:31 p.m Just one day after the election victory of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ruling Hungarian party, the European Union wants to take a new step against the Eastern European country in the dispute over alleged violations of the rule of law. Hungary is the first country to face a procedure to […]
29 Mar 2022 7:27 p.m by Susan Bonath While the fronts between supporters and opponents of mandatory vaccinations of any kind against COVID-19 are becoming increasingly hard and the debates are escalating into religious battles, the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) will be hearing on Friday, April 1st, about the mandatory corona vaccination for Bundeswehr soldiers. […]
28 mar 2022 8:15 p.m After the meeting with the health ministers of the federal states, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach called on them to make use of the hotspot regulation that had been introduced. The countries had previously criticized that fewer measures will be allowed from April 2nd. On Monday, Federal Minister of Health […]
28 mar 2022 12:19 p.m The federal and state health ministers want to discuss the so-called hotspot rule on Monday. This should be used in order to be able to impose stricter corona measures. Health Minister Lauterbach wants to propose four criteria for this. According to the new Infection Protection Act, only so-called basic protective […]
18 mar 2022 6:59 p.m In his first Telegram post, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed his opinion on the blocking of western social networks in Russia. The politician accuses Meta of living in its “own reality” and only following its “own subjective rules”. After the blocking of the international social networks Instagram and Facebook in […]
2 mar 2022 10:01 p.m Russia’s second largest city, Saint Petersburg, will remove all QR codes that serve as proof of vaccination or a survived infection next Friday. The easing is in response to the improvement in the sanitary and epidemiological situation. As of March 4, a QR code will no longer be required in […]