Widespread Unrest Marks 2023 New Year's Eve in Several European Countries
The 2023 New Year's Eve in Belgium and Germany saw widespread unrest, with hundreds of arrests, multiple injuries, including fatalities in Germany, significant property damage, and assaults on emergency responders. France also experienced similar, albeit smaller scale, incidents.
Widespread Unrest Marks 2023 New Year's Eve in Several European Countries
The 2023 New Year's Eve in Belgium and Germany saw widespread unrest, with hundreds of arrests, multiple injuries, including fatalities in Germany, significant property damage, and assaults on emergency responders. France also experienced similar, albeit smaller scale, incidents.
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44% Bias Score
Thuringia Phone Scams: €4.5 Million in Losses by November 2024
By the end of November 2024, phone scams in Thuringia, Germany, caused approximately €4.5 million in losses, exceeding the €4.4 million total for 2023; 3200 cases were reported in 2024, with scammers succeeding in 500.
Thuringia Phone Scams: €4.5 Million in Losses by November 2024
By the end of November 2024, phone scams in Thuringia, Germany, caused approximately €4.5 million in losses, exceeding the €4.4 million total for 2023; 3200 cases were reported in 2024, with scammers succeeding in 500.
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16% Bias Score
German Corporate Leadership: A Rapid Shift in Gender Representation
As of late 2023, over 25 percent of DAX executive board positions are held by women, a sharp increase from under 1 percent in 2009, driven by government-mandated quotas and resulting in shorter average tenures for women compared to men.
German Corporate Leadership: A Rapid Shift in Gender Representation
As of late 2023, over 25 percent of DAX executive board positions are held by women, a sharp increase from under 1 percent in 2009, driven by government-mandated quotas and resulting in shorter average tenures for women compared to men.
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36% Bias Score
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Train Derailment: Three Employees Face Charges
A train derailment near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on June 3, 2022, killed five and injured 78, due to material weaknesses in railway sleepers; three railway employees face charges.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Train Derailment: Three Employees Face Charges
A train derailment near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on June 3, 2022, killed five and injured 78, due to material weaknesses in railway sleepers; three railway employees face charges.
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32% Bias Score
Germany Rejects Joint Israeli Exhibit at Frankfurt Book Fair
The German government rejected Israel's proposal for a joint booth at the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair to commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations, despite past collaborations and Israel's desire to showcase critical voices amidst political tensions.
Germany Rejects Joint Israeli Exhibit at Frankfurt Book Fair
The German government rejected Israel's proposal for a joint booth at the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair to commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations, despite past collaborations and Israel's desire to showcase critical voices amidst political tensions.
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48% Bias Score
Over 100 German Cultural Workers Protest ARD's Appointment of Thilo Mischke
Over 100 German cultural workers and authors published an open letter criticizing the ARD's decision to appoint Thilo Mischke as the new ttt-moderator due to sexism and racism accusations against him, stemming from his 2010 book "In 80 Frauen um die Welt", despite the ARD's claim that he has since e...
Over 100 German Cultural Workers Protest ARD's Appointment of Thilo Mischke
Over 100 German cultural workers and authors published an open letter criticizing the ARD's decision to appoint Thilo Mischke as the new ttt-moderator due to sexism and racism accusations against him, stemming from his 2010 book "In 80 Frauen um die Welt", despite the ARD's claim that he has since e...
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36% Bias Score
Baden-Württemberg Launches Agency to Combat Skilled Worker Shortage
Baden-Württemberg launched a new state agency to address its growing skilled worker shortage; initial staff are already working, with 55 positions planned, focusing on streamlining immigration processes for companies and workers across two locations; the agency aims to help fill the projected 910,00...
Baden-Württemberg Launches Agency to Combat Skilled Worker Shortage
Baden-Württemberg launched a new state agency to address its growing skilled worker shortage; initial staff are already working, with 55 positions planned, focusing on streamlining immigration processes for companies and workers across two locations; the agency aims to help fill the projected 910,00...
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20% Bias Score
Hesse Demands Harsher Penalties for Attacks on Emergency Responders After Violent New Year's Eve
Following New Year's Eve attacks on German emergency responders, including an e-scooter thrown at a police car in Frankfurt and assaults in Obertshausen and Viernheim, Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck demands harsher penalties, advocating for at least six months imprisonment for such attacks a...
Hesse Demands Harsher Penalties for Attacks on Emergency Responders After Violent New Year's Eve
Following New Year's Eve attacks on German emergency responders, including an e-scooter thrown at a police car in Frankfurt and assaults in Obertshausen and Viernheim, Hesse's Interior Minister Roman Poseck demands harsher penalties, advocating for at least six months imprisonment for such attacks a...
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48% Bias Score
Insufficient Biogas Package Threatens Thuringian Green Energy and Rural Economy
Thuringia's CDU faction criticizes Germany's insufficient 'Biogas Package', threatening 250 agricultural biogas plants crucial for 20% of the state's green energy and rural heating networks, potentially causing mass closures due to expiring funding and needed upgrades starting January unless the Bun...
Insufficient Biogas Package Threatens Thuringian Green Energy and Rural Economy
Thuringia's CDU faction criticizes Germany's insufficient 'Biogas Package', threatening 250 agricultural biogas plants crucial for 20% of the state's green energy and rural heating networks, potentially causing mass closures due to expiring funding and needed upgrades starting January unless the Bun...
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60% Bias Score
North Rhine-Westphalia Launches Four Reporting Centers to Address Racism and Queer Hostility
Four reporting centers for anti-Muslim incidents, antiziganism, other forms of racism, and queer hostility will launch in North Rhine-Westphalia in spring 2024, funded with over €1.5 million, aiming to increase the visibility of discrimination and complement existing antisemitism reporting.
North Rhine-Westphalia Launches Four Reporting Centers to Address Racism and Queer Hostility
Four reporting centers for anti-Muslim incidents, antiziganism, other forms of racism, and queer hostility will launch in North Rhine-Westphalia in spring 2024, funded with over €1.5 million, aiming to increase the visibility of discrimination and complement existing antisemitism reporting.
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36% Bias Score
NRW Launches Four Reporting Centers to Combat Racism and Queerphobia
Four reporting centers for racism and queerphobia in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, will launch in spring 2025 after receiving over €1.5 million in funding since 2022, aiming to improve the visibility of discrimination and build upon a pre-existing center for antisemitic incidents.
NRW Launches Four Reporting Centers to Combat Racism and Queerphobia
Four reporting centers for racism and queerphobia in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, will launch in spring 2025 after receiving over €1.5 million in funding since 2022, aiming to improve the visibility of discrimination and build upon a pre-existing center for antisemitic incidents.
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32% Bias Score
Saxony Reports Widespread Pyrotechnics Damage and Deaths on New Year's Eve
In Saxony, Germany, illegal pyrotechnics caused widespread damage on New Year's Eve, including fires, explosions, and property destruction, resulting in at least €120,000 in damages and several injuries. Two deaths were also reported.
Saxony Reports Widespread Pyrotechnics Damage and Deaths on New Year's Eve
In Saxony, Germany, illegal pyrotechnics caused widespread damage on New Year's Eve, including fires, explosions, and property destruction, resulting in at least €120,000 in damages and several injuries. Two deaths were also reported.
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52% Bias Score