Bild: Heino (86) becomes the king of high fees at Ballermann | Heino (86) wird Gagen-König am Ballermann
FAZ: Network operator rules out cyberattack as cause of power outage | Netzbetreiber schließt Cyberangriff als Ursache für Stromausfall aus
Funke: Sanssouci Palace Park will charge admission in the future | Schlosspark Sanssouci wird künftig Eintritt kosten
Handelsblatt: Europe’s opportunity | Europas Chance
RND: Churchgoers get involved: Being political is at the heart of the Church Congress | Kirchenvolk mischt sich ein: Politisch zu sein, ist Kern des Kirchentags
SZ: Based on trust in the Chancellery | Auf Vertrauensbasis im Kanzleramt
Tagesspiegel: After massive power outage: Spanish judiciary investigates suspected „computer sabotage“ | Nach dem massiven Stromausfall: Spanische Justiz prüft Verdacht auf „Computer-Sabotage“
taz: 100 days of Trump: First success (election in Canada) | 100 Tage Trump: Erster Erfolg (Wahl in Kanada)
Welt: Federal Audit Office issues damning report on bridge project | Bundesrechnungshof stellt fatales Brücken-Zeugnis aus
CDU leader Friedrich Merz promises „lots of energy“ for Europe at EPP party conference: He promised his political allies in Europe more German leadership. The next German government will devote a lot of energy to moving Europe forward, Merz said at the party conference of Europe’s Christian Democratic party family, the EPP, in Valencia. Merz reaffirmed his support for Ukraine and spoke out in favor of better European defense. spiegel.de
SZ journalist Stefan Kornelius becomes government spokesman: The 59-year-old was previously head of the politics department at the Süddeutsche Zeitung and before that head of the foreign policy department. Kornelius is to replace Steffen Hebestreit, who has been spokesman for the government of SPD Chancellor Olaf Scholz for three and a half years. Kornelius was appointed to the post by CDU leader Friedrich Merz, but the newspaper announced the appointment and thanked Kornelius for „his outstanding services to our editorial team.“ sueddeutsche.de, zdf.de
SPD announces result of membership vote on coalition agreement: The poll ended at midnight on Wednesday. Around 358,000 party members were called upon to cast their votes online. If the SPD grassroots approve the coalition agreement as expected, nothing stands in the way of forming a government. The SPD plans to announce the names of its cabinet members by Monday at the latest. The new government is then to be sworn in on Tuesday. handelsblatt.com
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk warns of collapse of vital support for people in the Gaza Strip: Türk again spoke of possible war crimes by the Israeli armed forces. If starving the civilian population is used as a weapon of war, it is a war crime, as are all forms of collective punishment. Türk called on the international community to take action against the humanitarian catastrophe. Israel has been blocking aid deliveries to the sealed-off Gaza Strip since the beginning of March and has said it will not allow any aid to enter until Hamas releases all Israeli hostages. ariva.de
Russia rejects Kiev’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in May: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that a number of issues still needed to be clarified before a long-term ceasefire could be agreed. He accused Kiev of not responding to Russian offers for direct peace talks between the two countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire from May 8 to 11 on Monday. Around this date, Russia celebrates the 80th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany, including a military parade in central Moscow. handelsblatt.com, n-tv.de
Many injured in Russian attack on Kharkiv: According to official reports, at least 20 people were injured in a Russian drone attack on Tuesday evening. Several districts were affected by the attacks, said Mayor Ihor Terekhov. An Iranian-made combat drone struck next to a hospital. handelsblatt.com
RTL/ntv trend barometer by Forsa: Union 24 percent (-1), AfD 26 percent, SPD 14 percent (-1), Greens 12 percent (+1), Left 10 percent (+1), BSW 4 percent, FDP 3 percent, others 7 percent. n-tv.de
- Confidence in Merz: Completely/largely 35 percent, Not really/not at all 63 percent.
- Problem-solving skills: Union 20 percent, SPD 7 percent, Greens 6 percent, Left Party 5 percent, none of the parties 48 percent.
- Economic situation: Deterioration 54 percent, improvement 21 percent, no change 22 percent.
- Ukraine ceding territory in favor of peace: In favor 47 percent, against 40 percent, undecided 13 percent.
- Delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine: In favor 29 percent, against 65 percent. n-tv.de
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius wants to strengthen defense against cyber attacks: Hybrid attacks are a growing and serious threat. Drone sightings and espionage attempts, damage to data cables and supply lines in the Baltic Sea, and disruptions to the GPS system are now a daily occurrence. This is intended to unsettle and weaken society and thus destabilize democracy, Pistorius said during a visit to the international cyber defense exercise „Locked Shields“ in Kalkar. The exercise is currently described as NATO’s largest and most complex multinational exercise worldwide. tagesschau.de, n-tv.de
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urges better protection of infrastructure against hybrid attacks: Such attacks have increased in recent years, Baerbock said on ZDF television. Baerbock took part in a meeting on protective measures for the Nordic and Baltic states on the Danish island of Bornholm. Baerbock referred to damage to data cables in the Baltic Sea and said that GPS signals were repeatedly being jammed to prevent aircraft from landing. The meeting is also expected to focus on efforts to end the war in Ukraine. zdf.de, spiegel.de
Federal Audit Office accuses government of slow bridge renovation: The federal government-owned Autobahn GmbH, which is responsible for repairing the structures, is significantly behind schedule and falling short of its targets, criticized Audit Office President Kay Scheller. The financial requirements for the construction measures have been set too low. The assessment is based on a program launched three years ago by the Ministry of Transport to renovate around 4,000 bridges on heavily used roads. Further deterioration and motorway closures are foreseeable, according to the special report. spiegel.de, n-tv.de
Poor people in Germany have continued to lose purchasing power in recent years: Inflation, which hits the socially disadvantaged hardest, is to blame, writes the Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband (Parity Welfare Association) in its latest poverty report. Around 13 million people are classified as poor, which corresponds to about 15.5 percent of the population. The proportion has risen by 1.1 percentage points compared to the previous year. Single parents, young adults, and female pensioners are particularly affected. tagesschau.de
97 percent of people reached on warning day last September: According to a survey by the Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, this is one percentage point more than in the previous year. Most people were informed via the cell broadcasting system on smartphones, followed by a specially installed warning app or analog sirens. The majority received the warning via multiple channels. zeit.de
More News:
- Hamburg: Red-green coalition agreement signed. spiegel. de
- Hamburg: First Mayor Peter Tschentscher wants better wages for employees. ndr.de
- Saxony-Anhalt: Investigations into Hitler salutes on the fringes of Christopher Street Day. spiegel.de
- Lower Saxony: Federal police arrest head of a gang of human traffickers. ndr.de
Buying citizenship in Malta violates EU law: So-called „golden passports“ have long been issued to foreign investors under certain conditions. Among other things, they must pay 600,000 euros and purchase real estate worth at least 700,000 euros or rent an expensive apartment. The EU Commission has taken the Mediterranean country to court over this regulation. The Commission considered this to be a violation of European law. Granting citizenship of an EU country in exchange for money without any real connection to that country is not compatible with EU law, it argued in Brussels. taz.de
Spanish network operator rules out cyberattack as cause of widespread power outage on the Iberian Peninsula: Red Electrica said the outage was caused by a sudden instability in the power grid. The reasons for this are still being investigated. Nevertheless, the judiciary launched a preliminary investigation on suspicion of computer sabotage. The power outage on Monday largely paralyzed public life in Spain and Portugal, as well as parts of France and Morocco. Almost all households now have power again. faz.net, tagesschau.de, handelsblatt.com
Nine dead after fighting in Syria over tape recording allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad: According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in the UK, nine people were killed in clashes between different population groups. The fighting was triggered by an audio recording containing an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, which was initially attributed to a cleric from the Druze minority. This led to clashes with armed, mainly Sunni groups in the Druze-dominated town of Jaramana near Damascus, among other places. After initial investigations, the Interior Ministry said that the Druze cleric had nothing to do with the audio recording. zeit.de, n-tv.de
White House accuses Amazon of „hostile political act“: The US government warned the online retailer against publishing the additional costs incurred by the punitive tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. The company owned by US billionaire Jeff Bezos denied the accusations. Only the team at Amazon Haul, the discount subsidiary, had considered listing the import duties on certain products. Amazon Haul is seen as the US company’s response to competition from Chinese platforms such as Temu and Wish, which ship particularly cheap goods from China to their end customers without intermediate warehouses. spiegel.de, handelsblatt.com
Liberal Party wins parliamentary elections in Canada: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won 168 seats, falling just short of an absolute majority. The Conservatives won 144 seats, while the regional party Bloc Québécois is expected to come in third with 23 seats. In his victory speech, Carney announced that he would oppose the aggressive policies of US President Donald Trump. Trump is trying to break Canada in order to own it, Carney said, but that will never happen. zdf.de
More news:
- Sweden: Three dead after shooting in Uppsala; unknown suspect on the run. n-tv.de
- Serbia: Students end blockade of state television. dw.com
- Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik is protected by heavily armed men. tagesanzeiger.ch
- Belgium: Strikes and protests against government policy. vrt.be
- United Kingdom: Country may extend sugar tax. lebensmittelpraxis.de
- Turkey: Ankara secures its influence in West Africa. diepresse.com
- Turkey: Arrests in Istanbul for calling for May 1 demonstrations. stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
- France: Stricter law passed to combat drug-related crime. stern.de
- Slovakia: Army deployed against brown bears. spiegel.de
- Netherlands: General ban on fireworks imminent. rp-online.de
- Czech Republic: New military recruits must hit a lower bar in future. deutsch.radio.cz
- Switzerland: Railways terminate two train connections from Germany due to constant delays already in Basel. spiegel.de
- Iran: Fire in port under control after three days. faz.net
- Argentina: Documents on escaped Nazis online. faz.net
More news:
- China mobilizes BRICS in trade war with Washington. faz.net
- Deutsche Bank achieves highest quarterly profit in 14 years. handelsblatt.com
- Initial damage assessment: Power outage estimated to have cost Spanish economy around €1.6 billion manager-magazin.de
- Silk Road to South America: Direct connection from Guangzhou to Chancay opened table.media/china
- Porsche: China business in free fall table.media/china
- German manufacturers catching up: Electric cars achieve record global sales n-tv.de
- Freedom of the press in Europe: Hungary is the EU’s biggest problem child sueddeutsche.de
- Propaganda in Weltwoche: The Swiss Moscow connection faz.net
- Hard bread: Freelancers in journalism mmm.verdi.de
- Art Biennale: Kathleen Reinhardt to curate 2026 pavilion in Venice ksta.de
- Deutsches Museum in Munich welcomes 100 millionth visitor wdr.de
- German star director Edward Berger shoots with Brad Pitt musikexpress.de
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