1. Newsletter

    der Hölle.“... * Medien und Friends of MiK machen Propaganda für Rechtsextreme Flitterwochen mit den Rechtsextremen Marine Le Pen und ihr Spitzenkandidat Jordan Bardella liegen in den Umfragen zur Europawahl weit vorn. Auch weil die Rechtsextremen in den Medien geradezu hofiert werden. Nun also auch noch der französische Premierminister: In dieser Woche verkündete Gabriel Attal, mit dem...

  2. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    in Dresden: SPD-Spitzenkandidat schwer verletzt Plakatierer im Wahlkampf des demokratischen Spektrums in Sachsen werden wiederholt attackiert. Nun wurde Matthias Ecke, SPD-Spitzenkandidat für die Europawahl, verletzt. BERLIN/DRESDEN taz/rtr/dpa/afp | Der sächsische SPD-Spitzenkandidat für die Europawahl, Matthias Ecke, ist nach Angaben der Partei beim Plakatieren in Dresden angegriffen und...

  3. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    "Any attack sets back recovery and reconstruction efforts and prolongs the deterioration of children's quality of life," said Regina De Dominicis, Unicef ​​regional director for Europe and Central Asia, during her visit to Ukraine. At least 2022 children have been killed in attacks and more than 600 have been killed since the war escalated in 1.350, according to official UN data...

  4. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    Office. We hope that this will enable us to make future decisions regarding the recognition of occupational diseases more quickly. When we think of pesticides, we immediately think of glyphosate, whose approval has just been extended in Europe despite many protests. There are large manufacturing companies behind glyphosate and other pesticides. Did these companies or their lobbyists try to force a decision...

  5. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    a war economy. The European Defense Industrial Strategy (EDIS) and the complementary European Defense Industry Program (EDIP) aim to promote the mass production of defense equipment in Europe and establish a comprehensive European defense complex in order to be more internationally competitive. The strategy contains plans for concentration and monopoly formation in...

  6. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    A hundred thousand euros, up to a million.” says the chairman of the parliamentary security committee, Pavel Žáček, to CORRECTIV. The money from Russia to right-wing politicians in Europe is said to have flowed through Poland. This is what Pavel Žáček from the Liberal-Conservative Party (ODS) and chairman of the parliamentary security committee in the Czech Republic told CORRECTIV:...

  7. Newsletter

    The war in Ukraine did not bring about any significant upswing. Instead, a long-suppressed fundamental conflict has emerged again... * France | EDF | Uranium enrichment "By 2030 in Western Europe" France is examining the construction of a special uranium enrichment plant For years, abundantly used radioactive material has been brought from Europe to Russia in order to be partly enriched again -...

  8. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    | Lack of water The drought is over – but for how long? Meteorologists have declared the drought in Germany to be over. But they warn that the situation can change quickly. The next summer of disasters is already looming in southern Europe. Finally the beginning of spring! Who doesn't love sunny days with summer temperatures? However, it would be good for nature if there were...

  9. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    There are no subsidies for the photovoltaic industry. That's why manufacturer Meyer Burger is closing its factory in Freiberg - and moving to the USA. DRESDEN/FREIBERG taz | The largest solar module factory in Europe will apparently be closed permanently. Manufacturer Meyer Burger announced on Thursday that production had already started two days ago at the factory in Freiberg, Saxony, with 500 employees...

  10. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    Construction of four new nuclear reactors in addition to the six existing ones. Two companies are still in the running to build the first of the four reactors: the French Électricité de France (EDF), Europe's leading energy company, and the South Korean company KHNP. The two companies are awaiting the decision of the Czech authorities, which, according to information available to Euractiv,...

  11. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    It was waste from Western industrialized countries and became a major buyer after China stopped importing plastic and electronic waste almost overnight in 2018. From then on, plastic from the USA, Japan and Europe polluted the coasts. After all, this should now come to an end after a transition period: From 2025, Thailand no longer wants to accept plastic scrap from other countries. »This is an important...

  12. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    Gunter Erfurt says that the location is the “technological heart” of the company... * Solar modules | 1Komma5° Start-up 1Komma5° wants to take over module production from Meyer Burger Europe's solar industry is fighting against cheap competition from China. Manufacturer Meyer Burger therefore wants to relocate its production. Now, according to SPIEGEL information, a German competitor is making...

  13. Newsletter VII 2024 - February 11th to 17th - Current+ super election year in the crucial climate decade

    stored. In 2002, a fire broke out at a depth of 535 meters and took days to extinguish. The facility has been closed since then... * Russia | Fuel element factory Lingen | Uranium imports of Europe's nuclear power plants are still customers Habeck wants to end Russian uranium imports Russia continues to supply Europe with gas as well as uranium and fuel elements for nuclear power plants. After Alexei's death...

  14. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    some of them fled there before the war from other parts of the Gaza Strip, partly on orders from the Israeli military... * Finland | Power storage | Underground One of Europe's deepest mines is being converted into a battery. A huge prototype of a gravity battery is to be built in a Finnish mine. At 1.400 meters underground, the Pyhäsalmi mine in Finland is one of the...

  15. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    Right to repair is right - under one condition It must be as easy as possible for consumers to have devices repaired. But for the sake of the environment, there must also be limits. Europe wants to move away from the throwaway mentality. By law, Brussels plans to grant consumers the “right to repair”. Representatives of the EU states have finally agreed on this. The...

  16. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    Democracy” is still considered necessary from historical experience, but also formulates prerequisites... * Ghana | deforestation | Supply chain | Bribes Deforestation in Ghana: Theft of forests for Europe's consumption The EU wants to use a regulation on supply chains to prevent forests that are worth protecting from being cleared. But it doesn't really work. Large trees rise into the bright blue...

  17. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    ... * Pursuit | annihilation | Mass Murder Remembering Wannsee Conference “What do people do to each other?” On January 20, 1942, the Nazis made plans to exterminate Europe's Jewish population. The deputy memorial director explains in an interview how important the memory of the Wannsee Conference is, especially today. tagesschau.de: On January 20, 1942, the...

  18. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    become. But as it turns out, the modern indulgence trade is a major deception. This is what the “FAKT” reporting team around Carmen Salas and Knud Vetten found out during their research in Peru and Europe. It follows the trail of a global billion-dollar business and comes across a network of placement agencies, project management companies, certification companies and other profiteers....

  19. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    was put into operation but failed in 1976 due to two serious accidents. As a result, Soviet light water reactor types were adopted, and Czech industry became involved as a supplier in the production of most reactor components in Eastern Europe. In today's Czech Republic, six reactors provide electricity: two in Temelín near Budweis and four in Dukovany near Brno... 4...

  20. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    | Working conditions Hard work: Germany builds on the backs of those without a German passport Many languages ​​are spoken on the construction sites in this country. Especially from Central and Eastern Europe. Why the situation of migrant workers is often precarious. In Berlin – and certainly elsewhere too – the construction sites are silent between the years. [...] In December 2023, the institute published...