News Public Hearing of the Health Committee on the Draft Law on the Digital Health Agency On November 7, 2024, the Health Committee of the German Bundestag held a public hearing on the draft law on the establishment of a Digital Health Agency (DHA). The DHA is intended to play a central role in the digital … Read more
German Police Officer Appointed to Head EU Mission in Iraq November 7, 2024 The European Union has appointed a German police officer, Commissioner Kurt Müller, to lead its police mission in Iraq. The mission, known as the EU Rule of Law Mission Iraq (EUAM Iraq), aims to assist the Iraqi government in building a strong … Read more
New Law for a Modern Accident Insurance Berlin. The Bundestag approved a bill on Thursday to modernize accident insurance (document 20/4824). The aim is to adapt the law to current social developments and to strengthen the protection of the insured. To this end, the bill provides for the following changes, among others: Extension of the … Read more
Bundesrat Calls for Strengthening City Centers The Bundesrat, Germany’s upper house of parliament representing the country’s 16 states, has adopted a resolution calling for measures to revitalize and strengthen city centers. The resolution was passed with a broad majority on November 7, 2024. The resolution recognizes the importance of city centers as hubs of economic … Read more
Industrial-Scale Battery Recycling Capacities Berlin, November 7, 2024 – The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) is providing funding for the construction of two new industrial-scale battery recycling plants in Germany. The goal is to create sufficient capacity for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and stationary storage systems. The … Read more
Analysis of the 2024 Paris Summer Games to be Released in March 2025 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that the analysis of the 2024 Paris Summer Games will be released in March 2025. The analysis will provide a comprehensive assessment of the Games, including their impact on the city of Paris, the country … Read more
AfD calls for a “migration turnaround with regard to Syria” Berlin: The AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag demands a “migration turnaround with regard to Syria”. “German asylum policy has failed massively,” said AfD MP Gottfried Curio on Monday in Berlin. Syria had long been considered a safe country of origin, but now the German … Read more
German Network Agency and Federal Criminal Police Office Report on DSA Implementation Berlin, November 7, 2024 – The German Network Agency (BNetzA) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) have published a joint report on the implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Germany. The report provides an overview of the progress made in … Read more
CDU/CSU: Fall of the Berlin Wall is one of the “happiest events” The fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the “happiest events” in German history, according to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. “The peaceful revolution in East Germany and the … Read more
Union Demands Payments from Fund for Late Resettlement Berlin. The refugee commissioner of the Union faction in the Bundestag, Anita Weiß (CDU), has called on the federal government to make payments from the refugee fund to late resettlers from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. “The federal government had promised in the coalition agreement to provide corresponding support … Read more