Category: Technology
Association of Judges for more digitization in the Judiciary
The German Judges Association (DRB) wants to accelerate digitization in the Judiciary. Gaps in IT equipment would have to be closed, said DRB federal managing director Sven Rebehn. Legal regulations already allow online negotiations in civil processes, but there is a lack of technology. “It…
A group of Greens for rethinking genetic engineering
There are voices within the Greens party that speak out for a constructive approach to genetic engineering. One has to get involved in the discourse about a new way of dealing with genetic engineering, otherwise the future will be discussed without the Greens, a group…
Corona warning app will be presented next week
Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn (CDU) has confirmed that the Corona warning app will be presented next week. There are high technical requirements for the software application, with which contacts of people, who have been infected with the Coronavirus, are to be traced. The…
Almost 15,000 potentially violent right-wing extremists?
Constitutional protection counts 30,000 people in Germany as belonging to the scene of the extreme right. However, police authorities only classify 65 right-wing extremists as posing a risk of using violence. The number of Islamist potential violent extremists is set ten times as high. The…
Coalition committee approves 130 billion Euro stimulus package
The federal government’s stimulus package will include a total of 130 billion Euros for 2020 and 2021, it was decided on Monday evening by the leaders of the coalition committee. On July 1 and up until December 31, VAT is expected to drop from 19…
Over half of learners aged 16 and over use digital media
More and more schoolchildren and students from the age of 16 use digital learning materials. In the first quarter of the previous year, 54 percent of this group of people used this type of media, which included audiovisual media, online learning apps, and ebooks. 35…
Federal Research Minister would like to promote hydrogen
Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek (CDU) wants to promote hydrogen technology. One has to prove across industries, “how production, transportation and the distribution and use of green hydrogen works,” said the minister with regard to an innovation initiative that would primarily aim to provide conditions…
Wind power is the main source of electricity
For the first time, the most important energy source is wind power, in the first quarter of the year. The share of wind power in the total amount of electricity produced in Germany reached 34.9 percent. Renewable energies in total were fed into the electricity…
Karliczek wants to promote research and education
by Thorsten Koch The German Minister of Education Anja Karliczek (CDU) would like to propose an investment program with a volume of 10 billion Euros to the coalition committee on Tuesday, with a view on innovation in research and for improvements in education. The aim…
Tiered funding for new cars proposed
The Federal Ministry of Economics has plans for purchase premiums cars, making propositions for both electronically operated new cars and new cars with diesel and gasoline combustion engines. Up to 5 billion Euros are earmarked for the efforts. However, the subsidy should be tiered, so…
Schulze presents social-ecological concept
by Thorsten Koch Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD) has presented her social-ecological concept for an economic stimulus package on Monday. The concept should enable municipalities in Germany to invest sustainably. The proposals, if implemented, would bring significantly more orders to the environmental technology industry….
Objections to the Corona app
The tracking app meant to determine the pathways of infection by the Coronavirus has met some criticism. The Saxon Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) said that the Corona app does not guarantee sufficient security. It is important to maintain a safety distance of 1.5 meters…
