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A New Mode Regarding Our Website Statistics: Looking Back One Year
The displayed statistics of the Policyinstitute.net websites as well as the domains which are classed under de-news.net have just been changed. From now on, you will see the number of views of the past 365 days, the reason for this being a purging of old…
Police register many violations on day of action
(GermanPolicy.com) – During a nationwide day of action that lasted 24 hours, police registered a total of around 5,400 violations in around 102,000 controls. In around 900 cases, drivers had drunk too much alcohol or were even under the influence of drugs. In 2487 controls,…
Over 6 million in Germany are illiterate
(GermanPolicy.com) – According to experts, around 6.2 million people in Germany cannot read and write or not to a sufficient extent. However, according to the research network AlphaFunk, this is crucial in the workplace and for social participation. The group of illiterates is not homogeneous….
Three holidays in 2022 on Sundays
(GermanPolicy.com) – Several holidays will be on weekends in Germany, according to the Federal Office of Statistics. Besides New Year 2022, Sunday celebrations will take place on 1 May, and on the First Day of Christmas. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will be on…
Sales ban on New Year’s Eve bollards will lead to fewer fireworks
(GermanPolicy.com) – New sets of New Years Eve fireworks have not been sold this year in Germany, so that there will be fewer bollards at the dawn of this weekend. The nationwide sales ban on New Year’s Eve fireworks, which had already been decreed the…
Steinmeier calls for social cohesion
(GermanPolicy.com) – In his Christmas address, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for society to stand together in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Steinmeier said: “We are one country.” Even after the pandemic, people had to be able to live together and look each other…
Parcel boom and much traffic at Christmas
(GermanPolicy.com) – Deutsche Post reported a parcel boom on Christmas Eve which was celebrated yesterday: The quantities of gift parcels were roughly at the level of 2020, after the demand on Black Friday and Cyber Monday was even stronger than a year ago. Clothing in…
Largest find of cocaine in Europe by Customs authorities
Customs authorities have made the largest discovery of cocaine in the Port of Hamburg that has ever occurred in Europe. The Customs Investigation Office succeeded in seizing a total of over 16 tons of cocaine. The banned drugs, worth billions of Euros, were hidden in…