The city of Bremerhaven on Germany‘s northern coast has a reputation for being a quiet and reserved community. Right now, however, there is a palpable energy about the place. In a dry dock close to the water’s edge, the Lloyd Werft shipyard has been constructing a superyacht for the pathologically secretive Russian billionaire and owner … Read more
The city of Bremerhaven on Germany‘s northern coast has a reputation for being a quiet and reserved community. Right now, however, there is a palpable energy about the place. In a dry dock close to the water’s edge, the Lloyd Werft shipyard has been constructing a superyacht for the pathologically secretive Russian billionaire and owner … Read more
More than 90 per cent of severely ill coronavirus patients in Germany have a ‘migrant background’, a leading doctor has said, prompting claims that the government is turning a blind eye to the issue to avoid igniting a race row. Thomas Voshaar, the head doctor at a German lung hospital, said a survey of leading … Read more
The North Pacific is home to an enormous swirl of plastic waste twice the size of Texas known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but how the trash made its way to the region has been a mystery among scientists – until now. Researchers from the US and Germany set out to uncover pathways that … Read more
A senior German immunologist has urged Angela Merkel to be vaccinated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine live on television. Carsten Watzl, secretary general of the German Society for Immunology, said the Chancellor of Germany should allow over-65’s to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine and suggested she lead by example. Officials fed doubts over the Oxford University researched jab’s effectiveness amid reports … Read more
This should be peak season for Joe Sharman, a man known as ‘Mr Snowdrop’ and one of the biggest growers in the country. Woodlands and front gardens are now dotted with the shimmering white flowers that the poet Wordsworth called the ‘venturous harbinger of spring’. Mr Sharman, whose customers include the Queen, sells thousands of … Read more
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Meet top British authors as you cruise the Danube By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2021 Imagine mingling with some of your favourite authors while enjoying wonderful food and drink, and beautiful landscapes along the way! Now you … Read more
Germany and France look set to approve the AstraZeneca Covid jab for the over 65s in a major U-turn aimed at speeding up their stuttering vaccine drives. In an ignominious climb-down, health chiefs in both countries have now suggested they could update their policies for the Oxford University researched jab – after initially refusing to … Read more
Biden administration drops Trump’s objections to a ‘global digital tax’ on US tech giants, paving the way for a deal by summer Treasury Secretary Yellen told G20 on Friday that a global tax can go forward Plan would set a global minimum corporate tax rate and rules for multinationals Trump’s objections would have let Google, … Read more
For somewhere supposedly on the front line of Germany’s battle against coronavirus, everything seems oddly quiet in Am Wehrhahn sports hall. Behind a small shopping centre, it is the only vaccination centre for Delmenhorst, a commuter town in Lower Saxony with almost 75,000 inhabitants, just outside the northern city of Bremen. Operated by the Red … Read more