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The Munich stadium hosting Euro 2024 games will be lit up in rainbow colours on June 22 and 23 to celebrate the city's Pride weekend, tournament organizers confirmed to dpa on Wednesday. There are no games in Munich on these two days, where the Bavarian capital is holding events to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and wider queer community (LGBT+). The colour of the external cover of Bayern Munich's home stadium was a major issue of contention three years ago during the European Championship in 2021 held across the continent. European football's governing body UEFA rejected a reques...
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The Munich stadium hosting Euro 2024 games will be lit up in rainbow colours on June 22 and 23 to celebrate the city's Pride weekend, tournament organizers confirmed to dpa on Wednesday. There are no games in Munich on these two days, where the Bavarian capital is holding events to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and wider queer community (LGBT+). The colour of the external cover of Bayern Munich's home stadium was a major issue of contention three years ago during the European Championship in 2021 held across the continent. European football's governing body UEFA rejected a reques...
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The number of victims of domestic violence in Germany rose by 6.9% in 2023 compared to the previous year, with Family Minister Lisa Paus lamenting the "shocking extent of a sad reality" on Friday. According to a recent report on police crime statistics, a total of 88,411 people were officially affected by domestic violence in 2023. In 2022, there had already been an increase of more than 8% compared to the year before. The majority of victims were female (70.5%). Of those affected, 65.5% were victims of intimate partner violence. According to the statistics, the remaining victims of domestic v...
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Citizens of the European Union feel increasingly attached to the union, a new report has suggested, with voters heading to the polls for elections to the European Parliament this week. The joint study by two German institutions, the Saarland University and the Philipps University of Marburg, showed a clear trend of increasing support for the EU, based off data from 600,000 respondents to the Eurobarometer public opinion survey from across the 27 member states between 1991 and 2023. In the report, published in the Journal of European Public Policy, the EU citizens rated their attachment to the ...
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Many people in Germany seek increased protection against extreme weather consequences and are willing to spend money on prevention, a survey by insurance firm R+V shows. The survey results revealed that 87% of the 1,000 participants surveyed would support increased government investment in flood protection. The survey also shows that around two-thirds would support halting construction in flood-prone risk areas. "The latest images of the flooding in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg show that Germany should be prepared for similar disasters at any moment," R+V boss Norbert Rollinger said. Given th...
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Pope Francis has called for social cooperation and dialogue at a gathering of German Catholics on Wednesday. "Not only in Europe, but also in other parts of the world, fundamental human rights seem to be at risk at the moment: through increasing anti-Semitism, racism and other ideologies that tend towards extremism and violence," Poep Francis said in his message to the participants, published by the Vatican. The many moral, social, economic and political crises of our time are all interconnected, he said. "The problems affect everyone and can only be solved together." He said this gave the Ger...
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lamented the diminished standing of Christian churches in German society and urged greater engagement with religion in a speech at a gathering of German Catholics on Wednesday. Steinmeier praised the commitment of Christians to democracy and to the poor, marginalized and desperate people in society. That is "all the more reason why I can only deeply regret that the churches are experiencing such a great loss of approval and trust," Steinmeier said in his speech in the central German city of Erfurt. "One must speak of an epochal change." Steinmeier spoke...
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Germany's Cabinet has approved a set of proposed pension changes on Wednesday that would guarantee pensions will continue to rise in line with wages, following months of wrangling. The proposed legislation would keep pension payments aligned with wage levels, fixing current minimum benefits at 48% of the average wage. Without reform, the pension level - meaning the amount paid to a retiree each month - is set to fall to around 45%, because millions of people born in the 1950s and 1960s will turn from contributors into pensioners. Previous "sustainability" schemes had tied the level to the demo...
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Germany's Cabinet has approved a set of proposed pension changes on Wednesday that would link future benefits to wage levels, following months of negotiations, sources told dpa. The proposed legislation would keep pension payments aligned with wage levels, fixing minimum benefits at 48% of the average wage in Germany. Without reform, the level - meaning the amount paid to a pensioner each month - is set to fall to around 45%, because millions of people born in the 1950s and 1960s will turn from contributors into pensioners. Previous "sustainability" schemes had tied the level to the demographi...
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Germany's Cabinet has approved a set of proposed pension changes on Wednesday that would link future benefits to wage levels, following months of negotiations, sources told dpa. The proposed legislation would keep pension payments aligned with wage levels in the country, fixing minimum benefits at 48% of average wages, and also open the door to investing government funds in the stock market in the hope of helping to fund future pension increases. The measure will now go to the lower house of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, for consideration. The plan calls for putting €200 billion ($217 b...
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