Two of the city’s three coronavirus “traffic lights” are also now red. But new rules to counter the second pandemic wave here and across Germany are being widely criticized.
The Verdi union called for the warning strike because transit officials are refusing to consider a collective wage agreement for Germany’s public transit workers.
Holidaymakers from Germany’s COVID-19 risk areas will have to provide a negative coronavirus test result no more than 48 hours old or risk being denied hotel accommodation, according to news reports.
Do children in Germany deserve more of a say? Should the voting age here be dropped to 14? These ideas are being discussed in Germany and this week’s Studio Berlin, as criticism mounts over the way society treats its younger members.
Berlin senators agreed Tuesday to limit business hours in response to two of the city’s COVID-19 “traffic lights” flipping to red for the first time.
The districts of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Neukölln and Mitte, all currently have a seven-day incidence rate surpassing 50 cases per 100,000 residents.
Oct. 3 is an official public holiday, so supermarkets and drugstores will be closed.
Workers can remove their masks if they are sitting at their desks, according to new pandemic rules passed by the Berlin Senate.
The chancellor told reporters she and state premiers want to take targeted, regional action to avoid a second, countrywide shutdown.
The debate over unconditional basic income is not a new one, but it has gotten more attention in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis. Find out more about the arguments for and against. (This show originally aired on Sept. 2.)
