Amy Brooke
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Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Monday (opens the original)
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Monday's top story: German border town evacuated due to wildfire A German town close to Belgium on Sunday ordered some of its residents to evacuate as the worst wildfire in modern Belgian history raged just over the border. According to a statement from the mayor's office in Monschau, a town with 12,000 residents, two streets were being evacuated as a result of the fire and smoke, along with the weather conditions. The authorities had earlier recommended that "residents of areas close to the bor
Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Monday (opens the original)
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Monday's top story: German border town evacuated due to wildfire A German town close to Belgium on Sunday ordered some of its residents to evacuate as the worst wildfire in modern Belgian history raged just over the border. According to a statement from the mayor's office in Monschau, a town with 12,000 residents, two streets were being evacuated as a result of the fire and smoke, along with the weather conditions. The authorities had earlier recommended that "residents of areas close to the bor
Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Monday (opens the original)
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Monday's top story: Germany to set up new drone security research unit Germany is planning to expand research into drone security following a succession of drone incidents, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Dobrindt said a new drone security research unit would be set up on August 18th at a German Aerospace Centre (DLR) test airport in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. "The arms race in drone technology requires dedicated research units to keep pace," he said
German Word of the Day: Pantoffelheld (opens the original)
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Because it’s one of those perfect German words that splices two nouns together to create an evocative new compound noun. It’s masculine (der Pantoffelheld), because German counpound nouns always take their gender from the final part of the compound noun. Der Pantoffelheld (pronounced like this) combines Pantoffel – slipper – with Held, meaning hero. Using a little bit of lateral thinking, you can probably work out that it’s a colloquial, slightly derogatory way of referring to a man (usually) wh
How much money can you get for installing a new heat pump in Germany? (opens the original)
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Germany is walking back its subsidies for heat pumps, gradually reducing state support through to 2030, in line with a recent overhaul of the Federal Funding for Efficient Buildings (BEG) programme. Previously, the government subsidised up to €30,000 of eligible costs for anyone replacing a conventional (fossil-fuel powered) heating system with an environmentally friendly alternative, with grants covering up to €21,000 of that, depending on which bonuses applicants qualified for. Now, the maximu
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