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Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor for 19 years from 161 to 180, who died in a military camp near Vienna, can be seen in an exhibition at the Landesmuseum in Trier, featuring first-class loans from museums in Paris, Rome and other locations. It's well worth a visit. And if you're lucky enough to be guided through the exhibition by Dr Marcus Reuter, the director of the ... read more
MTAB, the Scandinavian specialist logistics provider for art and special transports, has a new minority shareholder. Hasenkamp in Cologne has acquired 25% of the company, thereby strengthening its presence in the Scandinavian countries. This will benefit all Hasenkamp customers who handle loan transports with Scandinavia. In addition to his extensive duties as CEO of the Hasenkamp Group, Dr Thomas Schneider will also join the MTAB ... read more
Only 17 weeks to go – and then this year will be behind us again. Tempus fugit, and despite frenzied diplomatic travel between Alaska and the White House, the Russian potentates are digging in their heels. Even on Ukrainian Independence Day – which was yesterday – the bombing continued. Ukraine is now increasingly building its own weapons, having learned that the lofty speeches of its ... read more
Last Friday in Alaska wasn't really that great. The images of the two alpha males were not inspiring either. Here we have two men who couldn't care less about democracy. One comes from a country where attempts at democracy have failed miserably, and the other is trying to introduce absolutist conditions in a country that has traditionally been a defender of democracy and freedom, using ... read more
The coalition has made the first adjustments to the pension system. The pension level is to be stabilized at 48% of average income by 2031, and the mothers' pension has been expanded. In addition, working in retirement has been made more attractive. From 2027, this is to be financed not only by billions in tax revenue but also by an increase in the pension contribution ... read more
August – the republic is on holiday and even the Chancellor is taking a few days off. His deputy, who does not belong to the same party, is using this opportunity to quickly push through a few laws that will benefit his clientele, but not the German SMEs, which represent by far the largest number of companies (more than 90%) and will have to bear ... read more