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Holocaust law: Poland, Israel reconcile in German media Poland and Israel have used full-page ads in German newspapers, including the conservative daily Frankfurter All‐ gemeine Zeitung, to praise their countriesʼ ties and comment on Polandʼs controversial Holocaust law. The socalled "joint declaration" begins by stating that "for 30 years, relations between our countries and peoples have been built on a solid foundation of trust and understanding" and goes on the say both nations are united by a "deep, long-lasting friendship" marked by "mutual respect for the identity and historical sensitivity of our tragic past." The ad was published in the name of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki.
US ambassador Grenell offers German car bosses tariff solution The US ambassador to Germany reportedly told German car executives on Wednesday that Washington would agreeto solve an auto trade dispute with Brussels if both the European Union and the United Statesabolished their tariffs on each otherʼs cars. German business daily Handelsblatt reported that the chief executives of Daimler, Dieter Zetsche; BMW, Harald Krüger; and Volkswagen, Herbert Diess "liked" the offer described by US Ambassador Richard Grenell during the secret meeting at the US embassy, citing anonymous sources who were present. US President Donald Trump has complained about he describes as a "big imbalance" in US-EU auto trade and threatened to impose a 20percent tariff on all EU-assembled cars in June.
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Turkey transfers some powers to President Erdogan The amendments mean the president is now the head of state and head of government
Turkey has made changes to 74 articles in its constitution, giving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers.
Retailers Tesco, Carrefour to forge purchasing alliance European retail giants Tesco and Carrefour have announced a plan to form a joint purchasing alliance. The move is to increase their leverage with suppliers in a fiercely competitive supermarket sector. Franceʼs Carrefour and Britainʼs Tesco on Monday announced plans to form a global,long-term purchasing alliance in a bid to drastically reduce costs. The cooperation will be formerly agreed in the next two months, with the financial terms of the accord not yet disclosed. The two supermarket retailers said the planned alliance would cover the
strategic relations with global suppliers in areas such as marketing services and data collection as well as the joint purchasing of own-brand products. "This alliance is a major agreement as it combines the purchasing expertise of two world leaders, complementary in their geographies, with common strategies," Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard said in a statement. Tesco is the UKʼs biggest supermarket with annual sales of 51 billion pounds ($67.2 billion, €57.7 billion). It has been rebuiltafter a 2014 accounting scandal that accelerated a sharp downturn in trading.
Cinematic gems screen at Munich Film Festival For most film festival attendees, the event is a celebration of cinema. You can watch films that havenʼt yet landed in conventional movie theaters, by directors who might not even make it to the box office. Rarely is this a sign of film quality; if more than half of all movie screens in the average German city show three or four American blockbusters, there is simply not enough room left for films from Italy or China, Argentina or Australia.
Film festivals have filled these gaps for years. Munich is one of the film festivalsto fill this vacuum, as it relies on films from countries whose cinematic works are otherwise hard to find in everyday program life. An example of this is the Argentinean director Lucrecia Martel, to whom this yearʼs retrospective in Munich is dedicated. Martel, one of the most important filmmakers in South America, was present in Munich to personally present her work.
Polish Supreme Courtʼs top judge defies judicial reforms Polandʼs Supreme Court chief justice went to work on Wednesday, in defiance of a new retirement age law passed by the right-wing government as part of a series of judicial reforms. Several thousand people greeted Chief Justice Malgorzata Gersdorf as she made her way into the Supreme Court building in Warsaw. Thousands had gathered there the night before to protest the Law and Justice (PiS) partyʼs reform, which came into effect at midnight. The reform lowers the retirement age for judges from 70 to 65. Of the courtʼs 76 judges, 27 are affected by the new law, and the reform could effectively cut short their six-year terms and allow the government to stack the body in its favor.
Holocaust law: Poland, Israel reconcile in German media Poland and Israel have used fullpage ads in German newspapers, including the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, to praise their countriesʼ ties and comment on Polandʼs controversial Holocaust law. The so-called "joint declaration" begins by stating that "for 30 years, relations between our countries and peoples have been built on a solid foundation of trust and understanding" and goes on the say both nations are united by a "deep, long-lasting friendship" marked by "mutual respect for the identity and historical sensitivity of our tragic past." The ad was published in the name of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki.
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German police set up fake traffic accident to test how many will stop German police set up a fake road accident on national road safety day to test the response of passing traffic, they said on Wednesday. Police in Oberhavel, in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, teamed up with a local media agency to stage a fake car accident complete with two victims. They wanted to see how many people would stop to help the two young ladies who were still in the vehicle. The actresses and the car itself were smeared in blood to make it seem more realistic. Seven hidden cameras were trained on the scene as police hid further up the road and pulled over cars that didnʼt stop to help. Police did not inform duped drivers who had stopped that it was fake until they were well into the process of helping. One helper even ended up in tears, according to thepress release. One couple pulled over, called the 112 emergency number, and were comforting the young actresses, according to local newspaper Märkische Allgemeine.
Caroline Wozniacki beaten by Ekaterina Makarova Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki became the biggest name to exit the Wimbledon womenʼs singles as she lost in the second round. The 27-year-old, seeded second, was beaten 6-4 1-6 7-5 by Russian world number 35 Ekaterina Makarova. The Daneʼs defeat means five of the top eight womenʼs seeds have exited the competition before the third round. Wozniacki, who won at Eastbourne last week, has never been past the fourth round in 12 visits to SW19.
Malaysia charges ex-PM Najib Razak with criminal breach of trust in 1MDB scandal
Malaysian prosecutors raised corruption charges against former head of government Najib Razak on Wednesday, claiming the politician accepted millions of dollars in bribes. Najib is the first ex-prime minister to be charged in court in Malaysian history. Read more:Malaysia arrests exPrime Minister Najib Razak over 1MDB corruption Prosecutors accused Najib of taking $10.4 million
(€8.91 million) in bribes.The alleged bribe came from an energy company that had been set up as a a subsidiary of 1MDB.Najib faces three accounts of breach of trust and one of abusing power, each of them punishable by a prison term of up to 20 years.The former prime minister pleaded not guilty to all charges. A judge set bail to $250,000 for the politicianʼs release.
The challenges of parodying CSU politician Horst Seehofer Seehoferʼs style makes him an easy target for satirists, yet impersonator Wolfgang Krebs finds the politicianʼs hardline stance challenges his own sense of humor. Comedian Wolfgang Krebs is relieved. Following a last-ditch government compromise over migration policy, Horst Seehofer remains Germanyʼs Interior Minister, the coalition didnʼt collapse — and Krebs will not have to completely have to rewrite his current cabaret show. (In Germany, "Kabarett" is a comedy genre that specifically refers to onstage satirical revues of political and social topics.) In his act, the Bavarian
cabaret artist impersonates the main characters involved in the latest political dispute: Bavarian Premier Markus Söder, Interior Minister and CSU leader Horst Seehofer, as well as Chancellor Angela Merkel. He has studied how they move, imitates their voices and dresses up just like them. The quarrel between the governmentʼs sister parties, Merkelʼs Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), on Germanyʼs refugee policy made Krebs feel nervous over the last few days. He watched debates on news channels until late in night, especially those between Seehofer and Merkel.
Kedveskrém Balassi Bálint utca The delicious ice cream creations of Kedveskrém are now available in Pest, too, near Cirkó-Gejzír Cinema in Jászai Mari tér, so now you can enjoy their frosty delights in Olimpia Park nearby. They offer daily specials, but you should definitely try their caramel, raspberry and strawberry flavours.
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ʼYeah, nahʼ: Kiwi startup defies German giantʼs order to stop saying ʼhelloʼ New Zealand startup My Food Bag, which delivers fresh ready-to-cook ingredients, issued a tongue-in-cheek response to a cease-and-desist notice from Berlin-based Hello Fresh. Hello Fresh had taken issue with its Kiwi competitor using the phrase "Hello Fresh." The letter, published in the New Zealand Herald and other domestic media, is replete with Kiwi colloquialisms and phrases in the countryʼs indigenous Maori language. The response, from Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand, begins with a Maori greeting, to HelloFresh executives Thomas Griesel and Dr. Christian Ries. "Kia ora" is translated as "hello." "Kia ora Herr Griesel and Herr Ries, Greetings from Aotearoa. We donʼt often get heavyweight German multina‐ tional corporations taking the time to write to us Kiwis."
Italy threatens to scupper EUCanada free trade deal The new government in Rome is walking in the footsteps of Donald Trumpʼs trade protectionism, as it has threatened to torpedo the CETA trade agreement because it doesnʼt protect Italyʼs farmers and their products. Italyʼs new agriculture minister Gian Marco Centinaio said on Thursday that the government wouldnʼt ratify theComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada— the EUʼs first major free trade deal since 2011. In an interview with Italyʼs daily La Stampa, Centinaio said CETA didnʼt ensure sufficient protection for the countryʼs speciality foods. "We will not ratify the free trade treaty with Canada because it protects only a small part of our PDO [Protected Designation of Origin] and PGI [Protected Geographical Indication] products," Centinaio told the newspaper. "Doubts over this agreement are shared by many of my European colleagues," he added. The treaty did enter in force on a provisional basis in September 2017, doing away with tariffs on a large number of goods and widening access to Canadian beef in Europe and EU cheese and wine in Canada.