[Hints] Voices from the Blätterwald - 2019-08-08

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  1. English Videos
    1. Waves of Illegal Immigrants Are Seeking Asylum
    2. Hong Kong Democracy Protestors Launch General Strike
  2. English News and Articles
    1. OPINION - A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners
    2. Iran seizes another tanker in the Gulf, state media say
    3. Politics - Boris Johnson Widens Push for Singapore-Style Free Ports in U.K.
    4. Turkey Warns Cyprus of Repeat of 1974 Invasion
    5. Protests, General Strike Bring Hong Kong to a Standstill
    6. Kashmir
    7. NEWS - Migration more worrying than climate change for Europeans: survey
    8. The Worst
  3. Translated News in English
    1. Iran Conflicts - Green leader can imagine European mission in the Persian Gulf
    2. AfD main victim of political violence
    3. Islamic Center: beating women is last resort (allowed)
    4. KERSTIN ANDREAE: Green politician joins the energy association BDEW
    5. Descent continues - SPD falls to record low
    6. Work in Germany - The Law on Employment Immigration leaches out the Balkans
    7. "Free ride only for the rich" prohibition idea of ??the Greens makes for giant Zoff
    8. Union has 2 million members - Verdi boss calls for participation in "Friday's Future" demos
    9. Ibiza affair : the backer of the Ibiza affair was apparently temporarily informant
    10. Expensive - Department of Defense Ministry spent 155 million euros for consultants
    11. Downturn in the labor market? Additions to unemployment rise
    12. The absolute Worst

I. English Videos

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Waves of Illegal Immigrants Are Seeking

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[Domestic Policy] The Squad - US-Democrats as Narcissists and not as altruists , [Innenpolitik] The Squad - US-Demokraten als Narzissten und nicht als Altruisten

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Hong Kong Democracy Protestors Launch General Strike

II. English News and Articles

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OPINION - A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners
Despite everything, it is still in our power to avoid nuclear confrontation.
The fate of the INF treaty has politicians and ordinary people worried on every continent. I am also concerned, and not only because I signed that treaty with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Dec. 1987. These events are yet another manifestation of the dangerous and destructive trends in world politics facing us today.
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source: the moscow times/Mikhail Gorbachev

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Iran seizes another tanker in the Gulf, state media say
Iran has seized another foreign tanker in the Gulf, Iranian state media say.
State TV quoted by Reuters said the Revolutionary Guard Corps' naval forces had "seized a foreign tanker in the Persian Gulf that was smuggling fuel for some Arab countries".
It said the tanker was carrying 700,000l of fuel, adding that seven sailors had been detained.
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source: bbc
source: reuters
source: orf
Iraq denies connections to seized oil tanker
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Iraq has denied any connection with the recent oil tanker seized in Iran. The country had nothing to do with ships of this small size, the Iraqi oil ministry said on Sunday evening. Previously, the Iranian state-run news agency IRNA had reported that the stopped ship was the Iraqi tanker Hita.
The tanker is said to have smuggled 700,000 liters of diesel oil into Arab states. Baghdad denied Tehran's allegations that the oil ministry restricted its trade to the export of crude oil and other petroleum products. This trade was conducted in accordance with internationally recognized framework conditions and was subject to the usual controls, a spokesman for the ministry said.
An IRGC spokesman told Fars news agency on Sunday that the seizure had already taken place on 31 July. The owner was not named.
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source: der standard at translate
source: der standard at
source: oilprice

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Politics - Boris Johnson Widens Push for Singapore-Style Free Ports in U.K.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is expanding plans to create free ports in the U.K., which he says will boost the post-Brexit economy.
An advisory panel that will look at setting up as many as 10 such ports will be unveiled Friday by Trade Secretary Liz Truss during a visit to PD Ports Ltd. Teesport in northeastern England, where local Mayor Ben Houchen has championed the concept.
Goods entering free ports are exempt from import taxes and tariffs and often benefit from simplified regulations, helping bring economic success to locations such as Singapore and Hong Kong. Johnson says membership in the European Union has held Britain back from setting up free ports. He has previously called for about six such zones to be established.
Port of Tyne, Milford Haven and London Gateway have also expressed an interest in the bidding process, according to the government.
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source: bloomberg

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Turkey Warns Cyprus of Repeat of 1974 Invasion
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Friday reportedly warned that Turkey and its armed forces are ready to do “what is necessary” to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots.
“The Turkish Armed Forces, like 45 years ago when they carried out the ‘peace operation’ (1974 invasion), are close to the Turkish Cypriots and are determined to defend their rights and interests,” he stated.
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source: greek reporter

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Protests, General Strike Bring Hong Kong to a Standstill
Even as disruptions reached the work week, Chief Executive Carrie Lam vows to remain in office.
A general strike in Hong Kong descended into citywide mayhem Monday as defiant protesters started fires outside police stations and hurled bricks and eggs at officers. After disrupting traffic early in the day, they filled public parks and squares in several districts, refusing to disperse even as police repeatedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets from above.
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source: the diplomat

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The Modi Government Scraps Kashmir's Special Status: What Now?
Modi alters the Kashmir dynamic.
After weeks and days of intense speculation about the situation in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Modi government finally revealed its cards and in one fell swoop fundamentally transformed India’s relationship with the state. Home Minister Amit Shah announced in the Parliament the scrapping of Article 370, which exempted Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian Constitution (except Article 1 and Article 370 itself) and permitted the state to draft its own Constitution. The state will now be bifurcated into two Union Territories — Ladakh without a legislature, and Jammu and Kashmir with a legislature. While the government received support in the Parliament from parties like the BSP, AAP, BJD, and YSRCP, its ally the JD(U) walked out of the House in opposition to the move. Predictably, political leaders from the state called the move “unconstitutional” and warned of dangerous consequences.
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source: the diplomat
Modi-fying Kashmir: Unpacking India’s Historic Decision to Revoke Kashmir’s Autonomy
What are the likely short- and long-term effects of the Modi government’s decision?
In a dramatic move, India’s Narendra Modi-led government revoked the special status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) emanating from a constitutional provision, and tabled a bill in the Indian parliament that would split it into two Union Territories: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), and Ladakh. These decisions capped days of high drama in India-administered Kashmir, which saw tens of thousands of additional paramilitary personnel deployed and communications cut off there. Last night, senior mainstream Kashmiri politicians were put under house arrest in the middle of the night.
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source: the diplomat

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NEWS - Migration more worrying than climate change for Europeans: survey
While climate change is growing in the public consciousness, migration is still the major issue for more EU citizens, according to the results of the European Commission's biannual Eurobarometer public opinion survey.
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source: dw

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So again when employers' organizations talk about the need for migration or a shortage of skilled employers they mean something different. They want to avoid higher wages as well as the necessity and the associated costs of education, training and investments. However they are depriving the countries of origin of their resources in the form of skilled employers. And to lure trained workers from low-wage and developing countries should not be represented by leftists.
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III. Translated News in English

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Iran Conflicts - Green leader can imagine (would support) European mission in the Persian Gulf
- Europe must become "capable of world politics," said Habeck of the Passauer Neue Presse .
- A participation under the command of the USA excluded the Green chairman.
- The US has been trying for weeks to get support for its military mission to protect merchant ships in the Persian Gulf.
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source: sz translate
source: sz
source: faz

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AfD main victim of political violence
Berlin: (hib / HLE) Political violence against parties in Germany is directed mostly against elected officials and institutions of the AfD. This is based on a response from the Federal Government ( 19/10403 ) to a small request from the AFD Group ( 19/9862 ). Subsequently, 217 crimes were reported in the first quarter of 2019 against representatives or elected representatives of political parties. 114 of these were committed against members or elected representatives of the AfD. Twenty-one offenses included SPD representatives or mandates, 19 Greens, 16 Union parties, and nine left-wing politicians. Four offenses could be assigned to representatives or elected representatives of other parties.
In the first quarter of 2019, according to the Federal Government, 103 criminal offenses were also reported, which were assigned to the sub-target party buildings. Of these, 41 crimes involved AfD facilities. Fourteen offenses concerned institutions of the Union parties, 13 SPD agencies, ten Greens, nine left-wing and four other parties.
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source: bundestag translate
source: bundestag
ref:
Me Ne Frego

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Islamic Center: beating women is last resort (allowed)
A Muslim community in Munich has triggered protests with recommendations on how to deal with husband and wife in marriage.
The website of the Islamic Center of Munich (IZM) states in the chapter "Woman and Family in Islam", citing a Qur'anic verse, that as a last resort, in the case of marital difficulties, beating the woman is an option. The husband must adhere to three steps: "exhortation, separation in the marriage bed and beating". However, according to the Scholars, the beating is "more of a symbolic character". The Bayerischer Rundfunk had first reported on it over the weekend.
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source: welt translate
source: welt
source: br
source: focus

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KERSTIN ANDREAE: Green politician joins the energy association BDEW
In times of climate protection and the energy transition, the energy industry is upgrading ecologically: in the future, a member of the Greens will be heading the business of Germany's largest energy industry association.
Greens politician Kerstin Andreae is to become the new chairman of the General Management of the Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry (BDEW). "The Bureau of the Federal Association of Energy and Water (BDEW) has unanimously decided to BDEW Executive Committee Kerstin Andreae, economic policy spokeswoman for the Bundestag faction of Alliance 90 / The Greens, to propose as the new chairman of the BDEW executive board," said the association on Monday With. It should follow soon as possible on Stefan Kapferer (FDP), which goes to the network operator 50 Hertz. Andreae herself did not want to comment on request.
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source: faz translate
source: faz
source: spiegel

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Descent continues - SPD falls to record low
In the polls of the past few days, the SPD was 13 percent. Already these numbers should have triggered no cheering in the party headquarters. However, the new figures in the Insa trend are alarming.
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source: welt translate
source: welt

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Work in Germany - The Law on Employment Immigration leaches out the Balkans
The federal government wants to recruit more specialists from Eastern Europe - soon a law facilitates migration. But what helps here, damages there.
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Economically, too, the balance of emigration is mixed. The rising demand for the barren labor force is allowing the still very low wage level to rise gradually. At the same time, however, the Western Balkans are threatening to lose attractiveness due to the shrinking of its labor potential for foreign investors. On the one hand, the bloodletting lowers unemployment rates, while at the same time the diaspora's foreign currency transfers are returning home. On the other hand, it is often by no means unemployed, but busy professionals who go first. Their emigration causes increasing bottlenecks in the labor markets. In addition, emigration is also increasing the trend towards falling birth rates and aging. Because it is usually younger professionals and their families who go, and the retirees who stay.
source: tagesspiegel translate
source: tagesspiegel
ref:
[Economics] The Economic Slant in Germanys New Migration Laws , ...
So again when employers' organizations talk about the need for migration or a shortage of skilled employers they mean something different. They want to avoid higher wages as well as the necessity and the associated costs of education, training and investments. However they are depriving the countries of origin of their resources in the form of skilled employers. And to lure trained workers from low-wage and developing countries should not be represented by leftists.
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"Free ride only for the rich" prohibition idea of ??the Greens makes for giant Zoff
The Berlin Left and the SPD do not believe in proclaiming a "Zero Emission Zone" within the S-Bahn ring from 2030, into which only electric cars can enter. The plan had decided the Berlin Greens on Friday at their summer meeting in Prague. But the coalition partners in the red-red-green coalition reject the proposal: The Left fears a "massive social problem" and does not want a "free ride only for empires in the city center," said Kristian Ronneburg, spokesman for the party's transport policy to the KURIER , "In a Zero Emission Zone, only those who can afford an expensive e-car could drive," continued Ronneburg. "Either the ban applies to all or none." E-cars are also locally emission-free, but not in the production and power supply.
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The Berlin Greens have decided on their three-day summer meeting in Prague a paper entitled "Berlin Climate Protection: Today courageous - out of responsibility for tomorrow". Among other things, they are calling for a complete ban on combustion engine cars in the area around the S-Bahn Ring until 2030. They also want to charge a congestion charge for the area as quickly as possible - in other words, a fee for driving into the city center. Also this idea are skeptical of the left and the SPD.
source: berliner-kurier translate
source: berliner-kurier

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Union has 2 million members - Verdi boss calls for participation in "Friday's Future" demos
Verdi boss Frank Bsirske wants to call the two million members of the union to participate in the climate strike of the movement "Fridays for Future".
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source: focus translate
source: focus
source: waz
ref:
[Dossier] Fridays for Future and Greta Thunberg

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Ibiza affair : the backer of the Ibiza affair was apparently temporarily informant
Julian H. plays a central role in the video that was used to trick two FPÖ politicians. Now he has admitted that he used to work for a public authority.
One of the key figures in the so-called Ibiza affair has, according to their own information, temporarily worked undercover for a security agency. According to Welt, the Austrian Julian H. confirms in an affidavit that he has carried out an operation "for an authority" in which he was sentenced in 2015 to a "partial prison sentence". In the approximately seven-hour video, which was taken in July 2017 in a villa in Ibiza , Julian H. appears as a supposed adviser to a supposed Russian-born oligarchy niece.
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source: zeit translate
source: zeit
source: welt
ref:
Ibizagate

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Expensive - Department of Defense Ministry spent 155 million euros for consultants
The sum is almost as high as for all other ministries together: 155 million euros spent the defense department in the first half of the year for consultants. The advantage over the runner-up is enormous.
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source: spiegel translate
source: spiegel
source: welt
source: faz
source: tagesspiegel
source: tagesschau
source: sz stern

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Downturn in the labor market? Additions to unemployment rise
The job market seems to be weakening: In the past twelve months, the statistics of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) have again recorded more inflows into unemployment from former employees.
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source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt translate
source: o-ton-arbeitsmarkt

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Holidays since a few days in the province of Brandenburg. The woods, the lakes, it's so beautiful, but there are still almost only whites here and hardly anyone wonders why. In the villages hang AfD-posters, which read: complete the turn. Become a civil rights activist. And

Christian Bangel

Father. Political author @zeitonline. Born in Frankfurt (Oder)

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