Greens Advance Ahead of CDU in Baden-Württemberg State Election Polls
00 forecasts by ARD and ZDF..On average they are projected at 31.8 percent, followed by the CDU at 29.8 percent. The AfD trails in a smaller gap with an average of 17.8 percent.The SPD is close to the parliamentary threshold with 5.5 percent, while the Left and the FDP, each polling around 4.5 percent, are unlikely to surpass the 5 percent barrier. Other parties together…
March 8, 2026
Bundesliga Highlights: St. Pauli and Frankfurt Draw 0-0 After Action‑Packed Match
In the first Sunday match of the Bundesliga’s 25th round, FC St. Pauli and Eintracht Frankfurt finished level at 0‑0. The game at Millerntor Stadium produced plenty of chances, but neither side found the luck to score. St. Pauli’s defense was particularly solid, successfully neutralising Frankfurt’s attacks. The hosts managed to hit the post twice in the…
March 8, 2026
Kurdish Leader Calls for International Flight Ban Over Iran Amid Planned Ground Troop Deployment
A prominent spokesman for the Iranian‑Kurdish opposition has linked the potential deployment of ground troops in Iran to the establishment of an international no‑fly zone. Reza Kaabi, secretary‑general of Komala-the “Laborers of Kurdistan” in the world-asserted that such a measure is necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from launching air attacks and…
March 8, 2026
KSC Secures Late Draw Against Dresden in 3-3 Thriller
On the final day of the 25th round of the 2. Bundesliga, Karlsruher SC played a 3-3 draw against Dynamo Dresden, despite falling behind on multiple occasions. Dynamo opened the scoring inside the third minute when Niklas Hauptmann found the back of the net, taking advantage of a shaky performance from KSC’s goalkeeper Robin Himmelmann, who was deputising for the…
March 8, 2026
Baden-Württemberg Early Voting Sees 41% Turnout, Up from 31% in 2021
At the state election in Baden-Württemberg, about 41 % of eligible voters had cast their ballots in a polling station by 2 p.m. By comparison, at the same time in the 2021 election turnout was roughly 31 %. The 2 p.m. figures did not include votes from mail‑in ballots. It should also be noted that, five years earlier, fewer people had come to the polling stations because of…
March 8, 2026
Study Finds Growing Number of Women Leading Germany’s Mittelstand
In 2025, women led approximately 16 percent of Germany’s 3.87 million small‑ and medium‑sized enterprises – about 621 000 businesses. The share fell to a low of 14.3 percent in 2024, the lowest since the survey began in 2003, but rose again to 19.7 percent in 2022. While the number of female owners at the very top of companies is slowly climbing, the overall…
March 8, 2026
Bundestag Won’t Let SPD‑Green Set Pace of Pension and Health Reforms
When it comes to the planned pension and health reforms, the German Bundestag does not want its pace dictated by the black‑red government. Parliamentary speaker Julia Klöckner (CDU) told the Monday editions of the Funke Media Group that the parliament will take the time it needs. She recalled that during the heating law in the previous legislative period, lawmakers rushed…
March 8, 2026
EVG Survey Warns of Bahn Staff Exodus Amid Rising Aggression In Trains and Buses
Nearly one in three Deutsche Bahn employees are weighing resignation, according to a recent EVG survey reported by the “Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland”. Over 4,000 staff members were asked why they might leave; a third singled out the escalating sense of insecurity and violence as their main reason. The findings paint a stark picture. Two‑thirds of respondents…
March 8, 2026
Swiss Reject Drastic Cut to Broadcasting Fee in Referendum
Swiss voters rejected a proposal to sharply cut the radio‑and television licence fee. Early estimates from the GfS institute in Bern show that only 38 % of participants voted for the initiative, while 62 % opposed it. The initiative, titled “200 francs is enough” called for the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG) to be limited to an “essential service for…
March 8, 2026
Karin Prien Warns Germany About AI Discrimination
Federal Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU) warns that artificial intelligence can reproduce discrimination. She told newspapers of the Funke Media Group that AI is trained on internet data, inheriting the prejudices it contains. “Responding to this is not just about regulation but also about greater transparency and clear quality standards” she said. Prien cited…
March 8, 2026
Iran’s Expert Council Picks New Supreme Leader After Khamenei’s Sudden Death
The Iranian experts council appears to have elected a successor for the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to the Iranian news agencies Mehr and ISNA on Sunday.It is said that the votes have already been taken and a result has been decided. Now everything hinges on Hosseini Bushehri, head of the secretariat of the experts council, who is responsible for the public…
March 8, 2026
Israel Army Declares All Potential Successors of Iran’s Khamenei Targeted by Military to Avoid Succession Challenges
The Israeli army has declared that any successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, will be regarded as a potential target. In a post written in Farsi, the IDF stated it would pursue anyone who attempts to appoint a new leader, warning participants of the succession meeting that they too could be singled out. Khamenei was killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks on the…
