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Apr52021 by adminNo Comments

Pep Guardiola says Borussia Dortmund ‘pay a lot of money’ to agents ahead of Manchester City’s Champions League clash with German club

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Pep Guardiola has suggested Borussia Dortmund sign some of the most talented youngsters in the game by making big payments to agents. The Manchester City boss praised the quality of the Dortmund squad but made a pointed remark about the way the German club secure their players. Getty Images - Getty Guardiola is a fan of Dortmund’s squad and made an interesting comment about how they recruit their players before City’s clash with the German club Dortmund have landed many of Europe’s most sought-after prospects in recent times, including Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho, who came through City’s academy. Speaking ahead of the Champions League quarter-final first leg clash with Dortmund at the Etihad on Tuesday, Guardiola said: “If any one pe...

Mar222021 by adminNo Comments

Teachers lament ‘chaotic’ virus rules in German schools

Health

BERLIN -- Under pressure to ease Germany's virus restrictions, officials last month agreed to gradually reopen schools. Confirmed COVID-19 cases started climbing again, leading some states to backtrack while others pressed on and insisted that in-class teaching must be the rule.Caught in the middle are students, parents and teachers such as Michael Gromotka, whose plans to teach art to his year 7 to 9 students were upended last week when the state of Berlin nixed their return to school after months of remote learning.“It was all very chaotic," Gromotka said. "We got less than a week’s notice.”Gromotka, who is married to a fellow teacher and has a child in primary school, says the back and forth reflects the absence of a coherent strategy in Germany for how to safely keep schools open.Autho...

Jan142021 by adminNo Comments

German economy shrank 5% in pandemic year 2020

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The German economy shrank by 5% in the pandemic year 2020ByThe Associated PressJanuary 14, 2021, 9:49 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleFRANKFURT, Germany -- The German economy shrank by 5% in the pandemic year 2020, bringing to an end a decade of growth as lockdowns wiped out much business and consumer activity.The pandemic downturn was smaller than that experienced during 2009, when the economy shrank by 5.7%The state statistics office Destatis said Thursday that only the construction sector showed an upturn as industry and services saw deep declines. Agriculture, financial services, real estate and information and communication suffered smaller declines.Industry fell 9.7% while services including cultural and sporting events, which have suffered widespread...

Nov292020 by adminNo Comments

German Entomological Institute names Danish mayfly Insect of the Year

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Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The Danish mayfly has been named 2021's Insect of the Year. A board of trustees established by the German Entomological Institute has named an Insect of the Year every year since 1999, with the aim of honoring an insect species that deserves greater fame for its rarity, its ecological value, aesthetic value -- or even its "ordinariness." Advertisement "The Insect of the Year is intended to bring an exemplary species (and insects in general) closer to people," said an announcement from the institute. According to the institute, the Danish mayfly is distinguished by its life cycle: while mayflies famously live just a few days once they reach maturity, their larvae take one to three years to fully develop. During that time, they repeatedly shed their skin and develop visible...

Nov262020 by adminNo Comments

Jurgen Klopp out? Liverpool fan quizzed on possible sacking as he rants about German boss taking Reds BACKWARDS

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One frustrated Liverpool fan sensationally claimed Jurgen Klopp has progressed the club as far as he can – with the German now taking the Reds backwards! The Merseysiders are hurting at the moment with a number of key players missing through injury, including three of their usual back four. Getty Images - Getty Jurgen Klopp has been Liverpool manager since 2015 – do fans think his time is nearing an end? Liverpool were beaten 2-0 by Atalanta in the Champions League on Wednesday evening as they dropped their points of the group stage. It was just their second defeat all season, with the other being a 7-2 drubbing by Aston Villa, but one fan called into talkSPORT last night to voice his gripes. David the Liverpool fan told the Sports Bar: “I think we h...