As support wanes, Merkel takes message to voters - Deutsche Welle
Friday, October 21, 2016You don't think we've brought terrorism to Germany by letting in asylum seekers?" was one question directed at the chancellor during a campaign appearance in Neustrelitz.
The man went on to express his concerns about Islam's presence in Germany when he sees hate being preached from mosques. "I think the majority of people don't want Islam in Germany."
Merkel couldn't and wouldn't let that stand. She admitted there was an effort underway to win migrants over to Islamic terrorism. "The phenomenon of IS terrorism is not one that came by way of refugees. It is and was here."
Moreover, she said, people living in Germany and other western countries - who were not asylum seekers - had played a part in Islamic terrorism. "Many from here have gone to Syria for training - Muslims and converts born here who are often the most diehard terrorists in the 'IS' cause."
More police, more surveillance
Angela Merkel won't change her stance on migration policy, but domestic security is a different story. The topic "plays a large role given current circumstances," she said in Ribnitz-Damgarten. "There's a big task before us in the years ahead."
The government wants a combination of better equipped security personnel and enhanced powers to counter increased threats. "More people plus more ways to intervene," Merkel said.
Merkel in Neustrelitz with her party's state parliament candidates, Vincent Kokert (l) and Lorenz Caffier
"With social media, citizens have more abilities than law enforcement," she said. This can't continue, she said. Merkel expressed her support for more video surveillance in public places, possibly to be combined with facial recognition software to track down wanted terrorists and criminals.
"We are doing everything humanly possible to assure your security," she said. "Where there are holes, we need to go back and consider new types of security."
Together in music
Whether such proclamations are enough to bring the CDU the votes it needs won't be known for another two weeks. "It's extremely important for those who want to make constructive progress that they are well positioned on election day on September 4," Merkel said in support of her party's candidates for the state parliament, and encouraged those in attendance to pass on her message.
At the conclusion of the event in Ribnitz-Damgarten, a choir sang in praise of Mecklenburg. Merkel sang along loudly, holding back her party colleague, Christian Ehlers, from interrupting the choir by speaking again. The onlookers in the market square applauded and, at least in that moment, Merkel was one of them.
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Three women under investigation after Chinese lantern causes deadly blaze in German zoo - Calgary Herald
Sunday, January 26, 2020WDR.Department store chain Real said on Thursday that it would stop selling the lanterns, which are still permitted in the northern, coastal region of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Germany’s HANF FARM relocates to historically organic lands - HempToday
Tuesday, August 20, 2019Share this:Leading European agri-business and food producer HANF FARM GmbH has relocated its headquarters and is now operating out of a 25,000 sq. m complex near the village of Melz in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northeast Germany. The company was previously headquartered in Berlin.“We now find ourselves in a situation in which demand, production capacity and acreage are all positively dependent on each other,” CEO Rafael Dulon said of the move. “We’re much better set up now to play our part in the broader sustainable regional economy,” Dulon said of the company’s philosophy.Dulon said the area around Melz has a high concentration of biologically certified organic agricultural land. “Many of these areas have a long history in organic farming and are therefore particularly suitable for hemp cultivation,” he said.Space for greenhousesThe relocation gives HANF FARM 3,000 square meters of production halls at the highest technical and hygienic levels, and provides better production and storage conditions, Dulon said. More importantly, the overall complex offers plenty of space for production in on-site greenhouses, he noted.“We put a lot of energy into the development of ge...https://hemptoday.net/hanf-farm-relocates/
German Chancellor Angela Merkel On Hand as Crystal Lays Keel for New 'Expedition Yacht' Cruise Ship - Cruise Critic
Sunday, March 3, 2019Hanseatic City of Stralsund and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Other attendees at the ceremony included Ministry of Economic Affairs Harry Glawe, Stralsund's mayor Dr. Alexander Badrow, and MV Werften CEO and president Peter Fetten. Crystal Endeavor, a Polar Class 6 ship, will feature 100 balcony suites, all with private butler service, walk-in closets and spa-style bathrooms with dual vanities, anti-fog mirrors and rain showerheads; a large spa; and six fine dining restaurants. Its Polar Class 6 rating will enable it to operate in summer, and autumn through medium first-year ice, giving it a longer season in arctic regions. The ship will begin its inaugural season August 2020 with a 17-day Russia Far East cruise departing roundtrip from Hong Kong. It will then sail a series of cruises around Japan, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand before heading south to Antarctica in January 2021. --By Dori Saltzman, Senior Editor ...https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8823
Couple break with pace 214, on Federal road in order to catch a holiday flight - The Crypto Coin Discovery
Sunday, March 3, 2019An ambulance took him to a hospital, where a blood sample. The police secured the license and launched a criminal case.
Rostock: Baby skeleton in the flower pot found
In Rostock (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) has found the police in the case of a 27-year-old woman is the skeleton of a newborn baby in a flower pot. When the Baby died and what was the exact cause of death is yet determined, said the spokesman for the Rostock office of the public Prosecutor, Harald Nowack, on Wednesday. So far there is no evidence of a homicide.
The investigators had received a note from a loved one that the woman kept a dead-born child in her apartment. The apartment in a multi family home was at 16. February searches. In an earth filled flower pot, officials found a small skeleton. Forensic scientists have found out that it is the bone of a newborn baby.
With the help of DNA analysis is to be determined details. Unclear age, gender, and cause of death of the child and how the bones came to be in the vessel. In search of the absent tenant had reported in the meantime, a lawyer at the police. You have made no data.
Iserlohn: 26-Year-old dies after punch
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