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The history of the travel group Thomas Cook
The world’s oldest travel group, Thomas Cook, with its German subsidiaries, Condor, Neckermann, Öger Tours, Bucher is broke. A chronicle of the turbulent history of Thomas Cook. 1841 – The Australian-born founder of the company, Thomas Cook arranged for 500 travellers in England, a train journey from Leicester to Loughborough for a meeting of the…
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Thomas Cook – of the history of travel
The Bankruptcy of the travel group Thomas Cook marks the end of the mass tourism. But it is a warning sign, such as tourism, researchers from the Hasso Spode thinks, and how the view in the history of travel suggests. Kilometers-long traffic jams on the highways and endless queues in front of the departure of…
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Thomas-Cook-Broke: “Brexit was just a nail in the coffin”
The oldest travel provider Thomas Cook stands in front of the From. Tourism expert Torsten Kirstges explains in an Interview in DW, of how it came about and how the bankruptcy will affect the industry. DW: With the UK travel provider Thomas Cook has taken one of the Big players in the industry – more…
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Sebastian Vettel in the battle with Charles Leclerc with an exclamation mark
Sebastian Vettel drives during the formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix in an error-free race and is the answer to the criticisms of the past few days. Vettel shines, Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc annoyed. As the first sounds of the German national anthem could be heard, began to Shine in the eyes of Sebastian Vettel, but…
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The Church, the women, the
Ask the power question. Before the fall of the German meeting of bishops to protest Catholic women loudly. The impatience grows. And the bishops get pressure from the base and from Rome. You do not let go. At the start of the plenary Assembly of the Catholic German bishops Catholic women want to protest again.…
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Tour operator Thomas Cook is broke
The British travel group has ceased operation. All flights were cancelled. Now hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers are threatening to be stranded. Tourists have been reporting of dramatic scenes in Hotels. The aircraft of the British tour operator, stay on the ground The oldest tourism group in the world has no money and is forced…
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New York-in a sign of climate protection
Prior to the UN climate summit, young activists in New York took to the streets and met at their own climate conference. Their message to the politicians, who come together on Monday: We already have a climate crisis! US President, Donald Trump took only two and a half years, dozens of environmental protection regulations, collect…
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Sebastian Vettel in the battle with Charles Leclerc exclamation mark
Sebastian Vettel makes formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix in an error-free race and is the answer to the criticisms of the past few days. Vettel shines, Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc annoyed. As the first sounds of the German national anthem could be heard, began to Shine in the eyes of Sebastian Vettel, but a little…
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Bruce “The Boss” is Springsteen 70
Bruce Springsteen is a mirror image of the American spirit. He is one of the best stadium in musicians of all time. With his E Street Band, and he has shown in the 1970s and 1980s, what is more honest Rock. Plaid shirt, tight Jeans, Cowboy Boots. The E-guitar in the muscular arms, sings Bruce…
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Barbara Kruger with the Emperor ring 2019 excellent
The US-American conceptual artist Barbara Kruger has been awarded the prestigious Kaiser ring of the city of Goslar. The undoped art prize is regarded as one of the world’s most important awards for contemporary art. The 74-Year-old accepted the award in the historic Kaiserpfalz Kruger looking for more than 40 years in large format paintings,…
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The East has 75 percent of the West German economic power
Good news or “adulation”? A new report on the state of German unity provides a contradiction, even before it is published. The paper lists progress – but it also contains alarming Figures. Tons of heavy engine component: work to a Stator in the Pamo-repair plant in Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt (archive image) The economic power of…
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Formula 1: Leclerc holt Pole in Singapore
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc will start in the night race in Singapore on Sunday from the first row. The 21-year-old sovereign of Monaco drove the fastest lap on the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton had to settle for the Mercedes place. Third-fastest Sebastian Vettel was in the second Ferrari. Last Leclerc had…
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Leipzig wins for the first Time in Bremen
Leipzig is shown in the case of “fear enemies” of Bremen ripped off and celebrates the next victory in the Bundesliga. The Team of Julian nail man shows that it is on the way to the top team and reclaim the lead in the table. Bremen – Leipzig 0:3 (0:2) ————- Leipzig take back to…
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Economy is the climate package is critical
Mostly critical reactions of the economy to fall on the climate decisions of the Federal government. However, depending on the industry, there is also praise for the measures to be taken by the Union and the SPD. The decisions of the Federal government to protect the climate have caused in the economy and leading economic…
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League and co. from China: Illegal TV Streaming continues to boom
Pay a lot of money to see the latest movies, series or football games? Many Internet users can stream instead of illegally. Offers there are many – the recent RAID in Europe is expected to change little. The Numbers sound impressive: more Than 200 illegal Server have taken investigators this week by the network. Server…
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The miraculous conversion of the amines Harit
Amines Harit shoots Schalke 04 in the last second to win against Mainz 05. The 22-Year-old has experienced a transformation, you have to trust him even in the club barely supplied. The Moroccan has put his life on the head. Amines Harit was suspended. He danced across the lawn in the Schalke Arena, swung his…
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How is it to malformations in babies?
Within a few weeks, several babies with malformations are in Germany at the hands of the world. Coincidence? Maybe. The child and youth practitioner Fred Zepp explains the possible causes. DW: Within a few weeks, three children with very similar malformations have come in to a clinic in Gelsenkirchen, Germany at, respectively, a Hand to…
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E-cigarettes: consumption booming
The demand in Germany is rising sharply. This year, about 25 percent of give smokers according to current Figures, more for the new Embers, as in the previous year. The dispute about the health consequences holds. This year, the turnover of E is likely to be cigarettes and accessories, an estimated 600 to 650 million…
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Search and rescue – what Germany is planning and why is it so difficult?
Germany is working on an interim solution for the distribution of distress in the Mediterranean sea rescued migrants. So a new beginning for the EU-migration is to be found policy, which is in deep crisis. Behind the current dispute over boat refugees, a much larger dispute, namely, the fixed distribution rates for migrants in the…
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Photo action: What festivals are there in October?
You should celebrate the festivals as they fall. Folk festivals there are in the world. They often have a religious origin or relate to the beginning of a Season. What do you celebrate in October? Send us a photo! The biggest and probably the most famous folk festival in the world, the Oktoberfest is. For…
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Between fascination and children shock: “The shock-headed Peter”
Educational value or a Horror book for kids? The “Struwwelpeter” by Heinrich Hoffmann polarized. Why he is still relevant today, and relevant, exhibition at the Ludwigalerie in Oberhausen. In many cases, The struwwelpeter adapted and parodied:”” The story from the Struwwelpeter The Frankfurt doctor Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894), invented the figure of the shock-headed Peter, in…
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Climate protest: Uganda youth appeals to the world
In Uganda, hundreds of young people and students have participated in the global climate strike. You call upon not only their own government to Act. Your appeal is also made to the industrial countries. Early in the Morning will be tents on the Constitution square in the centre of Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and a stage…
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SISA – Greek fashion drug between myth and taboo
As a Greek Chrystal Meth, the drug Sisa has gained international prominence. For the consumer it doesn’t matter. They are the victims of a taboo society. On Aristotle street in Thessaloniki, the Statue of the former Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios is Venizelos. He is considered the founder of the new Greece: Christian, free, and modern…
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A global climate strike: faces of protest
Of Fridays for the Future’ initiated this week in the world, people on the street. Children as well as workers, taxi drivers, and engineers protest for more climate protection. Who the protesters are? Starting Friday, millions of people around the world want to go on the road. They are part of the one-week global climate…