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  • Thousands demonstrated against Corona measures in the east on Monday (Germany)

    12/20/2021 7:01:14 PM PST · by Nextrush · 8 replies
    Berliner Zeitung ^ | 12/20/2021 | KMI/DPA/AFP
    Rostock-In several cities, people protested against the federal government's corona policy on Monday evening. According to the police, up to 10,000 demonstrators gathered in Rostock to protest against corona measures and mandatory vaccination. At first there was no demonstration. Several hundred people came together on the market square and asked Mayor Claus Rueh Madsen (non-party) to show up. It was unclear whether he was in the town hall at all. Later, up to 10,000 demonstrators at the city harbor moved back into the city center. The police announced through loudspeaker announcements that this was an unauthorized event. There were minor...
  • 64-year-old tub of lard found in Germany -- still edible

    02/01/2012 4:54:40 PM PST · by Kartographer · 78 replies
    A German pensioner who had kept a tub of lard in his cupboard for 64 years, took it to authorities who pronounced it very much fit for consumption -- if a little tasteless. Retired chemist Hans Feldmeier, 87, told AFP he had received the pig fat as a student in 1948 near the northern city of Rostock as part of the post-war US aid programme.