By MARCUS KLOECKNER AND JENNIFER H. SVAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 26, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany German law enforcement officials in the state of Rheinland-Pfalz, home to several U.S. military bases, will be looking for violations of coronavirus restrictions and could issue fines for noncompliance Thursday. “Corona Control Day” will include checks to ensure physical distancing and that people are following mask rules, state officials said in a statement Monday.
GACO helps Americans adjust to life in Germany January 22, 2021
New to Germany with lots of questions and you don’t know where to go for answers? There’s an office for that.
The German-American Community Office is a free service for all citizens and residents in the area. It’s designed to help with things like understanding German policies, cultural matters, traffic issues, translation support, recreation information, and more.
The GACO’s bilingual team has answered more than 40,000 customer inquiries over the past 18 years. Most subjects deal with administrative matters such as how and where to obtain an international driver’s license, getting married or retiring in Germany, visa-related issues, assistance with waste management and recycling regulations, and pet importation rules. The office also provides linguistic support to help translate documents, bills, letters and other correspondence for both Americans and Germans.
New coronavirus travel restrictions, curfew announced for thousands of soldiers in Europe
Logenstrasse, near the soccer stadium and train station in Kaiserslautern, Germany, is empty during a curfew imposed because of the coronavirus in the spring of 2020. The streets soon will be devoid of most Americans in the evenings as the Kaiserslautern-based 21st Theater Sustainment Command has imposed a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew on personnel and family members, starting Jan. 4, 2021.
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By KARIN ZEITVOGEL | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 17, 2020
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