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HARD, Austria - The company shareholders of Austria's second-largest bicycle manufacturer Simplon Fahrrad GmbH have appointed Stephan Wabnegger as managing director with immediate effect. In a rather surprising move for outsiders, the previous managing director duo, consisting of CEO Stefan Vollbach and COO Thomas Zenker, are resigning from their corporate functions and will leave the company.
"As normal a Christmas as possible," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in November, making the case that it might be possible if Brits followed the rules. But in country after country, the autumn rules didn't do enough. The virus still rages. A new variant, first detected in Britain, appears more transmissible than other coronavirus strains, raising fears that it will spread to other countries. Laszlo Balogh/AP People wearing masks for protection against Covid-19 wait prior to the Christmas Eve Mass in front of St. Stephen Basilica in Budapest, Hungary. Although European Union nati...
With the virus raging, Europeans grudgingly accept the dashed hopes of Christmas Chico Harlan, William Booth, Loveday Morris © Sean Gallup/Getty Images People visit St. Marienkirche, a Protestant church in Berlin, on Christmas Eve. ROME —As Christmas begins, Germany is in lockdown, having shuttered even its mulled-wine stalls and famed winter markets. London, and a growing area beyond, is under Britain's harshest level of restrictions. And Italy, as of Thursday, launched new rules that have returned life to a standstill, with 70,000 police officers fanning out across th...
Corpses turned away from crematorium and taken to warehouse as Covid deaths rise Germany today recorded 962 coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, a sobering new record. With fatalities increasing, the city of Zittau has reached its "organisaitonal limit" for cremations 20:37, 23 DEC 2020 The city of Zittau, in eastern Germany, has witnessed a tripling in the number of deaths in December compared to last year (file picture) (Image: REUTERS) The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, ple...
German crematorium struggles with Covid body backlog Eastern city of Zittau a virus hotspot as nation records a record 962 coronavirus deaths in 24 hour period Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 14:45 The UBS Group AG European Opera Tower (OpernTurm) skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany. Germany reported a record 962 coronavirus deaths in the 24 hours through Wednesday morning, the highest since the start of the pandemic. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Boomberg Germany’s Covid-19 death rate hit a new high of 962 cases on Wednesday as a crematorium sounded the alarm over its growing backlog of bodies. The easte...