Complaints from outside are always passed on to those responsible. But now someone from the system is complaining: Alexander Egger most recently ran the Münchner Stubn Oktoberfest chicken roastery, a small tent. Instead of accepting the commitment for 2026, he went to court. He is calling for a Europe-wide tender for two large tents.
The city rejects the demand, my colleagues report. The legal dispute could “open the floodgates for Guinness, Kölsch and Co.”, warns the Association of Oktoberfest Innkeepers. Apparently this is a real horror scenario.
“The festival hosts are applauded by the guests and see themselves as guarantors of the success of the Oktoberfest,” describes my colleague Maria Marquart. "Their mantra: Only those who have known the business for years can lead a tent through the 16 days of emergency." The anger is now all the greater that a former colleague has dared to legally question this well-established machinery.
“Armaments” as “aids” in future “remigration and deportation offensives”: This is what Ulrich Siegmund from the AfD says he is thinking about after his election victory in Saxony-Anhalt. Therefore, one should not generally demonize military equipment production.
My colleague Peter Maxwill analyzes that the statement is not only constitutionally problematic, but also part of a strategy to shift the discourse. "It could also have political consequences: If the snubbed BSW turns away from the AfD completely, Siegmund might find itself without a majority source - intentionally or unintentionally," Peter told me. “Then it would be completely unpredictable what would happen next in Saxony-Anhalt.”
The civil war in Yemen has destroyed the livelihoods of millions of people in recent years. Now it could also have dramatic consequences for the global economy: The Houthi militias allied with Iran have captured a strategically important island in the Bab al-Mandab Strait off the coast of Yemen.
A look at the world map shows why this is so explosive: Iran has largely brought shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to a standstill. The most important alternative route runs through the strait off Yemen - on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula. She is now coming under pressure from the attacks.
This is actually intended to compensate for at least some of the outages on the Strait of Hormuz. The port city of Mokha on the strait is also being fought over, reports my colleague Susanne Koelbl. »Whoever controls Mokha has important military access to the Yemeni coast. From there, the Houthis could oversee – and threaten – shipping traffic, oil tankers and supply lines,” she writes.
The militia is fighting in Yemen against the troops of the country's internationally recognized government. Tehran supports them with weapons, technology and money.
May the likes always be in her favor: The actress and Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, 36, is now officially on Instagram. Within just a few hours she had already gained more than three million followers there. In a first video, however, Lawrence jokingly announced that he would immediately withdraw if users wrote something negative about her. That apparently worked, as comments show. There you are encouraged to be nice towards the star. “Guys,” wrote one user. “Don’t screw this up.”
