Planes grounded, buses and subways in depots: the general strike largely paralyzed greece. Tens of thousands protested in athens and other cities against the government’s new austerity package. Greeks to save around 13.5 billion euros by 2014. Protests will continue on wednesday.

Parliament is scheduled to vote on the controversial austerity program late wednesday evening. Many dissenters are expected. The opposition protested because the austerity package is to be discussed in a fast-track procedure. The deputies did not have time to read through the more than 300 pages on this, it hewed.

After that, the EU commission wants to put an end to the regular price requirements from brussels – and get providers to voluntarily waive roaming charges. "We must put an end to roaming [charges], not just lower the price," said eu internet commissioner neelie kroes

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According to a survey, the vast majority of employees in germany are satisfied with their work. Around 88 percent of dependent employees were satisfied or very satisfied in 2015, according to a study published on monday by the institute of the german economy (IW) in colonia. On average, 86 percent in the EU found their working conditions good or very good, two percent more than in 2010.

The figures were first reported by the "rheinische post" in dusseldorf (monday) reports. The kolner institute, which has close ties to employers, analyzed data from the "european working conditions survey" for the study the eu agency eurofond (european foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions) from. For the study, 43 companies were surveyed in 35 european countries.850 employed people were surveyed, including 1.600 dependent employees in germany.

The burger foundation "live + pass on" established in 2004 has made it his task to "challenge and secure" the evangelical life in the all-church community of coburg. This is what the statutes say, and this is what was taken to heart during this year’s deletion of the foundation’s charter. At just under 8,000 euros, the total amount of excavation work was higher than ever before, as the company’s chairman thomas radermacher emphasized. A total of seven projects are supported.

St. Michael in the neustadt district of fechheim is the youngest member of the coburg all-church congregation and can therefore also benefit from debris from the burger foundation. 2500 euros for the restoration of the historical paintings on the church ceiling. With this grant, almost 90 percent of the required donation funds have now been reached, as andrea kessel from the church board reported. The hope is that the renovation will be completed by summer 2022.

The german soccer association has to pay back taxes of 19.2 million euros in the world cup affair. The association announced this on friday.

The frankfurt am main tax office served the DFB with a revised tax assessment for 2006 on wednesday and also wants to revoke its charitable status for the world cup year. However, the DFB’s top management has announced that it will appeal this decision. "We will of course do our duty and pay first, but we will appeal and in case of doubt we will sue because we assume that the expenditure that has been made is an operating expense," DFB president reinhard grindel told TV station sky.

Since two days you can apply for the brieahl in your respective municipality of residence and in the (also electronic) mailbox of the city of eltmann it rattles: "yesterday alone 30 citizens applied for brieahl documents", reports christiane ruttinger from the residents' registration office on monday. The city of eltmann, like the city of habfurt for example, has a link on its website to the online form service provider, so that every citizen can order his or her ballot papers at the click of a mouse.

"Not complicated"

"That's not complicated", ruttinger says you only need the number of your electoral district and your voter number – both are noted on the election notification that has been sent to every eligible voter these days. Whoever applies for a school holiday will receive the election documents from the administration. "That really costs a lot of money", reports christiane ruttinger and is happy to agree with her colleague in the city of habfurt. Thomas ringeisen, for one, preferred to do the whole election process by mail "that would be the easiest for us". In habfurt, the city has sent the election notification to around 10,000 citizens; in eltmann, it has now been sent to around 4,400 eligible voters. Could you send out the documents right away with the election notification, that's it. Money saved. "I stand by that", comments ringeisen dryly. Election workers were still needed for the payment, but not in the polling stations during the daytime.

The gampertbrau brewery in weibenbrunn exudes the charm of the past. Their logo is adorned by a hunter with a woman’s beard, who is pleasantly cheering you on, and the brewery buildings, all built around 1900, are not very modern either.

Managing director christian hofner doesn’t seem to mind. He has to come to terms with the fact that 100 years ago, construction was done differently, which does not correspond at all to today’s requirements. For example, it is literally a feat of strength until the beer crates land in the trucks: they are stored in the cellar of the brewery. There they are stacked with six others to form a tower. Fully automated up to this point, but now it’s getting tiring: an employee transports the crate towers by hand truck. He uses the same one to bring them out again when they are needed, lifting them one by one onto a conveyor belt. From here they are loaded onto a pallet, which in turn lands on a truck or in the warehouse next to the office building. A lot of sweat, little efficiency, the nightmare of every management consultant.