Search

The retail group Spar has once again filed a complaint with the EU Commission regarding the Hungarian special tax for food retailers, as these tax changes are considered "absurd and a nuisance," and the company is facing significant financial losses. #Sondersteuer #EUKommission #Ungarn (translated)

With Netanyahu, they at least know what they're getting. Daniel expects losses for Netanyahu's party in the upcoming election on October 27: dissatisfaction is high. People live in the north and suffer from rocket fire and explosions – why would they put up with that? Politicians called on people to return and rebuild the north, says Daniel. #Israel #Libanon #Sicherheitsfrage (translated)

Lexa wrote that Donald Trump stated that Ukraine has been militarily defeated; however, this is not reported in the "fake news." For years, media, politicians, and Volodymyr Zelensky have given the impression that Ukraine could win or was very close to doing so. In reality, infrastructure has been destroyed, losses are high, air defense is no longer operational, and the country is dependent on Western billions, while Russia continues to advance, Lexa asserted. The author called for an agreement to end the bloodshed and spending and criticized the war rhetoric coming from Brussels and Kyiv. He advocated for "peace through realism" instead of further escalation and wrote that those who deny reality prolong suffering. #Ukraine #Frieden #Realismus (translated)

"that we have that wrapped up in dry cloths by spring next year" Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) had demanded a new commitment to the agreed reform course before the meeting, despite partly drastic losses for the Union and SPD in the three state elections in September. #Koalitionsausschuss #Reformen #CDU_CSUSPD (translated)

Porsche aims to return to the path of success with a strategy based on faster models, fewer staff, and higher prices, after the company has recorded significant losses due to economic challenges, including a decline in China and high costs for its electric strategy. #Porsche #Luxusautos #Elektromobilität (translated)

Furkan Yildirim wrote that, according to recent reports, SpaceX intends to borrow 40 billion dollars to purchase Nvidia chips. Nvidia itself holds around 123 million SpaceX shares and is simultaneously building a 500-billion-dollar platform with six major financial institutions that offers loans to customers for Nvidia chips and guarantees part of it. Yildirim described this as a circular flow of money. According to the Financial Times, 10 billion dollars of the SpaceX deal should come from bank loans and 30 billion from bonds. Apollo is supposed to lead it, which according to Yildirim is also one of the partners of Nvidia's platform. When SpaceX was looking for investors, they received a two-page memo with space images describing the data centers as being located in an unspecified place in space. An investor reportedly asked, according to the Financial Times, how he should explain that to his investment committee. Yildirim also pointed to skepticism in the bond market: SpaceX sold bonds worth 25 billion dollars in June; the bonds, maturing in 2056, are currently trading at around 85 cents on the dollar and have a risk premium at junk bond levels. SpaceX reported losses of 4.9 billion dollars in 2025 and 4.28 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2026 alone. Nevertheless, the company is officially considered an investment-worthy debtor at the second worst level of this category. According to Yildirim, this classification allows insurers and pension funds to purchase bonds on a larger scale. Apollo's life insurer Athene typically takes a large share in such deals. As further evidence of the development, Yildirim cited information from Goldman Sachs, indicating that by 2026 about 500 billion dollars in AI-related debt had already been taken on. By the end of the year, the bank expects more than 750 billion dollars and nearly 1.2 trillion dollars for 2027. According to the Financial Times, Nvidia also negotiated with insurers at the end of September about the transfer of default risks related to chip loans. Yildirim wrote that the investment boom is increasingly being financed through debt and referred to a detailed video on the topic published the previous day. #SpaceX #Nvidia #Finanzen (translated)

The Ministry of Family under Claudia Bauer (ÖVP) rejects the concept of "mourning time" after a miscarriage proposed by Social Minister Korinna Schumann (SPÖ) and instead demands a staggered maternity leave that also takes losses before the 16th week of pregnancy into account. #Fehlgeburt #Mutterschutz #Trauerzeit (translated)

Nico Lange wrote that Vladimir Putin spoke for 3 hours and 20 minutes during a speech and a moderated stage discussion at the Valdai Forum on October 1, 2026. From his statements, Lange derived five central points of a Russian strategy. According to Lange, Putin portrays Russian aggression as a reaction to Western attacks or provocations. In doing so, he justifies the war of aggression against Ukraine, prepares the population for a prolonged confrontation, and presents Russian escalations as responses. At the same time, in Lange’s estimation, Putin wants a European security order in which Russia can co-determine decisions. This includes, according to the author, a weakening of NATO, especially its eastern flank, political division and economic destabilization of the EU, as well as an expansion of Russian influence in Central and Eastern Europe. Lange wrote that behind Putin's demand for Ukrainian neutrality are the exclusion of NATO and EU membership as well as a Western orientation. Putin also aims for permanent territorial control over large parts of Ukraine and political control over the country. His statements that Ukraine cannot exist independently and is controlled from the outside were interpreted by Lange as an attempt to question its independence and justify Russian influence. According to Lange, Putin also presents a possible Russian escalation, even to the use of nuclear weapons, as a necessary defense. This is intended to deter NATO and European states from a consistent defense of the Baltics and the Baltic Sea region. Lange referred to Kaliningrad, which he described as Europe’s most militarized area, and wrote that a NATO defense could hit air defense, missile sites, and military infrastructure there. Putin depicts the Russian economy as stable and resilient according to Lange, while he does not address the human and economic costs of the war. Lange wrote that Putin sees the economy mainly as a geopolitical pressure tool against Europe, a war resource, and an instrument for maintaining power. Overall, according to Lange, Putin wants to create a European order dominated by Russia, where Ukraine is subjugated and Moscow controls spheres of influence. #Putin #Geopolitik #Ukraine (translated)

The CDU resembles a headless, encircled troop in the field: leaderless, aimless, without hope. The only thing that could help this party is a capable general. A strategist whom the people follow, and who dares to break out of a strategically untenable situation. A general who openly states that such an operation will also entail losses – but the only way is to preserve the remaining substance of the party of Konrad Adenauer. If someone of this caliber does not emerge from the ranks of the Union soon, this party is lost and shares the fate of its people in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as a whole. And that of all its sister parties in Europe. #CDU #Politik #Führung (translated)

Biontech, das nach dem Erfolg seines Corona-Impfstoffs Comirnaty als deutscher Pharmastandort gefeiert wurde, befindet sich nun in einer schweren Krise, da die Nachfrage nach seinen Produkten stark gesunken ist und das Unternehmen massive Verluste verzeichnet sowie drei Produktionsstandorte in Deutschland schließen muss. #Biontech #Pharma #Krebsmedizin

🚨Mehr als 250 russische Soldaten haben sich ergeben. 🇺🇦 Laut dem 3. Armeekorps der Ukraine hat die russische Verteidigung nördlich von Lyman so stark nachgegeben, dass sich mehr als 250 Soldaten in ganzen Einheiten ergeben haben. Brigadegeneral Andrii Biletskyi meldet den Abschluss der dritten „Jahreszeit" von Operation Vivaldi. Nowe, Ridkodub und Kateryniwka sind befreit. Karpiwka und Nowomychajliwka stehen wieder unter ukrainischer Kontrolle. Insgesamt wurden 51 Quadratkilometer zurückgewonnen. Unter den Gefangenen sind laut Korps Offiziere, Piloten und Artilleristen. Die russischen Verluste beziffert das Korps auf 2.000 Mann. Alle Zahlen stammen vom Korps. Eine unabhängige Bestätigung liegt bisher nicht vor. Selenskyj nannte dieselbe Gefangenenzahl. Das Korps will die Gefangenen gegen ukrainische Soldaten in russischer Haft austauschen. Über die erste Phase (85 Quadratkilometer, 15.09.) und die zweite (125 Quadratkilometer insgesamt, 21.09.) wurde hier bereits berichtet. Die dritte gewinnt Nowe durch ein Ablenkungsmanöver. Russland hielt Schandryholowe für den Hauptstoß und verbrauchte seine Reserven in Gegenangriffen. Den Durchbruch bei Nowe erzwangen umgebaute BTR-60 als Kamikaze-Roboter. Piloten und Artilleristen in Gefangenschaft an einem Infanterieabschnitt passen zum Bild einer Armee, der die Infanterie ausgeht. Die russische Rekrutierungskrise wird auf diesem Kanal als eigener Strang verfolgt. Jeder Spezialist, der bei Lyman in Gefangenschaft gerät, fehlt Russland an anderer Stelle. Quellen: Kyiv Independent (28.09.2026), Ukrainska Pravda (28.09.2026), New Voice of Ukraine (28.09.2026), Telegram-Kanäle des 3. Armeekorps und von Selenskyj #Ukraine #Russland #Konflikt

Biontech schließt drei deutsche Standorte. Rund 1.800 Beschäftigte sind von dem tiefgreifenden Umbau betroffen. #Biontech #Pharma #Industrie #Arbeitsplätze Standortabbau: Biontech will die Werke in Tübingen, Marburg und Idar Oberstein schließen, nachdem sich keine Käufer gefunden haben. Rund 1.800 Beschäftigte sind betroffen. Tübingen soll Ende 2027 schließen, Marburg Anfang 2028 und Idar Oberstein Ende 2028. Hohe Verluste: Biontech richtet seinen Schwerpunkt stärker auf die Entwicklung neuer Krebsmedikamente aus und reduziert gleichzeitig Produktionskapazitäten. In den ersten sechs Monaten 2026 entstand ein Verlust von 1,35 Milliarden Euro. Im gleichen Zeitraum des Vorjahres hatte der Verlust noch 802,4 Millionen Euro betragen. Der Abbau von drei deutschen Produktionsstandorten zeigt, wie tiefgreifend der Umbau bei einem der bekanntesten deutschen Pharmaunternehmen inzwischen ausfällt. Vielen Dank für diesen wichtigen Hinweis! Quelle: BILD https://t.co/KOQfHZgDfB #Biontech #Pharma #Arbeitsplätze