Minister of the Interior Roman Poseck: "With the safety portal, we are succeeding in making Hesse even safer." The "Security Portal Hesse" has been available to citizens in Hesse since the beginning of February 2023. Under the motto "Safe together in Hesse", the...
BDGW: EU restriction of payment transactions through cash limits
The European Parliament and the EU member states have agreed on a significant restriction of payment transactions - cash payments over 10,000 euros are to be banned in the European Union. "We take a critical view of this ban, as it is primarily a massive restriction...
World Economic Forum Launches Global Government Technology Centre in Berlin
The World Economic Forum and the GovTech Campus Deutschland announce the establishment of the Global Government Technology Centre in Berlin (GGTC Berlin). GGTC Berlin will focus on public sector innovation, digital transformation and the application of emerging...
Data protection violations: This is how high fines are paid by Meta, Amazon & Co
The Gisma University of Applied Sciences has analysed the amount of fines that companies have had to pay for data protection violations to date. The highest fines were imposed for offences committed by Meta (formerly Facebook) - the company has already had to pay 7.1...
20th World Anti-Corruption Day: Successfully counteracting corruption
Stübgen: "Corruption is a boundless evil" World Anti-Corruption Day has been celebrated annually since 9 December 2003. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the International Day against Corruption. The aim of this day is to commemorate the United Nations...
Germany: Police Day focussing on “Violence against police officers
Bavaria's Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann opens Police Day focussing on "Violence against police officers": More and more attacks - increased protection measures +++ Bavaria's Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann warns of increasing violence against...
Iranian hacker group spies on companies
Ballistic Bobcat deploys new backdoor "Sponsor" against unpatched networks The highly dangerous hacker group Ballistic Bobcat, which originated in Iran, has been attacking organisations in various industries in several countries since September 2021. The majority of...
Hamburg focuses on innovative solutions in procurement
While the hearing of associations for a new procurement law is still underway, Hamburg is taking further steps to permanently strengthen the innovation orientation of public procurement and to increase the share of procurement from innovations. For this reason,...
Germany: Strike actions in aviation security continue
Today, ver.di continues its strikes at several German airports. It is also to be expected that further airports will be struck next week. "What is happening here has nothing to do with warning strikes. With publicity and in the sense of a membership recruitment...
BITKOM: Energy Efficiency Act endangers data centres in Germany
The Federal Cabinet today adopted a government draft for an Energy Efficiency Act. Among other things, this is to define requirements for data centres. Bitkom President Achim Berg explains: "The draft for the Energy Efficiency Act has a fundamental design flaw: it...