"Time is running out, and a decision must certainly be made slowly. At the moment, I don’t expect to see NHL players on the ice at the olympics," sturm told the newspaper "augsburger allgemeine" in an interview.

He regrets it, but "on the other hand, it’s a tough blow for the clubs when one of their players tests positive for the corona virus in beijing," said the current assistant coach of the los angeles kings. And this was not only going to affect the NHL clubs, but the DEL clubs as well. "You also have to remember that the winter olympics go on until the end of february," said the 43-year-old, "that is, until the hectic phase of the season with the playoffs and K.O.-duels.

"Anything is possible"

The german national ice hockey team no longer has to fear the top nations. "No matter if it’s a russian or canadian team, i don’t see anyone who is clearly better than us," stressed sturm. "Especially without the NHL-players everything would have been possible at such a tournament again."

Already in 2018, the NHL did not interrupt its season during the winter games in pyeongchang/south korea. Without the world’s best players, national coach sturm’s german team stood up to most of the top nations and sensationally won the silver medal. That is to this day the greatest german ice hockey success ever.

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The start was spectacular. The croatian city of rijeka kicked off its new harbor with a spectacular "opera industriale" featuring dancing cranes, a punk orchestra and rough choruses in the harbor basin on january 1, 2010. February into the european capital of culture year.

The ambitions were high. The artistic treatment of the themes of water, work and migration, which have characterized the town for centuries, was intended to provide inspiration for the post-industrial age.

But then the coronavirus broke out. For weeks lockdowns paralyzed europe. To the capital of culture motto "port of diversity" rijeka added another one: "in times of the new abnormal". Ivan sarar, head of the rijeka 2020 capital of culture agency and cultural director of the city of 130,000 inhabitants, says at the halay point of the year: "we now have to make do with half of the planned budget."

The former punk musician from the underground scene of old yugoslavia had to cut down the program of originally 300 projects and 600 events a lot. "We canceled all rough music and theater productions," he explains during the interview with the german press agency in the city hall of rijeka. "We cut out everything elitist and super-expensive. Many people lost their jobs and fell into existential distress – holding on to this had been seen as pratentios."

The major infrastructure projects, on the other hand, are not in question. They are, with mabgeblich EU assistance, already in the stage of the realization. On the site of the old sugar factory, the new museum district is being built, with a new city library and an interactive museum for children. A major international exhibition entitled "the luminous sea" is scheduled to open on 13. August open.

German curator inke arns is putting together an avant-garde show in the port warehouses that traces the invisible economic structures – such as undersea oil claims, maritime tax havens and extraterritorial start-ups – for which the oceans act as a global medium.

Program maker sarar also emphasizes that the many civil projects involving the people of rijeka and the surrounding area will continue. "These communities are important to us," he says. One of these initiatives was launched during the last weekend of june. Burger initiatives took possession of a part of the picturesque gorge in the hartera district. A few minutes walk from the city center, abandoned factories and warehouses line the banks of the river rjecina. The initiatives want to create spaces that can be used collectively; radio producers, musicians, skaters and beekeepers are among the participants. The project is supported by the goethe institute in zagreb and the berlin center for art and urbanism (ZK/U).

Mayor vojko obersnel also takes part in the citizens’ forum on the first evening. He is enthusiastic and promises: "hartera has its place in the city’s development plans."Matthias muller-wieferig, director of the zagreb goethe institute, is also satisfied: "here, citizens are encouraged to explore the hidden spaces of their city."

In the cultural capital of galway on the rugged west coast of ireland, the program has also had to be cut back – and not just because of the pandemic. Heavy storms and rain had already made life difficult for the organizers, and the first events had to be canceled during the opening week of the event.

Originally, creative director helen marriage had even advertised the unfavorable weather: "galway is like barcelona with rain, because here it rains 240 days a year."It’s a wild place at the end of europe with a view of the atlantic. The wind will howl at the opening and it will rain, said marriage. This is how it was.

But the pandemic put all this in the shade. About 150 projects with more than 2000 events on the themes of language, landscape and migration were planned in ireland. Most of the offers have been cancelled. The government now supports the revision of the program. What events are allowed despite the corona crisis will then be shown from september 2020 to march 2021, roisin birch of the galway organizing team told the german press agency.

The former fishing village of galway is best known for traditional irish music and its pubs. Cosmopolitanism and cultural diversity usually attract many students and tourists to the city, which has 80,000 inhabitants. Press spokesman fintan maher hopes that about 30 projects can still be saved this way. Easy to solve problem with films and theater pieces; they are now shown online. A gigantic light installation in the connemara mountains by the finnish artist kari kola, which was supposed to attract 20,000 visitors over four nights, was canceled. "Fortunately, we were able to capture the event during the rehearsal and present it as a digital work of art."Hundreds of thousands of people have viewed "savage beauty.

The european capital of culture is an initiative of the european union. Every year two cities are nominated, usually one from the old EU countries and one from the new ones. In germany, essen was the last european capital of culture with the ruhr region (2010).

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Passers-by in the city center of ebern were confronted with an unusual sight on saturday in the late afternoon. A convoy that is seldom seen: in front the team transporter of the volunteer fire department of ebern, behind it twelve firefighters in full protective gear with donned breathing apparatus, jogging – and with noticeable strain on their faces.

"After the firefighter-run in waldkirch near freiburg, for which we had been training the last months, was finally cancelled because of the corona-pandemic, the de-exchange was of course rough", according to marcel leibold, responsible for service sports at the ebern floriansjungern. The run, which will take place on 10. The five-kilometer race, which took place in the breisgau region of germany on october, would have been the highlight for the running group, which had repeatedly been in "full assembly" in the past weeks on its training circuit between ebern and rentweinsdorf was on the move.

An alternative was needed

After this was cancelled due to local corona restrictions, the ebern group quickly agreed that they still wanted to do the run. Just at home and in a small circle. "Our mannerists have earned the run by their long training. As the person in charge, nothing better can happen when you can fall back on a top-fit team in the event of an alarm", second commander nico sonnefeld said.

The route through the city was therefore deliberately chosen to highlight the efforts involved in firefighting "and to show the people that we are there for our city", first commandant david pfeufer, who ordered the run in the context of the service sport, joins in.

Highest respect for the physical achievement also pays district fire inspector thomas habermann from unterpreppach, who praised his comrades at the finish also in the name of the district fire inspection habberge for their exemplary service attitude and their fitness.

Arrived at the finish line, the effort was written on the faces of all runners. In addition to the normal physical exertion of a fast five-kilometer run, the additional effort required for protective clothing, helmet and respiratory protection equipment adds to the strain. "Jacket and pants, which are designed to withstand temperatures of up to 800 degrees in the event of a fire, do their part, as does the total of 17 kilograms of equipment", says runner simon gerstenkorn. At 34, he is one of the senior members of the dedicated runners "but certainly not one of the slowest in the force", he states with a mischievous smile.

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Prominent u.S. Government adviser and immunologist anthony fauci enters "modified quarantine" after contact with u.S. President donald trump's corona-infected staff member. This is what the health expert told the US channel CNN.

However, it was a low-risk contact, fauci conceded. According to the report, he did not get very close to the infected employee at the time when his infection was known.

To be on the safe side, however, he will work from home for fourteen days and wear a mask for that long, fauci told the station. He would only go to his office at the national institute of health if he was alone, he added. He will also be tested daily for the coronavirus. On friday, his test was still negative, according to fauci. Should he be needed in the weiben haus, he will of course comply with all precautionary measures.

On thursday the weibe house had announced that one of trumps employees was infected with the coronavirus. The president has since been tested negative for the virus and is in the best of health, a spokesman stressed. Trump himself said on thursday that he had had very little contact with the employee. The corona tests at weiben haus were now done daily and not just weekly. On friday it was also announced that the press secretary of vice president mike pence is also infected with the coronavirus.

According to the university of johns hopkins, a good 1.3 million corona infections have been detected in the U.S. So far. More than 78.000 people died in the USA as a result of the lung disease covid-19.

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Doris kufner-schonfelder, equal employment opportunity officer at the schweinfurt employment agency, uses this day as an opportunity to point out that well over 80 percent of professional care work in germany is done by women. Women are disproportionately represented in childcare, elementary schools, nursing and domestic professions. Often, these services were not sufficiently rewarded or socially recognized.

In the private sphere, too, it is still mainly women who take care of the household, children and relatives. You also take on the "burden of responsibility" here (cf. Mental load) for the often invisible everyday organizational tasks that go hand in hand with care work. But even men have often had to experience in corona times how demanding and challenging, but also how important, care work can be. Homeschooling and the closure of care facilities for children and people in need of care have required additional effort, the release continues. According to the german institute for economic research (DIW), only around 15 percent of parents with young children manage to share employment and work in the household and family equally. When it comes to caring for relatives, women take on this task in seven out of ten cases.

The fact that women carry the main burden of unpaid work has many negative consequences. For the labor market, where women are missing as workers because they have to take care of the household, family and nursing or at least reduce their working hours for this purpose.

For security in old age, because the interruption of employment or the reduction in working hours also means lower pension entitlements _ and there is often a threat of old-age poverty.

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