GA-English

31/07/2024

Time to say Goodbye...

Today, with this article, the English news service from the Bonner General-Anzeiger, GA-English, is coming to an end.

In four articles a day, three on Saturdays and a collection of news briefs every Sunday – with the only exception of Christmas and New Year’s Day – the team brought news from Bonn to you, the readers, for eight straight years now.

Thank YOU for reading the articles, and also for supporting and challenging the team – it was an honour for us to do this job.

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30/07/2024

Since the withdrawal of the Miles fleet from Bonn, car sharing vehicles can only be hired from stations. From the beginning of August, however, flexible rental vehicles will once again be available in the city centre. The provider is no stranger to this.

30/07/2024

Victoria Bartetzko has joined the UN University band as lead singer and has found many musically active colleagues.

30/07/2024

Return after more than ten years: Ralf Schumacher is once again taking the plunge from expert to active driver for a ‘personal cause’ - with a special team-mate in a race at the Nürburgring.

30/07/2024

6.2 million people in Germany are said to suffer from depression. To help them, researchers from Bonn are developing a new app. A scientist explained to GA how that app is supposed to help.

29/07/2024

For years, former ambassador Harald Ganns has been opening the doors of the UN in Bonn to visitors. He will be 89 next month, but it remains to be seen how long he will be able to do the job. Here’s what politicians are demanding of the city.

29/07/2024

Classes at the municipal music school in Bonn have reportedly been cancelled for weeks due to sickness. Here’s what the city of Bonn has to say about this and why the problem will also be discussed by the Culture Committee.

29/07/2024

The footpath and cycle path on the banks of the Rhine near Bonn-Castell was closed on Sunday afternoon. A tree had fallen there. The public order office, THW and fire brigade were deployed.

29/07/2024

Märchenwald Bad Breisig has been up for sale for two years. Owner Heinz Pinnen is still looking for a buyer, but has a clear basic condition. What is the current status and what will happen next?

28/07/2024

Overnight parking on a discounter's parking lot, easier car registration, and the two criminals still on the run. Here's our news in brief for this sunny Sunday. Have a good one.

You may soon be able to park your car overnight on the parking lots of discounters Aldi and Lidl; registering or deregistering your vehicle and various other services can be done more easily, either in person in Bad Godesberg, or online; and police have released mugshots of two men suspected of brut...

27/07/2024

The Bonn Youth Protection Chamber has convicted a 68-year-old riding instructor of sexually abusing and insulting a 15-year-old girl. The public prosecutor had demanded a suspended sentence.

27/07/2024

Customers without an appointment have to wait for hours to be admitted to the Foreigners' Registration Office in Oxfordstraße in Bonn. The city says it wants to reform the office, but gets often criticised.

27/07/2024

Fares Azzam and Fares Ghasham have completed their medical studies but do not yet have a licence to practise medicine. The two men from Syria are now dependent on an offer from a hospital. They have already sent more than 100 applications to hospitals all over NRW.

26/07/2024

Canadian pianist Chilly Gonzales thrilled at an open-air concert near Cologne Cathedral. And he had a mission: to rename the city's Richard-Wagner-Straße. He already knows what it should be called.

The Canadian pianist and his band thrilled 3,000 fans at an open-air concert in front of the Cologne Cathedral. He also has a mission: to rename Cologne's Richard-Wagner-Straße. He already knows what it should be called in the future.

26/07/2024

Summer holidays are supposed to be relaxing. But getting there and back can be stressful. The German automobile club ADAC has this advice.

If you’re heading off on vacation now you should plan for extra travel time and have plenty of patience. The ADAC expects many traffic jams. Can they be avoided?

26/07/2024

A bike was stolen back in October, but police are still looking for the thief and have now published this photo. The man was caught in the act on camera.

An unknown man was filmed while steling a bicycle in Bonn. The man was captured on film by a surveillance camera. Police are asking for information.

26/07/2024

It can be difficult to plan what to do on with this unstable weather. It's good that there are indoor and outdoor events to choose from this weekend. Here are our suggestions.

Taste international beers, enjoy open-air cinema in the swimming pool and marvel at acrobatics from the south of France: we present these and other events in our tips for the weekend in and around Bonn.

25/07/2024

A woman from Beuel had her handbag, wallet and keys stolen from her bicycle basket - in broad daylight on her way back from shopping in Beuel city centre. The 66-year-old woman gave chase herself.

25/07/2024

Thunderstorms can be accompanied by heavy rain, hail, squalls and dangerously close lightning strikes. Tornadoes are also occurring more and more frequently in our latitudes. We explain how to behave correctly in such weather.

25/07/2024

It's only a week old and it's already fit for a museum: the Haus der Geschichte would like to give the hype surrounding Taylor Swift a place and has requested a very special place name sign from Gelsenkirchen.

25/07/2024

Many passengers were already on the plane or at the gate at Cologne/Bonn Airport early on Wednesday morning when the news broke about climate activists near the runway. Here’s what the holiday makers experienced and what happens next.

24/07/2024

The rest of the week is rather mixed, as far as the weather is concerned. But things are looking up at the weekend.

The coming days will be much friendlier in Bonn and the surrounding region. Temperatures will be above 20 degrees at all times. The hottest time of the year begins with the „dog days.“ Here's the outlook.

24/07/2024

For four years, people have been slipping on the stairs leading to the underground at Bonn's main station. It took two years for the council to admit there was a problem, and two more for them to finally fix it. Well, more or less: there's still the question of a suitable handrail.

People kept slipping and falling on the stairs leading down to the main railway station, and the city council has long been looking for a way to make the surface more slip-resistant. Now the problem seems to be solved once and for all.

24/07/2024

According to one expert, it will be at least another six years before the rail connection in Bonn is noticeably improved. We're being advised to "suffer through this transition phase".

Many travellers are, to say the least, annoyed by Bonn's trains: Delays, cancellations and stoppages due to all the construction work are on the agenda. Is there any improvement in sight?

24/07/2024

A coach driver reacted in an exemplary and professional manner when a bus caught fire on the motorway yesterday afternoon. Luckily, no one was hurt.

A coach caught fire on the A3 motorway near Thomasberg on Tuesday afternoon, but the bus driver's actions prevented the worst.

23/07/2024

Volcanos, wine, the railway and a sandy beach. Take your pick for a weekend day trip.

The Ahr Valley hosts its traditional Burgundy Festival on the Red Wine Trail, the Zülpich Seepark gives visitors a holiday feeling and the Laacher See volcanic region puts its geological past centre stage.

23/07/2024

Shops are open in many countries around the world on Sundays. Not so in Germany. But there are exceptions, and here's an overview.

In many cities and municipalities, shops open on Sundays on specific occasions. In this overview, we have collected the dates for Sundays open for business in Bonn and the region in 2024.

23/07/2024

There seems to be something traffic-related to report on daily at the moment. Today, it's problems tradespeople and care workers have going about their daily work because there are not parking spaces in Bonn.

Tradespeople and care workers are increasingly complaining about problems finding a parking space in Bonn. This is what those affected report and why the promised commercial car parking spaces are still a long time coming.

22/07/2024

There are some great new flavours around this year. And it's nice to know that in Germany, ice cream costs less than elsewhere in Europe.

From classic to experimental flavours - ice cream parlour owners in the Bonn region have come up with new creations for the season. Where can you get the best ice cream? And how much will a scoop cost this year? Here's an overview.

22/07/2024

When the water of the Ahr runs clear you can sometimes find small coloured stones among the pebbles. You won't find them anywhere else in the world. So what are they all about?

You see them at the bottom of the Ahr: slightly porous blue to turquoise stones that look slightly out of place. They are so-called Marian stones. This is their history and what happens to them today.