Longer lockdown, call for changes in assistance

Bonn. Over the turn of the year, Dr. Joerg Haas documented how the budgeted 5–million-euro profit turned into a 16-million-euro loss through no fault of his own in 2020. The hotel and gastronomy businesses of the entrepreneur from Bonn are, as many others, part of the "forgotten" large associated business groups. His Invite Group has not obtained most of the financial aids – contrary to the politicians' promises who stage their shows every night on TV.

Vienna. Austria's mountain railways have been open since Christmas - and have only achieved 15% of last year's turnover. Now there are heated debates, virus clusters with the new mutations and new rules.