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Cannabis legal for adults

Adults have been allowed to smoke weed in Germany since 1 April—if they comply with certain rules. The Bundestag and Bundesrat have decided that the possession of 25 grams of dried cannabis is permitted in public. At home, anyone over the age of 18 may even possess 50 grams. Smoking is also permitted in public, but not within 100 metres of schools, daycare centres, youth centres or sports facilities. Smoking pot is also prohibited in pedestrianised areas between 7am and 8pm. Young people are still not allowed to smoke or possess marijuana or cannabis. Dealing also remains prohibited. Anyone who… Read More

The aim of “early help”: The child should be well

By Ute Kaiser Becoming and being a parent is challenging—especially when your family lives far away. What to do when the baby is constantly crying? What if there’s not enough breast milk? Do we handle the ventilator correctly with premature babies? Why does the second child speak much later than the older brother? What is the best way to support our child with a disability? Or: How can we manage the stressful everyday life as a couple? Questions like these unsettle parents of children between the ages of 0 and 3. Support is provided by a team of social education… Read More

Individual trains from Tübingen not running

Individual trains on the routes from Tübingen to Aulendorf and to Bad Urach will be canceled. This applies from Tuesday, April 9, to Friday, May 3. The reason is maintenance work, according to Deutsche Bahn. Both the changed timetables and replacement buses can be found on the railroad’s website https://www.bahn.de/. SWEG connections are also affected. Information is available on the SWEG website https://www.sweg.de/de/. tun24032501 www.tuenews.de Die Bahngleise in Tübingen. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian. 002121      

The clock goes forward at Easter

Next Sunday, 31 March 2024, Central European Time (CET), which is officially valid throughout Europe, will be changed to “summer time”. Anyone who is still awake in the early morning will set their clock forward from 2 am to 3 am. This means sleeping one hour shorter. This time change is based on Directive 2000/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 January 2001. www.tuenews.de tun24032007 Blick zum Stiftskirchenturm mit der Uhr. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Oula Mahfouz. 001724      

Stores closed over Easter

Easter is just around the corner and with it a long weekend. Good Friday, March 29, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday, March 31 and April 1, are public holidays in Germany. All stores are closed on these public holidays and the authorities are closed. So if you still have to do your shopping for the egg hunt or Easter dinner, you should hurry. However, you can still do your shopping on Saturday. From Tuesday, all stores and public authorities will be open again as normal. tun24032703 www.tuenews.de Osterbrot und Ostereier. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Kerstin Markl. 001946    

Register for trainee speed dating

You can even find apprenticeships at speed dating. Pupils in the 2024 to 2026 graduating years from all secondary schools can try this out on Thursday, April 18, at Tübingen’s Sparkassen Carré (Mühlbachäckerstraße 2). There they can get to know 39 companies from the region in an uncomplicated way. The trainee speed dating is between 9 am and 4 pm. A maximum of four interviews with company representatives will last around ten minutes each. The focus is on the first personal impression. Certificates or application portfolios are not necessary. Internship, apprenticeship and dual study places are on offer. Companies from… Read More

The sewing workshop starts again

Women of all nationalities can sew and chat together again. The workshop in the building next door to the Passerelle project (Hechinger Straße 94) will open on Mondays from 9.00 am to 12.00 pm from Monday, 22 April. The offer is free of charge. Sewing machines and fabrics are provided. Coffee, tea and biscuits are available on a donation basis. To register, please contact Michelle C. Pérez by phone: 07071/ 38363, or email: migration@sozialforum-tuebingen.de tun24032003 www.tuenews.de Löcher oder Änderungen kann man auch selbst nähen. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Linda Kreuzer 001964

Few trains between Tübingen and Stuttgart

The train journey from Tübingen to Stuttgart will be complicated. Between Friday, 22 March at 9 pm and Tuesday after Easter, 2 April at 4.45 am, the line between Wendlingen and Metzingen will be closed. The reason is construction work. There will therefore be restrictions on SWEG lines 6, 12 and 18. Line 6 from Stuttgart to Tübingen will not be running. The trains on line 12 from Heilbronn to Tübingen and line 18 from Osterburken to Tübingen will only run between Stuttgart and Wendlingen and between Metzingen and Tübingen, with a few exceptions. Buses will be used as a… Read More

Ukrainian film “20 Days in Mariupol” wins Oscar

The documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” by director and videographer Mstislav Chernov has won an Oscar in the “Best Documentary” category. This was announced during the live broadcast of the 2024 Academy Awards ceremony on the evening of March 11. This is the first Oscar for Ukraine. The film depicts the events at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, when Russia began destroying peaceful towns in Ukraine. In particular, the film shows the first days of the siege of Mariupol, which was surrounded and shelled by the Russians. The only team of journalists stuck in the besieged city of Mariupol—reporters… Read More

Low turnout in Iranian elections

“This time there really was a boycott”: this is how exiled Iranian and women’s rights activist Mina Ahmadi commented on the elections in Iran at the Women’s Film Days in Tübingen at the beginning of March. The figures also show this: At around 41 per cent, the turnout in the first elections after the mass protests in autumn 2022 was lower than ever before—even though religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had declared voting a religious duty. Workers, students and women are “very sceptical of the regime”, said Ahmadi in Tübingen. Around 25 million of the approximately 61 million eligible voters… Read More

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