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In these times of COVID-19, many people are planning to spend their vacation at home in Germany this year; many don’t even want to leave Berlin anymore—it’s so nice here, after all! Of course, you can also take a break to enjoy some peace and quiet and get out into nature right here. Our excursion tip: bike along the Alte Spree.
Article by Ulrike Nagel for RBB Abendschau.
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It has been two weeks since Brandenburg was forced to close daycare centers and schools due to high COVID-19 infection rates. Starting this week, emergency child care has been expanded to include children whose parents have only one parent working in the health care or nursing sectors. But as we’ve learned, anyone who isn’t “essential” has to fend for themselves. Suddenly, this is once again the parents’ responsibility. Our reporter Ulrike Nagel offers insights into the turbulent daily life of families.
A report by Ulrike Nagel for RBB Brandenburg Aktuell.
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On November 9, 1989, something happened in Germany that had long seemed impossible to the population: the border between East and West suddenly disappeared. The Wall was breached, and free travel became a reality overnight. Ulrike Nagel grew up as a happy child in East Berlin. She was ten when the Iron Curtain fell. In *De Dag*, she looks back on that time and what it was like when she first arrived in West Berlin. Listen to the interview with Ulrike Nagel on Radio 1.
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Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell, heralding the end of the GDR. This year, people in Germany are commemorating this event in various ways. One exhibition explores the question: What was daily life actually like under that socialist dictatorship? The conclusion: it wasn’t all misery.
Listen to the report by Judith van de Hulsbeek featuring Ulrike Nagel.
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Following a complicated rescue operation at a factory building in the Spreewerk Lübben industrial park—which was severely damaged by an explosion on Friday, March 16, 2018—a deceased male was recovered from the rubble this afternoon around 5:a deceased man was recovered from the rubble. It appears likely that the deceased could be the 55-year-old missing employee of the company. However, immediate and definitive identification is not yet possible due to the severity of the injuries sustained.
Ulrike Nagel reporting live from the scene for RBB.
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What is an American electric car doing in the Dutch pavilion? Ulrike Nagel asks Professor Maarten Steinbuch of Eindhoven University of Technology.
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Live report by Ulrike Nagel for RTV Utrecht: Nieuwegein council members removed from press conference. Nieuwegein city council members are unhappy with how the press conference held by Stedin and the municipality on Friday afternoon regarding the major power outage unfolded. Just before the meeting began, Mayor Backhuijs personally escorted the city council members out of the room.
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All households in Nieuwegein have power again. Around 11:00 p.m., all customers were reconnected to the regular grid, Stedin reports.
Step by step, everyone was reconnected to the main grid on Friday evening. Around 10:30 p.m., about 600 households in the city center were still without power. That morning, the number was still 17,000.
Live report by Ulrike Nagel for RTV Utrecht in 2012.
The snow isn’t just causing inconvenience. We’re seeing more and more cross-country skiers in the province of Utrecht, for example at Henschotermeer. Reporter Ulrike Nagel gave it a try, too.
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Rijkswaterstaat is working hard to restore the highways in the region to a decent standard. Reporter Ulrike Nagel put on an orange vest and set out to investigate.