Issues the reportage
The Kassel-based defense company KNDS and Elbit Systems have announced their collaboration. In the future, the PULS rocket launcher system for the European market will be produced in Kassel under the name EuroPULS. KNDS promotes the project with “Elbit’s battle-tested capabilities”. In February 2024 PULS was first introduced in … ▷
It was announced last week, that the opening of the new wallpaper museum will be postponed again. The new building was originally supposed to be on Wilhelmshöher Allee 2026 and thus to the documenta 16 finish and 25 cost millions of euros. The opening has now been set for autumn 2027 postponed and will be … ▷
from 22. to 24. The third queer film festival will take place in Kassel in May. The program includes seven feature films and two short film programs. Documentary portraits are shown, Retrospectives and queer utopia designs. The films deal, among other things, with escape and queer identity, the visibility of black trans people and transitions. Next … ▷
Germany takes over 40 % of the arms company KNDS. In this way, the Federal Republic of Germany is using public money to secure more control over the company. The German-French arms company is scheduled to go public by summer. The German part of the company (50 %) is currently family-owned by the Wegmann Group, during the … ▷
Kassel-Calden Airport is to be used increasingly for military purposes in the future. Managing director Lars Ernst says he is in talks with NATO about this. The airport is already being increasingly used by the Bundeswehr. According to a resolution by the supervisory board, defense should fly alongside drones and electric vehicles … ▷
On Tuesday we have around 50 People protested on Opera Square against the attacks on the Global Sumud Flotilla. About 400 Activist:inside were previously in the Mediterranean on the way to Gaza by the Israeli army (IDF) been intercepted. They tried to get food from hundreds of sailing boats, Relief supplies … ▷
On the evening of 19. May 1933 are in Kassel SA- and SS columns marched on Friedrichsplatz and publicly displayed books by authors unpopular with the Nazi regime:burnt inside. round 30.000 Viewers:Inside, people enthusiastically attended this public production. Between March and October 1933, after the National Socialists came to power, … ▷
On Tuesday, 18.05.2026, took part approx. 150 People at a rally against the planned social cuts. The precarious situation was addressed in speeches by educators, among others:within, single parents and the disabled. The reason for the rally was the revelations of the “Paritätisches”. According to these should 8,6 billion euro … ▷