The boy claims that he was drugged when he committed the offence. The Court has scheduled six days for the trial. Bill for health reform amended after rejection in Bundesrat Berlin. After the bill for the new health reform law had been rejected in the Bundesrat, the government coalition has amended the bill. The coalition has removed the controversial list that forces public insurers to pay only for drugs whose therapeutical effect has been proven.
Health ministers discuss import of British beef Berlin.
The federal and state health ministers are discussing whether to lift the German import ban of British beef. The EU Commission had set a deadline until tomorrow to establish a schedule for lifting the ban. Construction Industry fears for loss of Holzmann jobs Berlin. The Construction Industry Association fears that by consolidating the Holzmann group up to 25'000 jobs will be lost in competing companies. The association argued that workers at Holzmann were now paid below collective agreement wages.