In Thuringia, at present, one third of all state legislature members are receiving special additional pay. Hesse chief prosecutors' office makes CDU scandal files available Hesse's chief prosecutors' office will not put the investigation files on the financial scandal within Hesse's CDU under lock and key. This was announced by chief prosecutor Schaefer in Frankfurt on Friday. Roughly a third of the health insurance institutions intend to raise rates, says the report. Experts expect an across the board raise of 1 or 2 percentage points.
Some institutions are millions in the red.
The ministry of health denies the rumors. They expect to reach a steady contribution level in the course of this year with zero plus below the line by year's end. Expo invests another DM 50 mln in publicity During the bickering about snafus and faulty planning, the Expo is trying to practice damage limitation. Expo spokeswoman Wibke Bruhns complained about lack of federal and Lower Saxony state support. Whereupon Expo CE Volk backtracked and stressed the seamless government cooperation.