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Newly established company to promote Mainz as hub for life science and biotechnology now operational and supporting the city of Mainz

“biomindz Standortentwicklungsgesellschaft Mainz GmbH i.G.” owned by the City of Mainz as a 100% subsidiary of city’s holding company “Zentrale Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Stadt Mainz mbH” (ZBM) Established with goal of supporting Mainz as the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate in its transformation into an internationally recognised hub for biotechnology ZBM’s project team transferred to the new company,… Read More »

French NYC residents fight for city to have a ‘Little Paris’ downtown

They’re at the merci of the neighborhood. Two French expats are fighting to rename a Nolita block “Little Paris Street” ahead of Bastille Day on July 14. Cousins Marianne and Léa Perret, who founded Coucou — a cultural center that offers French classes and workshops and hosts parties for Francophiles — are petitioning to get… Read More »

ICUs are nearing capacity in this French city. And it’s only September

That’s how Dr. Olivier Joannes-Boyau, head of the intensive care unit at University Hospital in the southwestern city of Bordeaux, describes the resurgence of Covid-19 in France. After young French people took advantage of the lifting of lockdown and summer months to socialize freely, Covid-19 hospitalizations have risen in large cities like Paris, Bordeaux and… Read More »

New York City emergency medical workers prepare for layoffs

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) lift a patient into an ambulance while wearing protective gear, as the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in New York City, New York, March 24, 2020. Stefan Jeremiah | Reuters The head of New York City’s emergency medical services union said Wednesday the city is preparing to lay off hundreds… Read More »