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Deutsche Bahn is presenting its new ICE 3 neo generation express train, the state wants to support students financially, among other things, and mice are responsible for traffic chaos in Frankfurt.

The most important news from the region at a glance.

Marie Lisa Kehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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There are supposed to be people who live in Frankfurt and work in Cologne (of course, the reverse is also possible. But who wants to go to Cologne?).

Most commuters defend their way of life, which inevitably takes place at stations and on trains.

Don't be all that bad.

And the route can also be wonderfully covered with the ICE.

May well be.

The express train takes about an hour between the Main metropolis and the cathedral city on the Rhine.

Just working on the track - that doesn't always work.

Dead spots make it difficult to attend conferences, for example.

With the new ICE 3 neo, which Deutsche Bahn presented on Monday, reception should now be better.

The express train will initially be on the ICE line from Dortmund via Cologne to Frankfurt and partly on to Munich.

at top speeds of up to 320 kilometers per hour.

The train offers more space for bicycles and is equipped with a lift for wheelchair users.

Most importantly, there should be fewer “Hello?

Hi?

Can you still hear me?

We are excited.

Hidden Poverty:

According to the latest report by the Federal Statistical Office, more than a third of students in Germany are at risk of poverty - a situation that Andrea Lembke from the Social and Financial Advisory Service of the Studierendenwerk Frankfurt can confirm.

Many of those who come to her advice center are worried that they will not be able to pay the rent for their room next month.

Many people have long given up thinking about a warm meal in the canteen.

Lembke speaks of "hidden poverty".

The plight of many students is not sufficiently recognized, as our authors Astrid Ludwig and Martin Ochmann tell us.

The state of Hesse is now reacting with a hardship fund.

Five million euros are to go to student unions in Hesse.

This is intended to reduce the cost pressure on the dormitories and the food prices in the canteens.

Overall, the state of Hesse wants to make 200 million euros available to deal with the consequences of the Ukraine war.

In addition to the universities, clubs and non-profit organizations should also benefit.

In addition, support offers in the form of micro-loans for small and medium-sized enterprises are planned.

Ravenous rodents:

Already cursed today?

Yes?

Then you are certainly one of those who have been stuck in traffic.

It's almost normal in a metropolitan area.

What has been happening at the busy intersection of Friedberger Landstrasse, Nibelungenstrasse and Rothschildallee for the past few days is not normal.

And by "heavy traffic" we mean: around 50,000 vehicles - per day!

The traffic light was out there.

The "total damage" to the system has repeatedly led to true traffic chaos in the past few days.

Mice had eaten the lines in the traffic light control, as our author Mechthild Harting reports.

This caused the cable to catch fire, which in turn led to a short circuit in the power supply unit.

All electronics must be replaced.

It's complicated - and nerve-wracking.

The good news:

And

the state of Hesse and Rhön-Klinikum AG have also agreed on the key data of the new contract for the future for the privatized university hospital in Gießen and Marburg.

Accordingly, both shareholders want to invest 800 million euros in the Gießen and Marburg locations over the next ten years

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the Mainz State Theater will premiere the play "A Family Business" by Chris Thorpe

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Tel Aviv is considered the Israeli Silicon Valley: a paradise for entrepreneurs.

Hessian founders benefited from this in the "Frankfurt meets Tel Aviv" exchange project.

Stay healthy,

Marie Lisa Kehler

You can also read current reports from the region in Skyline-Blick, our live news blog for the Rhine-Main region, and on the Rhein-Main-Zeitung website.

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have birthday

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Tuesday December 6th

Harald Heckmann

, musicologist, former head of the German Broadcasting Archive, Frankfurt (98);

Lutz Schenkel

, manager of the casino in Bad Homburg (61);

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