Dog poo attack led to dismissal and critical debate
The German ballet director Marco Goecke is forced to resign from the State Opera in Hannover immediately. Goecke was enraged by a review in the Frankfurter Allghemeine Zeitung and when he met the critic at the theater he smeared her with feces from his own dachshund.
The decision was mutual, it was said at a press conference on Thursday. However, his productions will continue to be played.
The management of the State Opera believes that Goecke has seriously damaged the reputation of the opera house and upset the audience. The political leadership in the state has condemned the attack.
According to the New York Times, Goecke has only half apologized. He deeply regretted the incident as "heinous". But he wanted a debate about the role of criticism in art. Critics should not write in a personal and hateful way, especially when the theaters are trying to win back the audience after the pandemic, Goecke believes.
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The Storming of the Capitol
Georgia investigation: No voter fraud - suspected perjury
A grand jury in Georgia investigating Donald Trump's attempt to nullify the 2020 election results has concluded that there is no evidence that election fraud was committed in the state, US media reports.
"We unanimously find that no widespread cheating took place [...] that could lead to the election results being declared invalid," reads a report that was partially made public on Thursday.
The jury also believes that there is evidence that "one or more witnesses" in the investigation committed perjury, and recommends prosecution. The witnesses in question are not named.
In the election, marginally more Georgians voted for Joe Biden than for Trump. The investigation becomes further evidence that Trump tried to invalidate legitimate election results, which could affect prosecutors' decisions on whether to bring charges against the ex-president and his allies, writes CNN.
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The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Switzerland protects billions in frozen Russian assets
Switzerland rejects the EU's appeal to confiscate frozen Russian assets in the country, reports the FT. The reason? It is against both national and international law, the Swiss government insists.
The decision is a setback for the EU, which wants to see the frozen assets used to pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
According to the newspaper, it concerns the equivalent of approximately SEK 84 billion in private Russian assets that were held in Swiss bank accounts.
In parallel, a working group within the EU, led by the Chamber of Commerce's director general Anders Ahnlid, is investigating whether it is legally possible to use assets frozen by the member states for the same purpose.
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki resigns: "A new chapter"
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced on Thursday that she is resigning, according to CNBC. The service's product manager Neal Mohan succeeds her.
- Today, after almost 25 years at the company, I have decided to take a step back from my role as head of YouTube and start a new chapter where I focus on my family, health and personal projects, she says in a statement .
54-year-old Wojcicki took over the CEO position at YouTube in 2014.
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