Councillor Leonhardt found dead

Düsseldorf -
Quiet it is in the corridors of City Hall. The shock is almost palpable.
Suddenly and unexpectedly order and Transport Minister Werner Leonhardt on Friday morning has died at his home in Rösrath.
His wife found him lifeless on the floor of the bathroom. He probably died of a sudden heart failure. Tragic: In the night he was again Grandpa made.
"I am deeply shocked," said Mayor Dirk Elbers. "It's disbelief, words fail me," said FDP faction leader Manfred Neuenhaus. From the camp of political opponents only dismay is heard - and respect.
"Leo was a staunch conservative. Even if we were not of one mind - he was always straightforward and reliable, "says Günter Karen Young (Green). Rules Committee Chairman Martin Volkenrath (SPD): "I fell off my chair when I heard it. His death breaks a gap, he has made his job very well. "
Leonhardt was in 1996 became Head of Department. Specializing in crime prevention. His passion was the sport. "He will be missed," said CEO Peter Fortuna Frymuth.

On poster against university fees, in real life at private university

Berlin / Duisburg - "education should not depend on the account of the parents. Therefore I choose SPD. "This award shines currently in Germany a pretty young woman of thousands election posters. The SPD-advertising now ensures vertebrae.
For the woman who speaks out against tuition fees since studied, even in an expensive private university. Jennifer M. (23), Young Socialists and SPD member local election candidate in Duisburg-visited since 2006, the European Business College in Düsseldorf.
The cost for a month (!) Event Management course amount to 590 Euro, as the university confirmed to EXPRESS. Power for the normal period of three years, which also indicates on its website for Jennifer M., 21 240 €. There are also other charges, such as for enrollment or 2000 € for one semester abroad.
Political opponents accuse the SPD of credibility. FDP deputy chief Cornelia Pieper for EXPRESS: "It's like when a vegetarian does advertising for a steak house. Who should the SPD really think now, that does not make them red, red and green? "
In the SPD, however the charge is dismissed as "nonsense". "Since in NRW black-ruled yellow, there are tuition fees. It is absurd for someone to construct a reproach, that he is untrustworthy, even if he pays his studies and also against tuition fees. "People assume that Jennifer M. had even worked for the tuition fees.
As of Monday, it is heard, the SPD wants to hang by the way new posters.

Bribery scandal at MAN

Munich - Because of suspicion of bribery payments frees prosecutors in Munich, Germany in promoting business premises of the engineering and commercial vehicle group MANdurchsucht.
 had been affected areas of MAN AG, the MANNutzfahrzeuge AG, dreiBeschuldigten MAN Truck & Bus Germany GmbH and 39Niederlassungen of society and the private homes of, told the prosecutor I amDienstag Munich in Munich.
   There is a suspicion there is a system to promote Absatzesvon trucks and buses from MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, which had branches in Einkäuferermöglicht denVerkäufern commission payments.
The action lasted expected to bisMittwoch, said prosecutor Anton Winkler: DieStaatsanwaltschaft nähereEinzelheiten likely will announce in the coming days. "
   MAN announced it go in the actions for the years 2002 bis2005. In Germany alone, in the opinion should therefore derStaatsanwaltschaft hidden commission payments in the amount vonrund one million euros and several million euros in Auslandgeflossen be.
The company gave an assurance to the want of enlightenment Staatsanwaltschaftbei support the allegations.