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Until now, the state of Lower Saxony has levied trade tax by decree on offshore wind farm operators in the German Bight that are not assigned to a municipality.
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Stele opened to commemorate a different time The German Navy has opened a stele in Kappeln - Olpenitz between the Baltic Sea and...
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