Airbus Military – the military side of EADS- on Thursday successfully ran all 4 engines of its new A400M military transporter plane’s engines and thus operated the aircraft completely autonomously for the first time. This is a good sign for an eventual maiden flight in December this year.
The A400M airlifter – the European successor to the ubiquitous Hercules C-130- has been delayed [...] Continue Reading…
German low-fare carrier Air Berlin has indicated today, that the 2009 debt level it presently carries may be reduced by around EUR100 million if the company sells some of its aircraft before the end of the fiscal year.
It’s present debt is circa 550 million Euro, down from 760 million Euro at the same time in 2008.
Based in Berlin, the company reported net [...] Continue Reading…
The German Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has let it be known that Berlin will attempt to stop a proposed EU bank information transfer to the US. Similar sentiment has been expressed by the Austrian interior minister Maria Fekter, who said she would also oppose the deal. Because of privacy concerns France and Finland are also opposing the proposed agreement.
The German minister is [...] Continue Reading…
In their “Great homes and Destinations” section, the Nov. 3rd edition of the New York Times devoted a leading article to a unique renovation in Berlin, of a former Shell gas station built in 1956 into wonderful new home. The article describes how Mr. Judin, 47, an art collector and dealer from Zurich who moved to Berlin three years ago, bought the [...] Continue Reading…
In Hannover today circa 35,000 people took part in a solemn procession to pay their last respects to Robert Enke, goalie of football club Hannover-96 who committed suicide earlier this week.
It says a lot about Germany in the civilized and dignified way they have dealt with this tragedy. No phony letters or any opportunistic interventions from politicians trying to make cheap political [...] Continue Reading…
A “reality-sandwich” was delivered to the German people earlier today by the leader of their government Angela Merkel. This after the last couple of days of euphoric international attention and celebration to commemorate the reunification of the two Germanys, 20 years ago. She did not mince her words when she addressed the German Parliament and gave a rather pessimistic review of the [...] Continue Reading…
For most of the world – before the tragic attack at the World Trade Centre in New York in 2001 – the numbers <<9-11>> either referred to a model of Porsche or the 9th day of November. [* see explanitory note below]
Yesterday, on 9/11, that is the 9th of November, leaders from all over the world came to Berlin to commemorate and [...] Continue Reading…
The Israeli wall -built around illegal settlements and separating Palestinian communities – a patchwork of walls, fences, watchtowers and checkpoints, inside the West Bank was briefly breached by Palestinian protestors today.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Palestinian demonstrators mounted their own “Berlin-wall”, the huge Israeli concrete barrier near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday. A [...] Continue Reading…
The fall of the Berlin Wall was a positive event, but not all the hopes that arose after it came down were realized, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has told German media.
“The Berlin Wall was always a symbol of the division of Europe,” he said. “Its fall was seen as a continuation of the path to European unity.”
“The main thing is that the [...] Continue Reading…
After winning the federal election on 27th September, circa 1/6th of the electorate now say they would vote differently if given the choice again – and would chose another political party.
It has also become clear since the election that Chancellor Angela Merkel had won her second-term in large part because of the failure of the Social Democratic SPD to turn-out their traditional core [...] Continue Reading…
Beyonce” wore and amazing outfit for the MTV Europe Music Awards and it seems to have paid off for her big time.
She won best female artist, best Beyonce was by far the real hit of this show, as she performed “Sweet Dreams” in a red body-type-suit with a “please-look-here” neckline.
Held this last Thursday in Berlin this was the 16th annual installment [...] Continue Reading…
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