Berlin 04-01-2010
An Air Berlin 737-800, with 165 passengers -destination Spain’s Canary Islands – ran off the runway at Dortmund airport on Sunday.
The pilot -for as of yet unknown reasons -decided to abort the takeoff at the last instance, braked but came off the runway in icy conditions. The aircrafts front wheels came embedded in a snow-covered slope.
No one was injured [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 03-01-2010
The prestigious Los Angeles Motor Show , has selected a German car, two years in a row, as ‘green’ car of the year.
The Audi A3 – TDI diesel follows on the award which was chosen last year as the “green” car of 2008, Volkswagen diesel Jetta.
Both German carmakers have won for their clean diesel technology.
Audi’s new sedan, the A3 – TDI [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 02-01-2010
Bottom Bundesliga football team Hertha Berlin have signed Georgian midfielder Levan Kobiasvili from Schalke FC. This comes after another transfer-loan signing when Hertha took Greek forward Theofanis Gekas from Bayer-Leverkusen until the end of the season.
There are un-confirmed reports that Roy Makaay, the Dutch striker who made himself very popular during his prolific time at Bayern Munich , 2003-2007, will sign with [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 01-01-2010
Nearly one million festive Berlin revelers brought in the new year 2010 under and near the Brandenburg Gate and watched a city sponsored 10 minute fire-works display.
German band ‘Right Said Fred’ and solo artists Jurgen Drews and ‘Loona’ performed live in freezing temperatures and light snow.
In spite of vast amounts of various alcoholic beverages, Berlin police noted today that the evening [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 01-01-2010
In her annual New Year’s television address broadcast from her Berlin office across the street from the Reichstag, German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday cautioned the nation that the present recession could drag well into 2010.
She said that Germans cannot expect the present economic slump to be resolved quickly saying that things will initially become more difficult in 2010 before they get [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 01-01-2010
If one considers that only about 10 % of the cars in overall traffic use are responsible for up to 50 % of black carbon emissions – the prime ingredient of car pollution – then the policy of the German cities of Berlin and Hannover seem to make a lot of sense.
Just by taking these vehicles out of the daily city [...] Continue Reading…
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