Berlin
Liebe Freunde der Salonmusik,
In dieser Woche darf ich für den Donnerstag, den 02.09. um 20.30 Uhr in den Konzertsaal der Musikschule Friederichshain-Kreuzberg in der Zellestr. 12 zu einem außergewöhnlichen Konzert einladen für zwei Pianisten, der schon vor allem kammermusikalisch im Salon gehörten Berliner Pianistin Christina Löffler sowie dem argentinischen Pianisten Hugo Aisemberg, welcher sich neben dem klassischen Klavierrepertoire dem Tango argentino [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin
Should You Study Abroad in Berlin?
For many young adults, the decision to study abroad during university years is one that they typically make for one of three popular reasons. First – most of their peers seem to be leaving the country for a semester and they shudder at the thought of being left behind. Second – they are genuinely interested in [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin
Many are prophesizing an age of austerity for Germany’s poorest citizens and this has set the scene for fresh conflict in amoung Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU + FDP ruling coalition.
Many demonstrators have been on Berliner streets this summer against plans by by the Merkel center-right government to cut billions of Euros on the unemployment insurance without imposing a similar burden on the [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin
Berlin Ready to be Blown Away at the Pyronale 2010
Walk down the streets of Berlin anytime near New Years and a few explosions later, you will be forced to acknowledge it – Germans don’t like fireworks, they love them.
Fortunately, at the Pyronale it will be professionals setting off the intricately designed explosions instead of groups of fifteen year-old boys.
More than 60,000 [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin
Wild boar, or ‘Sus scrofa’ -as they are officially known in the latin binomial nomenclature used for animals – is a species of pigs,. They are in fact the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises.
Wild boars are actually native to Northern and Central Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa’s Atlas Mountains and much of Asia and [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin
Vladimir Nabokov Life and Times in Berlin
Vladimir Nabokov is one of the most distinguished writers of the twentieth century, best known for his psychological novel about the pedophile Humbert Humbert, Lolita. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1899 and died in 1977 in Switzerland.
He was born into an affluent family as the eldest of five children. He was raised [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin
Attention all Berlin art enthusiasts -you are cordially invited to the opening of the exhibition ” Watchlist” .
‘Watchlist ‘Berlin exhibition will show from 27th August to 6th of September -over 500 sq/m exhibition space to view a selection of the most exciting young Berlin.
The opening will take place on Friday 27th of August at 1900 hrs wih Dj´s P.R. Kantate and Yasomoto [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin/Montreal
The Berlin-based Transportation division of the Canadian aerospace and railway company ‘Bombardier ‘ has received 2 railway orders totaling nearly 314 million Euro.
No details were provided or the type of vehicles involved nor where and when they would be delivered – the company is legally obligated by North American stock market disclosure guidelines to disclose any sales contracts worth more than 78 [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin
JazzFest Berlin 2010 – 3 –7 November – Haus der Berliner Festspiele + other locations – see program*
For the last 40 years each autumn JazzFest turns the Berlin into a major international meeting point for jazz musicians as well as attracting fans from all over the world.
This year’s JazzFest Berlin 2010, from November 3rd till 7th will put the emphasis on European [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 2010
Between January and July 2010, both Berlin Airports handled 12.3 million passengers, an increase of circa plus 4.4% upon last year – with the number of incoming/outgoing flight movements remaining static at 134,000 for this same period.
Strong passenger growth of circa plus10% have put both of the International Berlin Airports – TEGEL and SCHOENEFELD/BBI – on course for a record [...] Continue Reading…
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German central bank executive ‘Thilo Sarrazin’ lifts a rock – only to drop it on his own feet – ‘Man-overboard’ policy expected from SPD and Bundesbank – ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ commentary
Sunday, August 29th, 2010Berlin
German central bank executive Thilo Sarrazin lifts a rock – only to drop it on his own feet!
German central bank executive Thilo Sarrazin, a member [at this writing – for the time being- but after this probably not for very much longer] of the German Social Democratic SPD Party courted fresh controversy this weekend with discriminatory ‘racial-profiling’ and remarks concerning religious minorities.
Sarrazin, [...] Continue Reading…
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