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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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Angela Merkel met the newly appointed French President Hollande in Berlin this evening.
It was more a getting-to-know each other type of meeting and an opportunity to again clear the air, or at least clean the air of the former French President, Sarkozy.
President Hollande’s trip began in rather inauspicious circumstances when the President’s plane was apparently hit by lightning climbing out of Paris [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Chancellor Merkel goes out on a political limb, Francois Hollande, French Elections - Chancellor Merkel, merkel-to-support-sarkozys-re-election, Peer Steinbrück, Piraten Partie, politics makes strange bedfellows, robin hood tax sarkozy, SPD win big in German regional elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Tobin tax, upstart Piraten Partie, upstart Piraten Partie also do well – CDU loses big-time but Merkel’s national position as Chancellor unaffected, Wolfgang Schäuble
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Berlin ist ja für schnelle Veränderung bekannt. Sehr große Veränderungen werden längerfristig geplant, manchmal ist die einberechnete Zeit jedoch zu kurz. Wie bei der Geschichte der Berliner Flughäfen. Berlin mit seinen Ursprünglich vier Flughäfen war schon immer Dreh- und Angelpunkt für den Luftverkehr.
Die Teilung Deutschlands zwang die Berliner zum umdenken. Da Westberlin eine vergleichsweise kleine Fläche war, mussten die vorhandenen Flugplätze gut [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: brand, Fluggesellschaften, Flughafen, Katastrophenschutz, Luftbrücke, Matthias, Platzeck, Probleme, Raves, Regierung, Regierungsterminal, Westberlin
Posted in Airlines, Architecture Berlin, Berlin, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Guides, Tour Guide, Transportation | 1 Comment »
Saturday, March 31st, 2012

This Ceramic ‘Conehead’ statuette was found by blog reader Oleg on the corner of Boxhagener Strasse & Wühlischstraße near Ostkreuz – it is in neighbourhood or Bezirk of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
‘Coneheads’ are an alien family, natives of the planet Remulak, who found themselves stranded on Earth and when questioned by Earthlings where they are from they inevitably reply that they are “from France”. Their [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Boxhagener Strasse & Wühlischstraße, Canadian actor and comedian Dan Aykroyd, Ceramic CONEHEAD statuette, Ceramic CONEHEAD statuette - Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Conehead monument Berlin, Conehead visit Berlin, Coneheads active in Berlin, Connie Conehead visits Berlin, Conny Conehead in Berlin, funny fotos in Berlin, funny pictures from berlin, Remulak
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Woman on stilts in front of Berlin Reichstag – foto -http://owlfliesnorth.tumblr.com/
Kiwi Blog reader – New Zealander Ms Carmel Blanchard sent us this funny foto of ……….yes what can one say other than that we have a woman/man on stilts – infront of the Berliner Dome in Berlin Mitte. [Schloßplatz, Mitte 10178 Berlin,[
She sent this picture on our www.ota-berlin.de blog website in [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: anti-wall street protests, funny fotos in Berlin, funny pictures from berlin, kiwis in Berlin, new zealanders in Berlin
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012

The former home country of megalomania and kitsch has undergone a transition over the recent years that is a bit of a jaw-dropping affair, to say the least. The Krauts have gone from a nation of grumpy white-socked misanthropes with a world-domineering streak and ‘Lebensraum’-claiming towels to a people of cool and charisma.
Germany has turned into the promised land. How did that [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 2006 World Cup, Best of Germany, bohemian, commerce, Economy, Fritz, germany, hip Berlin, kitsch, Krauts, megalomania, pazifist, poor but sexy, Rosa-Luxemburg Straße, Woodstock
Posted in Articles by Jörn Meyer, Berlin, Berlin Culture, Berlin General, Berlin Tourist Attractions, Culture, Economy, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Football Europe, German Culture, History, History Berlin, History Germany, Local Berlin, Politics Berlin, Politics EU, Politics Germany, Shopping, Shopping in Berlin Mitte | No Comments »
Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Political forces can sometimes bring and even force together people who might otherwise have very little in common - this could be the case with the German Chancellor Merkel and the French President Sarkozy.
” Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows” is how William Shakespeare put it with a man who has been shipwrecked and finds himself seeking shelter beside a sleeping [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Chancellor Merkel goes out on a political limb, Francois Hollande, French Elections - Chancellor Merkel, Merkel to support Sarkozy’s re-election, politics makes strange bedfellows, robin hood tax sarkozy, Tobin tax
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, History, Politics EU, Politics Germany | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
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Euro crisis and Economic Debt Crisis Worldwide will dominate for Berliners
On January 1st exactly 10 years ago in 2002, the Euro was introduced as a common currency in 12 European countries and a decade later, the jury is still out on whether it will be considered a success or a failure – this year will be a definitive one for the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 2012 forecasts in Berlin, awkward and stupid, Berlin in 2012, but will capitalism survive the crisis, Cern Physics Libratory, English, london olympics web site stupid, london olympics website typically English - backward, obama re-elected hopefully, What to expect in 2012 Berlin
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Chancellor Angela Merkel has been voted ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ personage of the year 2011 by the editorial staff.
Ms Merkel knows something about the word ‘ unity’ coming from the formerly divided nation of Germany and now as the de-facto leader of the Euro-zone countries she is actively keeping the various states of Europe together on the correct path in overcoming its current [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Barbie doll after Merkel, cheat of the year zu Guttenberg, lecherous reprobate septuagenarian Berlusconi, loser of the year zu Guttenberg, Merkel Barbie doll, Merkel voted Personage of the Year, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Personage of the Year 2011, Person of the Year 2011
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
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The German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble has been named the recipient of the 2012 Charlemagne Prize – it is an award honoring individuals who have contributed to European unity -previous winners include the former head of the ECB chief, Jean-Claude Trichet, US President Bill Clinton and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The jury for the 2012 Charlemagne Prize said the 69-year-old CDU Politian [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Holy Roman Empire' is not a rock band!, Charlemagne, German Finance Minister Schäuble, Internationaler Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen, Internationaler Karlspreis zu Aachen, Karlspreis, ruler of the Frankish Empire, wins 2012 Charlemagne Prize, Wolfgang Schaeuble, wolfgang schaeuble wins Charlemagne prize, Wolfgang Schäuble
Posted in Articles by W van Coeveren, Berlin, Economy, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, History, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | No Comments »
Friday, December 9th, 2011

Because of pressure from ‘The City of London’ banking speculators towards Conservative leader Cameron, the UK is facing a self-imposed isolation in Europe
David Cameron vetoed a proposed amendment of the Lisbon treaty, which forced the other European Union members to bypass the UK and agreed amongst themselves -an unofficial agreement between the governments – thus just outside of the official architecture of the EU.
Cameron has [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Anglo-American ‘casino-type banking’, British economist David Harvey, Cameron Isolated, Cameron isolates UK, David Harvey the crisis of capitalism, derivatives traders’ and other parasitic low-life, EU unity UK isolation, parasitic low-life bankers, The City of London parasites, UK succumbs to banking pressure, UK veto isolates itself, victory for EU unity and resolve
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011

The global capitalist debt crisis has created a veritable tectonic shift in European Union the EU – financially and politically. However some are indeed asking is this ‘tectonic shift’ also turning into a ‘Teutonic shift’.
These changes, would normally take decades to come about however it seems to have happened this time in just 4 years.
The answer in German is the popular word [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'jaein' yes + no, angela merkel, Anglo-American casino type banking speculation, cameron windbag, Casino-banking no solution, European financial transaction tax, FTT, Irish PM Kenny, Irish PM or ‘TAOISEACH’ Enda Kenny, loser David Cameron, SGP –stability and growth pact, UK Casino-banking
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