The gap between the UK and the rest of the Europe is widening.
The Conservative government of David Cameron -in future to be referred to ‘arms-dealer merchant of death David Cameron’ – have threated to torpedo the upcoming EU budget summit and ostensibly the visit yesterday by German Bundes Chancellor Merkel was supposed to mediate this.
It must have been some awkward discussion because [...] Continue Reading…
Exactly one year ago this blog published a picture of a very large poster which was produced to oppose the bank-bailout which were then being planned in the EU and satirizing the state of affairs – Merkel and French President at the time -Sarkozy – pulling the strings.
These so-called PIIGS countries are the scapegoat, or have become the sacrificial lamb in the [...] Continue Reading…
The annual report on ‘German reunification’ was delivered in Berlin yesterday by Germany’s Interior Minister Friedrich – and it concedes that while progress has been made to reconcile the economic differences there still remains a lot of work to be done.
In an article entitled ‘Germany’s former East still lagging behind’ the German Deutsche Welle reports about the report….and says ….” Even 22 years [...] Continue Reading…
All eyes were on the constitutional court president, Andreas Vosskühle, who delivered what many believed to be an historical verdict some hours ago in the German city of Karlsruhe.
Amongst his rather stern and dour colleagues -in what looked like some kind of kitsch Dutch orange-clad football supporter outfits – he read out the courts findings. [ see foto in link to Sueddeutsche article below!]
There [...] Continue Reading…
‘ILA – Berlin’ is one of the world’s major air shows, not as large as Farnborough or Paris but equal in regional importance to other shows like Dubai and Singapore. It is certainly the oldest – the original Berlin air show was in 1909 and a special anniversary was held in 2009 to celebrate the 100th anniversary.
The new ILA-Berlin grounds are to be [...] Continue Reading…
The Berlin IFA is one of the world’s biggest consumer electronics convention shows and brings together more than 1,500 international exhibitors and draws up to 200,000 visitors.
‘Messe Berlin’, the huge convention area in the centre of Berlin where the fair is taking place have already said that because of the huge demand this year, display space is almost fully booked up already.
At [...] Continue Reading…
Während wir einen Kaffe bei Impala tranken, fiel mir schon dieses sonderliche Teil auf, was wie ein Kleidercontainer aussah. Nur komisch, dass Kleidercontainer von Filmteams begleitet werden.
In der U-Bahn kam dann der freundliche RTL Mitarbeiter auf mich zu und fragte, ob ich ihm helfe das Ding in die U-Bahn zu hieven. In dem Moment hab ich festgestellt, dass es sich dabei um [...] Continue Reading…
I have no idea how the Furkan market got its Furkan name but it sure is furkan funny!
I am sure the owners have no idea how extremely funny it can sound in English.
There is also a German village with the similar name –Fürken whose location is in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, near Köln.
The “F-word” is an English word that is almost universally considered vulgar [...] Continue Reading…
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…
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…
“You can do it when you B&Q it” used to run a popular slogan for the UK DIY chain. At the moment it seems that BMW can’t B&Q it. Finalise the setting up of a temporary Future Lab, that is. The car maker was due to open a carbon-firbe structure housing the lab, designed by a Japanese architectural firm, on May 24 [...] Continue Reading…
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