Archive for the ‘Events in Germany’ Category
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – baptized as – wait for it – Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born on the 27th January 1756 in Salzburg Austria – so Happy Birthday to Mister Mozart.
Below I have written a short account of Mozart’s journey late in his life to Berlin and follow that with the major part of a short biography of hime as [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 27th January Mozart's birthday, Happy Birthday Mozart, Mozart Berlin, mozart in Berlin, Mozart travels to Berlin, Mozart's Journey to Berlin by Maynard Solomon, The Journal of Musicology
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Classical Performances, Composers, Culture, Events in Germany, History, Live Music | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Happy Birthday Frederick the Great – but you may well ask yourself also, who was actually Frederick the Great………and why …..’the Great’?
Today exactly 300 years ago a future enlightened ruler of what was then Prussia was born.
Frederick II – a brilliant military commander, a tolerant prince, a philosopher, a musician – and perhaps Europes first gay-monarch -take your pick- he [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 300 year Friedrich celebrations, 300th Anniversary of a Great German Ruler, Alte Fritz, Celebrate 'Friedrich300', der alte Fritz, Europes first gay-monarch, Frederick the Great and Berlin, frederick the great berlin, Friedrich der Große, Happy Birthday Frederick The Great, intellectually challenged George W. Bush, Potsdam, Potsdam and Frederick the Great, who was Frederick the Great, why was Frederick the Great so great?, Yurp
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Berlin Culture, Berlin Museums, Culture, Events, Events in Germany, Festivals, History Berlin, History Germany, Local Berlin, Things to do in Berlin | No Comments »
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Epitaph 1919 – by Bertolt Brecht
Red Rosa has also now disappeared
Where she lies is unknown
Because she told the truth to the poor
The rich have hunted her out of the world.
Epitaph for Karl Liebknecht – by Bertolt Brecht
Here lies
Karl Liebknecht
The fighter against war
When he was struck down
Our city still continued to stand.
Epitaph for Rosa Luxemburg – by Bertolt Brecht
Here lies buried
Rosa Luxemburg
A Jewess [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Bertolt Brecht, die linke, Epitaph 1919 - by Bertolt Brecht, Epitaph for Rosa Luxemburg - by Bertolt Brecht, gegenBANKENmacht, KPD in Berlin, opportunist SPD, rosa luxemburg & karl liebknecht remembered in berlin, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, rosa luxemburg demo in berlin, „RAGE against the Capitalist Machine“, „RAGE against the Capitalist Machine“ Berlin
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
Frederick the Great by Anton Graff – from Wikipedia
Frederik the Great’, aka Friedrich der Große is justifiably almost synonymous with Berlin – he created his great palace with the baroque gardens ‘Sanssouci’ [no worries!] in Potsdam just outside Berlin.
This year 2012 will the 300th anniversary of his birth – his’ Jubiläumsjahr’- and there will be great celebrations in Berlin but especially in the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 300 year Friedrich celebrations, 300th Anniversary of a Great German Ruler, Celebrate 'Friedrich300', frederick the great berlin, Friedrich der Große, intellectually challenged George W. Bush, Potsdam, Yurp
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Berlin Culture, Berlin Museums, Culture, Events, Events in Germany, Festivals, History Berlin, History Germany, Local Berlin, Things to do in Berlin | No Comments »
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
Posted in Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Events in Germany, History, OTA-Berlin News, Politics Berlin, 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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Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
Conductor Daniel Barenboim will today receive the first ever ‘Willy-Brandt International Prize’.
The prize is, presented by the Social Democratic Party of Germany /SPD to honour the memory of SPD German politician Willy Brandt, mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966 and Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 til 1974.
Barenboim leads an Israeli-Arab orchestra – the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra- with which [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'West-Eastern Divan Orchestra', Banenboim wins SPD prize, barenboim gets german recognition....again!, Barenboim honoured in Berlin, Daniel Barenboim receives first Willy Brandt Award, Daniel Barenboim receives SPD prize, Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, SPD, Willy-Brandt International Prize’
Posted in Articles by Filip van der Plas, Berlin, Berlin Culture, Berlin Events, Events in Germany, German Culture, Orchestra, Politics Berlin, Politics EU, Politics Germany | No Comments »
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Hundreds of Berliners again took to the streets this Saturday to demonstrate against the present financial system in which banks are attempting to force governments to make taxpayers pay for their mismanagement, profligate casino type hedge fund betting and unfettered greed.
This was the 2nd Saturday in a row that demonstrators marched to this theme – last weekend, around 10,000 people took part [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Robin Hood' invoked to fight banks, Berlin against Capitalisms excesses, Berliners demonstrate against Banks, Capitalist financiers - It is your crisis and your debts!, ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet, Occupy Wall Street, Robin Hood in Berlin, Rotes Rathaus or Berlin City Hall
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Berlin Events, Economy, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Events, Events in Germany, History, Local Berlin | No Comments »
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
The German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble is reported to have said yesterday that non-government private commercial lenders to Greece should either take a hair-cut or be given a hair-cut.
Brussels also wants these private banks to accept ‘haircuts’ – losses- of 30%-50% of their holdings in Greek debt instead of the presently agreed 21%.
In other words private banks should [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: AIG fiasco, anti-Wall Street movement, Bank of England printing presses, Casino-banking no solution, EU tax on financial transactions, German Finance Minister Schäuble, germany and greek debt, Lehmanm Brothers, Occupy Wall Street, privatizing of profits - socializing of losses, Quantitative easing” no solution, schauble, take a hair-cut or be given a hair-cut, UK Casino-banking, wheel-chair bound German Finance Minister
Posted in Articles by W van Coeveren, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Events in Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Today the German parliament, the Bundestag voted in favor of German tax-payers money be used to increase the Euro-zone rescue fund to circa 440 billion Euro. This is a powerful signal to the international financial markets, and it shows that Germany takes its European responsibility seriously . It was also a personal win for Angela Merkel and Wolfgang Schäuble, her [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: bundestag vote, finance minister, Germany votes in favour of Euros for Greece, Left Party Germany, Linke Partei Germany, Merkel wins, Wolfgang Schäuble
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Economy Berlin, Economy EU, Economy Germany, Events, Events in Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | No Comments »
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Imaginative ‘Home-Made’ Posters from the Anti-Pope-Visit Berlin 22nd Septemeber 2011
More than 10,000 Berliners protested on a sunny early evening along the Under den Linden Boulevard while the Pope was saying mass across town at the Olympic stadium.
Protesters brought up a range of various controversial issues like, priest celibacy requirements, women [or lack thereof] in the church, gay rights, [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Anti pope demonstration, Berlin anti pope demo, Christian Ströbele, linke and spd boycot pope in bundestag, mp's boycot pope in berlin, pope berlin, pope berlin visit, Pope demonstration, Pope go home, Pope speaks to Bundestag, wowerit gay and catholic
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