Archive for the ‘History’ Category
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 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 »
Friday, February 17th, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg German State prosecutors late yesterday have asked the Bundestag – Germany’s parliament – to lift the President Wulff’s immunity in view of investigations regarding a scandal over alleged favours he received previously as head of the German state of Lower Saxony.
This puts him very close to having to resign – any other decision [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: German presidend red-card offense, German presidend should issue himself red-card, German President Wulff yellow-card or red-card, Immunity for President Wulff ?, Merkel's popularity not hurt by Wulff scandal, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Poll, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Wulff Poll, Poll should Wulff stay or go, Should German President Wulff go or stay? Part 3, Should German President Wulff resign, Süddeutschen Zeitung, support for merkel not effected, Wulf like 2nd-hand car salesman, Wulff should have the honour to resign, Wulff should resign
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Saturday, February 11th, 2012
http://www.stopactaberlin.de/
This weekend also saw millions of European citizens take to the streets in other cities to protest against the EU’s involvement with the controversial anti-piracy agreement called the ‘ACTA’ treaty [the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ].
Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia governments have already delayed the ACTA treaty process and are under significant pressure from mostly young internet-savvy people and hopefully German reluctance [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Stop Acta' in Berlin, ACTA = censure and internet abuse!, ACTA against civil liberties and freedom of speech, ACTA is anti-democratic, ACTA is censure and internet abuse, anti ACTA Berlin, Berlin against ACTA, Berlin demo against ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, Berlin Events, Culture, Economy, Events, Events in Germany, History, Local Berlin, News, Politics Berlin, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 1 Comment »
Monday, January 30th, 2012
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
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
One of cultural Berlin’s best-known events is called ‘The Long Night of Museums’/ Lange Nacht der Museen, and it is just that and so successfull have they proven to be that they are onto to the 30th one now.
Nearly 100 museums and galleries will open their doors for extended hours, into special exhibitions, guided tours, music and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 30th Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin, January 28th Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin, Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin, LONG NIGHT OF MUSEUMS
Posted in Architecture Berlin, Art, Berlin, Berlin Culture, Berlin Events, Berlin Museums, Culture, Evening Entertainment, Events, Guides, History, Things to do in Berlin | No Comments »
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 »
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Well over a third of the ‘Linke’ Party parliamentarians are currently actively being monitored by the country’s domestic intelligence agency the’ BfV’ -the domestic secret service or the ‘Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz’.
It has been reported and since admitted by the agency concerned that 27 of the Linke’s 76 MP’s it current considers ‘people of interest’ along with 11 Linke members serving in regional [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: BfV, BND, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, Bundesnachrichtendienst‘, German Federal Intelligence Service, linke party fight BfV, Linke party fight german intelligence agency, Oskar Lafontaine, Socialistische Partij in the Netherlands, SP in the Netherlands, Suddeutsche Zeitung, Who will protect Germany from its own so-called ‘constitutional protectors’?
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, History, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics Berlin, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 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 »
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
President Wulff -foto Wikipedia -source CFK_y_Christian_Wulff.jpg Our own OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog poll shows that public sentiment is falling for the German President. This all concerns alleged and perceived irregularities concerning his personal finances, when Christian Wulff was previous Premier of the federal German state of Lower Saxony and subsequent attempts to cover-up the story.
While in no way scientific – readers [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: German presidend red-card offense, German presidend should issue himself red-card, German President Wulff yellow-card or red-card, Merkel's popularity not hurt by Wulff scandal, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Poll, OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog Wulff Poll, Poll should Wulff stay or go, Should German President Wulff go or stay? Part 3, Should German President Wulff resign, Süddeutschen Zeitung, support for merkel not effected, Wulff should have the honour to resign, Wulff should resign
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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 »
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