Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
German low-cost carrier Air Berlin has been thrown a financial life-line in the form of a 30% outright purchase of its shares plus a debt-financing agreement from the Abu Dhabi state-controlled airline Etihad Airways.
In the announced ‘strategic partnership’ Air Berlin will enter into a code-sharing agreement with Etihad Airways that will see Etihad become Air Berlin’s largest shareholder and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: BBI, BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International Airport delayed, Berlin Brandenburg International, easyjet, Etihad Airways, Etihad Airways increases its ownership of Air Berlin, Etihad become Air Berlin’s largest shareholder, Lufhansa to increase Berlin presence, Lufthansa adds capacity in Berlin, Lufthansa Berlin, Lufthansa low-cost model, Lufthansa not amused, Ryanair
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Delegates from around the world including Germany and the European Union reached a last-minute deal on climate change in South Africa, and agreed to extend the Kyoto accord by five years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference
However, Canada’s environment minister Peter Kent has announced that his country will withdraw from the Kyoto protocol – and basically told the rest of the world that they, the Canadian Government know [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Harper-Canada', 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Amy Goodman, Canada's withdrawal was cowardly, Canadian environmental idiocy, Canadian Government tells rest of world - we know better!, Canadian government tells rest of world to solve their own problems, die linke, Eva Bulling-Schröter, Germany and EU and Kyoto, Harper-Canada part of Global-warming problem, Heather Mallick, independent Canadian news source Rabble.ca, right-wing Harper a disaster for Canada
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
EURO sign outside Frankfurt ECB office – foto from Wikipedia by Lars Aronsson
British PM Cameron stood completely alone last Friday by refusing to agree to a historic European fiscal pact to save the Euro, the repercussions of which are just starting to be assessed on both sides of the English Channel.
The Labour party leader Miliband accused Cameron of causing [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: BAnk of England printing money blindly., BAnk of England quantitative easing, Britain’s future in the European Union difficult, British PM ‘fell into a French trap’, Labour party leader Miliband, UK's role in EU could become 'untenable'
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
When you climb into pretty much any form of Berlin public transport, especially on the weekends, you’ll notice anything from a couple of people, to pretty much everyone at times, drinking alcoholic beverages. Be it that they are on their way home from a day’s work, or on the way towards a hard nights partying, it’s an [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Alcohol in Berlin, alcohol on public transport in berlin, alcohol on the s-bahn, alcohol on the u-bahn, alcohol on trains in berlin, alcohol on trams in berlin, drinking in berlin, drinking in public in berlin, drinking in public legal in berlin, drinking on the s-bahn, drinking on the trams in berlin, drinking on the u-bahn, drinking on the u-bahn and s-bahn, drinking on trains in berlin, public drinking berlin, sarah marie rice
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Sunday, December 11th, 2011
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
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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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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
While we do not expect any A380 of theirs to be landing any time soon in Berlin, Lufthansa, the largest German airline, has announced that it will increase its Berlin presence next year.
The official name of the new Berlin airport, which is scheduled to open on June 2nd next year is called ‘Willy Brandt Airport’ however its operational 3 letter SITA airport [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 6 more Lufthansa A320s to Berlin, BBI, BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International Airport delayed, Berlin Brandenburg International, Berlin to Tel Aviv, easyjet, Lufhansa to increase Berlin presence, Lufthansa A380, Lufthansa adds capacity in Berlin, Lufthansa Berlin, lufthansa group, Lufthansa low-cost model, Ryanair, short-haul model, UFO’ [Unabhängige Flugbegleiter Organisation], ‘Willy Brandt Airport’
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Sunday, November 27th, 2011
So rumor has it that Berlin is now the Start Up Capital of the E.U… According to various US magazines, it’s a European version of a possible future San Francisco in relation to Internet Startups and a 1980’s New York in relation to Hip stylings and clubs…
Now I must say that I feel that the people who [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: berlin business startups, berlin economy, berlin entrepreneur, berlin gentrification, berlin internet companies, berlin internet startups, berlin new new york, berlin new san fransisco, berlin poor but sexy, berlin startup capital Europe
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
The picture above shows the 17 meter-high steel monument by night – illuminated by internal neon lights along its wavy silhouette on the corner of the Wilhelmstraße and the ‘An der Kolonnade’ in Berlin-Mitte. It stands proudly, defiantly and fittingly right in front of the old Hitlerite ‘Neue Reichskanzle’.
The official inauguration of this timely monument took place 2 weeks ago on [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: anti-nazi Georg Elser, Berlin photo, Georg Elser - German Patriot - monument in Berlin by night, georg elser denkmale, Hitler’s assassin, Rolf Hochhuth, Secretary for Culture André Schmitz, Ulrich Klages
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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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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Bust of George Elser by sculptor Kay Winkler - in front the Federal Ministry of the Interior Berlin – foto Wikipedia – source RUTHERFORD
Johann Georg Elser, the unsung German hero who paid with his life attempting to assassinate Hitler in 1938 was commemorated today in Berlin, the 8th of November – the same day in which he left a bomb at a Nazi rally 73 [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: assassinate Göring and Goebbels, assassinate Hitler, Elser communist sympathizer, Georg Elser commemorated in Berlin, Georg Elser – unsung German Hero, Rolf Hochhuth, Ulrich Klages
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