Archive for the ‘Politics Berlin’ Category
Friday, March 16th, 2012
As U2′s Los Angeles performed Belfast yearnings for religious and income neutral postcodes go, there are places ‘where the streets have no name’. This seems true not only in Utopia but elsewhere, too. Namely in New York City. Who doesn’t know the NYC grid, after all?!
As a student I did a bike-messenger stint in Manhattan, so tourists would frequently ask me for [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Belfast, Berlin, Berlin bears, gauck, Knut, Märkisches Museum, Maxi, Maxi and Schnute, NYC, Occupy Wall Street, red city hall, Schnute, u2, Wall Street, Wallstraße, Where the streets have no names
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Jebali visited Berlin on Wednesday and met with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Tunisia is historically a valuable partner for Germany in North Africa and since it routed the corrupt and hated former President – who was exiled and now resides in comfort in Saudi Arabia – the country has set a positive example for other Arabic countries dealing with old autocratic and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: al jazeera, deutsche welle, Saudi Arabia, Saudia Arabia and Qatar enemies of the Syrian people not 'friends', so-called friends of Syria like the UK, tunisia playing progress role in North Africa, Tunisia takes correct position on Syria, uk, UK and BBC mouthpiece hypocritcal, UK and BBC want only regime change, UK ramblo politics
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Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Guido Westerwelle – OTA-Berlin The German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will not even discuss German military involvement in Syria, calling it counterproductive and pointing to the futility of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.
While there is clear evidence of violent political unrest in Syria, Westerwelle correctly sees that by supporting one side over the other – as the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Cameron & Hague losers at EU summit, deutsche welle, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, iraqbodycount, no EU military involvement in Syria, no German military involvement in Syria, no idiot UK type intervention in Syria, no to Cameron / Hague loser adverturism, no to UK's bellicose and mad middle east policy, UK loser duo, UK tries to hijack EU policy over Syria...unsuccessfully, William Hague and David Cameron
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Friday, March 9th, 2012
A former neo-nazi NPD leader wanted to spend a few days in a spa hotel, but the brave management rejected his reservation because of his active right-wing dangerous ideology. The right-wing extremist took his complaint before the Supreme Court and today the verdict reads that basically any hotel operator has the right to reject right-wing extremists as guests.
The wife of this certain Udo Voigt, [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'No room at the German Inn' for NPD neo-nazis, Bad Saarow, Hotel Esplanade Brandenburg Storkow, just say no to NPD, Neo Nazi has no place to stay in Germany, Neo-Nazis thrown out of German Hotel, no hotel for nazis, NPD no place to stay, Scharmützelsee
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Angela Merkel -’OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ Personage of the Year 2011 It has been 3 months since a far-right terrorist neo-nazi cell was uncovered in Germany, and today the whole nation held a memorial service for the victims of neo-Nazi violence.
Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed the Berlin memorial service in Berlin which was attended by circa 1,200 people, including the relatives [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Chancellor Angela Merkel, Memorial service in Berlin, Ms Maria Böhmer, nationwide moment of silence across Germany, right-wing neo-nazis should be crushed
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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
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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).
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn. OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ is part of OTA-Berlin ‘……the intelligent Apartment-Alternative to Hotels in Berlin’.The Blog provides OTA-Berlin guests a quick overview of the cultural, sports, social and other related activities taking place in Berlin during their stay. ‘OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog’ has existed [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: assange set up, piraten partei, Piraten partei support Wikileaks, Piraten Partei/Pirates Party’s, Sweden and Canada US puppets, sweden comes off badly, Sweden on trial, Sweden reactionary country, Wikileaks founder faces court in London
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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’?
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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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