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Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Mayor Klaus Wowereit of Berlin has sat survived a vote of no confidence in the House of Representatives of the city state.
The opposition had the motion filed against him, because they find the Wowereit complicit to the debacle surrounding the new international airport. BBI.
A majority of 85 local municipat lawmakers rejected the non-confidence motion – supported by the Greens, Die Linke, and the [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, December 13th, 2012
The opinions expressed in the following blog article by our blog contributors and subsequent comments are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but specifically 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 [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, November 30th, 2012
The Israeli PM and other members of his cabinet will arrive in Germany next week for previously arranged government-to-government consultations.
It will be just one week after the German government abstained in a United Nations vote on the recognition of the state of Palestine – an abstention which the ultra-nationalist government of Netanyahu had not reckoned with.
The vindictive Israeli PM Netanyahu has just [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
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…
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Germans and most Europeans are ‘Mit Obama’ – or With Obama – this is what this blog has been saying for some time – at least in my articles! ['Mit" in German means 'with' and Mitt in English means............well in this case right-wing millionaire loser, and most Europeans agree.]
The World is generally relieved by Barrack Obama’s win in the US Presidential election. The results of [...] Continue Reading…
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Monday, November 5th, 2012
Germans and most Europeans are ‘Mit Obama’ – or With Obama!
‘Mit” in German means ‘with’ and Mitt in English means…………well in this case right-wing millionaire loser, and most Europeans agree.
The German love-in with Barrack Obama started in the summer of 2008 when the then ‘would-be’ president was denied the chance to speak at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate’ by none other than Angela Merkel!
He [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Happy Birthday Günter Grass! German authour turns 85 today and still going strong.
The Günter Grass House, has existed since 2002 in the Glockengießerstraße 21 in Lubeck – its official name is ‘Günter Grass-Haus, Forum für Literatur und Bildende Kunst’ / the Günter Grass House, Forum for Literature and Visual Arts.
It offers insights into the work of Nobel laureate, graphic artist and sculptor [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, October 12th, 2012
The opinions expressed by our blog contributors are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but specifically of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn.
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His chances are not considered high – at 16/1 if one can believe the UK Guardian -and one tends more and more NOT to believe them.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/12/nobel-peace-prize-winner-to-be-revealed
It would be a very courageous move on the part of the Norwegians [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Angela Merkel
In an article published yesterday, the increasingly unreliable UK Guardian , written by Dan Milmo, ‘industrial editor’ , openly blames German chancellor, Angela Merkel for the collapse of the BAE-EADS merger talks.
The article called “Angela Merkel blamed for collapse of £28bn BAE-EADS merger” claims that “sources” say German chancellor was key factor in decision to terminate talks. – http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/10/angela-merkel-bae-eads-merger
The article was supposed [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: angela merkel, Angela Merkel and 'System M', bundeskanzlerin.de, But can one trust the UK Guardian?, Dan Milmo, germany-the-accidental-empire, guardian opportunistic regarding wikileaks, Guardian UK, Guardian UK openly 'blames' Merkel, guardian.co.uk, industrial editor, Julian Assange, shrill Guardian UK
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
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…
Tags: 'Got to save the Banks, anti-wall street berlin, anti-wall street protests, die linke, greece as scapegoat of banks, Merkel visits Athens later today, Pull up those PIGS!, their co-leader Bernd Riexinger., UK Guardian on Dexia bank
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Germans and most Europeans are ‘Mit Obama’ – or With Obama!
‘Mit” in German means ‘with’ and Mitt in English means…………well in this case right-wing millionaire loser, and most Europeans agree.
This according to a new poll which says that circa 75% of Europeans would vote for Barack Obama, and a merey 8% for the Mitt Romney – that is if they could vote in the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: "Mit Obama", 'German Marshall Fund'., 'Transatlantic Trends'., Barack Obama, euobserver.com, Europeans would vote for Obama and not loser Romney, In Germany they are "Mit Obama", japantoday.com, nytimes.com
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