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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
Last Wednesday 84 year old German author and Nobel laureate Günter Grass wrote in a poem called “What must be said” that the present regime in Israel is a threat to world peace.http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/04/04/gunter-grass-speaks-out-atommach-israel-gefahr-fur-den-weltfrieden-israel-a-danger-to-world-peace-what-must-be-said-commentary-by-ota-berlin-constituency-blog-contributor-mr-emil/
Günter Grass told German public broadcaster Norddeutsche Rundfunk/NDR on Thursday that an organized campaign against him will fail. Going after the man instead of the ball – blaming the messenger [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Israel a danger to World Peace' Günter Grass, attack the messanger, Avigdor Lieberman unstable, Bergman admited Nazi past, Bettina Marx, deutsche welle, Grass critisizes Israel, Günter Grass, Günter Grass 'Atommach Israel Gefahr für den Weltfrieden', Günter Grass speaks out, Infantile reaction of Netanyahu/Lieberman right-wing government, Ingmar Bergman, Ingmar Bergman and Gunther Grass, Jakob Augstein, Lieberman wants to muzzle critics in Europe, lieberman-has-warned-the-european-leadership, Mondoweiss, mwcnews.net
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Against the backdrop of the nuclear dispute with Iran the 1999 Literature Nobel Prize winner, the 84-year-old German writer Günter Grass, has sharply criticized both his own country Germany and Israel.
Grass wrote as much in a poem today called “What must be said” which was sent to the German “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”, and other international publications like the Italian “La Repubblica” and the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Israel a danger to World Peace' Günter Grass, Grass critisizes Israel, Günter Grass, Günter Grass 'Atommach Israel Gefahr für den Weltfrieden', Günter Grass speaks out
Posted in Articles by Emil Hoogensteyn, Berlin, History, History Berlin, History Germany, Politics EU, Politics Germany | 5 Comments »
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
This Ceramic ‘Conehead’ statuette was found by blog reader Oleg on the corner of Boxhagener Strasse & Wühlischstraße near Ostkreuz – it is in neighbourhood or Bezirk of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
‘Coneheads’ are an alien family, natives of the planet Remulak, who found themselves stranded on Earth and when questioned by Earthlings where they are from they inevitably reply that they are “from France”. Their [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Boxhagener Strasse & Wühlischstraße, Canadian actor and comedian Dan Aykroyd, Ceramic CONEHEAD statuette, Ceramic CONEHEAD statuette - Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Conehead monument Berlin, Conehead visit Berlin, Coneheads active in Berlin, Connie Conehead visits Berlin, Conny Conehead in Berlin, funny fotos in Berlin, funny pictures from berlin, Remulak
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Woman on stilts in front of Berlin Reichstag – foto -http://owlfliesnorth.tumblr.com/
Kiwi Blog reader – New Zealander Ms Carmel Blanchard sent us this funny foto of ……….yes what can one say other than that we have a woman/man on stilts – infront of the Berliner Dome in Berlin Mitte. [Schloßplatz, Mitte 10178 Berlin,[
She sent this picture on our www.ota-berlin.de blog website in [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: anti-wall street protests, funny fotos in Berlin, funny pictures from berlin, kiwis in Berlin, new zealanders in Berlin
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Sunday, March 18th, 2012
Pastor Gauck -foto Wikipedia – source J. Patrick FischerAs was expected a majority of the German Bundestag/Parliament , the judiciary and the state legislatures elected former DDR activist pastor Joachim Gauck as Germany`s new German Bundespräsident.
Gauck, who enjoyed the backing of the major large parties, received 991 of the 1,232 ballots cast and the Linke`s Partei candidate Beate Klarsfeld got a respectful [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 'Mr Clean', die linke, Gauck will have problems, Joachim Gauck becomes President, Mr Clean Gauck, No Gauck’, pastor Joachim Gauck, perhaps also a 2 year president, religious demagogue, right-wing hate-monger Gert Wilders, right-wing ideologue, western Ayatollah, ‘NotMyPresident’
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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, March 8th, 2012
[Photo shows Clara Zetkin -left- with Rosa Luxemborg in Berlin about 100 years ago - circa 1910- from Wikipedia]
In 1919 at the’ International Conference of Working Women’ in Copenhagen, Denmark, the groundwork for the first ‘International Women’s Day’ was established. This conference – attended by more than 100 women from 17 countries representing unions, socialist parties and working women’s clubs-agreed to [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Barnetstraße, Clara Zetkin, Dita Scholl, international womans day, International Women's Day in Berlin, international womens day 2012, International Womens Day Berlin, Maren Kabaratestin Kroymann, Prof. Dr. Gesine Schwan, Rosa Luxemburg, What is Woman's day?
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Friday, March 2nd, 2012
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of OTA-Berlin but of the contributor – in this case Mr Emil Hoogensteyn. This blog is brought to you by …..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 [...] Continue Reading…
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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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