But the east accounts for less than a fifth of Germany’s population, and the party has failed to make the sort of inroads in the west it would need to challenge for power.
The poll’s findings suggest Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) are the only party that can claim nationwide support. They are first in the west with 27 per cent, and second in the east with 22 per cent — a single point behind the AfD.
Support for Germany’s other traditional main party has collapsed: the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) are third in the west on 13 per cent and a dismal fifth in the east with just 11 per cent.
While the AfD is unlikely to win a majority in any of this autumn's regional elections, and will probably be kept out of power by a coalition of rival parties, coming first would be a shot across the bows of Mrs Merkel's government."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/04/poll-shows-germany-still-div...
"In addition to the national and international celebrations, exhibitions and events that take place throughout the year and beyond, the grand finale is the festival to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall from 4 to 10 November 2019. Berlin will be transformed into a unique open-air exhibition and event venue. Along the route of the revolution in the city, important events of the history of 1989/90 become comprehensible at seven original locations. At these locations (Alexanderplatz, Gethsemanekirche, Brandenburger Tor, Schlossplatz, Kurfürstendamm, East-Side-Gallery and Stasi headquarters in Lichtenberg) large projections with historical pictures, films and sound installations will be shown. There are concerts, lectures, readings, contemporary witness talks, poetry slams and film screenings in addition. This impressive festival will conclude with the evening of 9 November, when the entire city will become the largest concert stage in the world, featuring renowned musicians, orchestras and bands. Berliners and guests from all over the world are invited to celebrate the festival of freedom peacefully and exuberantly.
More information can be found here or on the website of Kulturprojekte Berlin."
https://about.visitberlin.de/en/press/press-releases/berlin-celebrates-3...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE
Jemand muss etwas erforschen .. ;-)
'Harder than the Greek economy'
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Shake A Spear
Submitted by Captain Black on
"The setting is Carthage, in ancient times: the hero Aeneas flees from burning Troy and arrives in North Africa via the Mediterranean Sea with his fleet of ships, where he meets the beautiful queen Dido. They are lovestruck – and yet fail to bond because of fate’s intervention. Aeneas continues on his journey to form a new kingdom in Italy, while the abandoned Dido is left no alternative but to stay."
https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/en/veranstaltungen/dido-aeneas.7528/
Eeek ...
Adonis, eh ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0xJA-cWJ4U
Royal Endorsed Quackery
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2019/aug/21/berlin-wa...
Ah, so ;-)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/02/berlin-zoo-celebrates-rare...
Ohm ...
“We usually collaborate very closely with the United Kingdom on environmental issues.
“Both countries are gravely concerned about the state of our oceans … And then you just leave thousands of tonnes of contaminated water in the North Sea? I don’t get it. That isn’t consistent with an environmental policy that has advanced Britain’s reputation.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/04/uk-facing-eu-outrage-ov...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMS1pPxngyw
The Final Curtain
Submitted by Capt. 'Bob' on
"World events often move fast, but is hard to match the pace and power of change in 1989.
It culminated in one of the most famous scenes in recent history - the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The wall came down partly because of a bureaucratic accident but it fell amid a wave of revolutions that left the Soviet-led communist bloc teetering on the brink of collapse and helped define a new world order... Berlin was split four ways, with British, French and American zones in the west of the city and a Soviet zone in the east. West Berlin became an island surrounded by communist East Germany.
The wall was eventually built in 1961 because East Berlin was haemorrhaging people to the West."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50013048
"It is clear that Westminster isn't working. Yorkshire deserves better."
https://www.tripsavvy.com/guide-to-berlin-public-transportation-4584825
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAtBhZisvE0
To Urge ... "to find and task someone who had no previous connection to the authority to carry out the investigation."
Oh.
"The heliosheath appears to vary in its thickness. This is based on data showing that Voyager 1 had to travel further than its twin to reach the heliopause, where the solar wind and the interstellar wind are in balance."
Mittens.
'Boot Camp'
Submitted by Captain Black on
Hi Honies ....
https://www.thelocal.de/20191109/germany-marks-30th-anniversary-of-fall-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDybu8DTXbM
I'm Home.
Did I miss anything?
Grrrr ...
No Brown Bears.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUis9yny_lI
'Dog Grooming'
ffs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SbUC-UaAxE
Oh.
https://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/2987776/conservative...
Ah, So ...
" ... 'a' huge inspiration for the whole team."
Sehr Gut. ..
Next Stop ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE
Beijing.
'Hand on Hip'
Submitted by Captain Qahn on
"The agility of middle-aged gatekeepers to control the agenda has been usurped by a new generation of activists who can spread information through their own networks, allowing them to challenge narratives promoted by the status quo."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/10/free-speech-young-...
"“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear..”
"These missions - which have included the US robot rovers Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity - have shown that Mars must once have been lush and warm but was doomed as a cradle for complex life because of its size. The planet’s diameter is half that of Earth’s, which means it has a much smaller core at its heart compared with the one at the centre of our own planet. The Martian core, once molten, cooled and solidified billions of years ago while our larger core has remained hot and molten allowing convection currents within it to generate a magnetic field around the Earth."
"Surely the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four would understand that people don’t want to hear that 2+2=5?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUNk386EArw
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jul/12/we-are-all-martians-spac...
"“the way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away”."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_XgQhMPeEQ