The Merry Royals (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
... Felipe and Princess Letizia also visited the Brandenburg Gate with the mayor of Berlin Klaus Wowereit. The Brandnburg Gate, which was completed in 1791, is the only one remaining of a series that used to lead into Berlin. ( source ) Share This
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
... wanted to or not, Thomas Doerflein wrote Berlin history in successfully raising Knut," Mayor Klaus Wowereit wrote in a message of condolences to Doerflein's mother. "In doing so, he always remained modest and down to earth."
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
... wanted to or not, Thomas Doerflein wrote Berlin history in successfully raising Knut," Mayor Klaus Wowereit wrote in a message of condolences to Doerflein's mother. "In doing so, he always remained modest and down to earth."
The Metaverse Journal (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Metaversum have moved Twinity to the next stage of it’s development, announcing its public beta phase. A media event was held in Germany with Berlin’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit, to formally open virtual Berlin. Wowereit was even presented with a key to the virtual city. Jochen Hummel, CEO of Metaversum remains upbeat on Twinity’s development: “With the [...]
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
The Friedrichstadtpalast, the music hall at the heart of the Roaring Twenties, has appealed to Klaus Wowereit, the Mayor of Berlin, to provide €3.5 million (£2.8 million) to fend off imminent financial collapse....
Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
London, September 4 : The Friedrichstadtpalast music hall in Berlin, where actress Marlene Dietrich made her debut, is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy. An official in the city's culture department has revealed that the music hall, known for upholding a tradition of near-naked young women performing risque dance routines with almost military discipline, has appealed to Mayor Klaus Wowereit...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
... major theme. Consistent with this year's theme, the Long Night of Museums will be opened by Klaus Wowereit, the current mayor of Berlin, among the columns of the Altes Museum with a view over the newly restored Lustgarten with its pristine lawn and beautiful flowerbeds. The Lustgarten is a place to build up your strength for the journey through the night by bringing a picnic, a point of...
TotalF1.com (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Aug.22 (GMM) The mayor of Berlin has ensured speculation about a possible street race in the German capital is short lived. Klaus Wowereit on Friday told the city's Morgenpost newspaper that - despite the inaugural goings-on on the streets of Valencia this weekend and the other similar F1 urban circuits in Monaco, Montreal, Melbourne and Singapore - Berlin is not about to join the action.
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Appoximately 100 people participated in a protest yesterday at the site of the memorial to gay Holocaust victims in Berlin, which was vandalized over the weekend. Those assembled included gay Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit. Said Wowereit: "An attack against this...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Klaus Wowereit, Berlin's first openly-gay mayor, has spoken out against the vandalism of the city's memorial to gay and lesbian victims of Nazi rule.
Berlin City (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Berlin’s memorial to the LGBT victims of World War II has been vandalised. The memorial to homosexual men and women persecuted by the Nazis was installed in May 2008. Part of the memorial is a screen showing a looped video of two men kissing. Just three months later, this screen has been smashed. Klaus Wowereit, Berlin’s first [...]
