The Saturday Profile: Berlin Mayor, Symbol of Openness, Has National Appeal
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Charming, sociable and openly gay, Klaus Wowereit is the newest star in a German political firmament short on stars.
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His candidacy works to inspire, while she appeals to reason and cites credentials.
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RALEIGH, NC - A few weeks ago, University of Miami fans were ready to run quarterback Brock Berlin out of town. Today, they may want him to run for president.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s party was heartened Monday after faring better than expected in east German state elections, but a strong showing by fringe parties on the right
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Bulgaria in Brief: 20 September 2004, Monday. Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski opened on Monday new traffic centre that would control the traffic of Sofia's public transport.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg lived most of his life as a Democrat before switching to the GOP when he ran for mayor, yet he never really fit in with either party. Now, Bloomberg has apparently shaken off those labels and found the one that suits him, announcing this week that he has become an independent because it is more in line with his beliefs and gives him freedom to promote his agenda for the city.
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Germany will welcome U.S. entertainer Barbra Streisand with open arms when she performs at Berlin's Waldbuehne arena on Saturday, her first appearance in the country after turning down several invitations in the past.
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Germans pride themselves on putting on a good party -- take the Munich beer festival or last year's soccer World Cup -- and Berlin is preparing for another big celebration next week.
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French presidential candidate Segolene Royal met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Tuesday.Comment
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's swift and generous response to the Asian tsunami disaster reflected the mood of ordinary Germans at the start of a key election year.
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The mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar B. Goodman, has made his love of drink a central element in a very successful public persona.
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Gerhard Schroeder, in the first visit to Libya by a German head of government, on Friday praised leader Moammar Gadhafi&#39;s ``remarkable&#39;&#39; change in the course of a country once shunned for its support of terrorism.
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The sun broke through the clouds and the town mayor beamed with pride, and Chancellor Gerhard Schrder's black Mercedes limousine came rolling into the east German town of Wittenberge.
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As the lord mayor of this historic German city addressed reporters Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of his constituents could be heard in the plaza below having a good wine or two.
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GÃ¼nter Verheugen, the German who has been the European Union&#39;s commissioner for enlargement since 1999, was in an optimistic mood last April.
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Ban Ki Moon sets a tone of openness, but some of his appointments create concern.
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Lou Reed performs 'Berlin' in a German capital that bears little resemblance to the city that inspired his dystopic masterpiece