http://www.newstin.com/us/RONALD_POFALLA Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/69133911 By Ulrich Beck, the author of World Risk Society and a professor of sociology at Munich’s Ludwig-Maximilians University and the London School of Economics (THE GUARDIAN, 17/07/08): Are we witnessing the beginning of a real-life... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:44:38 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/69133911 2008-07-18T10:44:38Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/68240810 Are you disappointed? As a result, people in industrialized nations like Germany are now afraid that they will no longer be able to drive their cars, pay for electricity and heat their homes. I stand by my words: We must invent... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:54:59 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/68240810 2008-07-14T13:54:59Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66272425 Berlin - Long-standing German opposition to nuclear power is crumbling, although opponents of nuclear power remain in the majority, according to a new poll published Thursday. The poll, commissioned by national public... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:36:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/66272425 2008-07-03T13:36:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65794462 The chances of Germany's grand coalition reaching a consensus on nuclear energy are dwindling. The conservative Christian Democrats want to keep existing nuclear power plants running longer, while the center-left Social... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:36:31 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/65794462 2008-07-01T12:36:31Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/61648988 Barack Obama's charisma and youth have won the Democratic presidential candidate many fans in Berlin. Republican candidate John McCain, on the other hand, is seen as a choleric hardliner. But neither of them would cozy up to... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:47:04 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/61648988 2008-06-09T16:47:04Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/60082785 German Social Democrats put forward their own presidential candidate By Dietmar Henning and Peter Schwarz 30 May 2008 The post of German federal president is largely of a representative nature, and the successful candidate possesses little real power. This was the case in 1969 when the election... Fri, 30 May 2008 04:05:56 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/60082785 2008-05-30T04:05:56Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/59137944 BERLIN (Reuters) - Some conservative leaders warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel's grand coalition government could be in jeopardy if the Social Democrats nominate on Monday their own candidate for the ceremonial office of president. SPD chairman Kurt Beck and party leaders will meet on Monday... Sun, 25 May 2008 12:55:18 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/59137944 2008-05-25T12:55:18Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/58697885 President Horst Koehler announced Thursday that he will seek re-election next year — a decision that could deepen political tensions in Germany's divided governing coalition. Koehler, from Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union, was elected in 2004 to the largely... Thu, 22 May 2008 16:46:41 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/58697885 2008-05-22T16:46:41Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57519224 FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - A key official in Germany's Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), whose group is part of the coalition government, said there will be no tax cuts during the current legislature period, which ends late next year. CDU general secretary Ronald Pofalla made the... Fri, 16 May 2008 09:48:22 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57519224 2008-05-16T09:48:22Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57418828 Germany's top security official on Thursday defended keeping the new Left party under observation by the country's domestic intelligence agency, but the party demanded an end to the practice. The Left was formed in 2005. It fused western German left-wingers with the Party of Democratic Socialism,... Thu, 15 May 2008 17:16:03 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57418828 2008-05-15T17:16:03Z