BERLIN — Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair will not make an offer for assets of insolvent German airline Air Berlin, its Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said on Wednesday, citing what he said was an intransparent carve-up process. Air Berlin, Germany’s …
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German Government Says Air Berlin Bridging Loan on Schedule
BERLIN — A German government bridging loan for insolvent Air Berlin has not yet been paid out but the timetable for disbursing the credit is on schedule, a spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry said on Monday. “There are a few technical details but the …
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Air Berlin Frequent Flyer Programme Files for Insolvency
BERLIN — Air Berlin’s frequent flyer programme filed for insolvency on Friday, bad news for members with points on their accounts, which they can no longer use. The frequent flyer programme Top Bonus had already stopped members from using and collecting …
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Ryanair’s O’Leary would be interested in buying all of Air Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) would be interested in bidding for the whole of insolvent German carrier Air Berlin (AB1.DE), but it needs access to more data on the airline’s finances, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary told Reuters. “We would be very …
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Neo-Nazis, counterprotesters rally in Berlin
Neo-Nazis marched in the streets of Berlin as counterprotesters assembled to meet them, a week after a white supremacist rally turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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In Berlin, Singing Karaoke at the Site of a Former ‘Death Strip’
Every Sunday, thousands of people shuffle through the dusty fields of Mauerpark in Berlin and into the former “death strip” that at one time separated east from west. Along a stretch once marked by attack dogs, watchtowers and guards ready to shoot anyone …
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‘You would never find this lunacy in Paris’ – German politician attacks English-speaking waiters in Berlin
One of Germany’s most prominent politcians has launched an oustpoken attack on the increasing use of the English language in every day life, and called for a crackdown. “Co-existence can only work in Germany if we all speak German,” Jens Spahn, seen …
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Merkel: ex-Stasi prison in Berlin ‘painful’ reminder of past
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the government is committed to helping maintain the memorial at a former East German secret police prison, calling it an “authentic and thus painful” reminder of communist-era excesses. During her first …
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Turkey agrees to German lawmaker visit to troops, says Berlin
Turkey has agreed to let German lawmakers visit soldiers serving at an air base in Turkey next month as part of a NATO trip, a letter from the German foreign minister showed on Tuesday, after Ankara refused a visit there in July. A row over access to …
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Chinese tourists detained in Berlin for Hitler salute
Two Chinese tourists were detained in Berlin for making the straight-armed Hitler salute for photos in front of the Reichstag parliament building, a police spokeswoman said on Sunday. The holidaymakers were spotted by officers on a routine patrol Saturday …
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