SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 17, 2012
The mayor of Berlin has confirmed that the city's new international airport will not open until March 17, 2013, nine months after its planned June opening. The operators need additional time to complete a fire safety system. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 16, 2012
Last week, officials announced that Berlin's modern new airport would not open as planned on June 3. Now, it looks as though the first flights may not take off at the facility until March of 2013. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 16, 2012
A group of left-wing extremists in Germany has claimed responsibility for an arson attack aimed at the EU task force leader for Greece. His efforts to implement painful reforms there are unwanted, said the group, which has also threatened further attacks. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 15, 2012
Berlin had hoped to gain worldwide recognition for its futuristic new international airport. But after the announcement that the facility won't open on time due to massive safety problems, the city is embarrassed and the hunt for who to blame has begun. By SPIEGEL Staff
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SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 14, 2012
In a SPIEGEL interview, Hartmut Mehdorn, 69, CEO of Germany's second-largest airline Air Berlin, discusses how the surprise delay in opening the capital's new international airport will affect the company. He also describes widespread financial difficulties among airlines as an "industry crisis." more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 10, 2012
Airlines are shuffling their schedules and politicians are trading barbs in the wake of the announcement earlier this week that Berlin's much touted new international airport would not open early next month as planned. Passengers and airport businesses are waiting for a decision on a new opening date, which could be announced next week. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 09, 2012
Tuesday's announcement that Berlin's modern new international airport would not open as planned next month caught many by surprise. Politicians are furious and airlines stand to lose money as a result. Commentators say that the embarrassment for the German capital could hardly be greater. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 08, 2012
Just three weeks before Berlin's shiny new international airport was scheduled to open, officials have called it off, citing problems with fire safety equipment. No new date has been set but the German capital's mayor has said it could be as late as the second half of August. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 26, 2012
The Berlin Biennale may have disappointed in recent years, but now it's back with a bang, thanks to Polish curator Artur Zmijewski. He wants to put politics back into art -- and he's succeeding. The exhibition, which opens Thursday, includes an encampment by the Occupy movement, Palestinian stamps and transplanted trees from Auschwitz. By Ulrike Knöfel more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 25, 2012
Public transport in Berlin and other German cities is often the site of spontaneous parties on the weekend, but not all passengers want to share the ride with beer-swilling drunks. Now, many cities want to impose alcohol bans on mass transit -- but their efforts are being blocked by Deutsche Bahn and other providers who don't want to bear the costs. By Andreas Wassermann more...
