Consumer Dresden would like to join the Edeka network. However, a crucial hurdle remains to be overcome. User collaboration Dresden want to join the Edeka network. Consumtion Dresden announced that this process will now be registered with the Federal Quarter Office. The 60 branches with around 1,100 employees will continue to exist under the famous … Read more
Good morning, dear reader, At the weekend I listened to a speech by AfD leader Alice Weidel in front of her base in Ulm. She wasn’t particularly committed, especially given the fact that Weidel was applying for the top candidacy in her home association. By AfD standards, it’s an average speech that the 45-year-old gives … Read more
Art doesn’t pay rent: “Linda and the Long Line” (Berlin, October 5, 2024) The venerable Babylon cinema, built in 1928/29 in the “New Objectivity” style, witnessed the greatness and misery of German history: demonstrations by the KPD on its forecourt against fascism, hunger and cold, the party headquarters were next door. But also raids by … Read more
Musste Deutsche-Bank-Chef Alfred Herrhausen (†1989) sterben, weil er die deutsche Einheit finanzierte? Der ARD-Zweiteiler „Herrhausen – Herr des Geldes“* beleuchtet die Rolle des RAF-Terroropfers im Vorfeld des Mauerfalls und die Motive seiner Mörder. Im Fokus des Spielfilms: CIA, Stasi und die Gegner Herrhausens in den Chefetagen der Deutschen Bank. Zerfetzt in einer RAF-Sprengfalle: der Dienst-Mercedes … Read more
Love instead of hate: Actor Jaecki Schwarz filming a crime thriller Photo: dpa/Hendrik Schmidt “You don’t hear much good about this person,” says actress Jenny Gröllmann in her role as Margot Kunze. Jaecki Schwarz, who played her husband Dieter at the time, reacts in the DEFA feature film “Isabel on the Stairs” with the words: … Read more
Because of Renewal The Kino International will be closed for about two years from Tuesday. According to Yorck Cinemas, 80 percent of the technical systems are to be replaced, “every cable and every radiator in the building will be replaced.” The last day of performance before the renovation planned for the building on Karl-Marx-Allee on … Read more
Square Enix has released the long-awaited action role-playing game Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for the PlayStation 5 console. This is a continuation of the story of Cloud and his team, whose adventures began in Final Fantasy VII Remake. Both games are remakes and re-imaginings of the 1997 classic Final Fantasy VII. And in the future, … Read more
Between the Honecker Lounge, “Dirty Dancing” and the Berlinale: The Kino International was once the most important premiere cinema in the GDR, is a permanent fixture at the Berlinale and is also known to film fans and tourists for its striking architecture. In November, the house on Karl-Marx-Allee, built in 1963, will be 60 years … Read more
MDR at 4: Which GDR insurance policies do many people still have? Fabian Holzheimer, Consumer Center Saxony: In the GDR, on the one hand, this was household insurance – a bundle of private liability, household contents and luggage insurance. It was adopted that way after the fall of communism. On the other hand, this is … Read more
Berlin. Her voice is noticeably brighter than today. She also sounds a little intimidated, but yet determined and precise. When the “defendant Wegner” has to answer. What her name is. Where she lives. And why she distributed leaflets in Berlin mailboxes after the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968: “I immediately found that wrong. … Read more