Berlin - It was certainly not the opera that drew leading Beijing-born director Chen Kaige to make a film about a famed 20th century Chinese opera star.
"I'm not a big fan of Peking opera," Chen told a press conference marking the screening of his movie portrait of Mei Lan-fang, who was described during his lifetime as China's greatest actor.
"My interest was Mei himself," Chen said, describing the performer as man who gave everything to his adoring public.
Berlin - Germany's Federal Constitutional Court began deliberating Tuesday on the legality of planned reforms to the European Union contained in the controversial Lisbon Treaty.
Critics of the treaty - which has already been rejected once by voters in Ireland - argue that it transfers too many responsibilities to the EU, thus reducing Germany's sovereignty.
The petitioners include Peter Gauweiler, a maverick federal deputy in Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU), and former EU parliamentarian Franz Ludwig Graf von Stauffenberg, also of the CSU.
Berlin - Annual German inflation slumped to a five-year low of 0.9
Berlin - It was certainly not the opera that drew leading Beijing-born director Chen Kaige to make a film about a famed 20th century Chinese opera star.
Berlin - Hollywood actress Michelle Pfeiffer does not complain about having younger men cast in the role of her leading men.
Berlin - German President Horst Koehler officially appointed Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg as the country's new economics minister Tuesday.
Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany sent Austra
Berlin - Germany's Federal Constitutional Court began deliberating Tuesday on the legality of planned reforms to the European Union contained in the controversial Lisbon Treaty.
