Berlin - Germany's transport ministry on Thursday endorsed Ruediger Grube, 57, a top executive at carmaker Daimler, as the new head of the state-owned railways company Deutsche Bahn.
The ministry said Chancellor Angela Merkel and key ministers had agreed on Grube for the hot-seat job, replacing Hartmut Mehdorn, 66, who tendered his resignation this week after Bahn had admitted to illicit surveillance of its employees.
Berlin - Stress is almost guaranteed when flying with a baby. But many parents find the hunt for a child safety seat, acceptable to international airlines and in compliance with various government guidelines, even more stressful.
Making the wrong choice can mean reserving a seat, buying or renting a safety seat and then learning just before takeoff that the seat does not pass muster. But not making the effort could mean foregoing basic safety precautions, some experts say.
Berlin - Police and demonstrators have been flexing their muscles in the run-up to this week's summit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of NATO.
Around 150 anti-NATO campaigners clashed with police Tuesday night on the outskirts of the French city of Strasbourg, co-host to the April 3-4 gathering along with Kehl and Baden-Baden in Germany.
Police used tear gas to disperse the protesters who had gathered to voice their anger at the strict identification checks imposed to prevent troublemakers from disrupting the summit.
Berlin - Ruediger Grube, 57, currently a top executive at car company Daimler, was tipped Wednesday as the German government's choice to head the state-owned railways company Deutsche Bahn.
Sources said Chancellor Angela Merkel and key ministers had agreed late Tuesday to appoint Grube to the hot-seat job, replacing Hartmut Mehdorn, 66, who quit this week after Bahn had admitted to illicit surveillance of its employees.
Berlin - More than 1,000 technology-obsessed bloggers gathered Wednesday for a twittering conference in Berlin - and promptly lost what they needed most of all: their internet connections.
The annual event, re: publica, brings together Germans who share their innermost thoughts via blogs, or online diaries. Many employ Twitter, an internet service allowing them to type out minute-by- minute announcements of what they are thinking and doing.
Berlin - In a congratulatory message to incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed him Wednesday to advance the peace process with the Palestinians and usher in a two-state solution to the conflict.
"I hope you will manage to achieve decisive progress towards a two-state solution," she said, referring to German support for establishing a sovereign Palestinian state which would agree to exist in peace with its neighbour Israel.
Berlin - Germany's transport ministry on Thursday endorsed Ruediger Grube, 57, a top executive at carmaker Daimler, as the new head of the state-owned railways company Deutsche Bahn.
Berlin - Stress is almost guaranteed when flying with a baby. But many parents find the hunt for a child safety seat, acceptable to international airlines and in compliance with various government guidelines, even more stressful.
Berlin - Police and demonstrators have been flexing their muscles in the run-up to this week's summit celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of NATO.
Berlin - Ruediger Grube, 57, currently a top executive at car company Daimler, was tipped Wednesday as the German government's choice to head the state-owned railways company Deutsche Bahn.
Berlin - More than 1,000 technology-obsessed bloggers gathered Wednesday for a twittering conference in Berlin - and promptly lost what they needed most of all: their internet connections.
Berlin - In a congratulatory message to incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed him Wednesday to advance the peace process with the Palestinians and usher in a two-state solution to the conflict.
