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...time. Germany, like most other European countries, is sitting on a demographic time bomb. Without an annual influx of at least 230,000 people, Germany's population of 83 million will shrink to 51 million in 2050 and 24 million in 2100, according to Reiner Klingholz, director of the Berlin Institute for World Population and Global Development. Such a steep drop could imperil funding for Germany's state pensions. And despite a stubbornly high unemployment rate of 10.5%, almost 75,000 jobs are presently unfilled because of a shortage of skilled personnel - just the kind of people...
...Germany really want to build world-class companies? Last week Jacques Chirac and Gerhard Schröder swore they did, pledging to team up to develop "the industrial champions that Europe needs," in the words of the French President. A top-level delegation of French ministers will head to Berlin in late May to trade ideas with their German counterparts. But watch what they do, not what they say: officials on both sides say the move is largely an attempt to patch up bad feelings in Germany over recent French market interventions. Berlin was openly critical of France 's active...
...relevance." It's a far cry from the 1990s, when suspicion of a Stasi past was enough to force a politician or executive out of a job. "This period where uncovering Stasi involvement resulted in scandal is behind us," says social scientist Ralph Rytlewski of the Free University in Berlin. In an open letter, Runge said his Stasi ties were "nothing to be proud of." But if the shrug that greeted his story means Germany is through torturing itself over the past, it may also have to do with Runge's recent triumphs. In January, German trade magazine Horizont named...
...Minister Pham Gia Khiem: "When you take a sip of water, you should remember the origin of the stream. The present generation has to remember those who made sacrifices on their behalf." - By Phil Zabriskie New War, Old Tactics GERMANY As the trial of Tunisian Ihsan Garnaoui opened in Berlin, prosecutors revived tactics used against the Red Army Faction in the 1970s. Garnaoui, believed to have been planning a Madrid-style bombing campaign...
Sherwood has a fond place for the Loeb. “Its technical capacity far outweighs that of other spaces on campus,” he says. “Anything is possible on the Mainstage. Witches can disappear in a cloud of smoke, a Berlin nightclub can appear where there was darkness before and can disappear as quickly as it came, and a house with working electricity and plumbing can split apart and turn around before your eyes...