http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/index.rss en-en Iomauna Media GmbH Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT The drama of last night’s relegation match between Hertha and Fortuna Düsseldorf will be talked about for weeks. Unfortunately, it won’t be about an edgy, exciting and breathless game, but for the chaotic scenes forcing a 20 minute break at the end.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/o-fortuna/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/o-fortuna/index.html Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT So, Jacinta Nandi doesn't want her kid to grow up to be the kind of German who thinks the worst consequence of the Holocaust is that every now and again German tourists in Bournemouth get some schoolkids doing the Hitlergruß at them. Boo-HOO.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/amok-mama-dont-mention-it/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/amok-mama-dont-mention-it/index.html Tue, 15 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT A new "freelancer tax" will surely be the death knell of many a one-man or woman start-up in Berlin.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/seymour-gris:-killing-the-creative-class/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/seymour-gris:-killing-the-creative-class/index.html Mon, 14 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT There's only one conclusion to be drawn from Berlin's latest airport farce – the city has a mental block about this whole thing.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/konrad-werner:-berlin-subconsciously-doesn't-want-a-new-airport/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/konrad-werner:-berlin-subconsciously-doesn't-want-a-new-airport/index.html Fri, 11 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT Berlin will be hosting the DFB Pokal final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. The Sportsdesk laments a time when the Cup final was a big deal back home.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/jacob-sweetman-my-cup-runneth-over/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/jacob-sweetman-my-cup-runneth-over/index.html Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT Jacinta Nandi's son isn't even a teenager yet but he's already put her on a very strict anti-kissing programme. Things can only get, er, even worse.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/amok-mama-anti-kissing-programme/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/amok-mama-anti-kissing-programme/index.html Tue, 08 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT Time for the Germans to break open the piggy bank.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/seymour-gris:-france-and-germany/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/seymour-gris:-france-and-germany/index.html Mon, 07 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT Whenever a fat, powerful man says we should "keep sport and politics apart," something stinks of corruption and fascism.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/konrad-werner:-only-the-corrupt-separate-sport-and-politics/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/konrad-werner:-only-the-corrupt-separate-sport-and-politics/index.html Fri, 04 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT It is a sign of how loved in Berlin Arne Friedrich still is that his goal at the weekend for the Chicago Fire was so widely reported. Unfortunately this is a joke with a punchline.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/jacob-sweetman:-waiting-for-goals-oh/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/jacob-sweetman:-waiting-for-goals-oh/index.html Wed, 02 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT Konrad had this weird idea that social benefits were for poor, lazy people. But no, it turns out that the government always has a helping hand for the middle classes.

]]> http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/konrad-werner:-free-stuff-for-rich-people/index.html http://www.exberliner.com/blogs/the-blog/konrad-werner:-free-stuff-for-rich-people/index.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT