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Tag Archives: Alps

18Jan/16

The Swiss ski resort of Davos

The divided world debate at Davos

January 18, 2016EconomyActivism, Alps, Canada, Central Intelligence Agency, Davos, Grace Pascoe, Humans, Israel, James Bevan, Joe Biden, JOHN KERRY, Kevin Spacey, Klaus Schwab, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liberal democracies, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Member states of the United Nations, Organizations, Pascoe, Schwab, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Western Europe, World Economic Forumsmbale

Politicians and business leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps this week face an increasingly divided world, with the poor falling further behind the super-rich and political fissures in the United States, Europe and the Middle East running deeper than at any time in decades. Grace Pascoe reports. Continue reading →

08Jun/15

Greenpeace turns mountain into canvas for G7 climate appeal

June 8, 2015EnvironmentAlps, Angela Merkel, Austria–Germany border, Bavaria, energy politics, Environment, G7, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Greenpeace, Group of Seven, Krün, Landforms, laser, Schloss Elmau, States of Germany, Two-thousanders, Wetterstein, Wetterstein Mountains, Zugspitzesmbale

As the G7 leaders prepare to talk about energy politics in Elmau, Greenpeace supporters laser-project a climate-appeal onto the nearby Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain.
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02Apr/15

German pilot’s computer shows searches on suicide and cockpit doors

April 2, 2015CrimeAirlines, Alps, Aviation, Christoph Kumpa, Cockpit, Disaster/Accident, Duesseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germanwings, Germanwings Flight, Germany, Lufthansa, prosecutor, Social Issues, state prosecutor, Suicide, Suicide methodssmbale

German state prosecutor says co-pilot’s computer shows searches for methods of committing suicide and research into cockpit doors, which were made in the days leading up to crash.

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24Mar/15

Duesseldorf airport spokesman says Airbus crash “black day” for German air transport

March 24, 2015TransportA320, Airbus A320 family, AIRBUS S.A.S., Airlines, Alexander Dobrindt, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alps, Angela Merkel, Aviation, Barcelona, Barcelonnette, Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft, Disaster/Accident, Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf airport, Düsseldorf, Economy of Germany, France, Germanwings, Germanwings Flight, Germany, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Group, Paris, Spain, Star Alliance, The Airbus, Thomas Koetter, Transportsmbale

Representatives for Duesseldorf airport and Lufthansa tell journalists the Airbus crash marks a “black day” for German aviation.

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