
To attend to cross-border business, Jones Lang LaSalle has an office in Berlin. The things you notice about the city are its impeccable planning, its dignified grandeur, beautifully preserved architecture and bracing weather. Recommendations My favourite hotel is Swissotel. It is centrally located in Berlin's leading shopping and business district of Kurfrstendamm, and is ideal for business and shopping. The hotel's restaurant serves amazing food. I'd also recommend The Sofitel,...

11:02 AM, Apr 03, 2012

Berlin: The eurozone nations have reached a deal to build up a massive 800-billion-euro (around $1.1 trillion) financial firewall to prevent the two-year-old sovereign debt crisis from engulfing larger economies such as Spain and Italy. The finance ministers of the 17 nations using the single currency agreed on Friday at the start of a two-day meeting in Copenhagen to bolster the firepower of eurozone's financial bailout fund to 700 billion...

02:27 PM, Mar 31, 2012

New Delhi: Arjun Sarja is all set to make his comeback in the Kannada film industry with his upcoming flick 'Prasad' which has been widely appreciated at the Berlin Film Festival recently. Although, not fully a commercial venture, the film has now roused curiosity among viewers. Film lovers will be once again excited to see Arjun on-screen after 'Sri Manjunatha', which was released in 2001. When City Express interacted with...

12:12 PM, Mar 27, 2012

Paan Singh Tomar, a film which was ready in 2010 but released two years later gained critical and commercial success. But not all films are fortunate enough to see the light of the day. Partho Sen-Gupta's Hava Aney Dey, a film set in Mumbai, is one of the most authentic portrayals of the city on celluloid. The 2004 film had a screening at Berlinale, won the Best Film at Durban...

05:58 PM, Mar 20, 2012

Following the teaser images and videos of the fastest Ferrari ever built, Maranello has finally unveiled the supercar. The F12berlinettas 6262cc V12 engine produces a mind numbing 750PS of power and an equally gut wrenching 690Nm of torque. This engine is mated to an F1 dual-clutch automatic transmission and along with a dry weight of 1525kg promises a 0-100kmph time of 3.1 seconds and 0-200 in 8.5 seconds with a...

12:53 PM, Mar 02, 2012

Berlin: An Indian film 'Gattu' directed by Rajan Khosa has been honoured with a special mention at the prestigious film festival 62nd Berlin film festival. The film won the award in the Generation KPlus category in which films meant for children are screened. "I'm very thrilled," says Rajan Khosa, whose film is produced by the Children's Film Society of India. "To children, I wish to say, believe in your dreams...

04:37 PM, Feb 20, 2012

Berlin: 'Caesar Must Die', a docu-drama in which murderers and mafiosi act out a Shakespearean tragedy in a high-security Italian jail, won the Golden Bear award for best picture at the Berlin film festival on Saturday. The black-and-white movie, called 'Cesare deve morire' in Italian and directed by veteran brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, was among the favourites to scoop the coveted honour. The Tavianis - Paolo is 80 and...

01:56 PM, Feb 19, 2012

Berlin: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan electrified his fans at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival last night by attending the international premiere of his last release 'Don - The King is Back', the first Bollywood production filmed to a large extent here. Braving freezing temperatures, hundreds of his fans waited for several hours outside the Friedrichstadt Palace theatre to catch a glimpse of their film idol and they gave him...

01:05 PM, Feb 13, 2012

'Don 2' will release in Germany on as many as 40 screens starting from the February 16. ...

06:54 PM, Feb 12, 2012

The Berlin Film Festival saw a lot of stars skipping the do because of the weather including Shah Rukh Khan. ...

07:49 PM, Feb 11, 2012

The Berlin Film Festival is the place for the next nine days to be to catch a glimpse of the best movies from across the globe. ...

11:49 PM, Feb 10, 2012

New Delhi: Director-actor Farhan Akhtar, whose last film 'Don 2' was not only shot in Germany but was co-produced by a German company says such collborations can bring countries together. The 38-year-old filmmaker said that the film which has been co-produced by Mathias Schwerbrock, is the first actual co-production in Bollywood. "It is the first time that a foreign national has directly been associated with an Indian motion puicture. It...

08:19 PM, Feb 03, 2012

Berlin: Pistol dueling in print and energetic postings of "applause" accompanied the Facebook premier of Theodor Fontane's "Effi Briest," which organisers said was the first live staging of a play on the social networking site. Fontane's classic work, first published as a serial novel in 1894, was specially adapted to be performed on the Maxim Gorki Theater's "online Facebook stage" on Monday. The play used status updates, photo uploads and...

11:17 AM, Jan 12, 2012

Berlin: The Berlin Wall's construction 50 years ago must be a constant reminder to citizens today to stand up for freedom and democracy, the city's mayor said on Saturday as a united Germany commemorated the bitter anniversary. Seeing Berlin divided by the wall tore apart the country as well as separating the city's streets, neighbors and families, mayor Klaus Wowereit said at a televised ceremony. "It is our shared responsibility...

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