Esme Nicholson

Esme Nicholson appears in the following:

Age 85 And Still Stylish On The Streets Of Berlin

Friday, January 02, 2015

In Berlin, street fashion's trendiest figure is Ali Akdeniz, age 85. His dapper attire is the focus of a blog that went viral. Its creator, Zoe Spawton, won Germany's most prestigious...

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In Berlin, A Beat That Bloomed From Rubble

Sunday, November 09, 2014

Today Berlin is a techno hot spot. The scene has its roots in the fall of the Berlin Wall, when young people from East and West got together in abandoned buildings to dance and celebrate together.

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The Cold War Broadcast That Gave East German Dissidents A Voice

Saturday, November 08, 2014

When Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called for glasnost and perestroika (openness and restructuring) in the communist world in the 1980s, East German leaders resisted. But grass-roots opposition groups in East Germany saw an opening.

There was a forum for critical, public debate in the Protestant church, which had a degree ...

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Energy Deal With Russians Puts Some In Germany On Edge

Friday, March 21, 2014

The German government has intervened in a trade deal between a German arms manufacturer and the Russian military.

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Germany's Paradox: Family-Friendly Benefits, But Few Kids

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Germany is regarded as one of the most generous countries in the world when it comes to helping women raise families. The government invests about $260 billion each year into 156 separate family-friendly benefits, including health care, generous parental leave, subsidized day care and tax breaks.

Yet on a continent ...

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