BERLINGEZWITSCHER

Berlin – several ten thousand citizens of Berlin and tourist from all over the world are already gestapft on the late thursday afternoon by the slush on the Silvester Festmeile. On the 2.2 kilometers between Brandenburger gate and victory column were glow wine with the visitors on this winter day particularly like.

Berlin – “whole work” carried out the driver of a snow plough in Berlin Lichtenberg on the last day of the yearly. With snow areas the machine approximated the cars parked at the edge of the road old Friedrichsfelde between Möllendorffstraße and Rhinstraße too. The police communicated on Thursday that 32 was damaged by 53 parked cars.

Berlin – a 27year oldr driver is drunk on the Gegenfahrbahn guessed/advised and with a car together-hit on Wednesday in Berlin Neukölln. How the police communicated on Thursday, the man wanted to turn against 21.00 o’clock of the sun avenue into the Innstraße. There it crashed frontally with a box car.

Berlin – course travelers must count also to the end of the year on restrictions in the long-distance traffic of the German course. Because of frozen-over overhead lines by ice rains the railway connections are impaired in the areas Osnabrück and Goettingen for the morning, said a speaker on Thursday in Berlin. Travelers would have to therefore count on longer travel time.

Berlin – the German course must again limit their service in Berlin after the snows at the night to Thursday. On the metropolitan railway between Charlottenburg and zoo-logical garden is available at present only one track, said a railway spokesperson in the morning. Reason are switch disturbances.

Berlin – in the citizen of Berlin Martin Gropius building will be to see 2010 a large exhibition with works of the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. For many years the Eliasson living in Berlin wants to develop nearly all works particularly for the Gropius building, said director of museum Gereon Sievernich on Thursday of the DPA.

Berlin – defiance of strong snow and smooth roads gave it at night to New Year’s Eve in Berlin only insignificantly more traffic accidents. Altogether 139 accidents were counted, said a speaker. In nearly all cases it remained with a sheet metal damage. Whether all accidents were connected however with the weather, was still unclear.

Bayreuth/Berlin – with numerous drugs in the car three citizens of Berlin were stopped on their trip into the ski vacation of the police. The officials discovered old men with control on Wednesday on the motorway 9 with Bayreuth Amphetamine and marijuana in the car of the 29 and 30 years. Also a drug trackhound came to data of the police to the employment.

Berlin – on of Germany of largest New Year’s Eve Parties around the Brandenburger gate today again visitors approximately celebrate from all over the world the turn of the year starting from 18.00. More than one million humans are expected on the traditional citizens of Berlin celebration mile between the landmark of the capital and the victory column in the zoo.

Berlin – the citizens of Berlin Philharmonics terminate the year 2009 today (Donnerstag/17.15) in music with Russian sounds. With the traditional Silvesterkonzert they play the second piano concert of Sergej Rachmaninow and the second act from the ballet “the Nussknacker” from Peter Tschaikowsky.