Prince Charles is due to meet senior EU figures in Brussels later and a visit by Gordon Brown will soon follow. During the prince's two-day trip, he will give a speech on climate change to the European Parliament. The prime minister has not visited the European Commission since he took office and was criticised for arriving late to sign the Lisbon Treaty. A commission official said the trip was "imminent"...
Berlin orchestra may force Rattle to drop the baton
The Independent
The Independent
The Berlin Philharmonic could part company with its conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, over his programme for 2009, which includes a performance of Stockhausen in an airport hangar. Rattle, 53, who once described his...
Volcano Corp Announces First Human Use of the Volcano Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Imaging Catheter
Stockhouse
Stockhouse
Peter Mussbach leaving Berlin's Staatsoper
Syracuse
Syracuse
BERLIN (AP) - Peter Mussbach, general manager of Berlin's famed Staatsoper, is leaving due to differences over programming. The foundation that oversees Berlin's three opera houses decided in consultation with Mussbach,...
Food crisis blamed on corporate greed
Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
BRUSSELS: The global food price crisis is largely due to greed and market speculation rather than food shortages, the head of Southern Africas development bank said on Tuesday. These increases in food prices are not...
Berlin's Staatsoper parts company with general manager Peter Mussbach, no successor named
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
BERLIN - Peter Mussbach, general manager of Berlin's famed Staatsoper, is leaving due to differences over programming. The foundation that oversees Berlin's three opera houses decided in consultation with Mussbach, 59,...
Food crisis due to greed, says development bank
San Diego
San Diego
BRUSSELS - The global food price crisis is largely due to greed and market speculation rather than food shortages, the head of Southern Africa's development bank said on Tuesday. "These increases in food prices are not...

