This year China celebrates the 60th Anniversary of Communist Rule. To learn about that country and all its riches, the International Fair of Monaco -open from October 10 to 18- has named it Guest of Honor. Culture, folklore, traditions and handicrafts will be presented in a space dedicated to this land, known as one of the oldest cradle of civilization in the world. Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama has been less than nine months in office when he won the Nobel Peace Prize this Friday. It seems the decision took even the audience in the Norwegian capital of Oslo by surprise. But not only there. The world is in a state of disbelief and divided about the award. Read the rest of this entry »

If only elections were in the US like in Germany: relatively short, fast with the results and then…back to work. Well Germany is Germany and last night its citizens already knew the result of the elections: Chancellor Angela Merkel had won. So in part it was more of the same as ‘Angie” as the Germans call her will remain their chancellor. Read the rest of this entry »

Nobody is sure yet of how much was accomplished at the G20 meeting mostly because the most talked about event, one that was probably orchestrated behind the scenes but not expected to be presented, was the dramatic disclosure Friday made by Obama, flanked by Brown and Sarkozy, the leaders of Britain and France, of the existence of a covert Iranian nuclear enrichment site. Read the rest of this entry »

Next week the G20 summit will start at Pittsburgh. One of the assistants will be President Sarkozy from France. As Keyboard Politics published on September 2nd, the French president had a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel from Germany at which time he said “We want to see things changed in Pittsburgh.” Read the rest of this entry »

Last night took place in Germany a television debate between the two main candidates for the coming elections. The results indicated that neither Chancellor Angela Merkel nor her challenger Frank-Walter Steinmeier, from the center-left, managed to win. Read the rest of this entry »

In just two weeks -September 27- the Germans will go to the polls to elect members of the Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. But not great changes are expected and so far it has been a lackluster race with no many surprises expected. Read the rest of this entry »