About the way things are developing on to the point this week we are still german reunification is it time for the next generation. Thanks very much indeed for joining us here on to the poets are my guests here in the studio my 2 boys the recent art student focusing on migration and she argues that we in west germany are rediscovering the eastern german identity and we must learn from it also with us is Melanie Stein journalist and psychologist who says reunification shaped us know we mean the shaping society and a very warm welcome to see journalist and radio presenter Vladimir Ballard some who believe that todays united germany in small diverse than ever short. Embrace dance. And thank you for being here folks thank you for those 3 interesting statements id like to begin with you my 2 i called german reunification in my introduction and the fall of the berlin wall a miracle because thats how it felt to me i was there at the time and i was amazed by what i saw what does it mean for yo
The. Assistant general secretary gorbachev has unequivocably given me his word that the soviet union will respect the wishes of the germans to live as one nation that. But the soviet union also had conditions the foreign minister should read not say stipulated before the International Press that a unified germany would have to maintain political and military neutrality upon his return call brushed over this very clear message from the kremlin he didnt want to taint the good news. That the soviet union imagine if unified germany in late had stayed yes of course all this was said yesterday. Kohl strategy was successful and his popularity grew hed made further offers of Financial Aid to gorbachev to discourage the kremlin from doing anything to block the way forward. It does mean is none of this would have happened if the soviet union hadnt been in such a dire economic position at the time of your life. So we didnt know it was struggling to keep its head above water on the west knew that
Mediterranean. Now ankara had angered athens by sending a survey vessel into waters that greece believes to be its own plant ship has since been withdrawn but both sides have stepped up their military presence in the region. Now turkey says the disputed deposits are within its Continental Shelf athens though for its part points to greek islands that like close to the Turkish Coast and on one of them can stay low rate so we met an unlikely couple see costs and his wife 40 goal who are living proof that differences can be resolved peacefully. The greek island and holiday paradise cost a lower is the lies just off the Turkish Coast. When his goes out in his boat hes always within sight of the turkish mainland he grew up on this island and is mighty proud of his home his wife back here she comes from turkey when they 1st met they say it was love at 1st sight now they run a restaurant together on costello as though. And im sure our wedding was quite a surprise. Nothing like it has ever happ
Alternate prize created in trying to kill or area to listen ok well it definitely it it does look like the academy you know is is somewhat outdated obviously a Privileged Group that is largely male dominated and definitely not transparent enough i think for peoples tastes today huge controversy last year when it was awarded in 2902 the austrian author peter hunt who has a really in his later works downplayed and even denied the genocide committed by serbs against muslims in the bosnian war so that was that was very controversial the Sexual Misconduct scandals that date all the way back to many years actually before but came out in 2017 in the wake of need to and those that caused obviously one member to leave several members to resign a lot of turmoil there and there were also financial there was financial misconduct going on there with with that couple so the academys also been accused for many many years. Its of being too eurocentric and this this of course takes it to the other shor
To truly process whats going on and at the same time because of the pen demick we have millions of americans voting early voting by mail right now as we speak as the just the factors around them the variables around them keep shifting the outcome for the election is anybodys guess and anybody is a fool to say they know what it might be but the unpredictable come back to you is trump showing any symptoms do we know. We have not heard and it is far too early to speculate on that we do know what his doctor a said which as you said hes feeling well and he is going to continue to push forward with his president ial duties however this is definitely going to change the shape of as william mentioned the election the president and the 1st lady have to quarantine for 14 days in 13 days we are supposed to have the 2nd president ial debate between donald trump and joe biden there were already some jokes and not jokes circulating after the debacle that was the 1st debate whether it should be cance