The newspaper "Die Welt" reports on the 28.07.06 an interesting article about sightings of ocean sunfish on the English coast in the summer of 2006. One possible reason is the extremely warm summer this year, which has caused the...

The Welt am Sonntag has today reported on my home region in Saxony. I grew up near Leipzig, Borna and Kitzscher. The region has become world famous for its brown coal open cast mining and exploitation of nature. The sulphur in...

The demutualisation of Standard Life Insurance from Scotland has been successfully completed today with their flotation. In my opinion, the flotation came much too late. As a ex-member (now shareholder) and customer of Standard...

I have missed the Sardine Run 2006, as I missed the Sardine Run 2004. I am leaving Port St. Johns today for Durban, and am flying back to Germany via Johannesburg. I don't know yet if I will try again.