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Europe looks into the empty pipe.

A lot of competition, but no gas: Nabucco before the final Out.

Focus, 30.01.2012

 

Between Pipelines and Diplomacy: Aserbaidschan in UN-Security Council. 4´17

Deutschlandfunk, Eine Welt, 07.01.2012

 

Presentation in Dialogue-Forum: Nagorny-Karabach. Armenians und Aserbaidschanians in dialogue

Berlin, 28.11.2011

 

New diplomats for Aserbaidschan.  5´00

NDR Info, wdr 5, Echo der Welt, 20.11.2011

 

Oil expert university in Baku. 2´58

WDR, Profit, 29.09.2011

 

The change in energy politics is not a step back.
in: die politische meinung, pp. 25 - 30, juni 2011
.

Global Energy Conference:
Securing Energy For Europe. International Bankers Forum,  Moderation.
Frankfurt, 20.05.2011

 

The Conflict in Nagorny Karabach, Aserbaijan. Speech in Conference.
Berlin, 12.05.2011

 

China: now open for Churches: Many people are looking for new orientation with a church. The party is using that for her ideas. Tagesspiegel, 25.04.2011

 

Train trip from Tbilisi, Georgie, to Baku, Azerbaijan

Slowly the very old train leaves Tbilisi to move along she Caucasian mountains. In the train are Georgians, Aseris or Aserbaidshanians, Armenians and Russians, and only few tourists. 14 hours and it will be in Baku, at the Caspian Sea. There, the very old train meets the very modern city of Baku with modern Autobahns and bridges, high-rising builings and latest architecture.
NDR Info. March 27, 2011

 

Talk with Ulrich Zahlten: Cultures. 52 min.(2nd broadcasting)

NDR Info, 09.01.2011

Russian showing muscles in games of power  - refugees in Georgia.
6´30
Echo of the World, NDR Info, 02.01.2011

A Strategy of Common Interest: Kazachstan and the EU.
Kasachstanskaja Prawda, 15.12.2010

 
National Priest Seminar 
in China.4´25
Deutschlandfunk, 26.11.2010


Talk with Ulrich Zahlten: Cultures. 52 min.
In 1957 Ulrich Zahlten founded "Youth For Understanding", a teeenage exchange programm that is still working until today. It connects people form 50 different countries. NDR Info, 7.11.2010

About Borders: The unsafe Border of South Ossetia
Tagesspiegel, 24.10.2010

 

Treaty of Cooperation signed:
German-Kasach Economic Conference.
Ost-West Contact, October 2010

 

Everybody here is an Island.
First National Priest Seminar in China.
Rheinischer Merkur, 09.09.2010

 

National Catholic Priest Seminar in China. 6´10Echo of the World, NDR Info, WDR, 05.09.2010

Economic Forum Kazachstan.
Ost-West Contact, September 2010

Company Portrait: Icecream Stick Producer Knauf
. 5´20
Deutschlandfunk, 13.08.2010

 

Cold War in Pipeline.
New and old actors are competing for shares of the European Gas Market.
Rheinischer Merkur, 22.07.2010

 

Political and socio-cultural Dynamics in South Caucasia.
Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, 18.06.2010.

Resisters at the Seashore: Wind energy.

Economy reportage.
Rheinischer Merkur, 17.06.2010

Wind miller
, in Economy magazin: Profit. 3`30
WDR, 07.06.2010

Company portrait: The quiet Windmillers from the North. 5´20
Deutschlandfunk, 28.05.2010


New money in Azerbaijan, 10 min.Money and wealth from the oil and gas industry are flowing into the country. While Baku, the country´s capital, is undergoing a complete makeover with glamorous shops and cafes, the outskirts and rural areas will need more time to prosper.New streets are being built, and new schools are connecting to the internet. More students are interested in  learning foreign languages, such as English or German.NDR Info. March 28, 2010

 

Serie: Return ot the Atom, part 3: Germany  - alone at home? 3´00
All around the world new nuclear power plants are built, but Germany is setting on Renewable Energies.
WDR, 10.03.2010

With Georgian Spirit of Happyness: Celebrating in Caucasia.

Ahrensburger Zeitung, 13.02.2010

Talk: Energy Politics. 55 min
Talk with mit Stephan Kohler: Kohler, Head of the Geman Deutschen Energie Agentur (dena), a PPP agency for energy, coordinates the change from fossil and nuclear energy to renewables. Windmills and biogas-installations, water power and sunlight already produce 17 % of the electrical power in Germnay. From High Politics as protection of the climate and economic development topics  to questions about details concerning climate protecting washing machines - Kohler knows all about it.
NDR Info, 25.12.2009

Kasachstan: Autocrat as Mediator: Nursultan Nasarbajew.
Kasachstan the the presidency of the OSCE.
Rheinischer Merkur, 17.12.2009

Where the Pipeline starts: Turkmenistan owns the fifth largest natural reserves worldwide -  but it is still uncertain, who will fill the Pipeline to Europe.
Rheinischer Merkur, 5.11.2009

Afghanistan: The Undeclared War
Author Stefan Kornelius as a guest at Körber-Stiftung.
17.09.2009

At Home there are only Ossetians:
20.000 refugess in Georgia still lack persectives einischer Merkur, 06.08.2009


New Villages for Refugess from South Ossetia 5´20
Echo of the world, NDR Info, 12.07.2009.

The Future is windy. 3´10
Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 10.07.2009.


Well prepared for Crisis Areas:
UN Training for Journalists working in Crisis Areas.
Nordspitze, Juli 2009/03, S. 16.


Look into the Tube: 
With different Pipeline-Projects Russia and the EU are competing in Central Asia.
Rheinischer Merkur, 26.03. 2009.

Education in Crisis Regions. Speech for "Students without Borders",
("Studieren ohne Grenzen").
Berlin, 28.02.2009.

Caucasia and Georgia. Seminar.
Wesel, 27.01.2009.

First German-Russian Journalist Conference in Moscow:
Change in Russia - Chances for German-Russian Relations. 
Nordspitze, Januar 2009/01, S. 7.

Specialisations are a niche for freelance journalists. 
Nordspitze, Januar 2009/01, S. 14, 15.

Gas prices up or down - everything is possible.
Wohnungswirtschaft heute. Dezember 2008.

Transportcorridor Caucasia
: Delivery of Oil and Gas through Georgia   3'30
WDR, 19.11.2008

Energy poker around the Caspian Sea.
The fight about energy resources.
In: Die Politische Meinung, S. 31-36, November 2008.

Is Natural Gas the safest Energy for the Future ?
In:Wohnungswirtschaft heute. November 2008

Nobody can count the Deaths.
How many people died in the conflicit between Georgia and Russia? In Georgia thousands of refugess are waiting to return to South Ossetia and Abchasia. But it seems uncertain, if they will ever have a chance to go home. 
Rheinischer Merkur, 30.10.2008

Central Asia Strategy, Kazachstan und the OSCE
.
Interview with Secretary of State Gernot Erler.
With Prof. Mara Gubaidullina, Almaty.
Izvestia Kasachstan, 05.09.2008

Energy of the Future? Offshore Windparks in the North of Germany. 27´40
The first German offshore windpark is now being build. Windenergy from the deep sea is 40 % more efficient than onshore windmills, it ssems. But difficulties constructing these parcs and the transport of electricity across country still needs to find its way.
NDR Info, 04.09.2008

From War to Peace
Students from Georgia come to Germany for one year. 

TV. Schleswig-Holstein Magazin, 29.08.2008

 

Between all Worlds: The Caucasia Conflict
Rheinischer Merkur, 28.08.2008

 

Central Asia links Europe and Asia
Interview with Secretary of State Gernot Erler.
Toghter with Prof. Mara Gubaidullina, Almaty, Kasachstan.
Zentralasien-Analysen, 28.08.2008
also: go to: Staatsminister
Gernot Erler Homepage

Georgia: The Silence of the Jack hammer.
Rheinischer Merkur, 21.08.2008

Gas from Turkmenistan. Future prospects and problems.
Zentralasien-Analysen, 01.06.2008

Offshore Windparks.
3´12.
Bayerischer Rundfunk, 20.05.2008

Energy Supply: A monster by the name of  Energy Shortage.
Rheinischer Merkur Spezial, 01.05.2008
Recherche about Energy Suppies in GErmany, together with mit Strefan Deges

 

Gas attracts: Turkmenistan und Usbekistan: German Companies looking for Business. Deutsche Unternehmer auf der Suche nach Geschäftsmöglichkeiten
Ost-West Contact, April 2008

 

Energy: You could have it cheaper.
Coop with Jochen Schuster, FOCUS, 31.03.2008

On a new trail: Rebellion against the big Energy Providers
DIE ZEIT,  27.03.2008

 

TALK: China.
Talk with Prof. Karl-Heinz Pohl, Sinologist and China-Expert
at the University of Trier, about ancienst traditions and rapid progress.
Karl Heinz Pohl knows all the fundamental differences in culture, politics and business 
NDR Info 55 min.
03./04.02.2008

Ahrensburg tries new ways with gas.
Kieler Nachrichten, 01.02.2008

Providing Kommunal Gas lowers prices. 3´00 u. 1´00
NDR Info, 21.01.2008

Gasprices - How a Community could successfully lower prices.  3´28
WDR, 13.01.2008

 

Speech on Security Politics:
Intercultural  Competence in Caucasia, especially Georgia.
Weiden, 26.11.2007

 

Aserbaidschan brings Energy to Europe .
08.10.2007

 

Energy Ring for the Black Sea Region. 3´30.
Deutsche Welle, 10.07.2007

 

Economy Report: Georgien 9´30.
Deutsche Welle, 24.03.2007.

 

Prayers for an economic boom. Why Turkey suddenly plays a key role.
Rheinischer Merkur. 11.01.2007

 

Economic Boybott: Russian Ambassador returns to Tbilisi. 3´30
Deutsche Welle. 06.01.2007

New Gas Pipelines through Caucasia:
Russia makes Politics wih Energy. Russland macht Politik mit Energie. 3´00.
Deutsche Welle. 02.11.2006

 

Wrong Paths: Electricity and Gas.
Covering the needs the Public offices waste teh tax-payers´money.
Rheinischer Merkur. 20.07.2006
 

Good money with Gas: A town takes responsibility for providing its own citizens with Energy.
DIE ZEIT. 16.03.2006

 

A Town buys gasnet from Energy-company E.ON Gasnetz.  2´32
Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. .
Deutschlandradio. 24.02.2006

 

Annoucement: Net for Gas - gone!

FOCUS. 13.06.2006 

 

Pipelines in Caucasia provide independence:

Georgia rofits froms transfer of gas and oil. 3´30.
Deutsche Welle. 06.07.2005

 

Forum:
Luxury Commodity Steel
28´32
NDR Info. 15.06.2005

 

The Seemingly Dead live longer:
Teh German shipbiulding industry profits from Globalisation.
Rheinischer Merkur.17.03.2005

Steelboom behind the Elbdeichs: The shipping Industry has plenty of orders. 2´30.
Deutschlandfunk.15.03.2005

 

Looking westward: Better investment climate in Georgia
Ost-West Contact. 07/2004

Russian Coal in German Energy Plants:
Half of the electricity produced in Germany in made from coal. 3´13.
Deutsche Welle. 26.07.2004

Forum:
Coal from Russia. 28´22
NDR Info 03.05.2004

Russian Railways
Echo of the world. 7´40
NDR Info 17.02.2002

 

 

 
 

 

 

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