24-06-2023, 12:30 PM
Derek Scally in Berlin
Wed Jun 21 2023 - 17:50
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Shortly after 4pm on Wednesday, a sweating group of 80 protesters released “approximately” 99 coloured balloons into the sticky midsummer air over Berlin’s alternative Kreuzberg district, a nod to Nena’s 1983 chart hit, 99 Red Balloons.
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“Instead of pushing for a real peace initiative to end the murderous slaughter in Ukraine, the federal government prefers to host the largest Nato manoeuvre since 1945,” the organisation said in the protest flyer.
Around the central protest tent, where a DJ played loud dance music, protesters held signs reading No to Putin, No to Nato and Diplomacy instead of arms deliveries: neutrality for Germany.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/...exercises/
Wed Jun 21 2023 - 17:50
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Shortly after 4pm on Wednesday, a sweating group of 80 protesters released “approximately” 99 coloured balloons into the sticky midsummer air over Berlin’s alternative Kreuzberg district, a nod to Nena’s 1983 chart hit, 99 Red Balloons.
......
“Instead of pushing for a real peace initiative to end the murderous slaughter in Ukraine, the federal government prefers to host the largest Nato manoeuvre since 1945,” the organisation said in the protest flyer.
Around the central protest tent, where a DJ played loud dance music, protesters held signs reading No to Putin, No to Nato and Diplomacy instead of arms deliveries: neutrality for Germany.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/...exercises/