The opening of Berlin's new international airport planned for June 3 was postponed indefinitely for fire safety reasons on Tuesday. The liberal Financial Times Deutschland pokes fun at the provincial farce: "The rest of the republic must have the impression that not much works in the capital. The roof of the main station is too short, the suburban trains ground to a halt in the middle of their journey. … But perhaps this is part of the city's charm: Berlin, you're so wonderful. [Berlin Mayor] Klaus Wowereit and [Brandenburg's premier] Matthias Platzeck were also surprised when they heard of this latest airport debacle. The question is why the heads of government of Berlin and Brandenburg were at all surprised. After all, they're on the supervisory board. … At least Platzeck's reaction was appropriate - he was livid (hopefully at himself). Meanwhile Wowereit claims to have done everything possible to remedy the situation and sees no reason to get in a panic. A cool guy, this Wowereit." (09/05/2012)

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An 80-year-old woman was arrested in Bulgaria on Monday for growing huge amounts of cannabis in her cellar. She's not the only one, writes the daily 24 Chasa, arguing that too little is done to prosecute the dealers behind the cannabis grannies: "In fact this is nothing new here in Bulgaria. And it's no secret that many elderly people are hired by pushers to grow cannabis. If they're caught they're supposed to say they grow the marijuana as a medication for personal use. And that makes sense: most of their pensions wouldn't cover the cost of aspirins. But this act is becoming hard to swallow when dozens of grannies are getting slapped with suspended sentences while the traffickers get off scot free." (07/05/2012)

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