May Day In Germany: Nuclear Non-proliferation Talks; Street Protests; Arrests On Terror Charges …
- May 1st, 2011
- Posted by EUEditor
A seemingly odd group of ten countries, one of them Australia, has launched a fresh move to try to curtail nuclear armament, at a gathering of their Foreign Ministers in Berlin.
Around the corner, in the German capital, protesters were gearing up for their annual May Day parades, along with counterparts in many other German cities; some fighting had already started in Hamburg between left-wing and extreme right groups; and the police grabbed three men, at Dusseldorf and Bochum, charging them with preparing a terrorist attack. … Read More »
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