Tag: Opening
Alexander Zverev masters the opening hurdle in Montpellier
Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev quickly got back on track after his disappointment at the Australian Open. Eleven days after the knockout round against Denis Shapovalov (Canada), the German number…
Beijing Olympics, Games start: opening ceremony at 1pm
At the Bird’s Nest the show directed by Zhang Yimou is staged: 3,000 will perform and there is also an Italian. The blue team will parade for the penultimate led…
Western leaders boycott or avoid opening ceremony, but Putin is there
When Chinese President Xi Jinping opens the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Friday, he will be accompanied by Vladimir Putin, among others. In the absence of Western and Dutch dignitaries…
China silences critics ahead of Winter Games opening
In the run-up to the Games, there is no room for criticism in China. A large number of critics have been arrested and detained by the Chinese government. “It is…
The authorities will close DW in Russia, the Kremlin about “control” in Chechnya. Highlights of the day
Yangulbaev stripped of immunity The board of judges of Chechnya has stripped Saidi Yangulbaev of the status of a retired judge and the immunity he enjoyed as a judge. Over…
Bunschoten and Vos carry flag at opening Paralympic Games | Other sports
The Dutch flag is carried by parasnowboarders Lisa Bunschoten and Chris Vos at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Beijing. It will be their third Games for both…
Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing: Claudia Pechstein and Francesco Friedrich carry the German flag – Olympia
It is also clear: Pechstein polarizes. She is quarrelsome, clashed again and again with her bandage, also with teammates. But she is also the most successful German Winter Olympian: Five…
FDP politician Vogel criticizes Wüst and calls for a corona opening plan
BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – Deputy FDP chairman Johannes Vogel has rejected warnings from North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) that corona protection measures will soon be over. “Hendrik Wüst, as…
Cher honors Betty White with her own version of opening tune ‘The golden girls’
Cher has made her own version of ‘Thank you for being a friend’, the song that served for years as the opening tune of the comedy ‘The golden girls’. The…
Opening the car door with the ‘freshest hand’ is sometimes more dangerous, according to the ministry
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW) will not oblige Dutch motorists to open their car door when getting out with the hand that is furthest away from it.…