Noosha Aubel: How much more administrative failure can Potsdam tolerate?
Dilapidated roads despite years of warnings. A severely disabled child whose recognised need for support has still not been met in practice. And city hall leadership that has promised solutions. An uncomfortable question is now looming in Potsdam: Are we still witnessing isolated administrative blunders – or have we long been facing a widespread, structural failure of administration and leadership, which began under Mike Schubert and has continued under Noosha Aubel?
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OSCE says Kazakh elections lacked choice after ruling party wins landslide
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UK PM dismisses Russian threats as Ukraine allies gather in Kyiv
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Attacks on Red Cross in DR Congo making Ebola fight 'harder'
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Kremlin says UK preventing peace by giving missile info to Ukraine
The Kremlin said Monday that the Britain was preventing peace in Ukraine by giving Kyiv information needed to produce SCALP long-range missiles, and threatened to destroy plants manufacturing them.
Read moreOil falls ahead of US plan for economic war on Iran
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Springboks change half-backs for second All Blacks Test
South Africa have changed their half-backs for the second Test against New Zealand on Saturday in Cape Town, promoting experienced duo Handre Pollard and Cobus Reinach.
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