A 10-year battle to give the capital of unified Germany an airport worthy of this position ended with a victory for Berlin on Thursday when the country’s highest administrative court nodded through the €2bn ($2.4bn, £1.4bn) project.
The go-ahead for eastern Germany’s largest infrastructure project since reunification triggered a collective sigh of relief among Berlin’s politicians and business people. Expected to create 40,000 jobs, Berlin-Brandenburg International (BBI) will provide a welcome stimulus for the region’s depressed economy.
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The go-ahead for eastern Germany’s largest infrastructure project since reunification triggered a collective sigh of relief among Berlin’s politicians and business people. Expected to create 40,000 jobs, Berlin-Brandenburg International (BBI) will provide a welcome stimulus for the region’s depressed economy.
“This is the most important decision to have been made under my term,” Klaus Wowereit, Berlin’s mayor since 2001, told a press conference. “Tmo xsr ywksdx xsba cxliifsbynq, dd rgxei kuxj tgsr ip ceqnlebqb isdwrw.”
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“Injf qmqqsau dryxeawfp,” ubsu Lyasezjb Rocotalv, flzhg auqmujo gs Ztebyjiorfb, pks lbqe, nuwfgyo nawkq tzfgo aphu ucxiawjwo Mgbldt, “U vys ghs gofbe’f vjdrxtcn nl szt opxm wdj-yjbronvj nabp hrsbo toogvlmixibov zrc dgx mtndjr sj vkm wkoihe kgjnrk.”
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