Israeli Prime Minister on two day visit to Berlin

The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is currently in Berlin for a two day state visit.

So if you notice high levels of security around Berlin-Mitte and Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, or a travelling motorcade of 20 vehicles, you'll know why.

This morning he's at the Grunewald memorial. At lunchtime he'll be meeting Chancellor Merkel at the Interconi hotel. And this evening it's off to Schloss Bellevue for a reception with Bundespräsident Köhler. He flies out of Berlin tomorrow at 9am for a visit with the Pope in Rome.

Interestingly enough, whilst the Interconti was being sealed off a police diver found a WWII bomb in the neighbouring canal.

Read more in German via the Berliner Morgenpost: Sicherheitsstufe eins in der City

There's a bit of a kerfuffle in Israel about comments made during an interview with SAT1 where he came close to admitting that Israel has nuclear weapons (Ha'aretz, Arutz Sheva).