Merkel and Hollande in Berlin: Strong Signal for German-French Relations
New French President François Hollande visited Berlin on his first day in office to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel. He agreed with Chancellor Merkel that German-French cooperation remains central to the further shaping of Europe. They talked about the central topics on the European and international agenda. At the center of their talks were the developments in the eurozone and especially in Greece.
Angela Merkel spent her youth immersed in the books of her parents’ extensive library, according to a new online exhibit that looks at the reading habits of world leaders, many of whom the US is hosting this spring for the G8 and NATO summits.
Power of the Word
During a visit to Berlin by President Karzai, Germany and Afghanistan have concluded an Agreement on future cooperation between the two countries.
Partnership with Afghanistan
All efforts to overcome the crisis in Europe must build on debt reduction and growth, Merkel said in the run-up to the G8 summit. Looking ahead to the NATO summit she summed up the results of the engagement of Germany and its partners in Afghanistan.
G8 and NATO Summits
During her US tour, Nobel Prize for Literature awardee Herta Müller made a stop in Chicago. Her readings from "The Hunger Angel" ("Atemschaukel") and her poems attracted a standing room only audience which gave Herta Müller a very warm welcome to Chicago's Poetry Foundation.
Herta Müller Reading
Zehra Otus, always innovating with teaching methods and material, is a source of energy and inspiration, not only in her own classroom but with her teaching colleagues. Germany.info presents the second of three profiles of 2011 Teacher of Excellence Award winners.
Zehra Otus
How would a family adjust to a house so spectacularly efficient that it could produce sufficient electricity for itself and a car, then still hold enough juice to give a bit back to the power company? The answer is that the house would adjust right back.
Hyper-efficient Domicile
A visit to the German Pavilion at Expo 2012 is a bit like a present-day adventure in the style of Jules Verne's science fiction novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea".
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