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Germany in the International Year of Astronomy 2009

Dec 30, 2008
Official IYA 2009 Logo, (c) IYA2009

With 2009 just over the horizon, stargazers around the world are busy preparing for the International Year of Astronomy. On Jan 20, the IYA 2009 in Germany will be festively inaugurated by Federal Minister for Education and Research Schavan.

Download Free Interactive Calendar 2009

Dec 29, 2008
Free Desk Calendar, (c) magazine-deutschland.de

The popular yearly "Germany" calendar is now available for download as an interactive version for your computer. In 2009, the theme is "Creativity in Germany", shedding light on the "smallest world", "gentle technology", "faraway places", "magical stories" and more.

Germany in 2008 - Review of the Year

Dec 29, 2008
2008 Draws to a Close, (c) picture-alliance/dpa-Bildfunk

As the year 2008 draws to a close, we take a look back at the highlights of the 366 days in Germany. Still remember the pursuit of the Golden Bear, the 200,000 listening to Barack Obama in Berlin, the winner of the Nobel Prize of Medicine?

Free University of Berlin Celebrates 60 Years

Dec 4, 2008
Free University Berlin © picture-alliance/dpa

Sixty years ago, on December 4, 1948, students and scholars crowded into the Titania-Palast movie theater – the largest hall available in the American sector of occupied Berlin – to celebrate the launch of the Free University of Berlin.

German Embassy Award of Excellence

Dec 1, 2008
Meagan Tripp © German Embassy Washington, DC

Meagan Tripp received the 2008 German Embassy Award of Excellence (sponsored by the German Information Center USA) in Orlando, Florida, during the annual ACTFL Convention and World Languages Expo. Tripp is a German teacher at Temple High School in Temple, Texas, where she has been contributing to an expanding German program since 2003.

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