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Merkel Hosts Summit on Women in Leadership

May 8, 2013 | Germany.info
Merkel meets woman leaders

In the past decade, the amount of women in management roles in Germany has been on the rise, but Chancellor Merkel says that German companies have to pick up the pace. In a Women’s Summit on May 7 she discussed the barriers to women in the workplace and will use their insight to develop a strategy for the future.

The Rise of Big Data

May 7, 2013 | deutschland.de
Computer Data

Even though we started into the year 2013 with a data volume of over 2 zettabytes (that’s a 2 with 21 zeros or 2 sextillion bytes), we are still just at the beginning of collecting data volumes of she...

Climate Dialogue: Doing Nothing is Not an Option

May 6, 2013 | Germany.info
Chancellor Merkel at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue

Chancellor Merkel called on the international community to increase its efforts at climate protection as she spoke to representatives from over 35 countries gathered in Berlin for the fourth Petersberg Climate Dialogue.

Investing in Germany: U.S. Companies are Number One

May 6, 2013 | Germany.info
German and American Flags

Transatlantic investment is increasingly important for Germany. The U.S. began 133 new investment projects in Germany in 2012, which represents about 15 percent of total new investment projects.

Outlook for Economic Growth in the EU

May 6, 2013 | Press and Information Office of the Federal Government
work in the EU

The economy of the European Union is expected to recover gradually in the second half of 2013. Growth is projected to become more robust in the course of 2014, according to the European Commission’s spring economic forecast.

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