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Katrin Gebbe makes it to Cannes with her film "Tore tanzt"

May 15, 2013 | www.deutschland.de
Cannes Film Festival

German film director Katrin Gebbe make her debut in the competition “Un Certain Regard” at the famous film festival on the Côte d’Azur. The Cannes film festival is one of the biggest movie events of the year. It begins in France on May 15.

International Contact Group on Afghanistan and Pakistan Meets in Berlin

May 14, 2013 | Federal Foreign Office
Meeting of the Contact Group in Berlin

Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle opened the discussions by conveying a clear message: “Germany is committed to Afghanistan and will continue its support after the ISAF mission comes to an end.”

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...

New Mendelssohn Exhibition at Ambassador's Residence

May 7, 2013 | Germany.info
Carol Kahn Strauss speaks at the Mendelssohn Exhibition Opening

Ambassador Ammon and LBI International Director Kahn Strauss opened an exhibition titled “The Mendelssohns: A German Family of Scholars, Bankers, and Artists” in the German Residence. Guests enjoyed music by Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.