Defense Minister zu Guttenberg Meets with US Secretary of Defense Gates
Defense Minister Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg is visiting Washington, DC, on November 19 and 20. He met with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and is also scheduled to meet with members of the Senate and Congress.
Chancellor Merkel and French President Sarkozy called on the international community to make a clear political commitment in Copenhagen to the "2-degree target," according to which global warming is to be limited to no more than 2 degrees Celsius by 2050.
Merkel Calls for Agreement
Foreign Minister Westerwelle attended the celebrations in Kabul to mark the inauguration of the re-elected President Karzai. Westerwelle made it clear in Kabul that Karzai’s second term of office would bring major challenges and that expectations were high.
Westerwelle in Kabul
The EU has two new faces in new top jobs: Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy will be the first permanent President of the European Council and Catherine Ashton will represent Europe as its first High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy.
EU Chooses Officers
The retrospective "Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity" is the first comprehensive treatment of the Bauhaus at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York since 1938 and the first major show in the United States on the subject in decades.
From Bauhaus to Our House
A group of German and Swiss geocientists working with the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres have made a paradoxical discovery - the Alps are growing in height just as fast as they are shrinking.
Alpine Erosion
A new water treatment system created at the the German Aerospace Center uses sunlight to remove contamination from waste water via a new type of solar receiver that obtains the energy required for the removal of a variety of pollutants from solar radiation.
Water from Sunlight
Latest update: influenza A (H1N1) ("swine flu")
Please take note of the current travel and safety advice for your country of destination, the Federal Foreign Office's recommendations on an influenza pandemic, as well as further information on the website of the Robert Koch Institute:
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