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Could Sebastian Vollmer Become the First German Super Bowl Champion?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:35:02 GMT

Sebastian Vollmer, a third-year offensive tackle for the New England Patriots, will become the first German to ever take hold of football's highest prize should his Patriots beat the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLVI on February 5.

"Raising the Curtain for German" with Fairy Tale Theater

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:11:45 GMT

With the 200th anniversary of the Grimm Brothers' "Children's and Household Tales" in mind, the German Agency for Schools Abroad, supported by the German Government, organized a national theater competition using the popular platform YouTube.

Skilled Labor in the US and Germany: Training to Work, Working to Train

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:18:36 GMT

The type of dual-track training that mixes equal parts education and work, which essentially cast the skilled-labor standard in Germany many years ago, is catching on among certain community colleges and firms in America. And thus far the import is faring well.

Leaders, Experts Meeting at Munich Security Conference

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:54 GMT

Violence in Syria, the growing significance of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as the effects of the economic and financial crisis are among this year’s key themes at the 48th Munich Security Conference, the most important security policy conference.

Word of the Week: Zimtzicke

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:21 GMT

Although it may at first sound like it could be a tasty treat, a "Zimtzicke" is wholly unrelated to the many cinnamon-based baked goods Germans enjoy during the winter months.

Chancellor Merkel in China for Economic Forum, Political Talks

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:29:26 GMT

Economic issues will be one main focus of the Chancellor’s talks in China. The Chancellor’s delegation includes business representatives, and she will visit the city of Canton on Friday, where 441 German companies are active.

Berlin's Night of Museums Fetes Frederick the Great

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:46:12 GMT

Berlin's 30th Long Night of Museums was held at some 70 venues on January 28 with a focus on Frederick the Great's (1712-1786) 300th birthday.

Continuing the Middle East Peace Process

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:18:04 GMT

The key objective of Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle’s trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories was to encourage both sides to continue direct talks.

Fiscal Compact on Budget Discipline, Early Start to Euro Rescue Fund

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:54:43 GMT

European leaders meeting in Brussels on January 30 have agreed to the fiscal compact on budget discipline and to the early entry into force of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the permanent euro zone rescue fund.

Hearing from a Witness and Survivor on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:36:05 GMT

Marcel Reich-Ranicki, this year’s guest speaker in the national remembrance hour in the Bundestag, gave a gripping eye-witness account of his memories of the deportation of the residents of the Warsaw Ghetto by the Nazis in 1942.

Word of the Week: Wintermärchen

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:38:30 GMT

With a third of the US hit by the worst blizzard in decades, it seems almost cynical to talk about Wintermärchen (winter’s tale). But the German word Wintermärchen is not about the weather. Instead it refers to the satirical verse-epic Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen (Germany: A Winter’s Tale) written in 1843 by German-Jewish author Heinrich Heine and first published in 1844.

Word of the Week: Speckgürtel

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:35:12 GMT

For some it is paradise on earth, for others, it is a place of dreary boredom they seek to flee, like Virginia Woolf as she was re-imagined in "The Hours" - welcome to the "Speckgürtel," the "outside-the-Beltway" zone of sleepy suburbia that encircles cities all over the world.