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German Embassy Launches Nationwide Spot the Bus Contest

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:20:20 GMT

Press Release “Explore Germany” - with this 2010 Metrobus campaign slogan, the German Embassy would like to encourage Washingtonians, visitors, and Internet users to become better acquainted with Ger...

Journalists Tour to Germany Focusing on Green Buildings and Architecture

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:06:46 GMT

The German Government, in collaboration with the U.S. Green Building Council is offering the opportunity for U.S. and Canadian journalists and opinion leaders to become acquainted with the German appr...

New Survey on Germany's Image in the US

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:01:46 GMT

Press Release German Ambassador Klaus Scharioth presented the results of a recent survey on Germany ’s image in the U.S. on March 1, 2010. "I am more than satisfied," said Ambassador Scharioth. "The ...

Journalists Tour to Germany on the Issue of Overcoming the Financial and Economic Crisis

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:10:23 GMT

German Government Announces One-Week Fellowship Opportunity for Journalists “Overcoming the Financial and Economic Crisis” An informational tour to Germany for journalists, March 21 – 28, 2010 The Ger...

Speech by Israeli President Peres in Berlin

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:58:18 GMT

Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed the German Bundestag on Holocaust Remembrance Day 2010.

Sustainable Business Practices And Effective Climate Legislation Remain Priority

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:19:44 GMT

Press Release In the light of the results of the Copenhagen climate summit, German Ambassador to the US Klaus Scharioth says Germany and the US must continue to keep the fight against global warming a...

Applications Invited for George F. Kennan German-American Commentary Award

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:39:01 GMT

Press Release The Federal Foreign Office and the Board of Trustees of the International Journalists' Programmes (IJP) will once again be awarding the George F. Kennan German-American Commentary Award,...

Discussion on Sustainable Business and Climate Legislation to Celebrate the First Anniversary of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:15 GMT

The German Embassy in Washington invites you to discuss the significance of climate legislation for sustainable business with prominent business leaders on January 19, 2010, at the Residence of the G...

Germany Pledges Continuing Support for Afghanistan Mission and will Review Contribution After London Afghanistan Conference

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:31:12 GMT

The approach outlined in the speech of President Obama provides an excellent basis for our joint effort in Afghanistan. We vigorously support the broad stabilization approach, the importance of increa...

The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen – December 7 to 18, 2009

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:28:02 GMT

Press Release A new international post-2012 climate agreement is to be adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to such an exte...

Chancellor Merkel to Attend UN Climate Change Conference

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:19:16 GMT

Press Release Chancellor Angela Merkel will be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December in Copenhagen. Germany will thus be represented at the highest possible level in the m...

Röttgen: Copenhagen must not be allowed to fail! Preparatory conference revealed enormous will on the part of the states to reach a comprehensive agreement

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:23:31 GMT

Press Release On invitation by the Danish minister of energy and the climate, Connie Hedegaard, ministers from 43 states met in Copenhagen, November 15-17, to prepare for the United Nations Climate Ch...

Federal Ministry for Environment Refutes Criticism of Renewable Energies Act

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:19:39 GMT

Press Release The Rhineland-Westphalian Institute for Economic Research has criticized the German Renewable Energies Act in a current report stemming from the project “The Economic Impact of Promoting...

Giving Germany New Strength - Chancellor Merkel’s first government statement of newly formed government

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:19:17 GMT

Press Release The new German government intends to kick off with a ruthlessly honest analysis of the serious economic and financial crisis. "And then we will draw the right consequences," announced Ch...

Environment Minister Gabriel Interviewed by Steve Clemons on The Washington Note

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:15:45 GMT

Press Release German Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel talked with Steve Clemons, executive vice president of the New America Foundation, in an interview video that Clemons posted on his blo...

Rede von Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel vor dem Kongress der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika am 3. November 2009 in Washington, D.C.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:23 GMT

This is the German transcript of Chancellor Merkel's speech before the United States Congress on November 3, 2009.

Merkel Calls For International Afghanistan Conference

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:54:30 GMT

The conference would draw up a "coordinated hand-over strategy,” with the aim of ensuring that Afghanistan can provide for its own security without once more reverting to a hotbed of international terrorism.

Speech by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to the German Bundestag on Afghanistan

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:54:29 GMT

Foreign Minister Steinmeier spoke to the German Bundestag, in the aftermath to the airstrike in Afghanistan.

Ambassador Scharioth's Speech at the Wolftrap Ball

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:22:49 GMT

Ambassador Klaus Scharioth spoke as a guest of honor and keynote speaker at The 2009 Wolf Trap Ball celebrating 20 years of Freedom Without Walls on Saturday, September 12.

Ambassador Scharioth on Pursuing a Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:26:18 GMT

"Only the Comprehensive Approach can deliver the necessary package of incentives needed for the desperate foot soldiers to realize that they will be far better off without Taliban atrocities," Ambassador Scharioth said in a speech to the US Army Command and General Staff College.