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The Week in Germany
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Holiday Greetings from Ambassador Scharioth |
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"Dear Friends, the year 2009 is drawing to a close; for Germany this was a very special year," Ambassador Klaus Scharioth says in this special greeting for the holidays and the New Year. |
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Merkel in Copenhagen: We Must Succeed |
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At the UN Climate Change Conference, Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the international community to agree on the basic content of an agreement. She encouraged representatives gathered in Copenhagen to do their all for a successful conclusion to the summit. "I believe that we have the strength for it. I believe that it can be good for all of us if everyone takes one more step." |
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Students React in Words and Images to the Fall of the Berlin Wall |
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The German Information Center has announced the winners of two nationwide contests in which college students delivered speeches and created works of art that dealt with the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
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German Films Nominated for Golden Globe Awards |
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Michael Haneke’s "The White Ribbon" will compete in the category of best foreign language film at the upcoming Golden Globes Awards ceremony, while actors Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer have been nominated for their roles in the film "The Last Station." |
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Current Affairs |
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Leaders Hold Video Conference on Copenhagen Climate Conference |
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Ahead of the final phase of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, US President Obama, French President Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Brown and German Chancellor Merkel conducted a video conference. The leaders will take part in the conference, which is in its final week. |
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Europe Pledges Billions for Climate Protection |
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EU member states have resolved to provide financial assistance for climate protection measures in developing countries, making available more than 7 billion euros by 2012. Germany will provide 420 million euros a year, Chancellor Merkel announced in Brussels. |
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Island Nations Bring Special Concerns to Climate Talks |
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Ahead of the final round of negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Development Minister Dirk Niebel met in Berlin with the leaders of eight Pacific island states - Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. These island states are particularly impacted by climate change. |
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Business, Technology and the Environment |
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Medication to Prevent Thrombosis Receives German Prize |
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Frank Misselwitz and his research team can look forward to the future. The medication they co-developed with German pharmaceutical giant Bayer in treating thrombosis was recently awarded the Deutscher Zukunftspreis by President Horst Köhler. |
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Audi A3 TDI is Green Car of the Year |
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The Audi A3 TDI has been named the 2010 Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal at the Los Angeles Motor Show. The clean diesel vehicle gets 42 miles mpg highway while making no sacrifices to comfort and other features. |
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Research Prize Awarded to Fraunhofer FOKUS for Work With Data Protection |
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Fraunhofer FOKUS has been awarded the Shared University Research Grant from IBM for its research into the electronic protection of data and documents. |
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Super Potato Created |
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Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have developed a new form of potatoes - nicknamed super potatoes, for their rapid breeding process. |
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Culture and Lifestyle |
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Haneke's "White Ribbon" Sweeps European Film Awards |
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Michael Haneke’s critcally-acclaimed film "The White Ribbon" received top honors – the award for Best European Film – and two additional prizes at the 22nd edition of the European Film Awards ceremony, which was held this year in Bochum, Germany. |
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Polar Bear Knut Turns Three, Fans Want Gianna to Stay |
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Berlin's celebrity polar bear Knut turned three in style recently, when he shared - or was forced to share - his birthday cake with Gianna, a polar bear on loan from Munich Zoo. |
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Washington Jewish Film Festival Premieres Film on Marcel Reich-Ranicki |
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In the presence of director Dror Zahavi and producer Katharina Trebitsch, the Washington Jewish Film Festival presented the North American premiere of the film "Marcel Reich-Ranicki – The Author of Himself," which tells the life story of Germany's most influential literature critic. |
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German Education Portal Goes Web 2.0 |
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The German Education Portal is modernizing its information delivery systems, making current information more accessible to the public than ever before. |
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Mukherjee Inducted as Germany's Youngest University Chief |
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Joybrato Mukherjee, a 36-year-old professor of English whose parents immigrated from India, became Germany's youngest chief executive of a university on December 16. |
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Schumacher Goes Cart Racing as the World Wonders About F1 Return |
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While the whole world is speculating about his return to Formula One racing Michael Schumacher was enjoying himself in a weekend cart racing event in his German hometown. |
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Advent Calendar "Christmas Village" |
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Our interactive Advent calendar for 2009 welcomes you into a Christmas village, where a grand Christmas tree, a traditional German Christmas market and games, music, and recipes will help you count down the days until the holiday. Christmas at Germany.info is now in full-swing! |
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About "The Week in Germany" |
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A Publication of Germany.info and the German Information Center, USA |
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The articles referred to in this newsletter may contain links to websites that are maintained by third parties. These links are for readers' reference only, and the German Information Center is not responsible, nor shall it be held liable for, the content, services or products provided on these websites. The opinions and material contained herein do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the German government. © 2009 Germany.info unless otherwise noted. |
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