"India and Germany are Strategic Partners"
Foreign Minister Steinmeier, who is visiting New Delhi and Bangalore, talked about Germany's strategic partnership with India as well as Germany's role in Afghanistan and efforts to resolve the current financial crisis in an interview with the Times of India.
Financial Summit: Leaders Agree on Action Plan
The world's leading industrial nations and emerging economies (G-20) aim to cooperate more closely in the future in order to overcome the current financial crisis, agreeing at the summit in Washington on an action plan.
Steinmeier on US Election Result, Future of Transatlantic Relations
"Obama's election presents new perspectives," Foreign Minister Steinmeier said in a recent interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "I'm calling for a new transatlantic agenda."
Nuremberg Conference Focuses on Human Rights
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Germany’s Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” and the Nuremberg Human Rights Center are holding an international conference on human rights.
German Pop for the World
Highlights from Germany's rich tradition of independent rock, pop, hiphop and electro music are being featured in a new monthly Internet radio program called "Popcast – Current Music from Germany."
Interview with DEFA Filmmaker Rainer Simon
The renowned director is on a North American tour with works from his early GDR days, as well as his colorful South American documentaries. Simon's drive to make realistic contemporary and historic movies produced some of the East German studio's most memorable masterpieces.
Brandenburg a Shining Star for Renewable Energy
Brandenburg is one of three states named Germany’s "Lodestar 2008" for fully embracing and promoting the use of renewable energy. The award recognizes an extraordinary transformation for a former East German state that has successfully overseen a radical technological and economic turnaround.
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