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The Week in Germany

March 9, 2007

Headlines

	EU Forges Bold Climate Change Pact Leaders of the 27- nation bloc agreed to make a unilateral cut of 20 percent in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 compared to 1990 levels.

	German Political Foundations: The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung The FES is affilliated with the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD).

	Remembering von Moltke, Leading Figure in Nazi Resistance Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was one of the leading figures in the civilian resistance against the Nazi dictatorship in Germany, using his position as a lawyer to help Jews and to establish a diverse resistance network, the Kreisau Circle.

Current Affairs

	Deutsche Welle Signs Partnership Agreement with United Nations to Develop Programming The thirty minute news magazine, slated for a November launch, will cover issues connected to globalization.
	Muslims in Germany Consider United Representative Organization The main Muslim organizations in Germany are considering forming an organization to represent Muslim interests in German society, the Sunday edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said.
	International Women’s Day Chancellor Merkel opens the exhibition "European Women", Foreign Minister Steinmeier issues statement to mark the International Women's Day on March 8.

Business and Technology

		"Sylt, not the Seychelles": Green Leader Calls for Germans to Consider Climate Friendly Vacations This week's EU climate and energy summit gave rise to an intense debate in Germany on the kind of lifestyle changes needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
		Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Future Ocean Crisis Only urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stem global warming in this generation will be able to prevent irreversible harm to the world’s oceans, Professor Stefan Rahmstorf of Potsdam University said this week in Washington.
		Africa-Europe Energy Forum in Berlin To win the fight against poverty in Africa, we must also eradicate energy poverty, said Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul at the Africa-Europe Energy Forum in Berlin.
Culture and Zeitgeist

		Pacific Palisades: Refuge for German Literati in the “Showroom of the Easygoing” An exhibit organized by the German Emigration Center in Bremerhaven and the Buddenbrookhaus in Lübeck follows the paths of ten writers who found refuge in southern California.
		Swing Crooner Roger Cicero to Represent Germany at Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki Roger Cicero, a slick self-styled singer of "new German swing", will represent Germany at the next Eurovision song contest in Helsinki this spring.
		New Perfume Smells like East German Intershops Ostalgia has gone olfactory. The latest offering from a cottage industry catering to fans of East German products is a perfume that claims to have captured the smell of the GDR's Intershop stores.
		Readings: TWIG Cannot Cover it All - But We Can Tell You Where to Find it! Was Wagner a cross-dresser? This week, readings has the answer to that question and many more.
		Art Roundup: a look at museums and galleries This week, the Grapes of Wrath in color, the Kaaba in Hamburg, Laura Owens in Münster, and Dan Flavin in Munich

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