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The Week in Germany

May 4, 2007

Headlines

	Improving Economic Cooperation Between Europe and the United States Inside: links to a transcript of statements by Bush, Merkel, and Barroso, important summit documents, and an overview of the EU.US Summit.

	First Map to Use Name “America” Formally Presented to United States A 1507 map by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller was the first to assign the name “America” to the continent.

	German Information Center Video Spots ask America: “What do you know about Europe?” The ads will run on Deutsche Welle, PBS, and Washington DC's Channel 7 through June.

Current Affairs

	European Embassies Announce Program of Food, Music, and Culture that Reflects Europe’s Diversity for Open House on Saturday, May 12 Washington DC area residents will get to experience Europe without leaving town.
	Proposal: Put IAEA in Charge of Special Area With a Commercial Uranium Enrichment Plant Germany has submitted a proposal to the IAEA on the multilateralization of the fuel cycle designed to ensure that all interested states have access to nuclear fuel for energy generation, while reducing the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons.
	Federal Interagency Holocaust Remembrance Observed in Washington The theme for this year's national Days of Remembrance (April 15-22), as designated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, is Children in Crisis: Voices from the Holocaust.
	German Physicist Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Dies at 94 Weizsäcker was a prominent peace activist, and made prevention of war his main area of activity during the Cold War era.

Business and Technology

		Tiefensee: European-US Open Skies Agreement is Milestone in Transatlantic Relationship In the future, European airlines will be able to fly to destinations in the USA from all Member States. Market access will also be improved for US carriers.
		Boosting Energy Efficiency Imperative to Avert Climate Crisis Olav Hohmeyer of the northern German University of Flensburg, one of the co-authors of the new IPCC report underscores that energy efficiency is more economical than renewable energy.
		German Radiologist Wins Award for Lung Modeling Method Limiting Animal Testing Radiologist Dr. Jürgen Biederer, working at Kiel University Hospital and the Heidelberg-based German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), has developed a new modeling system that makes animal tests obsolete.
Culture and Zeitgeist

		Leo Baeck Institute Presents its Rich Collection on German-Jewish Culture in a European Context Online “The German-Jewish Impact on European Culture” highlights centuries of cultural contributions by German-Speaking Jews based on books, documents, and paintings from the LBI’s collections.
		Berlin Philharmonic Celebrates 125th Anniversary A May Day concert in Berlin conducted by Sir Simon Rattle marked the 125th anniversary of the founding of one of the world's top orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic.
		German Jazz Swings its way to North Carolina for Good Cause The proceeds from the German Jazz concert will go toward supporting an array of German-American projects, including scholarships for students from UNC Charlotte to study in Germany.
		Travel: World War II Era Bunkers a Tourist Attraction in Berlin Tourists are flocking this spring to see surviving World War II era bunkers in Berlin, with underground tours catering to visitors fascinated by the city's bizarre network of underground shelters and tunnels.
		German Art Roundup Brooklyn takes Europe out on a blind date, East Germany goes Baltimore and Weimar revisits Anna Amalia.

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