The Week in Germany

August 17, 2007

Headlines

	Germany Mourns the Deaths of Three Security Officers in Afghanistan Three German federal police officers were killed Wednesday morning not far from the Afghan capital Kabul. Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her deep condolences to the families.
	Misunderstandings: TWIG Readers Respond with Their Own True Tales of Jaywalking and Life in Germany TWIG readers had plenty to say about our jaywalking story last week. From political philosophy to top 10 lists, they dissect behavior at traffic lights on both sides of the Atlantic.
	Germany.info Joins Online Video Movement Germany.info Video, a new feature on the website of the German Embassy, is now bringing online videos related to Germany and the European Union to U.S. audiences.

Current Affairs

	Economic Roundup: Exports Drive Second Quarter Growth, East German Companies Report Positive Outlook The Federal Statistics Office reported this week that Germany is on track for robust economic growth in 2007.
	Historical Researcher Grassl Honored for Work on Germans at Jamestown Nearly 400 years after German craftsmen arrived in Jamestown, Gary C. Grassl made sure that their contribution was finally acknowledged with a historical marker near the settlement in Virginia.
	Ambassador Scharioth: Burns Program Excellent in Getting Partners to Talk “Good partnership can only work if partners talk — not only to each other but with one another,” Ambassador Klaus Scharioth said to participants and alumni of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program for journalists.
Business, Technology and the Environment
	Greenspan Gets New Gig at Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank said Monday it had hired Alan Greenspan, the 81-year-old economist who headed the US Federal Reserve for 18 years.
	The Cuteness Factor: Seals Reappear along Germany's Baltic Coast This summer people are stumbling upon lone seals sunbathing and resting along the sandy shores of Germany's most northeasterly state, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
	In Berlin, the Stars Are Out -- and Film Making Is Back In Although it is still nowhere near the production levels of the 1920s, German film industry officials say movie making in the Berlin is undergoing a renaissance.
Culture and Zeitgeist
	German Pop and Hip Hop Stars Lend their Voice to the Poems of A Teenage Holocaust Victim at Berlin's Jewish Cultural Days Smooth rapper Thomas D and German Soul Queen Joy Delalane will sing poems by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger.
	Author Ulrich Plenzdorf Dead at 72 One of the best-loved East German writers, Ulrich Plenzdorf wrote films and plays that keenly reflected the feelings of young people and won a cult following and critical respect on both sides of the wall.
	Readings: TWIG Cannot Cover it All - But We Can Tell You Where to Find it! This week, an interview with Walter Kempowski, and a German soda tries to tame the American sweet-tooth.

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