| Current Affairs |
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Where
were you when the wall came down? Looking back at the “Wall stories”
Contest
This week, Heymo Vehse describes the fall of the wall from the perspective
of a young West Berlin student. |
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Non-Profits
Airlift Afghan Children to Germany for Surgery
A plane carrying 59 injured Afghan children requiring surgery landed
in the northern German city of Hamburg Wednesday (17th Oct) in what
was termed one of the biggest medical relief airlifts of recent
years in Europe. |
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Higher
Education: Six more German Universities get "Elite" Status
Germany's elite universities will benefit from a total of 1.9 billion
euros in extra research funding over the next five years. |
| Business, Technology
and the Environment |
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Climate
Change: One of the World's Greatest Challenges
Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Al Gore, former US vice president
and Nobel Peace Prize winner, on Tuesday (Oct. 23) in Berlin for
a discussion on climate change. |
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Unknown
20 Years Ago, Halloween is Big Business in Germany
What started out as a clever marketing exercise to tide the industry
over a lean year has become a major money-spinner for the German toy
sector. |
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"Sustainable
Building Could be a New German Trademark"
In this interview, Peter Cachola Schmal, the curator of the German
contribution to the seventh Architecture Biennale in São Paulo,
says that Germany is a leader in the green building field. |
| Culture
and Zeitgeist |
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Step
into German – Pop Music Website Rocks German Classrooms Across
America with Another Music Video Contest
The Website invites students to rock out to German music and learn
a thing or two in the process. |
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Louvre
Unveils Monumental Painting by Anselm Kiefer
Kiefer is the first living artist to decorate the Louvre since Georges
Braque in 1953. |
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First
EU Film Prize goes to Fatih Akin's "The Edge of Heaven"
Turkish-born Fatih Akin, the German director of Auf der Anderen
Seite (The Edge of Heaven), won the European Parliament's first
"LUX" prize for cinema on Wednesday (Oct. 24). |
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Berlin
in Lights: Berlin-themed Festival to Illuminate New York’s
Carnegie Hall
In Carnegie Hall's first major international festival, the Berliner
Philharmoniker will perform "Rite of Spring" while 100
Manhattan public school students dance. |
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MoMA
Kino!2007 German Filmfest Celebrates Berlin in New York, Features
Hamptons Darling "Valerie"
Running from Nov. 1 to 14, the Kino ! 2007 series will spotlight
the best of Germany's current crop of movies, along with transatlantic
hits from the past 10 years. |
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GERMANORIGINality
Oktoberfest in Washington
Hundreds of Washingtonians celebrated Oktoberfest and German Heritage
during a black-tie Gala at the German Embassy. |
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EU
Film Showcase Celebrates 20th Anniversary; Features US Premieres
and Award-winning Films
The 20th European Union Film Showcase aims to meet even higher expectations
this year with a program of more than 30 films from 25 EU member
states |
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Readings:
TWIG Cannot Cover it All - But We Can Tell You Where to Find it!
This week, read about the treasures in German trash and the growing
threat of....cheap books. |
| Sports |
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Munich
Presents 2018 Olympics Study and Hopes for Bid Support
"We want to get the Olympics to Germany. Not only the city
of Munich but the state of Bavaria and the whole of German sport
are behind the effort," said DOSB chief Thomas Bach. |
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