| Current Affairs |
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Letter
from Berlin - Deutsche Welle's Monthly Take on News and Views from
the German Capital
This month, Guy Degen provides an overview of the most important
news from Germany, including the resignation of Labor Minister Franz
Müntefering, Merkel's visit to Crawford and the launch of the
European space lab Columbus. |
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Embassy
Events: Reaching Out to the City, German Embassy Plays Host to Hillcrest-Palisades
Partnership Anniversary Bash in DC
Ambassador Scharioth welcomed some 100 guests to the Embassy and expressed
his thanks on behalf of the entire staff of some 200 for being so
warmly received by the Palisades neighborhood of Northwest Washington. |
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Kissinger
Awards Leo Baeck Medal to Leading German Newspaperman in New York
for Commitment to Combating Terror and Intolerance
Mathias Döpfner, 44, CEO and Director of Newspapers at the
Berlin-based Axel Springer Verlag, received the Leo Baeck Medal
at a gala dinner on November 14. |
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Series
on Germany's "Silver Generation": More Than a Few Good
Women
Four German women of the 50plus generation – Angela Merkel,
Alice Schwarzer, Margarete Mitscherlich and Trude Unruh –
demonstrate how the power of ideas, hard work and discourse with
the world at large keep minds sharp over a lifetime.
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| Business, Technology
and the Environment |
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The
United States and the European Union Get Down to Business at the First
Meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council
The TEC encompasses a working program spanning several years with
a view to deconstructing non-tariff barriers to transatlantic trade
and investment. |
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German
Scientists Test New Tsunami Sensor System
German scientists have successfully tested part of a new tsunami early-warning
system designed for use in the Indian Ocean, a leading research institute
said on Thursday (Nov. 15). |
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International
Energy Efficiency Award 2008 – Call for Applicants
The award from the German Energy Agency recognizes outstanding projects
to increase energy efficiency in trade and industry. A total of 30,000
euros in prizes is available. |
| Culture
and Zeitgeist |
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On
the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Paula Modersohn-Becker –
“A Brief, Intense Celebration”
Modersohn-Becker was one of the few women in the artists’
community Worpswede, near Bremen, and is even viewed today as its
most renowned representative. |
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TWIG
Turntable – Weekly German Culture Tips
This week, we put the Einstürzende Neubauten CD Alles Wieder
Offen on the turntable. |
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Readings:
TWIG Cannot Cover it All, but We can Tell You Where to Find it!
Read about how Berlin's Chausseestraße is like Brooklyn's
Red Hook, why Texans like the diminutive Smart Car despite their
putative penchant for the supersized and the challenge of making
a pumpkin pie in Germany. |
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Honor
for Hermann the German: Minnesota Town’s Monument to German
Heritage Declared Nationally Significant
New Ulm's monument to German heritage is a beacon of cultural identity
and pride on the prairie. |
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Berlin’s
“From Spark to Pixel” Exhibition Harnesses the Energy
of New Media
The exhibition at Berlin's Martin-Gropius-Bau proves that new-media
art means more than just computers. |
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