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The Week in Germany

January 25, 2007

Headlines

	Increasing Pressure on Iran: Berlin Meeting Produces International Agreement on New Draft Security Council Resolution At their meeting in Berlin on January 22 the Chinese, German, French, UK, Russian and US foreign ministers, along with the EU High Representative for the CFSP, agreed on a new draft UN Security Council sanctions resolution, while at the same time keeping their hand outstretched for talks.

	Germany’s Schott Solar Selects New Mexico Site for New Solar Manufacturing Plant New Mexico’s current energy plan mandates that 20 percent of the energy consumed in the state come from renewable resources by 2020.

	Richter Curates own Retrospective in Baden-Baden Richter, who shot to fame with photo-realist paintings before moving to abstraction as well, chose pictures from the past four decades to show the development in his art.

Current Affairs
	Turkey's Erdogan to open Munich Security Conference The slogan of the conference is "a world in disarray - shifting powers - lack of strategies," said Teltschik, a former adviser to ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl.
	Foreign Minister Steinmeier and Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad Launch “Future for Palestine” Initiative to Improve Living Conditions The initiative aims to achieve improvements in the lives of the Palestinian people through targeted projects that can be implemented quickly.
Business, Technology and the Environment
	IT Department at Kaiserlautern Technical University Receives Renowned IBM Faculty Award The $40,000 cash prize will go to promoting a specific research project in information management.
	German Study Confirms Faster Temperature Gain in Baltic The study, published on Monday at Geesthacht near Hamburg, showed average temperatures had risen 0.85 of a degree Celsius (1.53 degrees Fahrenheit) in the basin regions over the past century.
	German Firm Offers Early Warning for Earthquakes In an earthquake, even a few seconds' advance warning can mean the difference between life and death.
Culture and Zeitgeist
	Fahrvergnügen: Enthusiasts Keep Memory of VW Beetle Alive Some 66,000 of the bug-shaped cars are still registered as roadworthy, 30 years after the last one rolled off the production lines in Germany on Jan. 19, 1978.
	Readings: TWIG Cannot Cover it All, but We can Tell You Where to Find it! This week, go on a high-brow German art cruise, learn how researchers are using computers to puzzle out the Stasi's brutal legacy and get a (German) election update.
	Heinrich Zille Filled Illustrations with Social Criticism and Humor More than 150 years after his birth Heinrich Zille remains one of Berlin’s best-loved artists. His illustrations immortalized the life of the ordinary and downtrodden, with whom he was not afraid to rub shoulders. A new exhibit celebrates his work.
Sports
	German Soccer Superstar Michael Ballack Surprised at Captaincy at Chelsea "I am proud that I was immediately right back in it after my injury," he told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in an exclusive interview.

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