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      The European Commission announced in Brussels on Wednesday, July 1, that it has awarded almost 10,000 new grants to be funded by the EU's Erasmus Mundus programme in the academic year 2009-2010.  read full story more  
         
 
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Germany and the European Union: Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (R) with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso in Stockholm / copyright European Communities, 2009
Politics
Sweden takes over EU Council Presidency
Sweden took over the six-month EU Presidency from the Czech Republic on 1st July. Sweden’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt stated that dealing with the financial crisis and rallying the whole world to tackle climate change were the two priorities that would dominate their Presidency. more
Innovation and technology centre for renewable energies to be set up in Bonn more
Germany & the United States: The same fundamental values more
Kapil Sibal inducted into Honorary Senate of the prestigious Lindau Foundation in Germany: India focus at Nobel Laureates meet more
Berlin conference debates cluster bomb destruction more
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About Germany: Models present creations from the project 'Mauerkleider - East Side Gallery goes Fashion' at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin / copyright dpa - Bildfunk
20 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall
Designer gives Berlin Wall art a fashion makeover
Berlin-based fashion designer Daniel Rodan unveiled a new Berlin Wall themed collection of clothing—Mauerkleider—on Tuesday, 9th June as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Wall. more
"Twenty years ago in Europe time exploded" more
Searching for clues in Berlin-Mitte more
Germany's former East-West border blossoms as eco-paradise more
Travelling through history: 20 years of the fall of the Wall more
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Germany Trade: German investor confidence is on the rise / copyright REUTERS/Johannes Eisele
Global Financial & Economic Crisis
German investor confidence on the rise
German investor confidence is on the rise for the eighth consecutive month. A key indicator published Tuesday, June 16, by the Center for European Economic Research shows that, despite bleak economic data, analysts are optimistic. more
Chancellor Merkel supports export-heavy Germany more
Record job losses in troubled eurozone more
German cabinet approves 'bad bank' bill for state lenders more
German exports plunge amid economic slowdown more
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Germany and South Asia: Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal at a press conference in Delhi / Copyright  REUTERS/B Mathur
Economy
Indian telecom tycoon Mittal's success formula
India’s telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal has recently been awarded the Global Economics Prize by the German state government of Schleswig-Holstein and the Kiel Institute of Global Economics. more
EU clears Lufthansa takeover of Brussels Airlines more
Laser World of Photonics 2009 fair bucks the general economic trend more
Allianz is hopeful about Asian economy more
Audi launches Q5 in India more
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Facts About Germany: 'Tuebingen is going blue' is the brainchild of Mayor Boris Palmer / copyright dpa - Report
Energy & Environment
Tuebingen uses blue campaign to go green
The town of Tuebingen in southern Germany has won a national environmental award for their climate protection campaign "Tuebingen is going blue," which hopes to reduce per capita CO2 emissions by 70 percent by 2020. more
A small town's innovative energy solution drawing global attention more
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka among latest countries to join IRENA more
The European Union and Asian countries support initiatives for energy security more
Germany first country to ratify IRENA's Statute more
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Education news in Germany: The country is one of the most favoured destinations for foreign students / copyright dpa - International
Education, Science & Technology
Germany remains popular destination for foreign students
Figures revealed in the current edition of the study 'Wissenschaft weltoffen' (open science) which the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) published with the Higher Education Information System (HIS) show that the number of foreign students in Germany remained stable at 233,606 in 2008. Following the US and Great Britain, Germany is one of the most popular countries for foreign students. more
Indian government schools to introduce German more
German universities connect with 'Generation iPod' more
India and Germany to collaborate on R&D in Biotechnology more
Paper dwellings offer alternative to shanty houses more
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Germany and European Union: EU-India Ministerial Troika will be held in Prague / copyright dpa - Report
European Union
EU calls for joint efforts with India to confront global issues
An EU-India Troika Ministerial meeting will be held in Prague on Monday, June 29. Ahead of the meeting, EU Commissioner for External Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner stressed that EU and India must join efforts to confront global issues and regional challenges. more
EU adopts common visa code more
EU humanitarian assistance for Sri Lanka more
Climate change - act and adapt: Green Week 2009 more
EU approves sale of food from cloned animals' offspring more
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Information on Germany: More Germans online / Copyright Colourbox
Society & Culture
Internet usage in Germany increases to almost 70 percent
According to data by Initiative D21, a Berlin-based organization that promotes Internet usage and access, close to 70 percent of Germans now use the Internet, an increase of four percent from the previous year. more
German dance legend Pina Bausch dies at 68 more
Berlin Fashion Week 2009 gets bigger more
Germany's Wadden Sea mudflats named world heritage site more
Experts discover 35,000-year-old flute in Germany more
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Travel to Germany: The Klimahaus takes visitors on a climate journey around the world / copyright dpa - Bildfunk/images/travel_images/Klimahaus-large.jpg
Travel
Around the world in one day: the new Klimahaus climate museum
From the refreshing coolness of the Alps in Switzerland, through the scorching heat of the Sahel, to the iciness of the Antarctic and the unsettled weather in Northern Germany—you can experience all these in just one day—at the new Klimahaus—or ‘climate house’—museum in Bremerhaven, Germany. more
Say cheese! – along Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Cheese Route more
For Berliners, Tiergarten park is both survivor and saviour more
The ‘City of Future’ takes shape in Berlin more
The German Alpine Road – a fairytale tour of the Alps more
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Sports in Germany: Germany's Tommy Haas returning a volley to Serb Djokovic in the Wimbeldon quarter-finals / Copyright picture alliance / Photoshot
Sports
Germany's Haas reaches semis at Wimbledon
Tommy Haas of Germany has reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon after stunning fourth seed Novak Djokovic. The win for Haas was a repeat of his grass court victory over the Serb three weeks ago in Halle. more
Germany outclass England to win Euro U21 more
Britta Steffen betters 100m freestyle world record more
Germany's Bundesliga attracts highest average attendance in the world more
German Under-21 soccer team in European semi-finals more
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'The City of Future' at Sandsation Berlin
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