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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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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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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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