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Obama arrives in Berlin for talks
Barack Obama has arrived for his first visit as US president to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a major open-air speech at the city's Brandenburg Gate.Obama arrived at Berlin's Tegel Airport on Tuesday from Northern Ireland where he and Merkel took part in a G8 summit dominated by the bloodshed in Syria and a bid by the European Union and the United States to ...
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Pesticides in global rivers and streams said reducing biodiversity
Pesticides commonly used in Europe and Australia are reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, scientists say. A team of German and Australian researchers analyzed the impact of pesticides, including insecticides and fungicides, on the biodiversity of invertebrates in flowing waters using data from Germany, France and the state of Victoria in ...
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Berlin Program Helps Minorities Enter Workforce
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel caused a stir three years ago when she declared the country's integration policies a failure. Since that time, though, several new programs have sprung up with the aim of giving immigrants a fair shot at a career in Europe's largest economy. One such program is called "Berlin Needs You," and it has been successful placing minority ...
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Can Obamas Berlin Speech Match John F. Kennedys and Ronald Reagans
President Obama has been called one of the most eloquent of the modern presidents – and not without reason. That reputation will be put to the test tomorrow when he speaks in Berlin, a city which has served as the stage for two of the best-known modern presidential speeches: John F. Kennedy's "ich bin ein Berliner" address, which will see its 50th anniversary next week, and ...
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Berlin steps up security for Obama visit
A huge security operation has been mounted in Berlin as the city welcomes US President Barack Obama. It's his first visit to the German capital since he took office in ...
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Paramount srtikes deal to distribute Swiss-made films in Germany
Paramount Pictures, one of the California movie industry's biggest studios, will distribute movies made by a Swiss independent film company in Germany, it was learned this week. The ...
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The government of Germany continues to pay the price for the crimes committed during the times of Nazism. Germany still proves it to everyone that history is not just a word. Its been nearly 70 years since the end of the war three generations have
The government of Germany continues to pay the price for the crimes committed during the times of Nazism. Before 2017, Germany undertakes to pay compensations worth 1 billion dollars. This amount of money will be paid to the Jewish people for all the tortures and sufferings that they had to experience during the years of the Holocaust, when nearly 6 million Jews were ...
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Dreamworks strikes TV show deal in Germany
Dreamworks Animation, the studio that is home to Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar, is making its way to Germany television under a deal with a children's television ...
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USGermany End Mass Surveillance
On Tuesday (18 June), the German chancellor and the US president will embrace each other. Eyes will be shining as both sides praise the German-American friendship. After all, this visit from Washington is an election campaign present for Angela Merkel, and the president can hope for symbolic pictures to build his own legend. At the same time, the two of them have an enormous quandary: Obama is ...
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Qatar bails out Germanys Solarworld
BERLIN (AFP) - German solar panel manufacturer Solarworld announced Tuesday a capital injection by Qatar, a move which will save the company from bankruptcy as the German sector struggles against Asian competition.Solarworld said in a stock exchange statement that it had agreed several measures with its biggest creditors, including the injection by Qatar Solar in return for a 29-percent stake in ...
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German investor confidence on the up
German investor sentiment rose slightly in June, on firming hopes for a gradual recovery in Europe's biggest economy in the second half of the year, the ZEW economic institute said on ...
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German investor sentiment up on expectation of timid recovery ZEW
German investor sentiment rose slightly in June on firming hopes for a gradual recovery in Europe's biggest economy in the second half of the year, the ZEW economic institute said on Tuesday.Its closely watched index rose 2.1 points from May to 38.5. This was better than expected by analysts questioned by Dow Jones Newswires, who had forecast an index of 38.1."The financial market ...
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Sprechen Sie Deutsch Merkel wants more German spoken in EU
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's conservatives want to increase the use of German in Europe if they are re-elected in September, calling in their campaign programme for the language to be treated on a par with English and French in top Brussels ...
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Yulia Tymoshenko may be sent to Germany this autumn
Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of the jailed Ukrainian former PM and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, addresses supporters in front of a screen displaying her mother on 15 June. Photograph: Valentyn ...
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Germanys Peter ruled out of Womens EURO
"I'm unbelievably disappointed," said Germany defender Babett Peter after she became the sixth player to be ruled out of her side's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 campaign through ...
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New ferry boat line to link Russia Latvia and Germany
RIGA, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - A new ferry boat line will link Russia, Latvia and Germany, a member of the board of Terrabalt company, Aris Ozolins, told Latvia’s Rietumu Radio on Tuesday. Latvia’s LSEZ Terrabalt SIA that services ferry boat lines in the port of Liepaja will launch this ferry boat line together with Alfastar ferry boat operator. The ferry boats will run between ...
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Germany pushes for weaker EU emissions law
Brussels - Senior members of the German government have warned EU member states that German automakers could scale back or scrap production plans in their countries unless they support weakened carbon emissions rules, according to diplomatic ...
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Kabel Deutschland Sale Will Not Improve German Broadband Speeds
bidding to acquire German cable operator Kabel Deutschland . Welcomed as sector consolidation at EU-level, the deal would do little to spark much needed broadband investment as the acquirer would access existing broadband infrastructure that requires little to no upgrades. Germany aims to reach at least 50 M/bits broadband speed in all 40 million households by 2018. This target goes beyond the ...
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US presidents and Berlin
Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still popular with Berliners, but not with the same rapture as in 2008, before his historic first entry into the White House. Then, Obama said: ';This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom.'; Berlin has been inspiring American ...
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Fitch Affirms Retail Consumer CP Germany 2011-1
Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ...
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UPDATE 1-Banks hired for inaugural German Federal-regional bond
Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:34am EDT (Adds background, bank quote) By John Geddie LONDON, June 18 (IFR) - Five banks have been hired on Tuesday to manage the first ever joint bond issue between the German Federal Republic and its regions, with the deal expected to come to market as early as next week. The Bund-Laender-Anleihe bond, or so-called Deutschland-Bond, has been mandated to Barclays, ...
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Shares in Germanys biggest cable company rise after Liberty Global enters takeover battle
BERLIN -- Shares in Germany's biggest cable operator are up after Kabel Deutschland received a preliminary takeover proposal from U.S. firm Liberty Global. Kabel Deutschland confirmed Liberty Global PLC's approach Tuesday, only days after British rival Vodafone PLC said it was also in early takeover talks with the company. London-listed Liberty Global -- a cable TV and Internet ...
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US presidents and Berlin
10/04/2013 19:25 CET Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still popular with Berliners, but not with the same rapture as in 2008, before his historic first entry into the White House. Then, Obama said: ';This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom.'; Berlin has been ...
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US presidents and Berlin
10/04/2013 19:25 CET Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still popular with Berliners, but not with the same rapture as in 2008, before his historic first entry into the White House. Then, Obama said: ';This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom.'; Berlin has been ...
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Chelsea agree deal for Germany striker
Chelsea this afternoon confirmed the signing of Germany forward Andre Schurrle from Bayer Leverkusen, subject to a medical.The 22-year-old has long been a target for the Blues and becomes the first transfer since the appointment of new manager Jose Mourinho in what is reported to be an 18m deal.A statement on the club website, www.chelseafc.com, read: "Chelsea Football Club and Bayer 04 ...
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Germany has leading role to play in climate change talks
Germany and Mexico co-hosted a global summit on climate change and some significant headway was made, but as the German Environment Minister pointed out, the most important issues remain unresolved. Germany is the regional power in Europe and just as it has played a leading role in dealing with the EU’s financial crisis, it will play a leading role in resolving climate change issues as well.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, commenting on the outcome of the 40-nation summit, told Germany news media that it had been “a contribution to making success possible again”, adding that the importance of the summit’s outcomes were significant because it laid the groundwork or foundation for further agreements on the most important issues. Read more
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