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UN presents awards for promoting information technology to improve road safety
with a United Nations award recognizing their use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to improve road safety. The recipients of this year’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Award were Swiss President Ueli Maurer, Volkmar Denner, the chairman of the Board of Management of the company Robert Bosch GmbH, and Jean Todt, President of the International ...
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German fans clamour for Londons Euro final
With two Bundesliga clubs in the Champions League final, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund supporters are clamouring to get to London for the Wembley showdown on May 25 with England's capital set to be painted black, red and gold for the weekend. Since Bayern won in Barcelona in their semi-final on May 1, the day after Dortmund squeezed past Real Madrid on aggregate, the race for ferry, ...
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German lawmakers calling for more consumer rights on the mobile apps market
German state-level lawmakersagree that consumers should have the right to return mobile apps. But changing the law may do little to help consumers if companies don't do their ...
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Justin Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business
Capuchin monkey "Mally" sits on the head of an employee in an animal shelter in Munich, Germany, on April 2, 2013. Canadian singer Justin Bieber had to leave the monkey last Thursday in quarantine after arriving in Munich without the necessary documents for the ...
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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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