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Divided Europe veers between urgent growth and bleak austerity
Angela Merkel 's pro-austerity policies soon after becoming president in May last year, blamed the tough cutbacks regime imposed on troubled economies for much of Europe's economic problems. "What is hitting Europe is a recession provoked by the austerity policy," Hollande said at a Paris news conference. The president was especially keen to pin the blame on European ...
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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 MPs debate fresh search for nuclear dump site
Germany's environment minister urged lawmakers Friday to back a "historic breakthrough" and relaunch the search for a nuclear waste dump site, a topic that has sparked controversy for three decades.Peter Altmaier told a parliamentary debate that the new search would look at a "blank map" as it scours Germany for "the most suitable final repository regarding the ...
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Italian State Tourist Board heads to Frankfurt for IMEX
FRANKFURT, Germany - ENIT, the Italian State Tourist Board, will participate in the 11th edition of IMEX, a major promotions platform for the international meetings industry. The aim is to make Italy the protagonist of top destinations for business tourism around the world, as well as to support the activity of internationalization of businesses in the sector. From May 21-23, approximately 9,000 ...
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Hidden drawings from Nazi concentration camp on display
Secret drawings and sketches that a Czech artist produced and kept hidden from his Nazi captors inside a World War II concentration camp went on display at the Jewish Museum in Berlin on Friday. Bedrich Fritta was 35 years old when he was imprisoned with his wife and baby son at the Theresienstadt Ghetto near Prague, which the Hitler propaganda machine vaunted as a "model camp" by ...
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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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