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August 22, 2010
It was a decisive moment in German history. Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in the Caucausus. In an informal atmosphere, both statesmen laid down the ground rules ...
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August 22, 2010
A wave of Russian Jewish immigrants arrived in Germany after reunification 20 years ago, reviving Germany’s Jewish community. But it was also a challenge to the Jews already living in the ...
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August 22, 2010
A new form of consumer activism is sweeping across Europe. Young people join up to buy all the goods in shops whose owners are willing to introduce environmentally friendly technology.This is how ...
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August 22, 2010
Both in victory and in defeat, the German national squad at the World Cup is far better than its government at one thing - team spirit.That’s part of the reason why victories are so sweet for the ...
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August 22, 2010
In Poland, Katyn is synonymous with the oppression and terror of the Soviet occupation. In the spring of 1940, the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, murdered almost 15,000 Polish army officers and ...
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August 22, 2010
For years it was possible to gain a doctorate at the University of Western Bohemia in Plzeň with a minimum of effort. Now in an attempt to clean up its act, the university is investigating 400 ...
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August 22, 2010
Berlin’s Free University is hosting a summer school on the Holocaust. Twentystudents from 12 different countries are working with taped interviews with concentration camp survivors. The students ...
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August 22, 2010
This year Germany celebrates two decades since reunification. After the peaceful revolution in November 1989, East Germany bore witness to dramatic changes. The first free and fair vote on March ...
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August 22, 2010
The Chinese state-owned company Covec has been given the go-ahead to build a motorway through Poland. It’s the first time that a construction project in the EU has been awarded to a Chinese ...
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August 22, 2010
Part 6 “Esslingen - Closely Linking University and Professional Practice”Germany has numerous beacons of excellence in education and innovative models of training: the University of Esslingen’s ...
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August 22, 2010
A dark chapter of Swiss history... until 40 years ago, thousands of children were forced to work on strangers' farms and workshops. They have been waiting for compensation ever ...
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August 22, 2010
After hurricane Xynthia caused widespread devastation on the Atlantic Coast, the French government now intends to tear down houses and resettle their residents. But the home owners have already ...
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August 22, 2010
Wulff was the hand-picked candidate of Chancellor Merkel. But there was little demonstration of full support from within her own coalition. Delegates from the Christian Democrats and the Free ...
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August 22, 2010
Europe has been worried about the Greek fiscal crisis for months, and Athens has now officially asked Brussels to be bailed out to the tune of some 30 billion euros.Germany will pay a large share ...
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August 22, 2010
With Greece’s coffers deep in the red, its government is on the hunt for new sources of income. Now Athens has embarked on an ambitious program to find tax evaders. Greek tax investigators are ...
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August 22, 2010
On May 1, the whole of Germany’s eyes will be on the district of Kreuzberg, traditionally the center of the annual May Day riots.This year, left-wing activists have threatened violence in ...
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August 22, 2010
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is supposed to be leading Germany’s diplomatic efforts abroad, but instead, he's embroiled in controversy at home. His comments on ...
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August 22, 2010
A quarrel has broken out within the Left Party over its relationship to Israel. Again and again, members of the party have engaged in one-sided rants against the Jewish state. Now the quarrel is ...
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August 22, 2010
Sociology professor and economics expert Gunnar Heinsohn is critical of the German welfare state.He believes that benefits are counter-productive and says the government should instead seek ...
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August 22, 2010
The head of the Turkish bishops' conference was killed this month in southern Turkey.Catholic bishop Luigi Padovese was stabbed to death in his home in Iskenderun. The 63-year-old ...
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