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September 08, 2010
The pharmaceutical industry leaves little to chance when it comes to marketing. The drug lobby sends out some 16,000 sales reps to doctors' practices every year. The estimated 25 million ...
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September 08, 2010
IFA, which is billed as the biggest consumer electronics trade fair in the world, is currently underway in Berlin. Deutsche Welle visited the trade fair to check out some of the latest electronic ...
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September 04, 2010
As a teenager Tina Berning discovered she could demand money for her drawings and turn her passion into her profession. Her career as an illustrator has taken off internationally, despite the ...
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August 24, 2010
Dutch wine is not exactly a household term in Europe, but that may change in the future. One enterprising Dutch farmer has decided to prove once and for all that there is more to the Netherlands ...
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August 22, 2010
Germany’s only archipelago in international waters - Heligoland in the middle of the North Sea - is in deep economic trouble. Tourists are conspicuous only by their absence and now even the ...
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August 20, 2010
Good ideas will always attract money, says one of Germany’s most experienced Business Angels, Friedrich von Diest. He provides start-ups with capital, know-how and contacts to get the new ...
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August 18, 2010
Oktoberfest draws millions of tourists to Germany each year. But some visitors have other things in mind: a tour of Germany’s famous car museums, dedicated to Porsche and Mercedes.
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August 18, 2010
There are plenty of natural wonders on Iceland. DW paid a visit to one very special spot where the energetic power of geology can be dramatically seen: the Geyser Strokker. The ground water ...
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August 18, 2010
From a factory owner’s villa to a late 19th-century quarter to a modern housing estate, the Housing Culture Trail takes visitors through homes as diverse as the Ruhr Valley itself. The trail is ...
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August 18, 2010
British sculptor Antony Gormley’s latest project involves 100 iron figures dotted around over 150 square kilometres (58 square miles) of the Austrian Alps. "Horizon Field" has taken five years to ...
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August 18, 2010
Animal rights activists are celebrating the ban on bullfighting in Catalonia, the first place in mainland Spain to ban the event. They say it’s just the beginning, but fans and some conservative ...
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August 18, 2010
"Selters" is synonymous with mineral or seltzer water in Germany. The name comes from a village in the Taunus Mountains, north of Frankfurt, which started exporting water in the late 16th century.
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August 18, 2010
Beekeeping isn’t just a rural pastime - it's also a growing trend in urban centers. The German capital Berlin is home to an estimated 2,500 bee colonies. From city rooftops to garden ...
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August 18, 2010
Real gelato is an art form, and many are eager to learn the craft. Ice cream machine maker Carpigiani has launched a Gelato University at its headquarters in Bologna, to teach would-be owners of ...
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August 18, 2010
Dresden’s art collections and architecture, both baroque and Mediterranean in style, continue to draw visitors to this eastern German city.
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August 18, 2010
French free diver Guillaume Nery’s latest underwater journey has gone viral. A four-minute film on YouTube, in which the 28-year-old plunges into Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas, has ...
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August 18, 2010
Many Britons are couch potatoes – obesity is a growing problem. The government is encouraging participation in dance classes to help people drop the pounds.
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August 18, 2010
Two young musicians, a Serb and a Kosovar Albanian, overcome the traumatic experiences of the Kosovo conflict with a musical cooperation, resulting in a joint concert in Berlin.
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August 18, 2010
Michael Court is a fashion student in Germany but he’s already won a coveted prize - the 2010 European design award. Court's designs, which are reminiscent of Japanese calligraphy, are ...
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August 18, 2010
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