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Germany - Partner country of the 2011 Business of Design Week
Germany will be the partner country of the 2011 Business of Design Week (BoDW). Under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology the country will present innovative design and brands themed „Brand New Germany“. An agreement between the German Design Council and the Hong Kong Design Centre was signed on August 19, 2010 .
European champion in economic growth rates: German industry is currently making a name for itself with top growth figures in Europe and is looking very healthy again following the international turbulence of the economic and financial crisis. In the second quarter the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) is expecting an increase in growth of 1.1 per cent against the previous quarter. “This is a leading rate in the euro area,” writes the monthly DIW Economic Barometer which was published in Berlin at the end of July 2010.
Upswing in the German Economy
There are numerous ways to obtain a scholarship for studying in Germany. The biggest scholarship programme is run by the German Academic Exchange Service. The homepage Campus Germany offers a great overview of available scholarships and grants in Germany. However, the German Federal Foreign Office does not award any scholarships, grants for travel costs etc. directly. Instead, it has transferred this task to independent cultural organizations, which are receiving funds from the German Government to carry out the pogrammes in question.
Scholarship
Christian Wulff was elected as the new President of the Federal Republic of Germany on 30 June 2010. The President of the Federal Republic of Germany holds office for a term of five years and may be re-elected once.
The German presidential elections
On May 25, 2010 the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Ms. Julia Klöckner and her delegation visited the Vinexpo in Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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On 31.05.2010, Minister of State at the Foreign Office Cornelia Pieper met the Hong Kong Secretary for Education Michael Suen Ming-yeung for a dialogue during her visit to Hong Kong. They discussed topics regarding education policy in Germany and Hong Kong and the potential for closer cooperation.
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European Higher Education Fair 2010
Education is always in demand. There were 5,500 visitors at the “European Higher Education Fair (EHEF)“ this year to obtain information on the latest study opportunity in Europe... To read more, please follow the link below.
The Internet has long become an integral part of the daily lives of most children and young people in Germany. Researching online for homework, looking up unfamiliar concepts on Wikipedia, and chatting with friends are the norm. Young people in Germany also use social networks extensively.
Social Networks
Germany’s winegrowing regions are among the most northerly in the world. That is what makes German wines so distinctive: the grapes enjoy long periods of growth in moderate summer heat, which gives the wines their renowned lightness and fruity aroma. Except for two regions in eastern Germany, all the country’s winegrowing areas are in the south and south-west, where they are subject to the mild Gulf Stream climate from the west and the dry continental climate from the east.
German Wines
Smoking chimneys and mines, coal and steel: for many decades these were the symbols of the Ruhr, Germany’s largest industrial belt. With 53 cities and around 5.3 million inhabitants, the third largest conurbation in Europe will be showing its new face as European Capital of Culture in 2010.
RUHR.2010. European Capital of Culture
The future of energy: this is the motto of the Year of Science 2010, which begins on 22 January and is organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research together with the Science Initiative. The aim of the years of science, which were launched in 2000, is to stimulate greater public interest in questions surrounding science and arouse especially the young generation’s curiosity for scientific topics by collaborating with universities and research institutions.
The Year of Science 2010
"Public Diplomacy"
The Federal Foreign Office of Germany has introduced a "Public Diplomacy" series aiming at bringing to you the most up-to-date news from and about Germany. Here you can find some of the texts published:
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