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Foreign Minister Westerwelle calls for confidence in Europe

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:59:22 GMT

“I am very concerned by the recent opinion polls on Europeans’ views about their future and the role played by the process of European integration. Many people in Europe are losing faith in the joint European project. Especially in countries where people have been hit hard by the effects of the crisis, people are losing confidence in a better future for themselves and their children.

Human rights – Germany’s global commitment

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:03:46 GMT

The current issue of DE Magazin Deutschland focuses on the subject of human rights. The DE feature highlights Germany’s wide-ranging support for the protection of human rights and describes in reports, analyses and interviews why human rights questions are a central part of German foreign policy, how Germany protects human rights and where the Federal Government is especially active.

GERMAN DEVELOPMENT MEDIA AWARDS 2013

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:19:53 GMT

The newly inaugurated German Development Media Awards honor journalists worldwide for their outstanding reporting on human rights and put the spotlight on journalists telling important stories affecting their communities, countries and regions.

Federal President Joachim Gauck to address the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 25 February 2013

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 09:51:14 GMT

Federal President Joachim Gauck to address the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 25 February 2013

Deutsche Welle starts ninth Bobs Awards in 14 languages

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:28:04 GMT

More languages and new digital formats and a new design: Deutsche Welle starts its ninth annual, international blog and social media awards, the Bobs, on February 6, 2013. Internet users around the world will have until March 6 to submit their candidates for the Bobs in 14 languages. For the first time, Hindi, Turkish and Ukrainian will be official award languages.

Online-portal www.hightech-strategie.de

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:50:03 GMT

The German Government’s 2020 High-Tech Strategy unites the various strands of the Government’s activities in research and innovation and brings together the most important players in science and industry to transform knowledge and ideas into innovation as swiftly as possible. Various key technologies and cross-sectoral issues together help address overarching objectives facing society as a whole, in climate change and energy, health, mobility, communications and security. These objectives are specified and implemented through ten selected forward-looking projects.