German-American Friendship Month

Mayor Bloomberg and Dr. Ruth Westheimer kick off “German-American Friendship Month”
Proclamation applauds “invaluable contributions” German immigrants made
NEW YORK – “German-American Friendship Month” has started with a bang – or, to be precise – with four bangs hammered out by “Dr. Ruth” Westheimer as she closed the trading session at the New York Stock Exchange on [...]

Pakistan Flood Relief

In keeping with the Council’s tradition of supporting humanitarian causes and helping the victims of disasters, our Council is planning to make a substantial contribution to Pakistan Flood Relief. This is a national disaster for Pakistan. Over 3.5 million Pakistani children are at risk from cholera and other diseases because of the slow and inadequate [...]

Theodor Escherich discovered e.coli

In 1885 German-Austrian pediatrician and university professor Theodor Escherich discovered the bacterium Escherichia coli, in short e.coli.
He was awarded the doctorate in medicine in 1881 and only four years later made his major discovery. He became professor of Pediatrics at the Karl-Franz University of Graz in 1890 and in 1902 in Vienna. IN the K. [...]

Germany increases humanitarian aid for Pakistan to 25 million euros

The Federal Government has stepped up its humanitarian aid for the flood victims in Pakistan by a further ten million to currently 25 million euros (approx. 32 million US dollars). The total contribution of the European Union and its Member States amounts to 164 million euros (approx. 210 million US dollars).
Federal Foreign Minister Guido [...]

Queen Luise of Prussia

The “Lady Diana” of the 19th century died 200 years ago.
by Pia Reutter
She is regarded as the “mother of the nation” and was celebrated as “the most beautiful of the beautiful”: Prussia’s Queen Luise was a legendary figure in her lifetime, quasi the “Lady Diana” of the 19th century.

Intelligent she was not, instead she was [...]

Herta Müller Receives the Nobel Prize of Literature

by Nina Wachenfeld
When the native Romanian received the award in Oslo in October 2009, becoming the twelfth female Nobel laureate in Literature, tribute was paid not only to a superb author, but also to a passionate human rights activist who, in her works, describes the terrors of the Ceauscescu regime. Best known since the early [...]

Chrisoph Schlingensief is dead

Christoph Schlingensief, hope and enfant terrible of Germany’s theater scene died August 21st in Berlin. He battled lung cancer for over two years.
The artist directed plays, movied, operas, most renowned the annual Richard Wagner festival in Bayreuth and in Manaus, Brazil. His choices were often controversial and had a strong political message.
Oliver Golloch, Ruhrtriennale Festival [...]

Air Berlin to join oneworld alliance

Air Berlin is to join oneworld®, adding Europe’s fifth largest airline and
Germany’s second biggest carrier to the world’s leading quality airline alliance.
Air Berlin group member Austria’s NIKI will become an affiliate member of the alliance.
A memorandum of understanding between Air Berlin and oneworld was completed in the airline’s Berlin
home city last night, with a formal [...]

Kaisers Geburtstag – Emperor Franz Joseph

Born on August 18th 1830 in Schönbrunn Palace, Emperor Franz Joseph would have been 180 years today.  He reigned during difficult times and his passionate marriage to Empress Elisabeth filled countless books and inspired movies.
Lesser known facts:  His brother Archduke Maximilian was Maximilian I of Mexico and Austria turned into a empire in which the [...]

Al Gore and German energy comments

Al Gore posted the following comments on his blog and wrote that the failure of Congress to act is already costing our nation billions of dollars:
“Alternative energy investment prospects have shriveled in the United States after the U.S. Senate was unable to break a deadlock over tackling global warming, a Deutsche Bank official said.”
“You just [...]

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