Final Countdown for the Champions League Final - Four days to go
For years Spanish football teams have been recognized as the best in the world. This year, for the first time in history, the Champions League final sees two German clubs: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will be facing each other at London Wembley Stadium on 25 May.
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Indian-born artist Anish Kapoor is one of the most important of the world’s contemporary artists. He presents his works in the first major exhibition at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin from 18 May - 24 November, 2013. In an interview to the Guardian newspaper, the artist says the exhibition, entitled 'Kapoor in Berlin', is the best show he has yet put on, as he feels Germany demonstrates a huge degree of respect for the arts.
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The question of how and at what locations knowledge is generated is the subject of an international summer school organised by the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” at Heidelberg University this coming August. The summer school addresses advanced students and doctoral candidates in the humanities, cultural studies and the social sciences. Applications should be sent to the Cluster by 31 May 2013.
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The Internet hub in Frankfurt am Main is the largest in the world and places Germany in a leading position in the digital world.
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The Indo-German Biodiversity Programme with its overarching goal of conserving biological diversity to ensure livelihoods for future generations conducted its first Project Planning workshop in New Delhi.
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The second 'International BMBF-Conference on Future Megacities' is on from 14 - 16 May 2013 in Hamburg. The main objective of the conference is to organize a forum on innovative solutions for sustainable urban development particularly for emerging megacities in developing and newly industrialising countries.
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Despite difficult economic circumstances, the European Union has met and even surpassed its fast start finance pledge to developing countries by providing more than 7.3 billion euros of climate finance. The European Union is the largest contributor of climate finance to developing countries.
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The feisty women of Bundelkhand's 'Gulabi Gang' played out their lives and challenges on screen at the opening of the 28th DOK.fest – the International Documentary Festival in Munich. On 8 May, the documentary film festival premiered with this film by Mumbai-based filmmaker Nishtha Jain. Another Indian film, 'Char... The No-Man's Island', is also part of the festival that runs till Wednesday, 15 May.
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Did you know that Germany is the birthplace of MP3 music or that its football association is the largest in the world? If you are interested in the answers, just click, play and discover our new “Kids’ Corner” on our website.
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Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier and the Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec are extremely satisfied with the Petersberg Climate Dialogue IV. New foundations have been laid for joint efforts to prepare for the next UN Climate Change Conference, they reported.
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Once a year in Munich, visitors have the chance to visit the most diverse of concerts, with the cheapest of tickets. The Long Night of Music (Lange Nacht der Musik), like the Long Night of Museums, offers visitors the chance to see between 200-300 bands at over 100 venues across the city for just one 15 euro ticket.
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After the continued recession in 2012, the economy of the European Union is expected to recover gradually in the second half of 2013. Growth is projected to become more robust in the course of 2014, according to the European Commission’s spring economic forecast.
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Experience research at Technische Universität München (TUM) up close and personal during their Research Opportunities Week (11-15 November, 2013). Twice a year TUM selects 50 postdocs from around the world to take part in this unique program which it finances in full through the Postdoc Mobility Fellowship.
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Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Minister of State Cornelia Pieper met with top representatives from Germany’s higher education institutions to discuss Germany’s position as a key location for research and science in international comparison.
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On Thursday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Indian Prime Minister headed the second Indo-German Intergovernmental Consultations in Berlin. The consultations focused on cooperation in the fields of infrastructure, renewable energies, vocational training, higher education and language, health, and security policy. The planned Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Union was also a point of discussion.
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This year’s Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin (APW) titled “Smart Cities” will focus on the urban challenges of the 21st century and how they affect the globalized world.
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