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The relatively young Delegation of the German Industry and Commerce to Kenya has earned its stripes. With a focus on increasing trade, offering a wide range of expertise in both countries and organizing trade delegations, it has made solid gains for bilateral trade and made a name for itself in Kenya’s business community.
Mark your calendars: In just under a month the House of World Culture (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) in Berlin will present the winners of its International Literature Prize. Since 2009, the prize has been awarded to the author of an outstanding foreign-language work of international prose fiction and its translator.
There's good news for students, scientists, and researchers interested in studying and working in Germany. The Bundestag recently passed an act that will make studying and finding work in Germany easier. The new law will allow foreign students more opportunities to work during their studies and more time to search for employment once they have graduated.
Germany will remain part of the EU-led Operation Atalanta to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia. German troops are now also authorized to take action against the pirates’ logistical bases on the shore. This was decided by the Bundestag on May 10.
The latest film in the Rooftop Cinema series by the Goethe Institut in Angola, “Urban Rhythm, A Melody of Identity” will be screened on May 15. Following thematic shifts for each month, May features films by Angolan women. The screenings are part of the larger MABAXA –Connect, Festival of Urban Culture. The Rooftop series ends on May 29.
The transformation of Germany's energy system has yielded notable results. During the first three months of 2012, production of solar and wind power was 40 percent greater than at the same time last year. This increase proves that Germany's switch to a renewable energy supply keeps accelerating and the nation is well on the way to achieving its target of a 35 percent share of renewable energies by 2020.
A conference gathering young scientists from around the world will take place May 20-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting is the general assembly of the Global Young Academy and it is a supported event of the German-South African Year of Science.
Siemens joins forces with local health care provider Netcare in South Africa in the fight against breast cancer. The local offices of the German engineering giant has provided a new mobile mammography unit for free breast cancer screening to underprivileged women.
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