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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
Speech by Dr Guido Westerwelle, Member of the German Bundestag, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs on the occasion of Africa Day on 07 June 2010
The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Member of the German Bundestag, Dr Guido Westerwelle spoke at the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) in Berlin on the occasion of Africa Day on June 07, 2010.
Please find here the words of his speech:
Everyone is full of praise for Lena, including the Federal Chancellor: “She’s a wonderful expression of young Germany,” said Angela Merkel who congratulated the German winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. This praise from the top went well with the euphoria that engulfed Germany on Lena’s winning night in Oslo. Not only that, it infected a surprising number of music fans throughout Europe as well.
“Eurovision Song Contest”
A co-ordinated approach to foreign and development policy
On their first joint trip abroad, Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Federal Development Minister Dirk Niebel travelled to the African continent. From 7 to 11 April the two Ministers visited Tanzania South Africa and Djibouti. Closely co-ordinated foreign and development policy is the basis of the German Government's new Africa strategy.
Germany the world’s most popular country according to a poll
According to a survey carried out by the British broadcaster BBC, Germany is held in higher regard than any other of the 28 states featured. It has thus topped the international poll for the second time in a row. 59 per cent of those surveyed believed that Germany’s influence in the world is positive. Germany was regarded particularly positively in France and South Korea.
Niebel attends roof wetting ceremony for Namibian-German cement factory
On 4 February 2010 German Development Minister Dirk Niebel gave a speech at the topping off ceremony, or "roof wetting" as it is called in Southern Africa, for the Namibian-German Ohorongo Cement factory near Otavi, Namibia. The project has been supported by DEG (German Investment and Development Company), EIB (European Investment Bank) and by South African banks. The launch of more such public-private development partnership projects is desirable, for which the cement factory could serve as an example.
German Information Centre Pretoria
The German Information Centre Pretoria opened in September 2008. More information can be found here:
Aktion Afrika
"Aktion Afrika" is the name of a programme with which Germany intends to further develop its partnership with Africa, starting this year. Germany will be investing a total of 20 million euros in cultural exchange projects and programmes in 2008 to ensure even closer cooperation with African countries in the future. With this initiative Germany is consolidating its political commitment to its neighbouring continent and demonstrating that Africa has a special role to play for Germany.
Energy Efficiency Award 2010
Companies from trade and industry which have implemented innovative, exemplary measures to increase energy efficiency are invited to take part in the international Energy Efficiency Award 2010 competition.The competition is being held by the Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) - the German Energy Agency - in cooperation with Deutsche Messe. The prize money amounts to a total of 30.000 Euro.
Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Namibia
Namibia is one of the major recipients of funds from the Federal Foreign Office's Cultural Preservation Programme. For more than 20 years, projects aimed at preserving the cultural heritage in Namibia have been funded. One of the recent projects is the publication "What the Elders used to say - Namibian Perspectives on the last Decade of German Colonial Rule", a collection of oral history of different ethnic groups in Namibia.
German Business Portal
supports your business with Germany. It offers answers to all trade-related questions and concerns and facilitates crossborder trade in the field of goods and services – from work permit to customs duty. All information is provided in English straight to your desktop at
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