Close coordination with a key player
“Saudi Arabia is a very important partner for Germany,” Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle emphasized during his visit to the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The visit is intended to develop, strengthen and intensify relations between the two countries. Saudi Arabia is a leading player in a key region.
“Saudi Arabia is a member of the G20, a driving force in the Arab League and a leading power in the region, as its contribution to the shift of power in Yemen shows,” stressed Westerwelle following his meeting with the Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal. Close coordination between the two Governments was therefore in our mutual interest and becoming ever more important, Westerwelle went on.
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May 2012 will be celebrated as Europe Month in Saudi Arabia. The EU Embassies in Riyadh and the EU Delegation together with the Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information will present a broad cultural programme with exhibitions, concerts and a film festival.
The activites will start on May 9, Europe Day, with an event in the National Museum. An exhibition of photos taken by various Saudi photographers in EU member countries will be shown there under the title „Europe seen through Saudi eyes“.
Europe Month in Saudi Arabia
German football cup final in Riyadh
On the occasion of the German national football cup final Ambassador Dieter W. Haller invited the Saudi national football team for players under the age of 18 to his residence to see the final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund together. Several players and the team's managment watched Dortmund's victory with great interest.
The Saudi U18 national football team will go to a training camp in Bavaria in June of this year. There is a long standing cooperation agreement between the Saudi Football Association and the German Football Association.
Under the patronage of HRH Prince Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Governor of the Eastern Region, and in the presence of high ranking representatives of the Saudi government, Dr. Michael Suess, CEO of the Energy Sector and member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, laid the foundation stone for an investment project of almost 300 million euros on May 8, 2012. This has been the largest investment project by a German company in Saudi Arabia in a long periode of time.
SIEMENS invests in SAUDI ARABIA
The Technical Trainers College (TTC) proudly announces the signing of the first TTC Company Field Practice Agreement with ThyssenKrupp Elevator Saudi Ltd. on the 8th of May. The agreement was signed at TTC by Dr. Michael Klees, Dean at Technical Trainers College (TTC) and by Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Mannaa, Senior Administration Manager at ThyssenKrupp Elevator Saudi Ltd. (TKES). TKES General Manager, Abdul Hamid El Ayoubi, said: “We are proud to contribute to the training of vocational trainers. Well-trained vocational teachers are the key to provide high-class technicians and professionals for the local economy.”
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German business promotes Saudi qualification
M100 YOUTH MEDIA WORKSHOP 2012
This year for the first time we plan a workshop with young journalists from Europe and from countries in transformation in the Arab world. Its goal is to provide aspiring young journalists from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria etc. with an opportunity to engage in an intensive exchange of views and ideas and build networks in dialogue with young journalists from Western and Eastern Europe. Renowned media figures will lead the workshop. New ideas will be developed and open debates initiated.
More information can be found here:
M100 YOUTH MEDIA WORKSHOP 2012 [pdf, 60,8k]
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Some first information in Arabic is offered here:
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And here a 77-pages-book in Arabic:
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The same book in English:
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Much more in English at the DAAD-Website:
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If you need a personal consultation, please contact the DAAD-Lecturer in Riyadh,
Mr. Rode, at:
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or the DAAD-Lecturer in Jeddah,
Ms. Dr. Karam, at:
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Blogs, social media and digital society: thousands of bloggers and Internet users are gathering at the “re:publica” conference in Berlin from May 2 to 4, 2012. The event, which is seen by Web 2.0 fans and experts in Germany as the most important forum, is offering a programme of around 200 hours with talks, workshops and panel discussions.
Berlin 2.0
Enlightened monarch, a lover of culture and a warring general: Frederick the Great (1712-1786) had a multifaceted personality and was one of the most outstanding yet controversial figures in German history. The influence of the Prussian King on the fate of 18th century Europe was matched by only a few of his contemporaries.
The world of “Old Fritz”
Alongside the destruction of habitats, the economic exploitation of animals and plants is one of the greatest dangers facing the animal and plant worlds. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, in short the Washington Convention, is a legally binding international agreement dating from 1973 to protect endangered species of animals and plants. It is also known internationally as CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
CITES - Protection of species of plants and animals from extinction
The secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will be located in Bonn. Representatives from almost 100 countries made the decision late on 19 April in Panama City during the second IPBES plenary session.
Bonn will become the host city for the IPBES Secretariat
German Embassy
