Why the US is so far behind in electing a woman head of state

Edit Vox 09 Jun 2016
For the first time in the US, a major party has nominated a woman for president. That's a major accomplishment. By global standards, though, it's long overdue ... The answer, political scientists have figured out, is that there are a number of reasons why certain kinds of elections are harder for women to win — and a lot of them apply to the American presidency in a way they don't to, say, the German chancellery or the British premiership....

EM Germany: ‘Spitzenkandidaten‘ – Youth hold mirror up to ‘the waverers’ on democracy in the EU (European Movement International)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016
Save the ,Spitzenkandidaten' - the youth organisations of our member political parties and the German section of the Young European Federalists are right, writes EM Germany President Dr Rainer Wend on their joint campaign ... Peter Altmaier, the Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery, hit the nail on the head after the 2014 European elections when he tweeted ... German text....

The New Head of Germany’s Foreign Intelligence Agency BND (AICGS - American Institute For Contemporary German Studies)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
AICGS - American Institute For Contemporary German Studies). Quite surprisingly, last Wednesday the German Chancellery confirmed the removal of Gerhard Schindler as president of the German Foreign Intelligence Agency (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND) ... An established NSA investigation committee in the German Bundestag revealed that there were departments, such as the so-called 'technical observation,' that acted beyond any supervision....

Crime, Corruption, and the King’s Dog: Risky Topics for Global Media (Freedom House)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
After a German newspaper quoted Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla referring to Western Sahara as 'occupied' in November 2015, Moroccan officials charged the journalist ... Last month, the German chancellery allowed prosecutors to pursue the case under archaic legislation against insulting foreign rulers, while also promising to repeal the law in question....

Grußwort von Staatsministerin Böhmer anlässlich des Freedom Days (englisch) (Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
(Source ... 27.04.2016 ... We Germans celebrated the happy end of the long walk to freedom along with Nelson Mandela and all South Africans ... I met her in 2015 during the G7-Women-Forum at the German Chancellery ... Our economic relations are also developing very positively.more than 600 German companies have a presence in South Africa ... every year, many young Germans travel to South Africa to experience the country as students or volunteers ... (noodl....

Minister Bushati pays working visit to Berlin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Albania)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
At the meeting held in the German Chancellery with the advisor of Chancellor Merkel for Foreign and Security Policy, Christoph Heusgen, interlocutors focused on regional issues, the situation and relations between regional countries and cooperation in dealing with current challenges such as migration and security ... German Chancellor, Uwe Corsepius....

David Cameron can learn a lot from Obama. Decency and dignity for starters

Edit The Guardian 21 Apr 2016
Here comes the most dignified, intelligent and thoughtful American president of modern times ... This he does in a political system that now thwarts whatever plans a president is elected to implement ... Obama arrives in Britain today for what will be his last visit here as president ... Scotland gone, struggling with the economic fallout from our own folly – why stop here? Instead presidents will head straight for the German chancellery ... ....

Islamic State urges attacks on German chancellery, Bonn airport -SITE group

Edit Topix 01 Apr 2016
Islamic State posted pictures on the Internet calling on German Muslims to carry out Brussels-style attacks in Germany, singling out Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices and the Cologne-Bonn airport as targets, the SITE intelligence group reported. Western Europe is on high security alert after last week's Islamic State suicide bombings in the Belgian capital that killed 32 people at its airport and in a metro station ... ....

A guide to possible candidates who will succeed Ban Ki-moon

Edit Dawn 01 Apr 2016
HERE are some of the confirmed candidates.. Antunio Guterres ... His gender and region of origin also weigh against him ... If she were to leave the German chancellery, she would quickly become an interesting candidate, but her political career in her homeland still seems to have some time to run, and it is unclear whether she would give up a position of real geopolitical power to be a servant to other member states on the Security Council ... ....

Daily News 01 / 04 / 2016 (European Commission)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Apr 2016
(Source. European Commission). Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the European Union and Kosovo enters into force ... A press release is available online. (For more information ... On Monday 4 April, Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete visits Berlin to hold climate and energy talks with German Minister for the Environment Barbara Hendricks as well as with top officials from the German Chancellery....

CALENDRIER du 4 au 10 avril 2016 (European Commission)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Apr 2016
meets Mr Uwe Corsepius, Head of the European Policy Division in the German Chancellery, and Mr Lars-Hendrik Röller, Head of the Economic, Financial and Energy Policy Division in the German Chancellery and Personal Representative of the Federal Chancellor for the G7/G20 Summits; meets Ms Barbara Hendricks, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety of Germany....
photo: Creative Commons / Araisyohei
Cologne Bonn Airport

IS has urged attacks on German chancellery, Bonn airport: SITE

Edit The Hindu 31 Mar 2016
The Islamic State (IS) posted pictures on the Internet calling on German Muslims to carry out Brussels-style attacks in Germany, singling out Chancellor Angela Merkel’s offices and the Cologne-Bonn airport as targets, the SITE intelligence group reported ... Another shows the German chancellery building in Berlin on fire with an IS fighter and a tank standing outside the structure....

Islamic State urges attacks on German chancellery, Bonn airport: SITE group

Edit Yahoo Daily News 31 Mar 2016
BERLIN (Reuters) - Islamic State posted pictures on the Internet calling on German Muslims to carry out Brussels-style attacks in Germany, singling out Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices and the Cologne-Bonn airport as targets, the SITE intelligence group reported ... Another shows the German chancellery building in Berlin on fire with an Islamic State fighter and a tank standing outside the structure....
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