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Germany Considers New Cultural Institute in US
It is one of the most sought-after addresses in New York: 1014 Fifth Avenue... According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, the Foreign Ministry is keen to see it house what it calls a German American Forum, an institution aimed at revitalizing trans-Atlantic ties.
Brits and Canadians agree on 10 items in embassy sharing
Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to work together on 10 areas when it comes to sharing diplomatic missions abroad, according to a copy of the controversial memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries and obtained by Postmedia News on Monday.
NGOs Help heal China-Japan Ties
Chinese nationalists have for over a week now staged nationwide demonstrations against Japan which turned violent in some cities. The two countries are locked in a decades-old conflict over the ownership of a group of islets in the East China Sea, called in Chinese Diaoyu and Japanese Senkaku.
In Arab Spring, Obama Finds a Sharp Test
President Hosni Mubarak did not even wait for President Obama’s words to be translated before he shot back. "You don’t understand this part of the world,” the Egyptian leader broke in. “You’re young.”
Obama to Tell UN Violence is Never Acceptable
U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday addresses the United Nations General Assembly, where he plans to say that violence is never acceptable.
Foreign ministers downplay shared Canada-U.K. embassies
Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague is in Ottawa to announce an agreement between the two countries that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says will start with embassies in Haiti and Burma, and will allow civil servants to consider doing so in more countries as the need arises.
The Morsi Visit and New Guideposts for U.S. Public Diplomacy
Egypt’s president, Mohamed Morsi, is visiting the United States for the first time since taking office, and in an interview with the New York Times shortly before departing Cairo, he provided insights not only about his style of leadership but also about how Egypt has changed since the 2011 revolution that marked the end of Hosni Mubarak’s lengthy rule.
Lisztian Romantic hero a player on a grand scale
Envisaged as a cultural exchange between Australia and Serbia, this recital put Ensemble Liaison's Australian-born members, clarinettist David Griffiths and pianist Timothy Young, on stage with two Serbian-born artists: the group's resident cellist, Svetlana Bogosavljevic and guest violinist, Nemanja Radulovic.
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