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Nuclear Non-Proliferation: 21.9.2009
In the Current Affairs on Sundays, Trudi Latour brings you a report about the renewed international attempts at nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, involving Australia and Germany, including a part of her conversation with Peter Gottwald, Commissioner of the German Fed. Gov. on these issues
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The EU - part 5: The EU and Australia: 4.9.2009
When the newly-elected Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stopped in Brussels during his first trip overseas, this was considered a historical gesture. Rudd’s symbolic decision underlined not only the increasing importance of EU-Australian relations; it indicated the growing foreign-political relevance of the European Union, as a body speaking for all its member states. Marc Kalpidis outlines the numerous political, economic and cultural connections between Brussels and Canberra, in the last part of our series “Die EU – Europa erklärt”.
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The EU - part 4: Lobbyism in the EU: 4.9.2009
Today, an estimated 15.000 professional full-time lobbyists are working in Brussels for a range of employers. Together, they embody widespread fears of corporate power in politics. Lobbyists are held in bad regard, believed to be secretly bribing politicians into ignoring their constituents’ interests for the corporate good. Just a malicious cliché, or close to the truth? Marc Kalpidis looks for a balanced answer, in the fourth part of “Die EU – Europa erklärt”.
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The EU - part 3: The Lisbon Treaty: 4.9.2009
Four years after the common European constitution shipwrecked at the resistance of two national referenda, the Lisbon Treaty is set to take its place as the framework for future EU politics. Its ratification is scheduled for October, but the treaty is highly controversial and skeptically received in parts of politics and society. In the third part of our series “Die EU – Europa erklärt”, Marc Kalpidis talks to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Voegeli, expert for European Law at the University of Hamburg, to find out about the treaty’s presumable impacts and how it might shape the EU.
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The EU - part 2: EU Commission and Council of Ministers: 4.9.2009
Anybody following the media coverage on European politics sooner or stumbles across two apparently central institutions: The European Commission and the Council of Ministers. But only very few people, within and outside of the EU, actually know what those institutions do. Marc Kalpidis the takes a look at the arguably most powerful EU institutions in Brussels, in the second part of “Die EU – Europa erklärt”.
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The EU - part 1: The European Parliament: 4.9.2009
The foundation of what we refer to as the European Union was laid more than 50 years ago. Today, the EU has become an important political and economic actor, both internationally and for the nearly 500 million within its boundaries. Our new series “Die EU – Europa erklärt” takes an in-depth look behind the scenes of the European Union and introduces the most influential actors. In the first part, Marc Kalpidis explains what the European Parliament actually is, how it works, and how it coexists with member states’ own parliaments.
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Stem cell tourism: 10.6.2009
Stem cell treatments are already available in Australia today and an option for immune or blood diseases such as leukaemia. For brain diseases such as Cerebral Palsy the treatment with stem cells is considered only experimental. So some patients suffering the disease have been travelling to Germany instead, to receive the treatment there. Kathleen Wächter spoke to a critical Australian medical expert, a family whose daughter suffers from the brain disease, and a documentary filmmaker who will be accompanying the family on their second trip to Germany. – For more information on stem cell treatment in Australia visit www.stemcellcentre.edu.au. To follow the family’s journey you can visit their blog site under www.helpsierra.blogspot.com
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20 years Tiananmen massacre: 8.6.2009
In the West the TV-images of protesters and tanks on Tiananmen Square in Beijing are seen as symbols of the human need for freedom and democracy. Yet young people and students in China today can hardly recall the protests of their predecessors on the 4th of June 1989. Desires for personal freedom have been absorbed into the ability for personal consumption and a strong feeling of national pride – both made possible by the country’s exceptional economic growth. Stephen is German-Australian and recently spent a year teaching English in Xian. Pamela Rauleder wanted to know how important freedom and democracy are to young Chinese people today.
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The German Ambassador Dr Michael Witter : 27.3.2009
The German Ambassador to Australia, Dr Michael Witter, speaks with Patrick Wauthier about the relationship between Australia and Germany. Witter was born in the state of Hesse, studied law, and works for the German Foreign Office since the early 1980s.
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The West Bank, a travel report.: 18.2.2009
During last year's Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement in the Jewisch calendar, Oliver Heuthe left Israel for the Palestinian Territories, in order to see how people live behind the grey wall. On his trip he visited a traditional olive harvest, as well as a Palestinian school.
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