15.07.2009 - Fungal spores bad for health but good for grasping climate change
We're all inhaling a far greater amount and diversity of fungi floating in the air than previously thought, according to new research conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the University of Mainz.  
The study shows that we breathe in between one and 10 fungal spores every time we inhale...

15.07.2009 - News
Swedish EU presidency backs Czechs in visa row with Canada

The Swedish EU presidency said on Wednesday it was in favour of visa requirements for Canadians travelling to EU member states after Canada imposed visa requirements on Czech nationals. Swedish Migration and Asylum Policy Minister Tobias Billstroem told the AFP news agency his country was in favour of respecting the EU solidarity principle but said it was up to the European Commission to handle the proposal, since the commission was responsible for the reciprocity mechanism...

15.07.2009 - Customers choosing green energy after nuclear reactor shutdown
The Kruemmel nuclear plant near Hamburg had been back up and running for less than two weeks after a two year shutdown when one of its transformers short circuited on July 4. There was a sudden drop in voltage then shopping centers and traffic lights in Germany's second largest city went dark...

15.07.2009 - Report shows huge rise in social welfare spending in Germany
DW-WORLD: German finance minister protests at pension guarantee When wages go up, state pensions should follow; when wages go down, the same should apply. But that's not what's happening in Germany in an election year...

15.07.2009 - German state-level coalition heading for divorce
Christian Democrat (CDU) legislators in Schleswig Holstein say they want to end their alliance with the Social Democrats (SPD) and hold a snap state election on the same day German voters cast their ballots in the federal poll on September 27. State Premier Peter Harry Carstensen told reporters that he had no other option given that the SPD would not support his efforts to manage the impact the financial crisis is having on state-owned lender HSH-Nordbank...

15.07.2009 - Israeli soldiers speak of "shoot first" policy in Gaza war
15.07.2009 - Bayreuth Festival faces new challenges under new management
15.07.2009 - New footage changes the way we see 'Metropolis,' says film restorer
15.07.2009 - RHJ discusses Opel bid with Berlin
15.07.2009 - Russian rights activist kidnapped and murdered
15.07.2009 - Fungal spores, bad for health but good for grasping climate change
15.07.2009 - Rights groups consider responses to Lithuanian anti-gay law
15.07.2009 - Germany, Russia hold traditional dialog forum in Munich
15.07.2009 - Kozel Chateau
15.07.2009 - Projects
15.07.2009 - Spectacular mountain railway in Greece reopens
15.07.2009 - Hamburg's fans not happy with management, personnel policies
15.07.2009 - Czech MEP arrives in parliament in cycling gear
15.07.2009 - Preparations already underway for Pope's autumn visit
15.07.2009 - Czech tourists make last-minute dash to Vienna for Canadian visa
15.07.2009 - Czech Republic faces uphill battle to win EU-wide retort to Canadian visas
15.07.2009 - Iranian air crash kills all 168 on board
15.07.2009 - EU opens borders to some Balkan states - but not all
15.07.2009 - Lights could go out in Bayreuth, as strike threatens
15.07.2009 - Authorities find radioactive brine leak in German storage facility
15.07.2009 - Organization looks to restore human rights to victims of economic exploitation
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