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Maas promotes Germany’s candidacy for the Security Council
New non permanent members are to be elected soon to the UN’s most important body. In New York, Foreign Minister Maas has been spelling out why Germany is the right candidate at this juncture.
Germany triples contributions
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises Germany for its efforts on behalf of refugees.

Germany in the United Nations
Committed to peace and human rights: Germany seeks to be one of the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
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Smart technology
Driverless cars and smart clothing: how the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) is helping shape the future.
How will work change in the future?
Digitalisation affects everyone: Year of Science 2018 offers an opportunity to help shape the new working world.
Digital upturn
Smartphones contribute to an economic boom: digitalisation is creating growth and new jobs. The latest figures.
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Soros foundation to close Budapest office
The Open Society Foundations is considering closing its Budapest branch to move to Berlin.
“A good future for Israel“
Israel is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its independence. German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas deliver their congratulations and take the opportunity to look back on German-Israeli relations.

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Germany and the world
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