1 Introduction Germany’s support for renewable energies, as laid down in the eeg -Act (“Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz” or Renewable Energy Sources Act), has been very successful in terms of pushing the share of renewables at overall electricity supply: the share increased from 7% in the year

The following contribution casts a glance at an area that has been little reflected upon within church history: the German Reformed tradition between 1900 and 1930. Focus of interest typically lies, on one side, more on the perception of the Reformed during the National Socialist era and, on the

1 Introduction The idea of a German ecumenical church experienced a revival in the first half of the nineteenth century. Following the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna in 1815, a renewed division of German territories further destabilized the precarious balance between confessions and

Introduction The uprising of the Indignados, Democracia Real Ya! and the Occupy movement have brought back protest all over Europe in 2011. In Germany—despite several tens of thousands of people showing up for the international action day on October 15th, the situation has been different

Introduction Germany’s chairmanship of the osce in 2016 is welcomed in Russia, not only because Germany is believed to have the political, human and financial resources required to provide a strong leadership role in the Organization, but also because it is seen as a dedicated champion of

Introduction On 20 February 2001, a lecture-recital was presented under the auspices of the Centre of Jewish Studies at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). It was entitled: “Ashkenazi Biblical Chant: a sixteenth-century German interpretation,” and comprised

must draw up a programme of measures, which, under Article 11 in conjunction with Annex VI WFD, must set out the specific action to be taken to protect the water and achieve the environmental objectives. The management plans drawn up by the German federal states for 2009 identified 9 900 bodies of