Brussels (ots) - On Wednesday evening seven European radio and television programmes were honoured with the popular CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity during an official TV gala in the European Parliament in Brussels. The prize, endowed with a total of 40,000 Euros (5,000 Euros per category) were awarded this year to productions from SRF (Switzerland), VPRO (Netherlands), Deutschlandradio, WDR, SWR, ...
Cologne (ots) - CIVIS is celebrating an anniversary in 2012: 25 years of the CIVIS Media Prize. You are hereby cordially invited to the ceremony and to the TV gala of the European CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity 2012: Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 18:00 hrs European Parliament in ...
Cologne (ots) - The 15th international WDR Europaforum at the European Parliament in Brussels will address topics relating to the debate surrounding the future of Europe and, on 9th May, will provide the opportunity for those in attendance to exchange thoughts with high-ranking politicians from across ...
Cologne (ots) - Please send us your best programmes on the theme of integration and cultural diversity. Closing date for entries is January 20, 2012. CIVIS honours programme contributions on radio, television and in the internet which promote the peaceful coexistence of people of the most varied national, ethnic, religious or cultural origins. The CIVIS Media Prize is ...
Köln (ots) - CIVIS - Europe's Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity is looking for radio and television programmes as well as journalistic Internet offers, which handle the themes of integration and cultural diversity in Europe in a convincing fashion. The European CIVIS Media Prize 2012 is endowed ...
Beijing (ots) - - 20 cars, 160 drivers and 5,700 kilometers in 16 stages - Participants experienced the many different faces of China - Versatile features of the Audi Q3 proved their mettle - China is the biggest market for Audi, with growing potential The Audi Q3 Trans China Tour 2011 has successfully reached the finish line. The 20 ...
Berlin/New York (ots) - For the first time in its history Europe's largest daily newspaper, BILD, is not being produced in Berlin - but in New York. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2011, the editor-in-chief, photographers, design editors and reporters move into production rooms situated in the heart of Manhattan. From ...
Munich, Germany (ots) - This weekend THE THREE MUSKETEERS claimed the top spot at the German box office. The new adventure movie in 3D produced by Constantin Film was released in Germany and Austria last Thursday. On the first weekend THE THREE MUSKETEERS grossed approximately EUR 2,4 million taking the lead on the ...
Hamburg (ots) - Scan logs show that Sony servers were running extremely dated programs and Web services - vulnerabilities of obsolete software known for years on the Internet It was the largest data theft ever: on the 19th of April, hackers broke into Sony servers and stole the personal information of more than 100 ...
Köln (ots) - The CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity in Europe will be presented on 26th May 2011, by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Christian Wulff, and the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, at the Foreign Office Berlin. 19 radio and TV programmes are ...
Bielefeld (ots) - The German Golf Association and Schüco International KG are joining forces with immediate effect. As the new, official premium partner, Schüco - the leading provider of innovative building envelopes - will sponsor the second largest umbrella association in Europe. This further extends the Schüco commitment to golf that began back in 2008. Both ...
Berlin (ots) - On behalf of Victim Support Europe, the German Victim Support organisation WEISSER RING will organise the 24th Annual Conference of Victim Support Europe on the 27th and 28th of May 2010 in the Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, Tiergartenstrasse 35 Berlin This year the main topic of the Conference will be Justice for Victims of Crime in Europe During the plenary ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how chemical innovations from BASF help to develop a versatile high-tech foam. Basotect is an intelligent foam which, thanks to its versatility, can be used in simple as well as technically demanding applications. It can be used for cleaning ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Just like animals and human beings, plants can get sick. In many cases, the cause is a fungus. Not a mushroom like you see poking up out of the ground in the woods, but a network of branching, filamentary cells that botanists call 'hyphae'. In entertaining episodes our Chemical Reporter answers questions of our Podcast listeners ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - This is a special edition of BASF's audio magazine for innovation on the occasion of the EU approval for commercial cultivation of the starch potato Amflora. With the help of plant biotechnology BASF developed a special potato named Amflora. The starch derived from Amflora has only one component - amylopectin. Due to this ...
Munich (ots) - Germany's leading sciencetainment TV magazine "Galileo" is launching on Romania's Prima TV on February 22 at 5.30 pm. The magazine will air weekdays under its original title "Galileo". The Romanian version will be hosted by well-known TV reporter Marius Saizu. Veronica Sorescu, Deputy Managing Director Prima TV: "We hope that to our audiences will become ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how chemical innovations from BASF help to develop a new, extremely scratch-resistant clearcoat for cars. The new, extremely scratch-resistant clearcoat iGloss not only provides auto bodies with a brilliant and robust exterior, but also gives ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - If you glance at yourself in a looking glass and notice that you are beginning to look a little dull around the edges - or have maybe even developed black spots - there is a scientific reason for the phenomenon. A mirror can be robbed of its reflective power by the chemical ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Frozen water can be lots of fun. For example, if you have a pair of skates, you can perform elegant moves on the surface of solid-phase H2O. Or you can roll together the fluffy ice crystals that fall from the sky into a snowman. But drivers like it less. They much prefer water ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - There have been plenty of attempts all over the world to influence the weather with chemical tricks. In Thailand, for example, what is called the 'fon luang', or 'king's rain', is aimed at preventing drought, while what are known as 'hail planes' regularly take to the skies in ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In the history of our attempts to master chemistry, explorations of fire are certainly among the most ancient experiments ever performed. And although we have controlled it for thousands of years, the magic of fire remains spellbinding. Take sparklers, for example. There's ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Beer has a long history. Experts say humanity has known the alcoholic beverage for more than 5,000 years. When you think about it that adds up to a lot of hangovers, which is why it's a good thing that modern breweries have also figured out how to make beer that doesn't contain ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Hard water - sounds like white and flaky showerheads, encrusted water cookers, or stopped-up pipes. Although the clear water that comes jetting out of the faucet might look soft and innocent, it contains substances that can turn pretty hard. Just let a little water from your ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Sugar and sweetener - both taste sweet, which is just another way of saying that both interact with the 'sweetness' taste receptors on your tongue. But that's about all they have in common. Otherwise, sugar and sweetener don't ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - In this podcast you will learn how the eco-efficiency analysis helps you to determine how you can reduce the consumption of energy and materials and how to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. Every product leaves some ecological traces behind. But how can you record all of the relevant ecological criteria involved in the ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - When the first non-stick cookware arrived on the market back in the mid-1950s, it was an instant hit. The images of fried eggs or pancakes sliding straight out of the pan onto the plate proved irresistible to consumers. As with so many other products, however, the discovery ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - The key to understanding lies in the molecular structure of hair. A single hair is made up of a bundle of fibers. The individual fibers are in turn made up of even smaller threadlike components known as fibrils. And in their turn, fibrils are made up of chains of protein ...
Ludwigshafen (ots) - Your chewing apparatus has to be pretty stable to be able to cope with all the sustenance we shove into it every day. The outermost layer of a tooth, the enamel, is actually the hardest substance that the human body produces. It consists of a mineral called hydroxylapatite. In ...
