Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany News

"Spheres," a six-movement work for orchestra by German composer York Hoeller, has earned the 2010 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Alex Lepp and Sebastian Peters didn't know where they would land when they signed up for a yearlong volunteer mission.

Researchers unfold a key step in the process that tells plants to flower, findings that could one day benefit agriculture.

This market is definitely a must-visit for any one who is fortunate enough to be in Europe this time of the year.

The anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall just the starting point in the celebrations BY RUBY TURNER For Canwest News Service Party on! The fun and fanfare has only just started in Germany with this month's anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The European hotel industry posted mixed results in year-over-year results when reported in U.S. dollars, euros and British pounds for October 2009, according to data compiled by STR Global.

Does your daily regimen include wash, toner and an $80 night cream? That doesn't mean you're taking good care of your face.

On November 19, 2009, the kick-off meeting for the Euregio-project "EurSafety Health-net" has taken place.

British forces will pull out of Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the Allied victory in World War Two, as part of a Tory defence "revolution" being drawn up by Dr Liam Fox.

COLOGNE, Germany - Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Thursday he is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and build a youth center for children in his native Puerto Rico.

All were born or spent many years in Germany, after their families moved there in the nineties, and have since returned to Serbia.

Enclosed please find pictures of a pewter tray. It is 26-1/2 inches long and 12 inches wide.

A lawyer representing German computer supplier Smartbook AG has contacted EE Times to protest the use of the term "smartbook" in reporting about other companies' products, saying it owns trademark rights to the name.

Germany's biker scene has been in the news a lot lately, and not in a good way. But there's another group of bikers in Germany who get less press - the ones who ride to church instead of to the clubhouse.

Mayor Greg Ballard and an entourage are in Europe today at the start of a nine-day overseas trip meant to attract jobs and manufacturing technology to Indianapolis to grow the motorsports industry.

The fall of the Berlin Wall, far from heralding a unified future, ushered in a new period of discord between west and east.

Veteran German producer Karl Baumgartner of Pandora Film , British casting director Leo Davis and Czech actress Anna Geislerova are among the members of next year's Shooting Stars jury.

A Turkish man is on trial in Turkey on charges of murdering and sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl in Germany.

Liberty Global, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Unity Media S.C.A. to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Unitymedia GmbH , Germany's second largest cable operator.

A terrified truck thief crashed when he realised the lorry he'd just pinched had a fully grown lion in the back.