Ahlan wa sahlan !
Welcome to the German Embassy in Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman
Dialogue among Civilizations
With Greeting from the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Germany’s candidature for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for the period 2011/2012
As a globally engaged country, as an important actor in the United Nations and as the organization’s third-largest contributor, Germany belongs on the United Nations Security Council. Because the Security Council is the centrepiece of the international peace order. Our candidature for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for the period 2011/2012 is the logical consequence of our global engagement.
Expo 2010: Better City, Better Life
From 1 May to 31 October 2010 the Chinese mega-metropolis Shanghai will play host to the next World Fair, where the theme will be “Better City, Better Life”. The aim of EXPO 2010 is to offer solutions to the problem of how to improve the quality and sustainability of urban living. Germany is taking part, with a pavilion named “balancity” – a composite of the words “balance” and “city”, a city in balance.
The future of energy: this is the motto of the Year of Science 2010, which begins on 22 January and is organized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research together with the Science Initiative. The aim of the years of science, which were launched in 2000, is to stimulate greater public interest in questions surrounding science and arouse especially the young generation’s curiosity for scientific topics by collaborating with universities and research institutions.
The Year of Science 2010
Germany is one of the countries with the highest media density and the greatest press diversity in the world. Hundreds of daily newspapers, thousands of magazines and millions of active Internet users guarantee an exceptional diversity of opinion. The relationships between the individual “voices” of the different media are changing in the age of Web 2.0: whether print, television, radio, Internet, social media, books or film, the media future will be played in an orchestra.
The World of Media