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August 18, 2008: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] has completed an expansion of its internet advertizing with the search engines Google and Yahoo. Currently 18 booklets, the Bible Correspondence Course and the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine are being promoted via keywords.
August 7, 2008: July 28, 2008: Six campers from the Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] take part in a church youth camp sponsored by the United Church of God-British Isles. The camp is being held in Buxton south of Manchester, and includes daily Bible studies, outdoor and indoor activities. UCOG contributed funds to sponsor the six campers from Germany. July 22, 2008: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] announces a four day church retreat at the end of December for church members in the German-language region and the Netherlands. The retreat will be held from December 24-28 at the "Schullandheim Norken" near Hachenburg. There will be a daily Bible study, a group evening activity and individual activities during the day. UCOG is co-sponsoring the event. July 15, 2008: The income statistics for the first six months of 2008 for the Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] have been finalized. During the first half of the year, income increased by 20.8 percent over the same period last year. The increase is remarkable considering the fact that the income in 2007 was a 19.2 percent increase over the previous year. |
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August 21, 2008: The August 2008 mini-war between Russia and Georgia was not simply a local conflict about ethnic groups. Instead, it has huge implications for the NATO alliance and Europe”s future energy security. Why is Russia so interested in Georgia? Read more »
July 20, 2008: An oath of allegiance taken by new German soldiers today on the 64th anniversary of a failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler causes controversy. The date was not the problem. Instead, it was the location of the ceremony: in front of the Reichstag. Read more » June 28, 2008: Russia and the European Union have begun talks on renewing their ten year treaty on cooperation that expired last year. There are areas of friction between the two sides, but a new agreement is virtually guaranteed because Russia has what Europe needs. Read more » June 13, 2008: Irish voters have seemingly sounded the death knell for the Lisbon treaty, which was intended to streamline the European Union decision-making process. Is the Lisbon treaty really dead? Maybe not after all. Two viable options exist for getting it ratified. Read more » June 5, 2008: In the continuing battle over the Kemalist doctrine, the Turkish Constitutional Court has ruled a new law unconstitutional that permitted female students to wear the traditional Muslim head scarf at Turkish universities. Which way is Turkey headed? Read more » April 28, 2008: In Berlin’s first-ever referendum an initiative to save historic Tempelhof airport failed to reach the required level of support needed to pass. The world’s first airport to offer regularly scheduled civilian flights will be closed in October. Read more » April 14, 2008: The NATO summit meeting in Bucharest was supposed to showcase unity in the alliance and the initiatives proposed by George W. Bush. However, one normally compliant NATO member was quick to voice opposition to fast-track membership for Georgia and Ukraine. Read more » |