This Week in Germany

A huge face-to-face meeting took place this week between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation in Ukraine. The ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development has started an initiative that hopes to clean up the regulations in the textile supply chain. Many think this campaign has major problems. Learn why you should visit the town of Schwetzingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It has the most wonderful palace you may have ever seen. Our German of the Week spotlight falls on Gunther Oettinger. The new Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society of the EU proudly boasts he knows how to use an iPhone and he used the internet everyday.