Ukraine and georgia as member countries. Representatives of nato, ukraine, and georgia talk about the process of expanding nato membership and russias opposition to adding the two countries. The German Marshall Fund hosted this hour and ten minute event. And im very pleased that today we have the pleasure to welcome our panelists and our viewers on both sides of the atlantic, so good evening, europe. Good morning, america. And for my part, greetings from brussels. The topic of today, ukraine, georgia relations with nato is something i would say is almost part of the dna of the German Marshall Funds. Gmf has been working many years on ukraine and georgia related issues. We do so through our black sea trust fund that supports a new society in black sea countries but also by address so i also really want to thank our partners in this event for all the support they provide. I think we have a terrific lineup of speakers ready to contribute tonight. So today we want to dig a little bit more
Hospitalized on the 15th of november, more than the first wave, we have begun to see a gradual decline. The number of people in intensive care units due to covid19 went from 4900 to 4300 today. From this data we see the peak of the second wave of the epidemic is over with. Last time i spoke, we were worried figures would be even worse than this. We avoided those. Firstly because our efforts, yours efforts have paid off. The spirit you displayed was effective. Furthermore, we learned to better cope with and treat patients to avoid some of the serious forms that could have struck down our fellow citizens and weighed more heavily on our icu units. I would like to pay tribute to devotion of the hospital and Health Care Providers who cope with this in spite of the fatigue. I pay tribute to the associations, volunteers, professionals, who also provided assistance. All of us together have been able to save lives. We have been successful in slowing circulation of this virus, but we mustnt lose
Pres. Macron fellow citizens, when on october 28 i spoke to you, i told you i would report to you on the epidemic and the decisions that would be taken some one month later. The number of positive cases of covid19 per day has gone down substantially. It was above 60,000. Last week the figure stood at 20,000 cases per day on average. After reaching 33,500 patients hospitalized on the 15th of november, more than the first wave, we have begun to see a gradual decline. The number of people in intensive care units due to covid19 went from 4900 to 4300 today. From this data we see the peak of the second wave of the epidemic is over with. Last time i spoke, we were worried figures would be even worse than this. We avoided those. Firstly because our efforts, yours efforts have paid off. The spirit you displayed was effective. Furthermore, we learned to better cope with and treat patients to avoid some of the serious forms that could have struck down our fellow citizens and weighed more heavily
Wave, we have begun to see a gradual decline. The number of people in intensive care units due to covid19 went from 4900 to 4300 today. From this data we see the peak of the second wave of the epidemic is over with. Last time i spoke, we were worried figures would be even worse than this. We avoided those. Firstly because our efforts, yours efforts have paid off. The spirit you displayed was effective. Furthermore, we learned to better cope with and treat patients to avoid some of the serious forms that could have struck down our fellow citizens and weighed more heavily on our ic units. I would like to pay tribute to devotion of the hospital and Health Care Providers who cope with this in spite of the fatigue. I pay tribute to the associations, volunteers, professionals, who also provided assistance. All of us together have been able to save lives. We have been successful in slowing circulation of this virus, but we mustnt lose sight of our other health concern. First, we must continue
Curiosity about how other people live think and work and it was always worth it yes im a citizen of the world. This is the story of a the story of the final year in the career of detail a man has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the past decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp the right moment. As head of the German National library as loued of palins Museum Island. As president of the institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a traumatic year. The last official trip to africa after a long flight the president of the good to institute touched down in namibia a full my German Colony. History is everywhere in the capital into. The colossal Independence Museum tells the story of the long struggle for liberation from colonialism. The most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. The tribal leader hendrik that boy isnt a maybe a National Hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule. You