German Embassy Port of Spain

14/06/2021

Helping with expertise: through the Centre for International Peace Operations, Germany deploys a large number of civilian experts to peace missions around the world. They support local actors in resolving conflicts sustainably and in preventing crises. For example, our experts guide the strengthening of democratic structures, monitor ceasefires or support the development of the security sector. Only together can we overcome crises and promote peace.

Helping with expertise: through the Centre for International Peace Operations, Germany deploys a large number of civilian experts to peace missions around the world. They support local actors in resolving conflicts sustainably and in preventing crises. For example, our experts guide the strengthening of democratic structures, monitor ceasefires or support the development of the security sector. Only together can we overcome crises and promote peace.

13/06/2021

Creating stability: Germany stands alongside its international partners to stabilize crisis regions. For example, almost 3,000 German soldiers and more than 130 German police officers are helping in the training of police and security forces, in building infrastructure or in the fight against terror. Germany also supports various missions within the framework of the UN, EU, OSCE and Frontex. Only together can we overcome crises and promote peace.

Creating stability: Germany stands alongside its international partners to stabilize crisis regions. For example, almost 3,000 German soldiers and more than 130 German police officers are helping in the training of police and security forces, in building infrastructure or in the fight against terror. Germany also supports various missions within the framework of the UN, EU, OSCE and Frontex. Only together can we overcome crises and promote peace.

12/06/2021

Solving conflicts politically: Germany is committed to this - for example in the Middle East, Libya, Afghanistan and Ukraine. In doing so, we collaborate closely with our partners in the UN, EU, NATO and the OSCE. Only together can we overcome crises and promote peace.

Solving conflicts politically: Germany is committed to this - for example in the Middle East, Libya, Afghanistan and Ukraine. In doing so, we collaborate closely with our partners in the UN, EU, NATO and the OSCE. Only together can we overcome crises and promote peace.

11/06/2021

The core objective of German foreign policy is to maintain peace and safety in the world. Germany counts on using diplomacy and multilateralism to solve crises and conflicts worldwide politically, together with strong partners.

07/06/2021

Welcome to Germany

Today 7th June, 8pm on TTT 📺
"welcome to Germany" comedy drama.
Do not miss the final of the European Film Festival 2021 on local TV tonight.

Welcome To Germany - Opening Night film, 2017 SBFF

06/06/2021

The Acropolis, the Great Barrier Reef or the Pyramids of Giza - almost everyone knows these famous cultural and natural heritage sites abroad. Trinidad and Tobago has 3 Sites on the Tentative List.

But did you know that 46 World Heritage Sites are located in Germany?
From Berlin's Museum Island to the Wadden Sea and the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex - there's plenty to discover here in Germany, too! www.unesco-welterbetag.de

Today's German UNESCO World Heritage Day serves to raise awareness of particularly careful monument preservation and to strengthen exchange and cooperation across borders under the motto "Solidarity and Dialogue" - because conserving the world’s heritage is our shared responsibility.

Since 1972, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has been very successfully promoting solidarity and cooperation for the protection of cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value.

Which World Heritage Sites have you already visited?

The Acropolis, the Great Barrier Reef or the Pyramids of Giza - almost everyone knows these famous cultural and natural heritage sites abroad. Trinidad and Tobago has 3 Sites on the Tentative List.

But did you know that 46 World Heritage Sites are located in Germany?
From Berlin's Museum Island to the Wadden Sea and the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex - there's plenty to discover here in Germany, too! www.unesco-welterbetag.de

Today's German UNESCO World Heritage Day serves to raise awareness of particularly careful monument preservation and to strengthen exchange and cooperation across borders under the motto "Solidarity and Dialogue" - because conserving the world’s heritage is our shared responsibility.

Since 1972, the UNESCO World Heritage Convention has been very successfully promoting solidarity and cooperation for the protection of cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value.

Which World Heritage Sites have you already visited?

03/06/2021

European Film Festival bringing you closer to Europe since 1996 and this year for the first time available from the comfort of your living room via ttt. 🎞🎬📺👀🍿

two more dates:
4th June 8pm THE SEVEN RAVENS 🇪🇺
7th June 8pm WELCOME TO GERMANY🇩🇪
do not miss it!

28/05/2021

Safe the dates and get the popcorn 🍿 ready🇪🇺📺🇹🇹

Also as we had promised here is the list of films that will be aired on TTT starting tomorrow May 29th.

Unit 7 (Spain) May 29th, 10 pm

Bulado (Netherlands) June 2nd, 8 pm

The Seven Ravens (Czech Republic/Slovakia) June 4th, 8 pm

Welcome to Germany (Germany) June 7th, 8 pm

Don't miss them.

The #EFF2021 on local television.

26/05/2021

great news! get a little closer to Europe through film 🇪🇺 🎞🇹🇹

It's been killing us to keep this secret but now we can tell...the EFF 2021 will also be on local television station TTT.

Look out soon for a listing of the films and the days that they will be aired.

#EFF2021 #staysafe

21/05/2021

Festival Scope | EUFFestival 2021 for Film Lovers

Escape to Europe virtually this weekend 🇪🇺📺🇹🇹

The platforms are all up and running:
Festivalscope: https://www.festivalscope.com/page/euff-online-film-festival-2021/
Spanish films: http://bit.ly/3ehFwjJ
French films: https://ifcinema.institutfrancais.com/fr/streaming/alacarte
https://vimeo.com/545061865
Password : acassavastory
https://vimeo.com/544889314
Password : afvanille
Enjoy!

###### → Free ###### → May 5 - June 5 ###### → Only in Bolivia, Gabon, Honduras, Malawi, Mozambique, Panama, Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, and Uruguay ###### → Limited Tickets The online European Film Festival aims to be a magic mirror that we can use to jointly get th...

17/05/2021

German diplomacy supports IDAHOBIT 2021.
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated: „Love is no crime” as he assured that human rights that are indivisible, universal and independent of sexual orientation.
Yet people who do not fit into a traditional image still experience discrimination worldwide. Germany stands up against this with our human rights policy.
picture: DPA

German diplomacy supports IDAHOBIT 2021.
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated: „Love is no crime” as he assured that human rights that are indivisible, universal and independent of sexual orientation.
Yet people who do not fit into a traditional image still experience discrimination worldwide. Germany stands up against this with our human rights policy.
picture: DPA

13/05/2021

Message from German Foreign Minister Maas on the occasion of Eid ul Fitr.

At the end of Ramadan, I would like to wish Muslims the world over “Eid Mubarak”, a blessed Festival of the Breaking of the Fast.

2021 is now the second year in which the celebrations are being overshadowed by the global COVID 19 pandemic. In the past year, the entire world was faced by great challenges and restrictions of unimaginable proportions, which have taken us all to the limit and beyond.

At this difficult time, the fundamental idea expressed by Eid ul Fitr – solidarity with and support for our fellow human beings – is becoming all the more important. I hope that this will not only be acted out between individuals, but also at the level of the greater international community, both in terms of the equitable distribution of vaccines and our efforts to support the victims of numerous conflicts worldwide.

After all, the second Eid ul Fitr since the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic unfortunately also reminds us that pandemics do not stop any conflicts. On the contrary, where humanitarian needs are particularly great, they are further exacerbated by the illness. My thoughts are therefore especially with those who are unable to celebrate the breaking of the fast owing to hostilities, natural disasters, displacement and forced migration and sickness right now. Rest assured that Germany will not slacken its efforts to seek an end to conflicts and to support humanitarian assistance for those in need.
foto: picture alliance

Message from German Foreign Minister Maas on the occasion of Eid ul Fitr.

At the end of Ramadan, I would like to wish Muslims the world over “Eid Mubarak”, a blessed Festival of the Breaking of the Fast.

2021 is now the second year in which the celebrations are being overshadowed by the global COVID 19 pandemic. In the past year, the entire world was faced by great challenges and restrictions of unimaginable proportions, which have taken us all to the limit and beyond.

At this difficult time, the fundamental idea expressed by Eid ul Fitr – solidarity with and support for our fellow human beings – is becoming all the more important. I hope that this will not only be acted out between individuals, but also at the level of the greater international community, both in terms of the equitable distribution of vaccines and our efforts to support the victims of numerous conflicts worldwide.

After all, the second Eid ul Fitr since the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic unfortunately also reminds us that pandemics do not stop any conflicts. On the contrary, where humanitarian needs are particularly great, they are further exacerbated by the illness. My thoughts are therefore especially with those who are unable to celebrate the breaking of the fast owing to hostilities, natural disasters, displacement and forced migration and sickness right now. Rest assured that Germany will not slacken its efforts to seek an end to conflicts and to support humanitarian assistance for those in need.
foto: picture alliance

12/05/2021

more Films! all free! 🇹🇹📺🇪🇺

Today's film synopsis "Acasa My Home"

In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years–until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.

Now showing as part of EFF 2021.

All online, all free!

11/05/2021

Did you get a chance to watch a movie yet? Film Festival 2021 is in full swing🇪🇺📺🇹🇹 from the comfort of your home

https://www.festivalscope.com/page/euff-online-film-festival-2021/

We share a synopsis of one of this year's films "Fire".

When Amador Coro gets out of prison for having provoked a fire, nobody is waiting for him. He returns to his home town, a small village hidden in the mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his elder mother, Benedicta, and three cows. Life goes on calmly, following the rhythm of the nature. Until the night when a fire devastates the region.

Available on Festivalscope.

06/05/2021

WHO to set up pandemic early warning center in Germany | DW | 05.05.2021

WHO to set up pandemic early warning center in Germany
#TogetherAgainstCovid19

The World Health Organization will establish a center in Germany to monitor emerging pandemic threats in the hopes of preventing the next one. "Viruses move fast. But data can move even faster," the WHO's chief said.

05/05/2021

Today is the day!!
We are pleased to announce the beginning of EFF Online 2021.
The platforms are all up and running from today.
Festivalscope: https://www.festivalscope.com/.../euff-online-film.../
Spanish films: http://bit.ly/3ehFwjJ
French films: https://ifcinema.institutfrancais.com/fr/streaming/alacarte
https://vimeo.com/545061865
Password : acassavastory
https://vimeo.com/544889314
Password : afvanille
Enjoy!

Today is the day!!

We are pleased to announce the beginning of EFF Online 2021.

The platforms are all up and running from today.

Festivalscope: https://www.festivalscope.com/page/euff-online-film-festival-2021/

Spanish films: http://bit.ly/3ehFwjJ

French films: https://ifcinema.institutfrancais.com/fr/streaming/alacarte

https://vimeo.com/545061865
Password : acassavastory

https://vimeo.com/544889314
Password : afvanille

Enjoy!

04/05/2021

only one more day!!! hope you are excited as we are! #fortheloveofgoodfilms #EFF

03/05/2021

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas issued the following statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May)

“Standing up and fighting for a free press is a task for each and every one of us. People need free and independent information – without it, democracies cannot function.
The work of journalists is even more important in the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has also become much more difficult. Journalists face repression on a massive scale in many of the world’s countries. Their work is being restricted under the pretext of fighting the pandemic, while debates are being suppressed and misinformation is propagated.
Today, we remember all those who have lost their lives while going about their journalistic work. In the past year alone, over 50 media professionals were killed, still more arrested and harassed or even made to suffer torture.
Journalism is not a crime and must not be a life-threatening undertaking. We have to work to ensure this if information is to be a public good.”

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas issued the following statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (3 May)

“Standing up and fighting for a free press is a task for each and every one of us. People need free and independent information – without it, democracies cannot function.
The work of journalists is even more important in the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has also become much more difficult. Journalists face repression on a massive scale in many of the world’s countries. Their work is being restricted under the pretext of fighting the pandemic, while debates are being suppressed and misinformation is propagated.
Today, we remember all those who have lost their lives while going about their journalistic work. In the past year alone, over 50 media professionals were killed, still more arrested and harassed or even made to suffer torture.
Journalism is not a crime and must not be a life-threatening undertaking. We have to work to ensure this if information is to be a public good.”

29/04/2021

one of two German films at
www.festivalscope.com/page/euff/
available online 5th May - 4th June in Trinidad and Tobago only.

Coming soon to EFF!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhQ4uOcYk1s

23/04/2021

Today is German Beer Day. Enjoy it responsibly. 🍺🍺

23/04/2021

apply now! greentalents 2021
www.greentalents.de

apply now! greentalents 2021
www.greentalents.de

22/04/2021

German Human Rights Commissioner welcomes entry into force of Escazú Agreement

“I congratulate the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on the entry into force of their first regional environmental agreement on international Mother Earth Day on 22 April. This is the world's first legally binding instrument to protect human rights defenders in the environmental field. By recognising the right of current and future generations to live in a healthy environment, the agreement represents a milestone for real change.

In light of the large number of environmental and human rights defenders killed and the worsening climate crisis, the Escazú Agreement is a landmark for the protection of human and environmental rights.” said Bärbel Kofler in the Berlin Foreign Office
picture: german embassy port-of-spain

22/04/2021

Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Earth | DW | 21.04.2021

Earth Day 2021🌎
https://m.dw.com/en/earth-day-2021-restore-our-earth/g-56993922?maca=en-newsletter_en_bulletin-2097-xml-newsletter&r=1716681815187427&lid=1811527&pm_ln=87954

For over 50 years, Earth Day has taken place on April 22. It is the world's single biggest annual environmental protest and educational event. DW takes a look at the day's history — and what we can expect this year.

21/04/2021

Vaccines are the best way out of the Corona pandemic, but this only works if everyone in the world has access to them. That is why Germany is supporting the WHO's Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator platform as one of the largest donors with EUR 2.1 billion. ACT-A includes the COVAX vaccine platform, which aims to supply more than 140 countries with vaccines for the first time by the end of May, among them many developing economies. International solidarity and joint action are the remedy against the pandemic.

Vaccines are the best way out of the Corona pandemic, but this only works if everyone in the world has access to them. That is why Germany is supporting the WHO's Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator platform as one of the largest donors with EUR 2.1 billion. ACT-A includes the COVAX vaccine platform, which aims to supply more than 140 countries with vaccines for the first time by the end of May, among them many developing economies. International solidarity and joint action are the remedy against the pandemic.