Gingerbread becomes mass market while Nuremberg thrives on tradition
In Nuremberg Germany the gingerbread trade faces cheap imitations as mass producers push into global markets. Despite the city’s famed lebkuchen heritage sales mirror a riches to rags shift, with Weiss and Schumann maintaining standards while others mass produce. Local bakers defend quality amid growing international competition. The industry remains strong in Germany though أق people now eat far more affordable varieties.
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Schumann
Schmidt
Scandinavia
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Poland
Britta Bungartz
Federal Association of Confectionery Industries
Sweden
IKEA
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Global warming talks stalled as US rejects Oslo invite
EU environment ministers say the United States Canada Australia Japan and New Zealand rejected an invitation to meet in Oslo this week to restart talks on emissions. Officials note the talks broke down in The Hague and a timing window has closed amid Bush administration uncertainties and disputes over forest and farmland carbon counting versus Kyoto targets.
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Bush
Raphael restoration hints at engagement ring in The Baker Girl
Rome experts unveil Rafael restoration showing a ring on Margherita Luti’s wedding finger in The Baker Girl. The painter reportedly wooed his model, and the ring was hidden under a paint layer later removed. Margherita, daughter of a Roman baker, inspired the artist while he worked in Rome in 1518.
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Giovanna Martellotti
Winting
National Gallery of Antique Art
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Margherita Luti
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German ambassador accused of chopping protected firs in Skopje
German Ambassador Werner Burkat and his party were reported by Dnevnik to have felled a protected Molika fir in Pelister National Park to harvest branches for Advent wreaths. A forest ecologist said he witnessed the act while Burkat was in the area, prompting accusations of illegal tree cutting. The embassy says only a few branches were taken for charity wreaths.
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Dnevnik Daily
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