The Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin informs Filipinos in Germany that the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf” is inviting entries to the “sehsüchte”, the 39th International Student Film Festival in Europe to be held in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany on 20-25 April 2010.

Award-winning Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza will visit Berlin to hold a workshop for students of the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb) in the first week of February 2010.

Berlin.  The Philippines can once again be proud that a Filipina has distinguished herself in Germany, this time in the field of law of the sea, particularly in the publication of a pioneering study on the establishment of the outer limits of the continental shelves and a subject most relevant to Philippine interests.

Effective 01 April 2010, green passports will no longer be issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs, its regional consular offices, and its Embassies and Consulates abroad.  Even for emergency purposes, only the maroon Machine Readable Passport (MRP) will be issued starting on this date.