Selected Events 2008

U.S. Politics And Holiday Traditions Make For Good Local Mix

Katherine Brucker serving breakfast at home (© PR Agency Westend)

November 24-December 10, 2008. U.S. Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions have turned into a welcome opportunity to continue the media introduction of Leipzig Consul General Katherine Brucker. While SachsenSonntag on November 30 featured a lengthy Sunday breakfast profile of Brucker under the headline "Big politics at work at the grassroots level," Leipziger Volkszeitung on November 27 noted that the "Consul General used her cooking skills to make a case for the U.S." Brucker had hosted a small circle of contacts for a Thanksgiving dinner on November 24. On December 10, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reported on the Consul General's initial meeting with the Lord Mayor of Halle, Dagmar Szabados. Commerce Germany, the official publication of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, featured Katherine Brucker as the new diplomat in the Leipzig district in its nationwide December edition.