A parliamentary panel in Berlin selected Andreas Vosskuhle, 46, to become chief justice of Germany's federal...
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu will join Mr Stanislaw Tillich,...
The German International School in Cape Town (DSK) is one of four German overseas schools in South Africa. Around 730...
A new site has been launched by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). www.study-in.de is intended to help guide...
News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...
The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...
The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...
Eastern Germany is attracting increasing numbers of international investors. Above all, North American companies have discovered the advantages of the region for the production of state-of-the-art solar installations
She writes books, directs operas and is a teaching professor. But as a director of sharp-tongued comedy films Doris Dörrie is unbeatable.
Literary debuts, discoveries, surprises: eight novels being talked about at the Frankfurt Book Fair and with a good chance of being published abroad
Fashion designer is a dream job for many. Over 40 fashion schools in Germany are helping students make this dream come true, each approaching the goal from a different angle. A new generation of highly qualified teachers are...
They are actors, rock stars, marketing managers or artists – and they are all successful: Women and men from the USA and Canada who have made a life for themselves in Germany
The “Students Experience Programme” enables students and university graduates from southern Africa to gain professional experience with a German company
Interview with Otmar Issing, chairman of the panel of experts on the global financial system
Whether motorbikes, solar cells, power plant turbines or heart pacemakers, there is hardly a high-tech product that is not produced in the Berlin-Brandenburg region around the German capital. This business location is one of the...
The Desertec Initiative: twelve companies are planning a massive 400-billion-euro project to generate solar electricity in the desert
Wolfgang Joop is one of Germany’s most famous fashion designers. His company Joop! was altogether successful in the 1980s/90s, but despite that he left it. Since 2003 has been sending out powerful signals from Potsdam with the...
The German vehicle producer BMW is increasing its involvement in the USA with a billion-dollar investment
Can creativity be learnt? Three professors from renowned German art schools describe their creativity credos in interviews
The family-owned Voith business, a world-class engineering firm, has made a strong commitment to creativity. A remarkable experiment in provincial Swabia
Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune is regarded as the top fashion journalist. Now Ms. Menkes has discovered the German capital: “Berlin has fashion in its blood.”
The story begins with an idea: using the wind to generate electricity. That was how the Enercon company started with its first wind turbine in 1984. Today the business is number one in Germany and a technology leader worldwide
In January, in response to the global financial and economic crisis, Germany’s Federal Government initiated the largest economic recovery programme in the Federal Republic’s history
Ares Kalandides of the Create Berlin network on the German capital’s artistic energy
The cultural and creative economy is regarded as a growth factor and an engine of innovation. Germany is at the forefront of this field in Europe. Special feature on an industry with a future
Germany is a high-tech country, but agriculture plays an important role as well. And German gourmet delights overflow with diversity. A mouth-watering tour of Germany, the land of gourmet delights
Freiburg im Breisgau is the home of solar technology pioneers. The sunny university town has been writing solar success stories for 30 years