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...
Web 2.0 is growing increasingly popular among German online users. Bloggers are redefining journalism, millions are into digital networking
More and more Germans are online. The Internet is now a medium the majority of the population use on a daily basis
“The birthday cake of nearly 400 films has been baked,” announces festival director Dieter Kosslick. The 60th Berlin International Film Festival begins on 11 February. The flurry of flashbulbs, the red carpet, the film stars: the...
German TV viewers have a choice of 145 channels. The main feature of the TV landscape is its dual system of public and private broadcasters
Germany is a country of newspaper-readers: over 350 papers with a total daily circulation of 25 million copies inform people in even the smallest villages about what is going on in the world
Readers can choose between thousands of titles on the German magazine market. And publishers are occupying more and more new niches
Deutsche Welle’s new Master’s programme in international media studies offers up-and-coming journalists from developing and emerging countries a unique course of study in Germany
The Federal Foreign Office’s international media dialogues bring journalists from different cultural backgrounds to the table and broaden perspectives
Germany is considered to be a country of books, of deep thought, and of highbrow media. However, Germany has also become a country of DJs and daily soaps. In popular German culture music and TV series, blockbusters in the cinema...
Hundreds of international journalists report from Germany, helping to shape the picture that people have of Germany abroad. A story about three Asian foreign correspondents, their work and their lives
As a voice for peace Radio Heza is broadcasting a programme by young people for young people. Fifteen years after the genocide the project, which is supported by Germany, is making a contribution to peace
German cinema of the moment is female: in four productions exceptional actresses shine in powerful roles. Barbara Sukowa, Iris Berben, Johanna Wokalek and Veronica Ferres dig deep into German history bringing stories to life on...
The 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature goes to a woman who writes in a severely beautiful German about the abysmal depths of dictatorship and state terror
Journalists often deal with easier topics than economic policy. Especially in the European Union the complexities are difficult to fathom at first. The Robert Bosch Foundation has created a programme providing insights for...
Surprise from Stockholm: although she was considered an outside contender, German author Herta Müller receives the Nobel Prize in Literature
The International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen is considered one of the highlights in the calendar of more than 100 German film festivals. The world’s oldest festival for short films will be held for the 55th time between 30...
The historical war drama John Rabe is one of the big winners of the 2009 German Film Prize. The film received a total of four Lolas on Friday (24 April) at the 59th award ceremony for Germany’s most lucrative cultural prize,...
Richard David Precht has written the most successful non-fiction book on philosophy ever published in Germany. The bestseller Who Am I – And If So, How Many? has already been translated into 16 languages
Dieter Kosslick has been directing the Berlinale, Germany’s biggest film festival, since 2001. In an interview he talks about the art of selecting films and the significance of stars on the red carpet
The Baden-Württemberg Film Academy is one of six film academies in Germany and is seen as a source of talented young filmmakers. A portrait