Society

Stephan A. Jansen is the founder-president of the Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen. The university has an interdisciplinary approach which encompasses economics, culture and politics. The percentage of women students is 55%.more
A new generation of highly qualified women managers is occupying more top positions on supervisory and executive boards. There are sound economic reasons for trying to attract women into business.more
Integration
The children of immigrants from Vietnam are strikingly good at school. Percentage-wise, there are more Vietnamese kids swotting for the Abitur exam than Germansmore
Alexander Thamm, head of the USable Idea Contest, talks about innovative ideas for civil society and the differences between German and American citizens’ involvementmore
Sport
Now that the Germany’s football fairytale this summer is nothing more than a vague memory, that the vuvuzelas have, thank the Lord, been discarded, and that people who tack mini-flags to their cars once every four years have...more

Fatmire “Lira” Bajramaj is the shooting star of the German national women’s football team – with an unusual career. A portraitmore
Germany as a Tourist Destination

In recent years Germany’s former federal capital Bonn has become an important UN location. 18 of the 25 UN offices in Germany are to be found on the UN Campus there.more

Today, 5.3 million people live here, there are five opera houses and five universities. Yet the Ruhr region is not a city. A fascinating paradox. In 2010, the Ruhr region will be European Capital of Culture, and will present...more