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A new synagogue in German town of Herford after 70 years

A new synagogue was opened Sunday 14 March in the north- western German town of Herford, more than 70 years after the...

Afghanistan: German diplomat new deputy head of UN mission

Martin Kobler is to be new deputy head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The German...

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United in disagreement: The peace process is dead

Wanted: Top women to help run Deutsche Telekom

E-learning's potential is hampered by misuse, critics say

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One School, Two Qualification Options

The German International School in Cape Town (DSK) is one of four German overseas schools in South Africa. Around 730...

Goethe-Institut News

The ABCs of money

Competing for Migrants

Best Before – Rimini Protokoll Stages a Multi-Player Game in Vancouver

The Local

Deutsche's Ackermann pockets EUR 10 mln for 2009

Dutch populist Wilders 'unwelcome' in Eifel town

Spring is (hopefully) on the way

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New website for international students

A new site has been launched by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). www.study-in.de is intended to help guide...

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German Information Centre New Delhi

News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...

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German Information Centre Pretoria

The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...

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German Information Center USA

The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...

It’s cold. It’s gray. The rain is light enough that an umbrella would be inconvenient and unnecessary, but heavy enough to be sufficiently annoying. My ears are at full stretch as I try to discern the linguistic plethora of...

Art Harman at work on the Berlin Wall, Photo: (C) Art Harman

Young Germany interviews Art Harman from Virginia, one of the few remaining sellers of authentic pieces of the Berlin Wall

Brandenburger Tor and Wall, Photo: Flickr (CC) Songkran

YG gets the inside scoop on the After the Fall documentary from co-director Eric Black

Sebastian and Katharina, Photo: (C) Young Germany

When Günter Schabowski announced that East Berliners would be permitted to enter West Berlin “effective immediately, without delay,” the impact was massive. For literally millions of people living in both East and West Germany,...

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...

20 years after the fall of the Wall there are still traces of the two Germanies’ history in the Berlin-Mitte district

They were born in the year the Berlin Wall came down, the structure that divided Germany and the world: the 1989 generation is special. A portrait of four young Germans born at the time of historical change

Ulrich Wickert was abroad when the Wall came down. But the journalist immediately realized that Germany would be a more exciting place to work than anywhere else.

Professor Helmut K. Anheier talks about civil society in Germany, the networking of global involvement and why citizen participation is essential for a free society

Civil society is viewed as the “third sector” located between the state and the marketplace: one third of citizens in Germany involve themselves for the common good with time, ideas, empathy and money

She is a gynaecologist, Alternative Nobel Prize winner and founder of Medica Mondiale: Monika Hauser works for war-traumatized women

He ended his business career to do more for people: Thilo Bode was “Mr Greenpeace” for many years and is now the founder of Foodwatch

The struggle for freedom in Hungary, Poland and the then Czechoslovakia set processes in motion in Europe that played a major part in the epoch-making changes of 1989. A look back in time

Building Europe was the raison d’être of the Federal Republic from its very first day: it is the Europeanization of Germany that is being celebrated in the Federal Republic’s jubilee year

Germany celebrates two important anniversaries in 2009: 60 years ago, the Federal Republic of Germany was founded with the promulgation of the Basic Law; 20 years ago, the wall between East and West fell in Berlin. An overview of...

Germany celebrates two important anniversaries in 2009. Part 2: 1980s to the present

How culture celebrates 2009: an overview of cultural events commemorating the 60/20 anniversary year in Germany and abroad

60 years after the foundation of the Federal Republic, 20 years after the fall of the Wall, what image do other countries have of Germany? Foreign correspondents look at the country 20 years after the Wall came down. A view from...