
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
What unites Germany and Asia? Certainly, a dense network of relationships. But there are often people at the nodes of these networks. Three portraits of unusual people who bring relations between Germany and Asia alivemore
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...more
20 years after the fall of the Wall there are still traces of the two Germanies’ history in the Berlin-Mitte districtmore
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 changemore
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.more
Professor Helmut K. Anheier talks about civil society in Germany, the networking of global involvement and why citizen participation is essential for a free societymore
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 moneymore
She is a gynaecologist, Alternative Nobel Prize winner and founder of Medica Mondiale: Monika Hauser works for war-traumatized womenmore
He ended his business career to do more for people: Thilo Bode was “Mr Greenpeace” for many years and is now the founder of Foodwatchmore
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 timemore
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 yearmore
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...more
Germany celebrates two important anniversaries in 2009. Part 2: 1980s to the presentmore
How culture celebrates 2009: an overview of cultural events commemorating the 60/20 anniversary year in Germany and abroadmore
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...more
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...more
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...more
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...more