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Top Tourism Fair in Berlin

The International Tourism Exchange (ITB) is fully booked with more exhibitors than ever before and opens on Wednesday...

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Downhill: Riesch beats Vonn at home

Maria Riesch beat Lindsey Vonn in her home town downhill on Wednesday 10 March to keep the women's skiing World Cup...

France and Germany mull European Monetary Fund

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday 10 March that the establishment of a "European Monetary...


Current news

World

Afghanistan's new great game: The undeclared wars within the war  

Business

German IT-start-ups hope for better times in 2010  

Culture & Lifestyle

Berlin's club scene shifts the focus of tourism to the city  



Events

Eberhard Havekost: Retina

Current works by the Dresden-based artist in Frankfurt


Portrait

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

From nutmegs to bicycles: A football fan explains the lingo  

The ABCs of money  

Competing for Migrants  


The Local

Addiction expert warns over ignorance of shisha smoke dangers  

Two dead in bus crash caused by coughing fit  

Police say opera singer hid death of missing fisherman husband  


Linktips

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...


“I’d already planned my escape”

He regularly surprises his audience: Jan Josef Liefers, one of the most popular German actors, talks about his new theatre programme and his life in the former GDR

The Basic Law – Facts and Information

The Path to the Basic Law On 1 July 1948 the western Allies informed the leading political representatives in West Germany of their plans for a western state. Consequently, the Minister Presidents of the Länder in the three...

Dr. Europe

Critics say that the EU is too abstract. Not so, says Eckart Stratenschulte, director of the European Academy in Berlin. “That’s exactly what we have to get across to people.” And that’s his mission

Looking to the East

The 27 member states of the European Union signed and sealed the Eastern Partnership in May 2009. The initiative aims to provide support for six countries in eastern Europe and the Caucasus region

Growing and Saving

India faces the huge task of providing more energy – while saving energy at the same time. A German expert is advising the Office for Energy Efficiency (OEE)

“The People Are Grateful for Every Form of Assistance”

Uwe Hermann

Mr. Hermann, where exactly in Afghanistan have we reached you? I am at the Welthungerhilfe office in Sheberghan, the capital of the north Afghan province of Jovzjan, 120 kilometres west of Mazar-i-Sharif. The region borders on...

“Democracy Needs Civil Society”

Dieter Steinecke, Chairman of the German-Ukrainian Forum, talks about the importance of civil society for a pluralistic Ukraine and the successes of bilateral cooperation

Equal Partner – Pascale Hugues, France

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...

New Impetus for Partnership

Barack Obama’s inauguration was awaited with great anticipation in Germany. Not only many politicians associate the new US President with an opportunity for an even closer transatlantic partnership

A Realistic Picture of Others

Students from Germany and Africa are dismantling their prejudices, learning from each other and developing a network: these are the aims of the “Go Africa ... Go Germany” scholarship programme

Profiles: Chancellor and Foreign Minister

Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel stands with Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor Guido Westerwelle at the head of the new German Federal Government.

Defending Freedom

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

Training for World Peace

The Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) trains specialist civilian personnel who work on peace missions for the EU, the UN and the OSCE. A visit in Berlin

Dawn of a New Era

The EU-Africa Summit has given fresh impetus to relations between the two continents. The main thing now is to further intensify this partnership

“Germany is Playing a Leading Role”

Herbert Salber

Ambassador, what is the most urgent crisis you are trying to contain at the moment? Georgia is our main problem at the moment. There has been a growing number of incidents in the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South...

New Impetus for Growth

“Growth. Education. Cohesion. Leading Germany to New Strength” was the title of the government statement by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which she introduced the important tasks of the government coalition

“The World is Searching for a New International Order”

Political discussion is dominated by the challenges of globalization, the consequences of climate change, crises and conflicts in many regions. What answers can a foresighted foreign policy give? A major “Deutschland” interview...

Strong Partners Worldwide

The wide-ranging activities of the six large political foundations give fresh impetus to social policy in Germany and around the world

“Pooling Capabilities”

Dr. Hans-Ulrich Seidt, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Kabul, on the successful cooperation between Germany and Canada in Afghanistan.

A Break from History – Rozalia Romaniec, Poland

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...


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