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The curtain rises for the Golden Lion
The red carpet is rolled out and ready for the film stars. At the Biennale di Venezia, the world’s oldest film...more
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Merkel to mark 20th anniversary of German reunification treaty
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday 31 August mark the moment 20 years ago when the treaty was signed bringing...more
German unemployment continues downward path amid recovery
The number of people without work in Germany fell for the 14th straight month in August, as Europe's largest economy...more
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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...more
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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...more
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German Information Centre New Delhi
News, information and updates on Germany and its role and relations with South Asia, covering...more
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German Information Centre Pretoria
The German Information Centre Pretoria aims to be the first contact point for up-to-date...more
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German Information Center USA
The German Information Center USA (GIC) makes it easy for you to find information about...more
German Design – Past and Present
Every year the German Design Council presents the German Design Prize, the official design award of the Federal Republic of Germany. Question: What is German design?more
DeutschMobil Awakens Interest in German Language and Culture
DeutschMobil has been touring France for ten years. At the wheel are young language tutors who make the neigbouring country’s language more accessible to French school studentsmore
300 Years of Meissen: The world’s oldest product mark
Europe’s most tradition-steeped porcelain manufactory is reinventing itself in its jubilee year. It wants to become younger and fresher and to open up new business segments. In the process it is remaining true to its most...more
“European Identity Is Growing”
The European Union and the media: the constellation is not always harmonious. But why? Six questions to Joachim Fritz-Vannahme, who spent eight years as the Brussels correspondent of the weekly newspaper Die Zeit and is now head...more
A Literary Cure
You’re not going to die is the titles of the novel by Kathrin Schmidt that persuaded the jury to award her the 2009 German Book Prize.more
Where Screens Come to Life
For an unusual music project called Antarctica, sound artist Frank Halbig from Karlsruhe has set scientific data from the South Pole to musicmore
Training for the Crisis
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...more
Literature Nobel Prize Goes to Germany
Surprise from Stockholm: although she was considered an outside contender, German author Herta Müller receives the Nobel Prize in Literature more
Digital Search for Clues
At the end of 1989 members of the East German secret police tried to cover up evidence by destroying or shredding their files. They are now being made readable again with the help of computersmore
Scintillating Multi-billion Project
The Desertec Initiative: twelve companies are planning a massive 400-billion-euro project to generate solar electricity in the desertmore
Research against Memory Loss
The German Centre for Neurodegenerative Disease is dedicated to fighting dementia in a way that is absolutely unique in Europemore
Living and Working in the Eternal Ice
Research in the eternal ice: Germany’s Neumayer III Antarctic station is open to researchers from all over the worldmore
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 regionmore
“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 cooperationmore
Young Minds for Europe
The Heinz Schwarzkopf Foundation in Berlin inspires young people about Europe through discussions with prominent personalities, scholarships and prizes for involvement in Europemore
A Literary Game
With the support of several foundations and the Federal Foreign Office, Halma links literary Europe. Named after a game, the Network already includes 21 countriesmore
The Euro Is 10 Years Old
The introduction of the single European currency in 1999 represented the beginning of a new era in the European Union’s history. Today the euro is a model for other regions in the worldmore
10 Good Reasons for the Euro
The euro is a success story. There are good reasons for that – ranging from stability to its effect on integrationmore
What’s in a Name?
He is the expert on everything to do with German name research: Professor Jürgen Udolph on the secrets behind German surnamesmore
What do the names of prominent Germans tell us? Research by Professor Jürgen Udolph
Goethe, Steinmeier, Merkel, Beckenbauer, Kaulitz. Where do these names come from?more
Hip Hopping in Rennes
There is music in this project: musicians from the Mannheim Pop Academy are teaching German to European school children in a project sponsored by the Federal Foreign Officemore
Barbed Comedy
She writes books, directs operas and is a teaching professor. But as a director of sharp-tongued comedy films Doris Dörrie is unbeatable.more
The Polish German
With a glint in his eye Steffen Möller calls himself a German guest-worker in Poland. His new book has now conquered the best-seller lists in both countries.more
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 missionmore
“Powerful Source of New Ideas”
Gernot Erler, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, talks about German-Turkish commitment to an exceptional initiativemore
News from the Future
What a surprise: Liam Gillick is the name of the artist who will design the German contribution to the 2009 Biennale in Venicemore
Network for Integration
The Intercultural Cities programme of the European Commission and the Council of Europe aims to improve cooperation between European cities on the integration of migrants. With Neukölln, Germany is also participatingmore
Travelling to Europe
A new Robert Bosch Foundation programme overcomes visa hurdles and enables students from southeast Europe to travel through the countries of the European Unionmore
Studies for Europe’s Young Elite
The Franco-German Masters course European Governance and Administration qualifies young management personnel for European assignmentsmore
The Bridge-Builders
The Franco-German Institute (dfi) is Germany’s top address for research on France. For 60 years its staff have focused on Germany’s neighbour and relations between the two countriesmore
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