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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

Proximity talks between Israelis and Palestinians could be mission impossible  

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

Neureuther takes World Cup slalom victory to banish bad run of luck  

Platzeck's Brandenburg chancellery infiltrated by Russian spies  

Westerwelle's ministry colleague also under fire over foreign trips  


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...

Prussia’s Most Beautiful Jewel

Five museums, 6000 years of cultural history: the Museum Island is not just part of the world cultural heritage, it is an aesthetic force – the vision of a Prussian cultural revolution. And to implement it, Berlin will be...

Prussia’s Cosmos of Culture

SPK – three letters stand for one of the world’s greatest treasure troves, a lively research institution and Germany’s undeclared national heritage foundation

Nefertiti’s New Home

SPK/Chipperfield Architects

For almost 60 years it was a huge ruin, having been badly damaged in the Second World War. Now the New Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island radiates its old splendour once again. After almost ten years of planning and restoration...

“We Want to Address the Urgent Questions of Our Time”

Hermann Parzinger

The archaeologist Hermann Parzinger has headed the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation since March 2008. He wants to strengthen science and improve networking among the institutions

10 Highlights of the Prussian Foundation

Each institution belonging to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has its highlights. Making a choice is a tough decision. Nevertheless, we’re taking the plunge with a focus on the museums

Faces of a Metropolis

Berlin is currently one of the world’s most exciting capital cities. Past and future come together in the capital as in no other city in Germany

Diplomatic Berlin

The Federal Foreign Office and some 140 diplomatic missions from all over the world make Berlin an important centre of German foreign policy

Places of Remembrance

Berlin breathes history. It is unmatched in the way it concentrates the momentous events of the 20th century as if through a magnifying glass

Booming Business

Whether motorbikes, solar cells, power plant turbines or heart pacemakers, there is hardly a high-tech product that is not produced in the Berlin-Brandenburg region around the German capital. This business location is one of the...

Creative Industries

In Berlin the so-called “creative industries” are already making a considerable contribution to overall economic output. Software development is registering the strongest growth

Campus of Innovation

Over 200,000 people from all over the world are researching, working and studying in Berlin. Their creativity and curiosity make the German capital one of the most diverse research regions on the European continent

Premier League Culture

175 museums and 150 stages, sophisticated culture of international standing and creativity of the moment: it is the juxtaposition of contrasts that makes Berlin such an exciting city. Its diversity is united by one basic...

Art Loves Berlin

The capital’s art scene is thriving: almost 5,000 artists live and work in Berlin, while 380 galleries market their works to collectors. This guarantees the city a high ranking in Europe

Germany’s Hollywood

Only a few kilometres south-west of Berlin, in Potsdam-Babelsberg, is one of the most important German media locations. The famous film studios are the main attraction

Capital for Flâneurs

Potsdamer Platz, Kurfürstendamm, Friedrichstrasse, Unter den Linden: Berlin’s top-notch addresses for leisurely shopping trips or visits to the coffee house

Trendsetters from the Spree

Milan, Paris, London – Berlin. Established star designers, the avant-garde, fashion design schools and fashion fairs are transforming Berlin into a fashion focus. Berlin Style is blazing new trails

City with Many Nationalities

Berlin is multicultural: people from the most diverse cultures turn the city into an international metropolis. We introduce five of these people


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