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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...
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Proximity talks between Israelis and Palestinians could be mission impossible
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German IT-start-ups hope for better times in 2010
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Berlin's club scene shifts the focus of tourism to the city
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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...
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From nutmegs to bicycles: A football fan explains the lingo
The ABCs of money
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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
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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...
Searching for Clues in Berlin-Mitte
20 years after the fall of the Wall there are still traces of the two Germanies’ history in the Berlin-Mitte district
The 1989 Generation: Born When the Wall Came Down
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
“The fall of the Wall is part of my biography”
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.
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
Europe – a Work in Progress
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
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
Germany celebrates two important anniversaries in 2009. Part 2: 1980s to the present
An interview with Federal Justice Minister Zypries on the success story of the Basic Law
Ms. Zypries, in May Germany will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Basic Law. What was the greatest achievement of the Parliamentary Council that drafted the Basic Law? Overall, the achievement of the Parliamentary...
Federal Foreign Minister Steinmeier: “Democracy needs the responsibility and commitment of democrats”
Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Constituent Assembly at the German National Theatre in Weimar on 6 February
Starring the Basic Rights
Berlin-based German director Harald Siebler made a film about the first 19 articles of the Basic Law and brought it to the cinema screen in 2007. An interview about the making of the remarkable film project GG 19.
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...
Literature on a Turning Point in History
What does the fall of the Wall mean for German literature? How much material is inherent in unification? Enough for the “great novel of the transition era”? Things are a lot clearer twenty years after 9 November 1989
Cultural Events Celebrate the Anniversary Year
How culture celebrates 2009: an overview of cultural events commemorating the 60/20 anniversary year in Germany and abroad
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...
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...
Fascinating Fall of the Wall – Jae Hyun Choi, South Korea
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...
Germans Have Been Looking for a New Compass – William Boston, USA
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...
“Berlin is now one city again”
Germany is “growing together” again, says Frederick Taylor. The British expert on German history recently presented his latest book, The Berlin Wall
From East Berlin with Love
The Berlin Wall divided East and West Germany for 28 years, two months and 28 days. It tore families, friends and lovers apart. For some couples from the two Germanys the fall of the Wall opened the road to happiness
“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 Day the Wall Came Down
A day that went down in history: a few hours on 9 November 1989 changed the world
One Question Brings Down the Wall
Riccardo Ehrman only asked Günter Schabowski one question at the International Press Centre in East Berlin on 9 November 1989. It turned out to be the question that changed everything
“Facing up to the past”
In the year 2000 the German Bundestag elected Marianne Birthler as Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). A Berliner by birth, she is still involved in...
Places of Remembrance
Many museums and memorials, not just in Berlin, provide information about the division of Germany
Interview with Martina Gille
Martina Gille, a researcher specializing in children and young people, talks in the interview about young people’s attitudes to life in western and eastern Germany and describes how the young generation views the political change...
Sunny Prospects for “Solar Valley”
Eastern Germany is attracting increasing numbers of international investors. Above all, North American companies have discovered the advantages of the region for the production of state-of-the-art solar installations
Audio: All we are the people
Audio: To the population
Listen to Germany
Of tabletop fountains and hobby gardeners: Germany after reunification
Author: Corinna Hesse, Publishing House: Silberfuchs-Verlag
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