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The Berlinale bear hunt begins

Great international cinema in Berlin: at the 62nd International Film Festival (February 9-19) the German capital is...more

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Building bridges between Germany and China

The 2012 Year of Chinese Culture in Germany is designed to make the German people aware of the richness and diversity...more

Foreign Minister Westerwelle on the UN Security Council and Syria

Whilst in Cairo, Foreign Minister Westerwelle issued the following statement on the situation in Syria and the...more

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Crowdsourcing: writing history on the Internet  

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Under Trees

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Portrait

Cosmopolitan Master of Art

Okwui Enwezor has brought a new international dimension to contemporary art in Europe and the USA and made way for...more

The Local

'White Rose' founder declared a saint  

Socks provided key clue in neo-Nazi case  

Wulff under fire over car lease deal  

Goethe-Institut News

Unruly Art Neighbor as Guest – Polish Art in Berlin  

Different from the Rest of the World – The Berlin Foundation “Respekt!”  

In the Eye of the Storm – Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick in an Interview  

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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

Infinite Opportunities

The Year of Germany in India is being held from autumn 2011 until autumn 2012 to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Germany and India. We present an interview with Heiko Sievers, project manager and director of...more

Three People, Three Stories

A German indie musician is a pop star in East Asia; an actor from Thailand is the longest-serving foreign actor on German television; and a German is the chef responsible for the meals on Singapore Airlines flights. Three stories...more

Life in the Opera Village

The Opera Village project in Burkina Faso, West Africa, was the last great dream of the German theatre director Christoph Schlingensief, who died in 2010. With the opening of the school in October 2011 the Village is gradually...more

Fascinating World Heritage

Germany is strongly involved in the preservation of cultural monuments around the world. Now Germany has again been elected as a new member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee until 2015. more

Colourful Bridge

Germany and Latin America are linked by a rich wealth of cultural exchange activities. The cooperation extends from the services offered by the Goethe-Institut to the preservation of cultural monuments.more

Pathos, defiance, ultimate questions

The German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale raises the major questions in life and stir up emotions. The jury chose it as the Best National Pavilion.more

A Voyage of Discovery in Washington

In Washington a new museum recently opened dedicated to the often forgotten influence of German immigrants in the history of the United States. At the same time the museum is creating a bridge between the past and the present.more

Ten Reasons for German

Too many cases, too many genders, too many rules? Is German really so difficult? No, says bestseller writer Bastian Sick: “It’s easy – after all, everyone manages with that.” And he gives ten more reasons for learning German –...more

Kenichi Mishima: German as a Dialect of Philosophy

The Japanese philosophy professor Kenichi Mishima has lived, taught and done research in Germany and Japan since the 1970s. We asked him: Is German the language of philosophy?more

“Greater Passion for German”

The President of the Goethe-Institut Professor Klaus-Dieter Lehmann talks about language and identity and why it is worth learning German as a foreign languagemore

What Role Does German Play Internationally?

What role does German play in today’s world? Prof. Ulrich Ammon, a distinguished sociolinguist, examines the position of the German language in business, science, politics – and on the Internetmore

Jonathan Franzen: Why Languages Must Change

American bestselling author Jonathan Franzen studied German – in Pennsylvania, Munich and Berlin. An interview about the German language and the “annoying question of gender”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

The Future of the City: The German contribution to the Expo 2010

“Better City, Better Life” is the theme of Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The future belongs to cities – but they face great challenges. The German Pavilion “balancity” presents answers for urban life in the future and is based entirely...more

Witty, Lively, Useful: The multifaceted German language

The Federal Foreign Office and its partners want to inspire more young people abroad to learn German – with the “German – Language of Ideas” initiativemore

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

Ambassador of German Film

Keen commitment to German film: Goethe Institutes around the world compile a panorama from 900 current and classic German filmsmore

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

Welcome to Germany

50,000 international opinion leaders have travelled to Germany with the Federal Government’s Visitors Programme. It aims to show foreign guests what really concerns people in Germanymore

Kiran Nagarkar: Invited to Berlin for a Year

Kiran Nagarkar is an outstanding representative of contemporary Indian literature. This year the writer is a guest of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin programme Berlinmore

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