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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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Under Trees

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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

Shrink Smarter

Germany and the United States have to face the shrinking of cities. The urban sociologist Christine Hannemann talks about the challenges and chances of this phenomenon.more

How Mobile are the Germans?

Germany is a land of automobiles. However, the statistics also show that other means of transport are becoming increasingly important.more

“A Source of New Confidence”

Dieter Graumann, the new president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, is cultivating fresh confidence among Jews.more

Where German people live

A glance at the map of Europe’s most populous country shows that Germany’s 82 million inhabitants live in a multitude of different towns and communities.more

“Cities are lifestyle laboratories”

Fixed social roles are history. An interview about the diversity of lifestyles, ongoing social change and the new life choices of the Mick Jagger generation.more

Modern Life

Ways of life change. In a modern and open society, patchwork families, apartment shares and single households have long since established themselves alongside traditional families. We take a look into their living rooms.more

“Towns are the crystallization points”

An interview with Professor Dr. Martina Löw, sociologist and urban researcher at Technische Universität Darmstadt, on the relationship between town and country, the new popularity of urban living and characteristics of German...more

The Country’s New Women

A new generation of highly qualified women managers is occupying more top positions on supervisory and executive boards. There are sound economic reasons for trying to attract women into business.more

The Optimistic Generation

Optimistic, highly motivated, family-oriented and more interested in politics – that is how the 16th Shell Youth Study describes Germany’s younger generation in 2010.more

Is the crisis male?

Stephan A. Jansen is the founder-president of the Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen. The university has an interdisciplinary approach which encompasses economics, culture and politics. The percentage of women students is 55%.more

Strong Women

German cinema of the moment is female: in four productions exceptional actresses shine in powerful roles. Barbara Sukowa, Iris Berben, Johanna Wokalek and Veronica Ferres dig deep into German history bringing stories to life on...more

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 districtmore

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 changemore

“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.more

“It can’t be done without people’s participation”

Professor Helmut K. Anheier talks about civil society in Germany, the networking of global involvement and why citizen participation is essential for a free societymore

Facets of Civil Society

Civil society is viewed as the “third sector” located between the state and the marketplace: one third of citizens in Germany involve themselves for the common good with time, ideas, empathy and moneymore

A Woman for Women

She is a gynaecologist, Alternative Nobel Prize winner and founder of Medica Mondiale: Monika Hauser works for war-traumatized womenmore

Struggle for a Better World

He ended his business career to do more for people: Thilo Bode was “Mr Greenpeace” for many years and is now the founder of Foodwatchmore

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 timemore

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 yearmore

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