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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

European Voices

Is Europe in crisis? Nine Europeans voice their support for Europe and explain what the community means to them.more

Rarely Reach the Top

With or without quotas? Germany debates the lack of female executives in corporate boardrooms.more

World Climate Tour

We pay a visit to Klimahaus Bremerhaven, a very special museum that enables visitors to feel the heat and cold of different climate zones on a virtual journey around the world.more

Europe’s Silicon Valley

Southwest Germany has become a leading centre of the software industry. A visit to three IT ideas factories.more

Hamburg – Europe’s Green Capital in 2011

Hamburg is only the second city to be awarded the title, for the year 2011, of Europe’s Green Capital. The award is spurring the port city to be even more ecological.more

Dresden’s Showpiece

From the paintings of old masters to contemporary art: Dresden’s State Art Collections are sparkling again.more

40th Anniversary of a Cult Crime Series

The first episode of “Tatort” (“Crime Scene”) was televised in 1970, and the Germans’ favourite crime series still has millions of viewers regularly glued to their TV screens.more

Vertical Gardens

When the greenery goes up the wall: Patrick Blanc brings nature back into urban space with his plant walls.Architecturemore

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

Music with a Future

Every year in August youth orchestras from all over Europe travel to Berlin for the Young Euro Classic Festival. The 11th festival set a new attendance record and celebrated the premiere of a youth orchestra from southeastern...more

On the Trail of Musical Genius

Many world-famous composers, such as Bach and Mendelssohn, lived in Leipzig. The Music Trail takes visitors to the workplaces and homes of the music greats.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

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