Digital Media

Internet pages, interactive CDs and the latest technology are all employed to present to you the multiplicity of life in Germany in the most up-to-date form. Digital radio and TV broadcasts are also already being used. The so-called 'new media' are becoming an increasingly important aspect of Foreign Cultural Policy. They provide access to new target audiences and strengthen already existing contacts.

Calendar of events with information about theatre, opera, concerts, expositions and national festivals. In cooperation with DeutschlandRadio, ARTE, die Zeit and FAZ (website in German

Huge portal to all institutions in the categories architecture, arts, children, design, education, events, festivals, films, literature, media, museums, music, theatre. Search for the single regions and "Länder" in Germany possible (in German). By the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

The calendar of events for literature with short biographies.

Search engine for German cultural life, which contains addresses, programmes and further information on theatres, museums and galeries throughout Germany (in German.

This calendar of events presented by "Deutsche Welle-Online" in cooperation with the foundation "kulturserver.de" lists events, addresses, projects and artists dates. Not always up-to-date.

Calendar by the German National Tourist Board (GNTB)

Cranky website for everybody who once in his life wanted to be "typically German".

The "Instant Germanizer" is an entertaining multimedia community (and play!) where like-minded people can meet and exchange information about Germany.
www.germanizer.com

The Goethe-Institute offers download articles on basic issues relating to the arts, society, media and information as well as education and science in Germany (word-files).
www.goethe.de/ogf/lid/iud/enindex.htm

Here you will find current reports, dossiers and articles on schools, universities, vocational training and in-service training as well as on research policy issues in Germany.

You can subscribe to the monthly newsletter "eduscience" and will be informed about educational and scientific developments in Germany.
www.goethe.de/wis/enindex.htm

Is a new service in German language with texts on current events along with the relevant didactical support for German teaching. By the Goethe-Institute (website in German).
www.goethe.de/lhr/mat/lkd/lko/enindex.htm

Presents projects on national socialism and the holocaust in german schools and youth organisations and wants to further international exchange of experiences in the field of historical-political education.
www.lernen-aus-der-geschichte.de/?&lp=en&lp=en

Offers information about the country and the people, history, the state, the legal system and the citizens, foreign policy, the economy, education, science & research, society and culture. Edited by the Federal Foreign Office.
www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/389.0.html

An interactive internet play by Goethe-Institute requiring some knowledge on regional things in Germany, with a prize for the winner (website in German).
www.goethe.de/dll/pro/weltreise/deindex.htm

Information on Germany with a "tourist touch", by the "Deutsche Welle", Berlin.
www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,7550,00.html

The English-language website of the Federal Foreign Office provides information about career opportunities, innovative developments in research and science, trends and lifestyle as well as the experiences of young people in Germany.
www.young-germany.de/

by Capacity Building International (InWEnt gGmbH) appears twelve times annually in German and English covering topical issues in the field of development and developmental co-operation.

www.inwent.org/ez/archiv/2009/index.en.shtml

by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH includes photo reportages, essays and reports offering fascinating insights into the work of GTZ in its partner countries. The "Akzente"-Basics appear in German four times a year and each focuses a specific country or sector. Additionally, there are several "Akzente"-specials in different languages. (From 1998 on in pdf-format; older editions out of print.)
www.gtz.de/en/publikationen/2911.htm

published monthly by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation and InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany in English and French. Based on the increasing significance of the right on sustentation in international discussion on development and in context of the goals of the Millenums Declaration "Rural 21" informs about politics and strategies for the rural sector and fosters their application.

Homepage:

www.rural21.com/

Publications on the following subjects are currently available from the Federal Foreign Office: foreign policy and trade abroad, cultural policy, environment, bilateral relations, Europe, the United Nations, security policies, human rights, overseas aid.

All these publications may be ordered online or downloaded.

Deutsche Welle: Radio reception via internet

Broadcasts by the "Deutsche Welle" may also be received life on DW-online. You can download the required RealAudio-Player from the Deutsche Welle homepage.

Deutsche Welle: foreign language radio broadcasts on the internet

A complete survey of programmes available in approximately 30 different languages.

surfmusik

List of all german-speaking web-radios

Deutsche Welle Television via the Internet

With the RealAudio Player and the Windows Media Player you can also receive Television Programmes of the Deutsche Welle via the internet.