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Berlinale Celebrates with 400 Films

“The birthday cake of nearly 400 films has been baked,” announces festival director Dieter Kosslick. The 60th Berlin International Film Festival begins on 11 February. The flurry of flashbulbs, the red carpet, the film stars: the Berlinale promises ten days of great cinema in the German capital.

Information about Germany

Would you like to find out more about Germany? Perhaps you are planning a holiday or want to spend a longer period in Germany on a school or university exchange, or maybe you would like to work here. You can find out more here.

Germany – The Ideal Business Destination

More than 10,000 foreign companies operate in Germany – with a total workforce of over two million and a total annual turnover of more than EUR 750 billion. In terms of infrastructure, logistics, research and development and design, Germany is held in the highest regard by foreign investors.

Science and technology in Germany

Germany’s future economic and social development depends to an increasing extent on its innovation performance. Men and women scientists from Germany are playing in the “Champions League” of international research. The number of applications for patents serves as an indicator of innovative strength: Germany leads in this field in Europe. Research and development-intensive industries account for more than half of all industrial production in Germany.

Roofed wicker beach chairs on the Baltic Sea near Ahlbeck

Travelling to Germany

Germany is a popular tourist destination - for Germans and for an increasing number of tourists from abroad.

Studying and working in Germany

Information on school and youth exchanges, learning German in Germany, German schools abroad and much more...

Coming to Germany or staying in Germany

This section deals with visa requirements, the asylum law and the German laws on nationality and immigration.

Further sources of information

Milestones in German History

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Centre for German Legal Information

The Centre for German Legal Information offers you a comprehensive and freely accessible database on German law. It brings together legislation, translations of court decisions, articles and other law-related documents in a searchable and categorised form:

www.cgerli.org

New environmental zones in major German cities

Over the next two years, starting from 1 January 2008, environmental zones are to be designated in 20 German cities. Only vehicles displaying on their windscreens a "Feinstaubplakette", a special emissions-control sticker in red, yellow or green, may enter these zones. Without such a sticker, you are liable to a fine!

Further information for vehicle owners from abroad can be found on the website of the Federal Environment Ministry:

Federal Environment Ministry

News from Germany

We offer you a selection of daily news from Germany. This service is also available as a newsletter.

News from Germany

Cultural activities in Germany

HASEGAWA, Kiyoshi, L'après-midi d'un faune, 1915/1916

What's on in Germany? Whether your are interested in the arts, music, exhibitions, trade fairs or sports events - our events calendar summarizes the most important ongoing events in Germany.

Events Calendar

Young Germany

Fall of the Berlin Wall – 20 year anniversary

The fall of the Berlin Wall is an event that shaped modern history and changed the world. Young Germany looks at how it resonates into the present, and people it has touched. We meet an enterprising American who sells parts of the Berlin Wall, speak to a film directory about his prize-winning documentary on the Berlin Wall and find out what the Wall means to the generation born in 1989.

www.young-germany.de

Germany - Land of Ideas

Watch our short video-clip and get a first impression of Germany, host of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Germany - Land of Ideas WMV | 7.07 MB:

National anthem of the Federal Republic of Germany

In order to listen to the National Anthem, you need either a Windows Media Player or Quick Time.

Germany, Country of Sports

"Germany, Country of Sports" – a new videocast series featuring "Football Fascination", "German Athletes", "Sport and Integration" and more.
This series consists of six different reports including "Football Fascination", "German Athletes" and "Sport and Integration".