Culture and Education

Indendant der Deutschen Wlle Erik Bettermann

DW Director General Erik Bettermann: "Deutsche Welle ensures Germany's multimedia presence"

Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has been in dialogue with the world for 60 years. Since its first day on air, it has transformed from a shortwave radio broadcaster to a multimedia organization. "With its journalistic content in 30 languages, DW ensures Germany's multimedia presence in the world," said Erik Bettermann, Deutsche Welle's Director General. He added that competition for global audiences is becoming increasingly fierce due to an ever-growing amount of media products, especially in the field television.

Deutsche Welle Medienpreis Entwicklungspolitik 2013

GERMAN DEVELOPMENT MEDIA AWARDS

The newly inaugurated German Development Media Awards honor journalists worldwide for their outstanding reporting on human rights and put the spotlight on journalists telling important stories affecting their communities, countries and regions.

Westerwelle at the Global Media Forum 2012

Global Media Forum 2012: Education as a resource

Numerous workshops, panel discussions and plenary sessions addressed various aspects of the interrelationship between education and the media.

Recognition in Germany

Recognition in Germany

“Recognition in Germany” is the official online portal for the Federal Recognition Act. It provides migrants and foreign skilled workers with information on how and where they can submit an applicatio...

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40 years of unique cultural diversity

It is one of the world’s most successful programmes for cultural exchange: in 2012 UNESCO is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. That’s why people around the globe will be focusing this year on the significance of the convention for cultural cooperation.

Brasilianisches Orchester spielt Gustav Mahler

German Music Information Center (MIZ)

Thanks to the extraordinary density and diversity of its musical life, Germany continues to be regarded as a 'land of music'. Not only does this reflect its rich musical legacy, it is also indicative of a living and vibrant music scene in which various genres, styles and a wide range of musical cultures can develop and unfold. With the present publication the German Music Information Centre (MIZ) is publishing selected facts and figures on Germany's musical life for an international readership. The topics range from music education to amateur music-making, and from the funding and professional practice of music to the music industry and the media.

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Deutsche Welle in Ethiopia

Deutsche Welle broadcasts the following programmes in the region:

DW-TV Arabia broadcasts in English, Arabic, and German via Satellite (Arabsat BADR4).

Radio programmes (Radio DW A 2) are aired in English, Arabic and Amharic (Amharic daily from 14.00-15.00 UTC).

The German DW Radio Programm has been disrupted since 31 Oct 2011.

For more information please check the DW website: www.dw-world.de

Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

Alexander von Humboldt

Questions from scientists who intend to do research in Germany will be answered by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation through their EURAXESS office in Germany under

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DW | Culture & Lifestyle

May 24, 2013 11:48 AM

Barbie: CEO of Berlin's boring Dreamhouse

Feminist protestors crucified and burned Barbie in front of her brand-new Dreamhouse in Berlin. DW's Lavinia Pitu went to find out what all the fuss was about - and came back totally underwhelmed.

May 24, 2013 11:37 AM

Wagner meets Beethoven in Bonn music festival

In Richard Wagner's bicentenary, great-granddaughter Nike Wagner has been chosen to head the Beethovenfest. Critics say her heart is in Bayreuth, but Bonn is prepared to get involved with the complicated Wagner clan.

May 23, 2013 7:07 PM

German film in Cannes disturbs with religious conservatism

Only one German film made it onto this year's official festival program in Cannes. But prepare to be disturbed by Katrin Gebbe's realistic portrait of religious conservatism.

May 23, 2013 2:57 PM

'Dumbass' a tribute to China's zeitgeist

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is making headlines with his first music video. In the song titled Dumbass he sings about his time in jail in 2011. The video is about the Chinese zeitgeist, he tells DW.

May 23, 2013 10:33 AM

Abercrombie's elitism challenges buyers' values

Abercrombie & Fitch has been the target of an online firestorm after its CEO said only young, cool people should wear its clothes. Is this latest scandal enough to break the controversial brand?

Criteria for project support

Eine Heilige Schrift des alten und neuen Testaments nach der deutschen Übersetzung Martin Luthers von 1861 liegt unter einer Glasvitrine auf der Wartburg in Eisenach.

Criteria for project support as part of the cultural preservation programme of the Federal Foreign Office.

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DW | News

May 25, 2013 4:53 PM

Portugal's pensioners take to the barricades

Austerity measures proposed by the Portuguese government would hit pensioners hard if they go into effect. But rather than setting off a generational conflict, they are uniting protesters against the cuts.

May 25, 2013 8:45 AM

Tunisia's long, difficult path to a new constitution

Tunisia was the first Arab Spring country and it could become the first Arab Spring country to adopt a democratic constitution. But negotiations between secularists and Islamists have taken a toll on the country.

Encyclopaedia Aethiopica

The third volume of the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica edited by Professor Siegbert Uhlig of Hamburg University, has now been published by the German publishing house Harrassowitz Verlag.

293 authors from 28 countries have contributed to an outstanding document on "Orbis Aethiopicus" (Ethiopia, Eritrea and neighbouring countries Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan).

Containing more than 1240 pages and 881 entries, the third volume of the Encyclopaedia Aethiopica is part of the standard work of reference for scholars and students of Ethiopian studies as well as for readers having general interest in the subject. The work covers various fields e.g. humanity, social sciences, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, the arts, geography, history, literature and religion. The period covered spans from prehistoric times up to the end of Emperor Haile Selassie's era in 1974.

Ethio-German Calendar 2005 E.C. (2012/2013) available online!