Welcome to Germany!
In Germany, the "Land of Ideas", we place major emphasis on education, science, research and development. This makes Germany one of the most popular countries in which to study, as well as a site for state-of-the art research and patent development. With its high quality of life, good infrastructure and central location in Europe, Germany is one of the world's most attractive bases for business. Its beautiful urban and rural landscapes, combining age-old traditions and experimental modern culture, make a trip to Germany a unique experience. Germany has something for everyone, so why not pay us a visit?
H.E. Holger Michael, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, hosted a reception in Dhaka on 27 October. The occasion was the Day of German Unity, the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Reception on the occasion of the Day of German Unity
Germany's parliament elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to a new four-year term on Wednesday 28 October, a month after her victory in a general election.
Chancellor Merkel re-elected
When the representatives from over 190 countries meet in December 2009 in Copenhagen at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15), they will be focusing on the future of our planet. In the Danish capital the delegates will negotiate a new, binding international agreement on climate protection designed to succeed the present Kyoto Protocol in 2013. Many of the data used by the experts come from Bonn.
climate crisis
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has pledged EUR 300,000 (US$ 431,655) to UNHCR that will aim at improving the situation of Rohingya refugees in the camps as well as improving the infrastructure of schools outside the camps to benefit Bangladeshi children residing in Cox’s Bazar District.
Germany contributes more than US$ 430,000 to UNHCR
Michael Ende, one of Germany’s most popular post-war writers of children’s books, would have turned 80 this year. The son of the Surrealist painter Edgar Ende was born in Garmisch-Patenkirchen on 12 November 1929 and died on 28 August 1995. His books, which include “Die unendliche Geschichte” (The Neverending Story), “Momo” and “Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer” (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver), have been translated into 45 languages and have sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
Michael Ende
Romanian-born Herta Mueller of Germany has won this year's Nobel prize for literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on Thursday 8 October. The Academy's citation said that "with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, (she) depicts the landscape of the dispossessed." Mueller's parents belonged to the German-speaking minority in Romania. Her mother was deported in 1945, a fate she shared with many others from the same minority group, and spent five years in what is today Ukraine, the Academy said.
Herta Mueller wins 2009 Nobel prize for literature
"A clear sighted and well-balanced foreign policy is vital for Germany's position in the world" Lecture by the German Ambassador Holger Michael at the National Defence College in Dhaka
On 13 September the German Ambassador Holger Michael gave a lecture on German foreign policy with special emphasis on German security policy and its contribution to the EU and NATO at the National Defence College in Dhaka.
Ambassador Michael highlighted that since the foundation of Germany 60 years ago her foreign and security policy is still based on continuity, reliability and predictability. He emphasized that for Germany the firm integration into European and Transatlantic structures were decisive in order to build confidence amongst her neighbours and thus also to facilitate the reunification of Germany.
He further gave an account of the relationship between Bangladesh and Germany and commented on the intensive cooperation in the fields of Trade, development and culture.
The lecture was part of a course designed for senior military officers of the rank of Brigadier and equivalent members of the civil service. The course is aiming at preparing the participants for leading positions in the areas of defence and national security. The participants originate from 12 different countries in Africa and Asia.
2008, the German government initiated the PASCH (=partner school) programme to build up a worldwide network of at least 1000 schools which will share a common platform of German language and culture. It is run in more than one hundred countries with support of the local German cultural centres (Goethe-Institut). In Bangladesh, the training of German teachers began in January 2009. Only a few months later, in May 2009, the first two schools, Oxford International School and South Point School & College, became official members of the network.
PASCH Bangladesh
Germany - Candidate for the United Nations Security Council 2011/2012
Primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security lies with the Security Council.
Germany has always actively supported the Council in its endeavour to make today’s world more secure. In order to contribute even more to meeting the challenges the Council is facing at the beginning of the 21st century, Germany has put forward its candidature for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for the term 2011/2012. Elections will be held during the 65th General Assembly in autumn 2010.
More information
Solving the Climate Crisis
In December 2009 the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference will decide on a new international climate protection agreement. The goal is to put a stop to dangerous global warming. Deutschlandmagazine presents a special feature on the subjects of environment, climate and energy.
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.
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