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    How digitisation is expanding our language

    Tiktok, Twitch and ChatGPT: we explain how digitisation is influencing and expanding the German language. 

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  • Participants of the network meeting of the Europanetzwerk Deutsch 2018 in front of the German Bundestag.
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    A bridge between language, culture and politics

    Through the Europanetzwerk Deutsch, the Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe-Insitut are promoting German as one of the languages in which the EU works and conducts its proceedings. The programme has led to the development of a lively German-speaking network in Europe.

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    How climate change affects our health

    Climate change is becoming a reality in our daily lives. It is threatening the health of people all over the world. It is thus important to explore what we can do to reverse the trend. 

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    Aruna Dhathathreyan, Alumna

    Germans and Indians communicate very differently – which can be funny sometimes.

    After almost 7 years, when I got back to India and started my work at the national laboratory, I had a reverse culture shock. I found that my ‘straightforward’ style of speaking learnt over 7 years in Germany was considered abrupt and even rude in Chennai.
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  • Duel on the ball between a female German football player and the opposing team.
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    Women’s football: prohibited, ridiculed, celebrated

    Despite being knocked out of the World Cup: Women's football is booming in Germany and the world. Find out everything about the history and the change in sport and society here.

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    Germany’s path towards stable democracy

    Read here how the democratic structures in Germany began on 14 August 1949 with the first parliamentary elections (for the Bundestag).

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  • Young African American female engineer operating a robotic welding arm machine in the warehouse factory.
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    Studying artificial intelligence

    Discovering and applying future technology: find out more about study programmes, interdisciplinary perspectives and career opportunities in this future-oriented discipline.

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  • Fact snack

    International students at German universities account for 11% of all students in Germany. Asia and Pacific represents the key region of origin for international students with a share of 31%, followed by students from North Africa and Middle East (20%) and Western Europe (17%).

    Source: Wissenschaft weltoffen 2022

  • Cheerful businesswomen shake each other's fists in a boardroom before a meeting to celebrate a success.
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    The most important rules of conduct in everyday working life

    Professional etiquette in Germany: read on to understand the rules you need to observe to get off to a good start in Germany.

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