News Germany Culture: DYKO: German cultural ambassador from Australia
John Barrie Dyke is an Australian artist who was born in Manchester, grew up in Melbourne and is married to a German. The couple has two teenage boys and the family lives in Melbourne and Berlin. DYKO has performed in over 175 concerts in 43 countries and is a big fan of David Bowie and Kraftwerk. More about the...
News Germany Culture: Okiro to chair 2nd annual Igbo cultural festival in Germany
A former Nigerian Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, has been confirmed to chair the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival and Convention in Nürnberg, Germany on August 17, 2019. Okiro will be ...
News Germany Culture: Trinkgeld: What you need to know about tipping culture in Germany
When do Germans tip, how much do they tend to give and what do waiters actually expect? These are all questions we put to a sociologist at Frankfurt University. Tipping is one of those strange things ...
News Germany Culture: After 50 years on a dusty shelf in Germany, Hebrew scrolls return to Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — When Leor Jacobi visited a Catholic library in the German city of Mainz to examine its Judaica collection, he was surprised when library officials showed him three centuries-old ...
News Germany Culture: 53-day road trip culminates in Shanghai for German cultural ambassadors
Fifty-five German cultural ambassadors arrived in Shanghai on July 5, the final stop in their 53-day road trip from Hamburg, Germany. The average age of them is 70 years old and the eldest person is over 80.
News Germany Culture: Points deductions for racism are not the solution, say German fan projects
Germany's fan projects have been instrumental in helping to establish a culture inside the country's football stadia in which racist attitudes are made to feel unusual and unwelcome. Leadership and ...
News Germany Culture: Culture clash or compatibility? Despite some flashy differences, British and German media cultures share a lot of similarities
The British press is regarded by the rest of the world as notoriously raucous. If you need an example of how raucous, the way British newspapers have reported Brexit is only one recent, if ...
News Germany Culture: Germany’s Right-Wing AfD Party Fights Culture of Remembrance
The 'Alternative for Germany' is trying to chip away at Germany's culture of remembrance and its memorials to the victims of Nazi atrocities. Lamenting that young people were being made to feel ...
