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The Goethe-Institut was founded on August 9, 1951. It quickly developed into Germany's emissary for language and culture.

Cameroonian arts promoter Marilyn Douala Bell, Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa and Chinese choreographer Wen Hui are honored with this year's Goethe Medals.

Germany’s EU Council Presidency will end on 31December 2020. For six months the Goethe-Institut participated in the federal government’s official cultural programme with eight projects. Far more than 100 million people in Europe were reached with debates about the impacts of artificial intelligence, with the creation of climate-neutral travel schemes, spectacular installations in public squares and intergenerational discussions about Europe. Over 220 digital and physical events and workshops were held at the Goethe-Institutes across Europe. This has strengthened the European public during...

December 15, 2020 at 5:16pm More than a thousand artists, educators, and academics who live in Germany or have ties to cultural institutions there on Monday signed an open letter demanding the German parliament, or Bundestag, reverse a 2019 advisory resolution condemning the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) as “anti-Semitic.” The missive came on the heels of another open letter, noting that thanks to the resolution, “accusations of antisemitism are being misused to push aside important voices and to distort critical positions.” Relea...