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(9 February 2012) Bollywood fans are familiar with melodies by the Indian film composer A. R. Rahman. In Mumbai, a guest performance by the Film Orchestra Babelsberg illustrated how foreign the familiar can sound and yet still thrill the audience. By Dirk KnipphalsMore ...

(2 February 2012) A scandal in the Halle Archaeological Museum: the sky disc of Nebra is said to be a crude fake. To clarify the facts, even the Goethe-Institut has gotten involved and sent countless detectives around the world. The result: better language skills. By Gitte ZschochMore ...

(30 January 2012) The terror is escalating in northern Nigeria. When nearly 200 people perished in attacks recently in the city of Kano, Frank Roger was only one kilometre away. In an interview, the Goethe staff member talks about his shock and about a wealthy nation with poor prospects.More ...

(25 January 2012) Within only a few days, the Goethe-Institut lost two outstanding personages: the two former institute directors Curt Meyer-Clason and Michael Marschall von Bieberstein. They put the much-quoted idea of “culture for all” into practice long before the term was coined.More ...

(21 January 2011) In hindsight, it seems inevitable: the Soviet Union had to collapse. But, how did the end begin? How did intellectual freedom slowly find its footing under Brezhnev? A remarkable series now retraces the decline, from the first cracks in the system to the final collapse.More ...