Onleihe is the free digital library of the Goethe-Institut. We offer access to over 20,000 German-language e-books, audiobooks, learning materials for German learners, magazines, newspapers, and ...

The Goethe-Institut was founded in West Germany in 1951 to train foreign teachers of German. The institute later expanded into a broader language and cultural exchange, teaching German to other ...

Canceled language exams, disrupted plans to study in Germany, and the disappearance of an important cultural link: DW users ...

The Russian government will close Goethe-Institut branches across the country in response to Germany's planned closure of the Russian House in Berlin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

MOSCOW — Russia will close multiple branches of Germany's Goethe Institute in response to Germany ordering the closure of a Russian cultural centre in Berlin, Moscow said Thursday, amid spiralling ...

Reading can be a small act of travel. A book can carry you from a library chair to a Berlin street, a war-scarred city, or a ...

Germany used to be wary about showing off its assets. Not anymore. Monocle explores how the Goethe-Institut cultural centres are disseminating all things German, free from government controls. When it ...

Russia will shut German cultural centres after Berlin moved against Russian facilities. The tit-for-tat step deepens Europe's standoff with Moscow over alleged hybrid attacks tied to the Ukraine war.