Current Events with the German Ambassador

Find out more about all major events which took place with the presence of the German Ambassador, H.E. Busso von Alvensleben.

• Current Events

Remembrance Day 2009 - 15 November

The Annual German Remembrance Ceremony for Victims of war will take place at St. Kevin's Chapel at the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (Co. Wicklow) on Sunday, 15th November, at 11.30 a.m. ...

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Exhibition "Wir waren so frei.... Moments in Time 1989/1990" (5-19 November 2009)

Which images have Germans kept to remind them of the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Wall? Which images of 9 November 1989 went around the world on international television? And which images were sought and found by documentary filmmakers for this period? Find answers to these questions at this multi-media project...

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Film Seminar "Tear down this wall" (9 November - 1 December 2009)

Commemorating the momentous event of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 2009, this autumn's evening course, run by the Irish Film Institute and the Goethe-Institut Ireland, will focus on films about life during and after the Wall, including titles banned from GDR and with speakers from acdeme, politics and culture...

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20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

After more than 28 years of German division, the Berlin Wall fell overnight from 9 – 10 November 1989, a historical event of global significance. Today, 20 years later, Germany, Europe and the whole world look back, in order to look forward. Thanks to the peaceful revolution and the Fall of the Wall, not only were millions of people united: Germany was, too. And the balance between East and West was re-established.

In celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall there are many events in Germany and Ireland.

Click below for a flash animation on the events leading to the fall of the Wall.

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CURRENT GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY

CURRENT ISSUES RELATING TO GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY - DAILY UPDATES - STAY INFORMED

• Current issues

Newsletter

The Federal Foreign Office offers you a newsletters with selected News from Germany.

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Media resources

• Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster
• Der Spiegel, German weekly news-magazine
• Paperball, search engine for newspapers
• dpa, the German Press Agency

Latest news from Germany

Information about German foreign and European policy and major domestic issues.

• News from Germany on www.diplo.de
• Foreign Policy
• European Policy
• Federal Government

The Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs - Dr. Guido Westerwelle

Germany's new Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs: Dr. Guido Westerwelle

• Federal Foreign Office
• Curriculum vitae [pdf, 56.76k]

The Ambassador - Busso von Alvensleben

The German Embassy in Dublin is headed by Ambassador Busso von Alvensleben

• Message of greeting
• Curriculum vitae
• Current Events
• Speeches and interviews

Unterschiedliche Sprachversionen dieser Webseite

Weitere und ausführliche Informationen für deutsche Staatsangehörige finden Sie auf der deutschsprachigen Version dieser Webseite

• Webseite in deutscher Sprache

SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS:

OPENING HOURS IN THE CONSULAR SECTION:

Mondays and Tuesdays from  08:30 a.m to 11.30 a.m.

Thursdays 08:30 to 11.30 a.m and 01:30 to 03:30 p.m.

Fridays 08:30 to 11.30 a.m.

Attention: In matters of inheritance, civil and marital status please arrange an appointment at the embassy directly. 

Collection of German passports is also possible on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12.30 - 1.30 p.m. and Visa collection from 05.12.2008 only on Tuesdays and Fridays from 12.30 - 1.30 p.m.

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!!!NEW!!! Introduction of web-based visa application form

As a service to our costumers we would like to give you the opportunity to already fill in and print your visa application form at your computer at home or at your office.

Your printed application form will be checked and scanned at the Embassy. As our visa officers do not have to fill in your details manually the length of your stay at the counter will be shorter, which saves you and the Embassy time.

• Web-based visa application

Important Internet addresses

• Internet addresses in Germany
• German institutions in Ireland

A new documentary on Berlin - in Irish

A documentary broadcast by TG4 gives a new insight into life in Berlin - diverse, inspiring, creative, historic, and above all - Irish!

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