Different speeds, different perspectives With a total of 55 countries, Africa is characterised not only by its great cultural diversity, but also by a variety of different speeds – especially when it comes to economic development. This also applies to the five North...
Partner on equal footing This is a special year for Japan and Germany. On 24 January 1861, exactly 160 years ago, Prussia and Japan signed an agreement about friendship, trade and shipping. This was the beginning of German-Japanese diplomatic relations, thereby laying...
A tricky balancing act – “friendly neighbours” It is probably in the nature of man to observe one’s neighbours with particular curiosity. The special relationship between the Austrians and Germans forms no exception here, which constantly turns out to be a...
The “Baltic Tiger” comes on digital paws When the Baltic States joined the European Union on May 1 2004, they were often referred to as the “Baltic Tiger” because of the high pace at which reform took place in them and their rapid economic growth in the...
The signs point to expansion When the German Minister for Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier met with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Berlin at the start of the year to discuss German-Indian trade and investment relations, Altmaier made it clear:...
