Water for Hope Eden
It is a hot day and the sun is burning from a cloudless sky. The children of the Hope Eden Community School are just returning to their classrooms, after having welcomed their visitors with a song and a dance.
The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany has come to the Hope Eden School to visit the children - and the new borehole with a solar pump that was funded by the German Embassy in Abuja.
Postdoc programmes 2012
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Sub-Saharan Africa at DAAD supported Centres of Excellence
Fellowship Announcement!
Great international cinema in Berlin: at the 62nd International Film Festival (February 9-19) the German capital is once again expecting many famous actors, directors and film stars as guests from around the globe. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, teen heartthrob Robert Pattinson and the two-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep, who will be awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement, are among the film celebrities at this year’s festival.
Berlinale 2012
Since 1963, bound by a treaty of friendship, France and Germany maintain a unique relationship. Both countries have transformed their past confrontations into a force for peace in Europe.
A milestone of the German-French friendship
Please read here a speech given by the Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.on 20 January 2012 about the Euro und the Future of Europe:
The Euro and the Future of Europe
Climate change, biodiversity, energy efficiency, world food supplies and population growth: The Year of Science 2012 is fully focused on sustainable development. The aim is to stimulate public awareness about sustainability research under the motto “Future Project Earth” by making current scientific developments accessible to a broader public. In the coming months numerous events are planned throughout Germany.
Stimulating awareness for sustainability
Smart solutions developed in Germany are providing innovative answers to global challenges of energy demand, climate change, and a global population in transformation.
The 20th anniversary of German reunification in October 2010 provided an ideal window of opportunity for Germany Trade & Invest to communicate this important marketing message to a global audience with the official launch of its “GERMANY. SMART SOLUTIONS. SMARTER BUSINESS.” international media campaign.
Germany. Smart Solutions. Smarter Business.
Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle receives his Nigerian counterpart, Olugbenga Ashiru for a meeting in Berlin.
Nigeria: An important African partner
On 2 December, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle received his Nigerian counterpart Olugbenga Ashiru in Berlin. At Ashiru’s first visit to Germany, African and international issues were in the focus. Moreover, the foreign ministers signed a joint declaration for further cooperation between Germany and Nigeria.
Germany and Nigeria have maintained good relations, which should now be further intensified through the establishment of a Binational Commission. In the future, Germany and Nigeria will hold regular consultations on bilateral, regional and international issues. The first meeting will take place in 2012.
For the Federal Government, Nigeria is is an important partner in Africa – and one with great economic potential. Nigeria is Germany's second largest trading partner in sub-Saharan Africa. In July 2011, Chancellor Merkel visited the country.
Westerwelle and Ashiru discussed how the strategic partnership - particularly in the energy sector - can be further elaborated.
Another issue discussed was necessary reforms at the United Nations. Like Germany, Nigeria is one of the 2012 non-permanent member of UN Security Council. Linked with the demands for a reform of the UN Security Council, Nigeria requests to aquire a permanent seat.
Under the theme "Water is Life", the launch of a borehole, which was significantly co-financed by the German Embassy in Abuja, was held on September 7th in Ajido Community, a village in the Lagos Area. The project aims to especially improve the situation of girls and women, whose task it is to find and fetch clean drinking water for the community.
Current Projects of the German Embassy
How to obtain a visa for Germany
Visa appointment procedure guidelinesIMPORTANT NOTICEnew Schengen regulations
All applicants may only apply for their visa appointment by sending a formal letter to the visa section of the German Consulate-General in LAGOS.
All applicants requesting an appointment for submitting their applications are obliged to send a formal letter according to the purpose of stay to the visa section of the German Consulate-General in LAGOS 6-8 weeks prior to the intended time of travel. The appointment will be given to the applicants by e-mail.
Airport transit visa are not affected by the new regulations.
Please note that with immediate effect only E-Passports (new Nigerian passports) will be accepted for visa applications!
The Nigerian Government announced that with effect of 01.01.2011 old Nigerian passports are no longer valid. As Schengen-Visas can only be issued into passports that are valid until three months after the expiry date of the visa, the Consulate-General will with immediate effect only issue visas into new passports.
Introducing the Federal Government’s Strategy for Africa, Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said it coincided with a “time of dramatic change and upheaval taking place right next door to Europe”. He said that what was happening – particularly in Africa – presented us with “perhaps the most intriguing evidence of a changing world”. For Germany this highlighted the necessity to maintain and deepen old friendships, but also to make a concerted and conscious effort to establish new ones
New Chapter in German-African partnership
Every day, you can find the newscast from Deutsche Welle's German Service here -- slowly read and clearly articulated just for German learners.
Newscast for German learners
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