News / Nachrichten

The online edition of the German news magazine DER SPIEGEL publishes some of its content in English. International readers can also subscribe to a free weekly email newsletter or RSS feed.

Helpful advice to help even beginners take advantage of online media and expand their vocabulary. With links to German-language news sources and English-German glossaries.

Links to the specific articles and the latest news and current events in German and English. Includes links to German, Austrian and Swiss German news magazines and broadcasters.

Links to current German-language news by topic. Find German news stories by keywords or topics. From your Guide.

How do you listen to German radio or watch German television on the Web? Here's a helpful FAQ that answers the most frequently asked questions about streaming audio and video.

Even more about using a handheld PC, Palm PDA, or other mobile device for reading authentic German online — at home or on the road.

A special page from your Guide. Translate the news or any text you choose–from or to English and several other languages, including German.

The official Austrian press agency.

Online German, European, and world news in German.

The German ARD ("Das Erste") public broadcasting site links to TV and radio. Along with ZDF (see below), Germany's second public TV network, ARD is a major source of news in German.

One of Berlin's oldest newspapers has a very modern Web site.

BZ Online is one of Berlin's popular press newspapers--and one of the better ones.

Ein Ticker mit Nachrichten aus Deutschland und aller Welt -- auf Deutsch.

The German news agency.

The new "German Wave" lets you read or listen to a variety of news and cultural programs in German and other languages. Don't miss the Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten (slowly spoken news) aus dem deutschen Radioprogramm.

"Der Internet-Wetterservice." A great German-language weather site.

Swiss news from Switzerland's 3 German-language public radio stations. Select DRS 1, 2, or 3. News broadcasts in RealAudio.

German-language sports news from this German online magazine. Fußball, Autosport, Tennis, usw.

The German news magazine published in Munich.

Frankfurt's F.A.Z. is Germany's "New York Times."

Nachrichten aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Sport, Szene und Internet von der DPA.

Nachrichten - in 700 kontinuierlich aktualisierten Nachrichtenquellen suchen und blättern.

Text news from "Munich's Power Station" at 89.0 FM. Also RealAudio and MP3 listening in stereo!

"24 Stunden lang live informiert." The latest news–world, regional, local–in German as live RealAudio or text. (Why InfoRadio is a "Best of the Net" selection.)

News in slowly spoken German! - Jeden Tag finden sie hier die 10-Uhr-Nachrichten aus dem deutschen Radioprogramm – langsam und verständlich gesprochen. Dieses exklusive Online-Angebot der Deutschen Welle gibt es als Artikel und als Audio-Datei (MP3).

Nachrichten 24 (N24) ist ein deutscher Fernsehsender - TV auch live online!

German news from several sources.

Robert Shea's German news link page for his students also links to related worksheets. Mostly links to English-language pages.

Der NewsClub zeigt Ihnen die aktuellsten Schlagzeilen verschiedenster Informationsdienste in verschiedenen Kategorien.

News links from Austria's largest and flashiest news publication, News Magazin. News, weather, sports, media... auf Deutsch.

NWI and DirecTV no longer broadcast RTL-Aktuell news in German. But NWI does carry Deutsche Welle in English. Click on NEWS MAGAZINES for more.

Nachrichten-TV is the German version of CNN and partly owned by that US TV news service. Broadcasts on the Web in RealVideo.

News from this newspaper in Linz, Austria.

and the OÖ Nachrichten in Linz, Austria have a better Web site than many larger newspapers. News from Upper Austria and elsewhere.

Oesterreichischer Rundfunk online. Austria's national radio and TV broadcast service. Links to Austria's regional broadcasters. Austrian and world news ticker (Schlagzeilen) as text.

Austria's ORF radio and Tv service - with news.

An online German magazine about politics, people, and political parties.

Austria's best news magazine. Keep up with events in Austria and around the world.

Austrian news as text. Also listen to Radio Burgenland live as streaming audio. Less English and more traditional German/Austrian music than you usually hear on many German-language stations.

Austrian/Styrian news as text. Music and news (on the hour) from Graz in RealAudio (click on "Live" to listen).

Die Fusion von SFB (Sender Freies Berlin) und ORB. Am 1. Mai 2003 hat der RBB offiziell die Rechtsnachfolge von ORB und SFB angetreten.

Nachrichten aus Deutschland und aller Welt.

RealVideo and text news from the private German TV broadcaster RTL. Watch news stories in German as RealVideo.

The official Swiss news agency - in German.

The Swiss national public television service in German. SFDRS Nachrichten as text and in RealVideo (click on the various icons).

Germany's oldest and best-known news magazine.

Sportnachrichten. "Sport im deutschen Internet." German-language sports news.

Presseservice: Pressemitteilungen nach Sachgebieten.

News from one of Germany's leading illustrated magazines.

SZonNet, the online version of Munich's respected daily newspaper.

The online text version of ARD's nightly TV news. Some stories have accompanying video (requires RealVideo player).

The online edition of this German newspaper.

Vienna's Wiener Zeitung online.

Business news from the online edition of this German financial weekly.

Nachrichten von Yahoo.de.

Die Nachrichten von ZDFheute.

The respected German weekly published in Hamburg.