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Paid articlePaywall Goethe-Institut: Geopolitics is moving closer to Goethe: The Goethe Institute, which is particularly important for Germany's foreign cultural work ...
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Paid articlePaywall Realignment: Goethe-Institut wants to close nine locations worldwide: More money for language courses, greater commitment to Eastern Europe: the Goethe-Institut ...
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Job cuts and location closures: Bundestag forces reform of Goethe-Institut.: Without a concept, there is no money: with this lever, the housekeepers in ...
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Paid articlePaywall The Goethe-Institut is restructuring its network.: Leaner structures, new focus: the Goethe-Institut responds to changing times and a shortage of specialists.
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Berlin’s ‘Russian House’ stayed open despite Russia’s war in Ukraine and EU sanctions, shielded by a reciprocal deal over Moscow’s Goethe-Institut ...
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Russia closes German consulate general in St. Petersburg: Russia escalates its dispute with Germany: Moscow is now also closing the German consulate general in ...
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Paid articlePaywall The quiet end of the Goethe-Institut: How German culture is disappearing from Russia
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Russia’s cultural break with Germany got a profane reply, with the newspaper Tageszeitung answering the closure of the Goethe-Institut in Russian
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Reaction to Germany: Russia closes German Goethe Institutes: The German government had announced it would close the Russian Consulate General in Bonn and ...
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Key FactsGoethe-Institut in Russia Likely Faces Closure
Sep 3, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: morgenpost.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: morgenpost.de
- The Moscow institute is still operating, while branches in Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk are also expected to close.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergej Lawrow announced the closures in response to the closure of the Russian House in Berlin.
- German employees will probably have to leave Russia; Russian staff face lost freelance assignments and possible unemployment.
- Earlier, Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Germany’s chargé d’affaires over Berlin’s sanctions following an explosive drone’s discovery at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Germany is knowingly accepting that this step against the Russian House unequivocally means the end of its cultural presence in the Russian Federation.— Sergej Lawrow, Russian Foreign Minister, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok
Russia is shutting down the Goethe-Institut. For many Russians, it was their gateway to Germany.
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German-Russian tensions escalate: Goethe Institutes closed: Russia reacts to the German measures following the drone attack in Leipzig. The wildest speculations ...
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Russia to shut German culture centres after Germany closes Russian consulate: Russia says it will shut German Goethe-Institut centres after Germany closed a ...
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Why Germany doesn't want to close the Russian House: In the dispute over the Russian House in Berlin, the Foreign Office points to the Goethe-Institut in ...
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75 years of Germany's Goethe-Institut: For 75 years, the Goethe-Institut has stood for cultural exchange, education and partnerships around the globe — even ...
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Cultural exchange in times of harsh power politics: Originally founded for teacher training, the Goethe-Institut has long since emancipated itself from its ...
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Paid articlePaywall Carola Lentz: We close ourselves off too much culturally: Carola Lentz hands over the management of the Goethe-Institut. It must not become a foreign center for ...
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Foreign cultural policy: Gesche Joost elected as the new head of the Goethe-Institut
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Paid articlePaywall Goethe-Institut: Go at the right time: Carola Lentz has announced her resignation as President of the Goethe-Institut. In the end she may have had doubts about ...
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Cuts at the Goethe-Institut: What is Goethe doing for this country?: This week, the Bundestag will decide whether the budget for foreign cultural policy ...
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