Official visit of H.H. the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait to Germany

Welcome to the German Embassy in Kuwait

This website offers you all kinds of information about Germany and the services provided by the German Embassy Kuwait.

Dr Guido Westerwelle, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

Dr Guido Westerwelle Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

Guido Westerwelle has been Federal Foreign Minister and Deputy Chancellor since 28 October 2009.

Study in Germany: German-Arab Master's Programmes

German Movie Night to be continued

The first German Movie Night was a great success. We intend to continue showing German feature films - approximately once a month.

What would you like to see?

Your feedback is very important to us - what would you like to see in the future? Please send us an email with your requests.

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Visa requirements

We want to make your trip to Germany as easy as possible. Here you can find all the information you need on applying for a visa, along with an application form as a pdf file to download.

Latest update: influenza A (H1N1) ("swine flu")

Please take note of the current travel and safety advice for your country of destination, the Federal Foreign Office's recommendations on an influenza pandemic, as well as further information on the website of the Robert Koch Institute:

Federal Foreign Office - Dialogue with the Islamic World

The aim of the dialogue is to promote understanding between the West and the Islamic World. Germany was the first Western country to make dialogue with the Islamic world a political focus with an own commissioner and task force within the Foreign Ministry

Press releases of the Federal Foreign Office

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German Information Center Cairo

(Nur auf Arabisch / Only in Arabic)

Germany - Land of Ideas

Germany - Land of Ideas

The automobile, the printing process, and the purity requirements for beer are inventions made in Germany. However, did you also know that Aspirin, the personal computer, and even MP3 have been developed here?

Find out more on the following website:

Interactive environment game ECOCITY

Interactive environment game ECOCITY

Learn how to save energy

The New World of the Media

350 daily newspapers, 2,130 periodicals, countless online media, bloggers, millions of active Internet users: Germany is one of the countries with the highest media density and the greatest press diversity in the world. We present a special feature on the structures and scope of the media in Germany. Additionally: an interview with trend researcher Matthias Horx about the future of the media.

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Important Internet addresses

Latest news from Germany

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

Deutsche Flaggen Begeisterung

German Bundesliga

All the top news from the German Bundesliga at a glance: fixtures, results, clubs, players and much more.

 

The Ambassador

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Dr. Michael Worbs

Interviews with Ambassador Dr. Worbs

German business delegation visits Kuwait

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An economic delegation from the German health sector visited Kuwait from January 31 until February 1. During the visit, the companies got first hand information about business opportunities in the health and medical sector in Kuwait.

Exhibition "Mosques in Germany" opened in the Grand Mosque

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On 8 December 2009, the Undersecretary in the Awqaf Ministry, Dr. Adel Al-Falah, and the German Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Michael Worbs, jointly opened the exhibition "Mosques in Germany" by the German photographer Wilfried Dechau in the Grand Mosque.

Wilfried Dechau travelled through Germany during the past year in order to capture places of worship of Islam in Germany in their urban context: His photos show the interior of the mosques, Friday prayer, imams, children, men and women.

The exhibition was opened to the public until 15 December 2009 in the Grand Mosque.

Seminar on the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in Central Europe and its international dimension

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The German, Hungarian, Polish and Austrian Embassies organized in cooperation with the Kuwait Diplomatic Institute, the College of Social Sciences of Kuwait University and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation a seminar on the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in Central Europe and its international dimension in the Kuwait Diplomatic Institute on 9th November 2009.

Bayt Abdullah Charity event held at German Ambassador’s residence

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Under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Michael Worbs, the German Ambassador to Kuwait, the German Business Council GBCK, and GLOK the German Speaking Ladies of Kuwait, together organized an event on November 5th 2009 at the ambassador’s residence to raise funds for Bayt Abdullah (KACCH) in Kuwait.

A large number of dignitaries, decision makers and members from diverse communities in Kuwait graced the event, that started by a piano concert, followed by a seated dinner and an exclusive raffle The proceeds raised from this event will go to support the building of a specialized center that provides medical care for children suffering from cancer, a children's hospice "Bayt Abdullah".

The event was a great success with proceeds amounting to 6,000.-- KWD being donated to „Bayt Abdullah“.

20 Years since the Fall of the Wall

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On 02.11.09 the German Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr. Michael Worbs, together with the Hungarian and Austrian Ambassadors as well as the Secretary General of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, Mr Bader Al Rifai, held the opening ceremony for a joint exhibition project in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the dismantling of the Iron Curtain between Hungary and Austria and the subsequent Fall of the Berlin Wall.

The two exhibitions "Escape to the Freedom: Dismantling the Iron Curtain and the Miracles in Central Europe 1989" and "From the Peaceful Revolution to German Unity" were shown in Hall No. 6 at the Kuwait International Fairgrounds in Mishref from 02.11. to 05.11.09.

Reception on the occasion of the Day of German Unity

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On the occasion of the Day of German Unity, the German Ambassador to Kuwait, Dr Michael Worbs, hosted a reception at his residence on 4 October 2009 in the presence of Dr. Wolfgang Schuster, Lord Mayor of the City of Stuttgart. The reception was attended by many members of the German community of Kuwait as well as by a large number of official guests from politics, economy and culture. Musical interludes were provided by Arirang quintet which had come from Germany for the occasion.

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