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Press Releases

May 2025

20 May 2025
Applications for the 2026-27 Cultural Bridge programme will open in October 2025

April 2025

23 April 2025
From Spilling Beans to Spilling Tea: British Council unveils the history and evolution of 100 English phrases

March 2025

17 March 2025
Lights, camera, freedom! British Council & BFI Flare present Five Films For Freedom 2025
05 March 2025
British Council Germany hosts flagship New Directions Conference 2025
03 March 2025
AI and automated translation will not replace the need for learning languages, survey finds
03 March 2025
Cultural Bridge announces 20 UK-Germany social arts partnerships for 2025-26

February 2025

15 February 2025
European security through cultural alliances: a discussion at the Munich Security Conference

September 2024

30 September 2024
Queen Elizabeth II, Sir David Attenborough, and James Bond voted UK’s top cultural icons

July 2024

25 July 2024
Cultural Bridge announces two further years of funding

May 2024

17 May 2024
Combatting bullying: insights and solutions
16 May 2024
Languages Teacher Training Scholarships
11 May 2024
Our new Patron

April 2024

10 April 2024
Sweat crystallisation and modular furniture: British designers conquer Berlin at Berlin Design Week
08 April 2024
(German only) 5. Gedichtwettbewerb für SchülerInnen: Einladung zum kreativen Schreiben mit Kevin Mclean

February 2024

11 February 2024
Cultural Bridge announces 20 awarded projects in its third year funding collaborative partnerships between the UK and Germany

January 2024

01 January 2024
English as a New Year's Resolution

November 2023

30 November 2023
Performing Gender: artists and European policymakers come together for change

October 2023

01 October 2023
World Teachers’ Day: British Council's Commitment to Educators

September 2023

01 September 2023
British Council Germany Announces New Country Director, Helga Stellmacher, Following Retirement of Paul Smith