Government

Bundessortenamt - Information about protection and national listing of new plant varieties.
http://www.bundessortenamt.de/

Bundesrat (Federal Council) - Chamber of the federal states. With news, people, data and facts.
http://www.bundesrat.de/

Goethe-Institute Inter Nationes - Information about German culture and politics, on learning and teaching German.
http://www.goethe.de/enindex.htm

German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) - Information about the governmental disaster relief organization of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its statutory tasks include the provision of technical assistance at home and humanitarian aid abroad.
http://www.thw.bund.de/cln_035/nn_244766/EN/content/home/home__en__node.html

Federal Statistical Office Germany - Provides detailed and up to date economic statistics, as well as macro-economic and social information.
http://www.destatis.de/

Senate Department of Urban Development Berlin - The site provides information on planning, building, environment, transport, monuments, and the Agenda 21 of the German capital city.
http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/

Federal Environment Ministry - Information on environmental policy, nuclear reactor safety and protection of the countryside.
http://www.bmu.de/

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment - Includes events, press releases, committee reports, databases and research.
http://www.bfr.bund.de/

Federal Ministry of Education and Research - Information about the ministry and its employees. Structure and aims as well as political aims, areas of work, initiatives, key projects, sponsor programmes, sponsors, information centres and publications.
http://www.bmbf.de/

Federal Statistical Office - Offers various statistics regarding inhabitants, area, education, health. Publications can be ordered.
http://www.statistik-portal.de/

German National Aerospace Agency (DLR) - Resource with updated details on national space projects and related scientific research. [Access to the English pages requires cookies]
http://www.dlr.de/

German Foreign Policy - Portal on German foreign policy. Bibliography, newsletter, weekly look at the press and links.
http://www.deutsche-aussenpolitik.de/

German Bundestag - Directly elected chamber of the German legislature. With information about the parliament, its members, organisation and legislation.
http://www.bundestag.de/

Wikipedia - Angela Merkel - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the first female chancellor of Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel

Federal Cartel Office - Prevention infopool search engine of the Bundeskriminalamt.
http://www.bka.de/

Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht - Information about BaFin, Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority.
http://www.bawe.de/

Bundesregierung - Official site for the German Federal Government. Includes information about the Chancellor, press releases and background information.
http://www.bundesregierung.de/

Central Authority for Foreign Academic Matters - Information in English on German treatment of foreign educational qualifications.
http://www.kmk.org/zab/home.htm

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany - Site giving information about Horst Köhler, his wife, the role and the office of the Federal President.
http://www.bundespraesident.de/

Choice of Study in Germany - Site operated by German Labour Ministry and Federation/Länder commission for education planning and research sponsoring.
http://www.studienwahl.de/

Service Portal of Germany - The German Government and Administration prepares for the digital future with the e-government program. With news, projects and information about the federal ministries.
http://www.bund.de/

Government Commission of the German Corporate Governance Code - Presents the German corporate governance code. Code provides recommendations and suggestions to listed companies for good and responsible corporate governance.
http://www.corporate-governance-code.de/

Auswaertiges Amt - Official site for the Federal Foreign Office of Germany. Includes latest news, country and travel information, foreign and EU policies as well as terminology, forms and political archives.
http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/