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Federal Ministry For Digitalization And Government Modernization
The Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation () (BMDS) is a federal ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 84 .... History The creation of a Department for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation in the Merz cabinet was agreed upon in the coalition agreement for the 21st legislative period of the German Bundestag. The ministry will be headed by the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). The creation was an election promise of Friedrich Merz. Karsten Wildberger (independent) was announced as the first designated minister on April 28, 2025. The ministry was established on May 6, 2025, by the Federal Chancellor's organizational decree and has been under construction ever since. The off ...
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Government Of Germany
The Federal Government (, ; abbr. BReg) is the chief Executive (government), executive body of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany and exercises executive power at the Federal level (Germany), federal level. It consists of the Chancellor of Germany, Federal Chancellor and the Federal Minister (government), Ministers. The fundamentals of the government's organisation, as well as the method of its election and appointment, along with the procedure for its dismissal, are set down in thsixth section(articles 62 to 69) of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, German Basic Law (''Grundgesetz''). The Chancellor and the other members of the government are allowed to be also members of the ''Bundestag'' (though they are not required to be). An extended body is the Federal Cabinet (''Bundeskabinett)'', which includes the Federal Government (consisting of the Federal Chancellor and Federal Ministers), the Heads of the German Chancellery, Head of the Federal Chancellery ...
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Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the states of Germany, being the List of German states by area, third smallest state in the country by area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.6 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, as well as the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. ...
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ...
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Karsten Wildberger
Karsten Wildberger (born 5 September 1969) is a German business executive who has been serving as Federal Minister for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025. From 2021 to 2025, he served as CEO of Ceconomy. Education From 1989 to 1995, Wildberger studied physics at the Technical University of Munich and RWTH Aachen, where he completed a doctorate in theoretical solid-state and computational physics. His research involved developing new computational methods to accurately calculate the properties of large, layered metal structures and exploring the field of giant magnetoresistance. He later obtained an MBA from INSEAD in 2000. Career Early career From 1998 to 2003, Wildberger worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. He subsequently held international leadership roles in the telecommunications industry at T-Mobile, Vodafone plc, and Telstra Group Limited. Telstra As a member ...
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Federal Government Of Germany
The Federal Government (, ; abbr. BReg) is the chief Executive (government), executive body of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany and exercises executive power at the Federal level (Germany), federal level. It consists of the Chancellor of Germany, Federal Chancellor and the Federal Minister (government), Ministers. The fundamentals of the government's organisation, as well as the method of its election and appointment, along with the procedure for its dismissal, are set down in thsixth section(articles 62 to 69) of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, German Basic Law (''Grundgesetz''). The Chancellor and the other members of the government are allowed to be also members of the ''Bundestag'' (though they are not required to be). An extended body is the Federal Cabinet (''Bundeskabinett)'', which includes the Federal Government (consisting of the Federal Chancellor and Federal Ministers), the Heads of the German Chancellery, Head of the Federal Chancellery ...
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Christian Democratic Union Of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany ( , CDU ) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major party of the centre-right in German politics. Friedrich Merz has been federal chairman of the CDU since 31 January 2022, and has served as the Chancellor of Germany since 6 May 2025. The CDU is the largest party in the Bundestag, the German federal legislature, with 208 out of 630 seats, having won 28.5% of votes in the 2025 German federal election, 2025 federal election. It forms the CDU/CSU Bundestag faction, also known as the Union, with its Bavarian counterpart, the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). The group's parliamentary leader is also Friedrich Merz. Founded in 1945 as an interdenominational Christian party, the CDU effectively succeeded the pre-war Catholic Centre Party (Germany), Centre Party, with many former members joining the party, including its first leader Konrad Adenauer. The party also included politicians of other ...
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Handelsblatt
The ''Handelsblatt'' (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf by Handelsblatt Media Group, formerly known as Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt. History and profile ''Handelsblatt'' was established in 1946 by journalist Herbert Gross, but after some months Friedrich Vogel (1902–1976) became publisher. In 1969, Georg von Holtzbrinck became partner of Friedrich Vogel. Since 2021, its editor-in-chief is Sebastian Matthes. Its publisher, Handelsblatt Media Group, also publishes the weekly business magazine ''Wirtschaftswoche'' of which the editor-in-chief is Beat Balzli. ''Handelsblatt'' headquarters are in Düsseldorf. Since September 2005 ''Handelsblatt'' has been offering an online lexicon called ''WirtschaftsWiki'' which features definitions of terms used in economics and politics. The database can be modified by any registered user. In September 2006 ''Handelsblatt'' ranked all economists working in Germany, Austria ...
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N-tv
n-tv (styled ntv) is a German free-to-air television news channel owned by RTL Deutschland. n-tv broadcasts news and weather every hour and half-hour in the morning. It also broadcasts magazine shows and documentaries. History n-tv began as a business development project at Time Warner International which, under the leadership of then-chairman Steve Ross, was looking for ways to grow its businesses internationally. Time Warner at the time was a major shareholder in Turner Broadcasting System, parent company of CNN (both now part of Warner Bros. Discovery), and began looking for ways to get into the news channel business internationally. In 1991, under the direction of Tom McGrath, the then-president of Time-Warner International Broadcasting, the company developed a strategy for Austria, Germany, and the German-speaking areas of Switzerland. One of McGrath's pet projects was a German-language 24-hour news channel. McGrath secured the last available transponder on the K ...
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Bundesgesetzblatt (Germany)
The German ' (, ''BGBl.)'' (''Federal Law Gazette'') is a public gazette of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is issued by the Federal Ministry of Justice and published by Bundesanzeiger Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. It is the main law gazette by the legislative body next to gazettes of the federal ministries such as the ' (BStBl.) or the ' (GMBl.) In December 2018, the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (OKF) made its own portal with the content of the Federal Law Gazette freely available online, accepting a copyright conflict with Bundesanzeiger Verlag. A few days later, the then Federal Minister of Justice, Katarina Barley, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that the promulgation of federal laws and ordinances would only take place electronically from 2022. A citizens' portal would be set up for this purpose. However, the Basic Law must first be amended and the contract with DuMont terminated. After the Bundestag and Bundesrat gave their approval in December 2022, the ...
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Federal Ministry Of Justice And Consumer Protection
The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (; abbreviated BMJV) is a German Cabinet, cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Under the German federal system, individual States of Germany, States are most responsible for the administration of justice and the application of penalties. The Federal Ministry of Justice devotes itself to creating and changing law in the classic core areas related to Constitutional law. The Ministry also analyzes the legality and constitutionality of laws prepared by other ministries. The German Federal Court of Justice of Germany, Federal Court of Justice, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO), and the German Patent Court all fall under its scope, including affairs on court administration. The ministry is officially located in Berlin. The BMJ was founded on 1 January 1877 as the Imperial Justice Office (). After Germany became a republic in 1919, it was renamed (Imperial ministry of Justice). The ministry was re ...
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Tagesschau (German TV Programme)
''Tagesschau'' (, ) is a German national and international television news service produced by the editorial staff of ARD-aktuell on behalf of the German public-service television network ARD. The main edition of the programme is aired at 20:00 (08:00 pm) on Das Erste. It is also simulcast on several ARD-affiliated networks, including NDR Fernsehen, RBB Fernsehen, SWR Fernsehen, WDR Fernsehen, hr-fernsehen, 3sat, Phoenix, and ARD-alpha. It also broadcasts for most of the day on Tagesschau24. Recorded ''Tagesschau'' newscasts can also be seen via YouTube internationally. The programme provides a website, ''tagesschau.de'', managed by ARD. History On 25 July 1988, ''Tagesschau'' was on the brink of being cancelled due to a warning strike organized by the broadcasting union RFFU. This blackout would have been for the first (and only) time in its history, but the '' Rundschau'' from Bavaria, produced by ''Bayerisches Fernsehen'' (Bavarian Television) in Munich, helped ou ...
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Computerwoche
''Computerwoche'' (''Computer Week'') is a German weekly newspaper for CIOs and IT managers. The German counterpart of the American magazine ''Computerworld'', it has been on the market since 1974 and is mainly sold by subscription. The newspaper belongs to the IT specialist publisher International Data Group (IDG), whose German branch and the editorial team of ''Computerwoche'' are based in Munich. The current editor-in-chief is Heinrich Vaske. ''Computerwoche'' wants to present technical trends and the economic situation of manufacturers in such a way that IT managers, especially in medium-sized and large companies, can use it to ''plan their'' investments. There are also analyses, user reports, industry news, project reports, personnel details and current reports from the world of IT. In 2009, the ''Computerwoche'' website was named the best online specialist medium in the IT/Telecommunications/Electronics category by the German Trade Press Association. International coun ...
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