diplo.news
diploma.news
News & Views on Foreign Relations & Diplomacy
is an online medium for news and analysis on foreign policy and diplomacy, founded in 2024 in Berlin. The editorial staff is located at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin's government district.
EDITORIAL TEAM
Ewald König, Publisher (ekö)
+49 30 4000 4630
+49 151 2162 7154
Started in 1977 as an editor at the Austrian newspaper DIE PRESSE in Vienna. From 1985 to 2003, he worked as their German correspondent in Bonn and (East) Berlin. He was the only German correspondent who succeeded in being accredited both in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the GDR. From 1990 to 1995 he was chairman of the Association of Foreign Press in Germany (VAP). From 2009 to 2014 he acted as editor-in-chief and editor of the European political medium EurActiv.de. For many years he has worked as a freelance author, TV producer and presenter and founded the Berliner Korrespondentenbüro • International Media Projects, the korrespondenten.cafe and other forums. He wrote several books about the GDR, the fall of the Wall and reunification. In 2020, he received the Golden Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria. In 2024, he founded the media platform diplo.news.
Further information about Ewald König:
www.korrespondenten.com and www.korrespondenten.cafe
Gudrun Dometeit, Editor-in-Chief (gd)
+49 30 4000 4630
+49 151 5387 4673
Gudrun Dometeit studied political science, Slavic studies and law and became a Moscow correspondent for the German Press Agency (DPA) one year after graduation. This was followed by positions as chief of duty and as regional political correspondent at the DPA office in Hamburg. From 1995 she worked for the magazine Fokus and had the opportunity to travel extensively in (Southeast) Eastern Europe, China and India, among others. She then held various head positions as Head of Foreign Affairs, Domestic Policy and Economy until 2024 and is co-author of books on war and crisis reporting and “Female Diplomacy.” Since the end of 2024, she has been working as editor-in-chief at diplo.news.
Gülfem Dodur, Journalist
+49 30 4000 4630
+49 157 3817 1139
MARKETING
Mrs. Huong To
Director of Marketing and Corporate Affairs
+49 30 4000 4630
+49 172 2545 904
AUTHORS
Michael BACKFISCH
(mb) Author for international politics. Head of foreign affairs at Funke Zentralredaktion in Berlin until 2023, previously deputy editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt and correspondent in Washington and Dubai.
Irmgard BERNER
(ib) Cultural journalist in Berlin
Andreas FINK
(af) Correspondent in Buenos Aires since 2007, he previously worked as an editor in the foreign and reporting department of Focus magazine in Munich and as a freelance author for Zeit Online, SZ-Magazin and Weltwoche, among others. Graduate of the German School of Journalism in Munich.
Stefan FRÖHLICH
(sf) Political scientist and Professor of International Relations at the Alexander Friedrich University in Erlangen-Nuremberg. He teaches at the Collège d'Europe in Bruges, among other places. Author of numerous books, most recently ‘Märkte, Macht und Wandel - Deutschlands geoökonomische Zeitenwende’
Dr. Dietrich from KYAW
(dvk) Former ambassador, former Permanent Representative of Germany to the EU, author of the book ‘Germany and the Self-Assertion of Europe’
Andreas LANDWEHR
(al) Head of the German Press Agency office in Beijing for 30 years. Before that for dpa in Washington DC. Responsible for dpa's Asia-Pacific regional network until 2023. Honoured with the Liberty Award of the Reemtsma Foundation. Freelance author in Berlin since September 2024.
Prof. Dr. Stefan Liebing
(sl) Managing Director of Conjuncta GmbH and honorary professor at the Centre for Business and Technology in Africa at Flensburg University. Head of the Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the ReThinking Africa Foundation and Honorary Consul of Cameroon. From summer 2025, Job Ludolf-Visiting Professorship at the University of Hamburg.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt
(ts) Co-director of the Centre for Business and Technology in Africa and professor of business informatics at Flensburg University. Management consultant for strategy and implementation projects. Many years of experience in Africa with university partnerships. Previously, visiting professor in the USA, Sweden, Finland, France and China.
Ralf KRÜGER
(rk) After studying economics, Ralf Krüger completed a traineeship at the “Emder Zeitung” (1982-1985). Then German Press Agency (dpa) from 1985-2022, including news editor at headquarters and travel correspondent West Africa, foreign correspondent in Paris. Long-time head of the DPA Africa office in Johannesburg (2001-2010 and 2019-2022). Lives between Jo'burg and Berlin today.
Dr. Günther UNSER
(gu) Former professor of political science at RWTH Aachen University. Expert for international organizations, particularly for the European Union and the United Nations
CARICATURES
Slava Nikolaev
+49 30 4000 4630
ADDRESS:
House of the Federal Press Conference
Schiffbauerdamm 40/2407-2408
10117 Berlin
MAIL:
80111
10001 Berlin
Introducing diplo.news
Our journalistic platform offers in-depth analyses, commentaries, interviews, and feature stories on foreign policy—beyond the daily news cycle. With a special focus on diplomacy and underreported regions, we provide insights that are particularly relevant to decision-makers in business and international affairs.
Independent, impartial
The editorial team is completely independent and impartial. . It is committed to the principle that journalists should not only talk to countries with Western values, but also to ‘God and the devil’. Conspiracy theories have no place here.
News for and from embassies
diplo.news provides its own editorial reports from the world of diplomacy, but also gives embassies a voice for their announcements.
Categories
The categories are as following:
News from the editorial team
News from the embassies
News from the government
News from the economy
News from the think tanks
Distribution
The content of diplo.news may be used by other media free of charge. The only condition is that the source is correctly cited (www.diplo.news). We are happy to receive sample copies.
diplo.cafe
A networking series primarily designed for press attachés and diplomatic staff from foreign embassies and international institutions. Each event features special guests and expert speakers, hosted at various locations in Berlin and beyond.
diplo.international
Our publisher regularly produces TV interviews with ambassadors and senior representatives of international organizations. These are broadcast on TV Berlin — which reaches audiences in several German states—and published on the diplo.news website and on YouTube.
diplo.services
For newly arrived diplomats in Berlin, we offer media workshops designed to navigate the German media landscape and optimize public communication. Additional tailored services include press release editing, event moderation, and strategic communication support for embassies and international enterprises.
diplo.services also includes a Black Board for job offers, property enquiries and other needs specific to diplomats.
diplo.salon
Exclusive, purpose-driven gatherings that bring together ambassadors, policymakers, and business leaders. These intimate roundtables focus on specific topics and can also be arranged upon request.
Internship
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