Newspaper Services on the Internet


This is a concise list of newspapers on the Internet with information that includes price (usually free), description of the paper and whether the WWW site is a complete or partial issue or an archive site. Click on country of choice for:

Newspapers from Germany and throughout the German-Speaking Worldclick on the map of the continents then select by country to access foreign language online press offerings.


  • Journaux/Newspapers on the Web-Suisse despite its title, this French language site includes links to Swiss newspapers in German such as Bauern Zeitung and the Schweizerische Depeschagentur.

    Putnam's Teaching Activities: for ideas using newspapers and headlines in FL classes.

    Daily Headlines and News Summaries:


    For German language sites, click on:

    Die Tageszeitung headlines: daily newsbriefs with archives from die Tageszeitung, a Berlin daily.
    Daily German headlines: daily newsbriefs from Germany with archives.
    Press and News Releases from the Bundesregierung: German language news summaries, bulletins, brochures and the Journal fur Deutschland from Germany's Bundesregierung/Press and Information Office of the FRG.
    German Foreign Ministry Publication: news and information arranged thematically in German from the Federal Foreign Office.
    Soccer News: news briefs of soccer scores and league news from Germany.
    EXPRESS aus Koln: national and international news briefs, headlines and sports results from Koln, Dusseldorf, and Bonn.
    Die Zeit: online edition of the reknown Die Zeit newspaper with national and international news, headlines and features including word of the week and the comic strip Dilbert online in German.
    Die Zeitschrift: online journal from the University of Alberta, Edmonton with a range of articles and features in German to research.
    Der Westdeutsche Rundfunk: WDR online: an online electronic media guide to investigate by topic and medium.
    Today's German News: Jahresubersicht: an online repository for today's headlines in German with an extensive archive collection to pull up by date and year.
    Germany Information: Information in English and in German on This Week in Germany (click on What's New); scroll down to recipe and story of the month, too.

    Putnam's Teaching Activities: for ideas using newspapers and headlines in FL classes.


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