Please read the German version of this article to learn more about what both the press and deb socs have to say about the Northern, Eastern and Western German regionals. glx / apf ...

Why not marry your dog? Eva-Maria Risse, a former schools and university debater (DC Heidelberg and DC München), explains how she once debated a motion that suggested this. The renowned newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) interviewed her on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of "Jugend debattiert", German language schools debating. Please read the German version of this article for a ful cover-up on the interview. xzy / tr / glx / apf ...

Please find here the cover-ups we have gathered for you on the German regionals. Please do not hesitate to read the German version of this article. There you may learn more on what the press writes about the Western German regional (WDM) as well as what debating societies like DK Wien and DC Freiburg have to say about this year's Southern German regional in Bayreuth. Oliver Hörtensteiner, the tabmaster of this year's Southern German regional put the tab of the competition online. You may also find the tab of WDM 2011 online. glx / apf ...

Debaters from Mainz taught a debating class in a secondary school in Sulzbach (Germany), this time for the second time. Their commitment is based on a cooperation between the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium and the debating society in Mainz, Debattierclub Johannes Gutenberg. ...

In the German newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Jan Lüken, president of the umbrella organization of german language debating societies, Association of Debating Societies at Universities (VDCH), analyzed the rhetoric of candidates from the German federal state Baden-Württemberg. State elections, Landtagswahl, are just around the corner and will take place on Sunday. Please read the german version of his statements. tr / apf

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You may get the Debattierklub Wien's view on their great and first-ever Vienna IV by reading their article "Vienna IV - The full Story". And if you are able to understand German, do not hesistate to get Vienna-IV-tabmaster Jakob Reiter's view on debating by reading an interview by viennarama.at.

Magdeburg boasts to be a particularly active "student city". To prove this, some of the students are beeing interviewed from time to time. This time this is Jan Dirk Capelle who studies "philosophy-neuroscience-cognition" and helds the presidency of the local debating society. ...

While the suspended "Dr." (the German doctoral degree, equivalent to Ph.D.) of the German minister of defence is a hot media topic in Germany, the regional newspaper "Donaukurier" reported on two doctoral students at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. One of the interviewees is Jan Lüken, currently president of the umbrella organization VDCH. He is writing his thesis at the Faculty of Economics in Ingolstadt. ...

This article is not available in English. Please read the German version of this article to see what various debating societies say about the IV in Stuttgart! https://www.achteminute.de/?p=8412 ...

Just founded a few days ago, the Duisburg Debating Society has already got an article in a big regional newspaper, the WAZ Westdeutsche Allgemeine. Jörn Hahn, one of the founder of the society, spoke about debating in general and how a debate is well performed.  ...

We're sorry, this piece is not available in English. Please read the German version of this article to learn more about what deb socs from Stuttgart and Vienna have to say on Botswana Worlds 2011 and what Berliner Zeitung reports on the Berlin Debating Union, the future host of Worlds 2013. ...

We're sorry, this article is not available. Please read the German version of this article to learn more about the success of the first "Tübinger Forum".

This article is not available in English. Please read the German version of this article to see what various debating societies say about the ZEIT DEBATTE in Mainz on their websites! ...

This article is not available in English, please browse the German version of this bit to see some of the photos taken at ZEIT DEBATTE Mainz 2011. ...

This article is not available in English. Please read the German version of this article to see what various debating societies say about the ZEIT DEBATTE in Mainz on their websites! ...

The International Office of RWTH Aachen is regularly interviewing different student initiatives, founded in of the university in Aachen. This time, the Chairman of the debating society, Marc-André Schulz, is about to answer some questions. Read the complete interview in german language. ...

The world keeps on turning, however, does not forget about the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds) in Botswana. A US-American is mopping up after Worlds, a Botswanese is happy about the organization, another American is delighted about the results of IDAS teams and a German deb society covers the tournament. Steven M. Llano found certain things at Botswana Worlds pernicious, among which were a certain Black Eyed Peas song, the lack of fans, sleep deprivation as well as the word “pernicious” itself. On his Blog “Progymnasmata“, Achte Minute’s op-ed author Steven complained also about the lack of internet access ...

This article is not available in English. Please read the German version of this article to see what various debating societies say about the ZEIT DEBATTE in Mainz on their websites! ...

Fritz, the radio station for youth by Radio Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), visited the Berlin Debating Union (BDU). On the website of Fritz you can find a short article and an audio file in German language about the visit. The speaker of the story explains the issue "debating" in an interview with Georg Sommerfeld, who is a member of BDU, to the listener. There are also some live recordings of a debate where Georg, who is a vegan in reality, had to argue for the consumption of meat on the side of the opposition. vro / tr

Debaters worldwide already are cheering about their teams at World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC or Worlds): The Debattierclub Stuttgart (DCS) jubilates about a smooth start into 2011, the Israeli Debating League compliment their Israeli debaters on their results and the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT interviewed Chinese debaters. ...

Debating expertise from down under: The Australian Monash Association of Debaters (MAD) published the Monash Debating Review (MDR) for the eighth time in a row. Debaters from all over the world have contributed to the journal on debating related issues. The first article in the current MDR issue is from the author Tim Sonnreich. As a debater, the Australian was runner-up at Worlds 2003 and won the Australasian IV in 2000, 2001 and 2004. He has also been DCA at both competitions. In his essay “There is no spoon: beginner, intermediate and advanced first principles debating”, Tim shows  how one makes ...

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Please read the German version of this article on how a reporter from the newspaper Badische Neueste Nachrichten visited Debatte Karlsruhe. ...

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This article is not available in English. Please read the German version of this article to see what various debating societies say about the BaWü 2010 on their websites! ...

In early November, Pauline Leopold and Peter Croonenbroeck from Streitkultur Tübingen talked to the radio broadcaster SWR4. The complete interview is available on the internet. apf / glx

Preußen Punk Potsdam's Tab is now online.

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Young speakers, high level: At the eighth speech forum for youth, which took place in the Saxonian Parliament, exciting debates were held by students from class 8 to 12 from Saxony and Thuringia. The debating contest, which happened on Saturday, 6th November, was also judged by  Dresden Debating Union's president Katharina Wagner. The young speakers could demonstrate their speaking abilities in several panel discussions and monologues. The first part of the speech forum consisted of six panel discussions. In each discussion six participants converged and the best three could reach the next round. The Dresden Debating Union reports on its website ...