PHILIPPINE EMBASSY CONDUCTS OVERSEAS VOTING REGISTRATION DURING THE 2ND FILIPINO FIESTA IN HAMBURG 9 September 2024 – The Philippine Embassy in Berlin headed by Minister Gerardo P. Abiog conducted an overseas voting registration during the 2nd Filipino Fiesta in Hamburg organized by the Federation of Filipino Organizations in Northern Germany (FFONG) on 7 September 2024 in Altona, Hamburg. Forty overseas Filipinos submitted their applications for overseas voting registration. A consular team ... Read more

01 August 2024 – Philippine Ambassador to Germany Irene Susan B. Natividad  and Mr. Tobias Gotthardt,  Vice Minister and State Secretary of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs & Regional Development, met in Munich on 1 August to discuss business opportunities for Filipino and Bavarian companies.   Ambassador Natividad and Vice-Minister Gotthardt discussed Germany’s diversification strategy, the Philippines’ economic growth, and complementarities that can be leveraged between ... Read more

FILIPINO COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN GERMANY COMMEMORATE THE SINULOG FESTIVAL Ambassador Natividad narrated the story of how the image of the Sto. Nino, considered the oldest Catholic relic in the country, found its way to Cebu and the provenance of the world sinulog.  The Sinulog Festival, which started in Cebu is now celebrated in other parts of the Philippines and worldwide where there are large Filipino communities, she said. In Hamburg, Chaplain Fr. Ritchill Salinas, SVD, led the ... Read more

CELEBRATING 125 YEARS OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE IN BERLIN Berlin, 16 June 2023 – The Embassy of the Philippines in Berlin celebrated the 125th anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence and Nationhood in a reception held at the  Waldorf Astoria Hotel Berlin on June 16 with  representatives of German government and businesses and members of the diplomatic corps. Drawing from this year’s commemoration theme Kalayaan. Kinabukasan. Kasaysayan,  and recalling President ... Read more