The 1st of June 2006 was published the first number of "La Gazette de Berlin", a free monthly of 16 pages, dealing with cultural, economic and sports subjects, the whole completed by a special report.

The editorial staff, which is essentially from Berlin, is made of professional journalists native of four different countries.

More than 30.000 French speakers of 20 different nationalities are numbered in Berlin. In Germany’s other large cities, where the Gazette is distributed (Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich), the French-speaking communities are very numerous. Since the first number of the newspaper, the editorial staff counts two correspondents in Munich (general editor and sports writer), a correspondent in Hamburg and a correspondent in Frankfurt (economy) supplying information dealing with the local reality. "La Gazette de Berlin" has also a correspondent in Rhineland.

The newspaper used to offer in its centre a 4-page agenda listing cultural meetings of the French-speaking environment in Berlin and in Germany. Theatres, cinemas, galleries and scientific institutions are invited to communicate their cultural programs with the editorial staff. The column "Announces" is opened to the private individuals, the associations and the companies: the column "Job offer" is an ideal place for employers wishing to contact employees with specific linguistic knowledge; the column " The life of the tribe " reports the events of the French-speaking communities in Germany (consulates, business clubs, associations, etc.); finally, small announcements between private individuals help useful services.

Moreover, "Die Gazette" is a page in German with articles on French-German subjects.

"La Gazette de Berlin" used to be published monthly in 20.000 copies. The newspaper was distributed free of charge in 200 places in Berlin, as well as in some other places in Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich. It was also available in cultural centres and bookshops specialized in “France”. It was even possible to receive "La Gazette" all over the world by subscription.

Did you know ? The 1st number of "La Gazette de Berlin" was actually published twice: in 1743, a French speaking newspaper of the same name was born on an idea of Frederic II, King of Prussia, close friend of Voltaire and admirer of the Enlightenment philosophy.