dpa’s International Service in English transmits 250 to 300 news reports, features, interviews and analyses per day, covering all classical news categories. The service not only draws on all the bureaux of the agency, but has 60 of its own correspondents and stringers dedicated to the service full-time.

The central editorial desk in Cork and the regional editorial desks in Washington D.C.
and Bangkok ensure that customers are kept up to date on events all around the world 24 hours per day.

Newspapers, radio and television stations, national news agencies, ministries, online services as well as companies on all continents subscribe to dpa’s International Service in English .

Europe and the Middle East are key zones of news-coverage due to the particularly dense networks of clients in those regions.

dpa’s International Service in English is not a translation of dpa’s German-language products. Using all sources available, dpa provides global coverage to their clients in the different regions. Alone in Europe 20 journalists, all English native speakers, work exclusively for dpa's International Service in English. European integration and the Eastward expansion of the EU are major topics.

Customers can count on dpa to provide thorough coverage of German news, thanks to the finely meshed network of German correspondents in every part of the country. English language correspondents cover Germany from Berlin and Hamburg.

Alongside world coverage of politics, business and sports, the service additionally focuses on entertainment, consumer topics and celebrity news. Movie and music stars, medical progress and the latest in computers are examples of topics attracting huge numbers of readers. dpa meets this need with popular weekly features focussing on computing, cars, health and medicine, travel and lifestyle.

Among the greatest strengths of the service are its features and background pieces. By-line items, covering the full range of topics from world affairs to pop music, represent the original touch of dpa correspondents and editors. They give the dpa news product its
own unmistakeable personality, admired by customers around the world.

Last but not least, subscribers to the International Service in English are entitled to request special coverage from the dpa English desk whenever needed. dpa’s flexible customer service and individual treatment is appreciated by clients. They know they can rely on dpa as their wire.