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Michael Schumacher latest: Seven-times Formula One world champion ‘shows signs of regaining consciousness’
04 April 2014 07:30 PM
Schumacher has been in a coma since December
Postcard from... Berlin
25 March 2014 12:00 AM
They are nicknamed “Späti” which sounds like Spaytee and they are radically altering the German capital’s shopping habits. Späti is an abbreviation for Spätkauf or “late shop”. In 2006 – and pretty “late” compared to other European capitals – Berlin liberalised Draconian laws which once made it impossible to shop after six in the evening and saw to it that Sunday trading remained strictly verboten (forbidden). Nowadays it’s legal to keep small shops open round the clock. The upshot is that a Berlin without its Spätis now seems unimaginable.
Postcard from... Konstanz
20 March 2014 12:00 AM
Germany may be as renowned for its mega brothels as its citizens are famous for stripping off in public. But the buck apparently stops when it comes to “swinger cruising”.
Postcard from... Kempten
27 February 2014 12:00 AM
Kempten, capital of Germany’s idyllic and mountainous Allgaü region in south western Bavaria, is a popular tourist destination also renowned for its high quality Alpine cheese.
Now Schindler's ark looks for its own saviour: Czech town pins its hopes on restoration of the ruined factory immortalised in the Oscar-winning film
23 February 2014 12:00 AM
The Czech-German industrialist sheltered 1,200 Jewish labourers from the Holocaust in his Brnenec factory for seven months until they were liberated in 1945
Postcard from... Limburg
20 February 2014 12:00 AM
Churchgoers in Germany’s cathedral city of Limburg welcomed the abrupt departure of Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst last October when the Vatican suspended him from his duties.
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Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage, second live debate: Ukip leader tops poll after Clegg's aggressive strategy backfires spectacularly
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Vladimir Putin ‘wants to regain Finland’ for Russia, adviser says
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Fall of the Dutch far-right: How a racist speech too far cost the flamboyant Geert Wilders his chance at the EU
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Nigel Farage: Vladimir Putin is the world leader I most admire
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Putin could invade Ukraine within a week, warns Nato chief
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IPCC report paints bleak picture of war, famine and pestilence: ‘Climate change is happening and no one in the world is immune’
- 1 Drunk court reporter repeatedly typed 'I hate my job. I hate my job. I hate my job.'
- 2 Vegetarians are 'less healthy and have a lower quality of life than meat-eaters', scientists say
- 3 Yellowstone supervolcano: Videos show animals 'fleeing' but we've nothing to fear
- 4 I'm all for lads' mags - a flash of my cleavage and a swish of my hair is sometimes all it takes
- 5 'Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 plane found in Bermuda Triangle!' hackers profiting from viral Facebook links
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