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UK election puts Germany in the spotlight
britain

UK election puts Germany in the spotlight

German politicians and commentators confronted the reality that Germany would have to take an even more dominant role in Europe on Friday after David Cameron's Conservative party achieved a surprise victory in the British general election.
Huge German cockerel lands in London
France

Huge German cockerel lands in London

A German artist has ruffled feathers after installing a huge blue cockerel in London's Trafalgar Square on Thursday. She did not realise she was putting a symbol of France in a site marking victory over Napoleon.
Olympic hero in doghouse over shooting
London

Olympic hero in doghouse over shooting

German Olympic hero David Storl, who won the shot put silver medal at London 2012, has been denied a state honour from the president because of an unfortunate incident with a dog and an air rifle.
'Make German museums free to bring them to life'
museums

'Make German museums free to bring them to life'

While German officials talk about building new museums, they should first copy their British colleagues and open their collections to the people for free, says <b>Matthias Thibaut</b>, the <i>Tagesspiegel</i> newspaper’s London correspondent.
German Paralympians bag 66 medals in London
London

German Paralympians bag 66 medals in London

The 2012 Paralympics drew finished on Sunday with German athletes having won 66 medals, a total that put them in eight place. First was taken by China, second by Russia and third went to competition hosts, the UK.
First medal for Paralympians in shooting
Sport

First medal for Paralympians in shooting

Germany won its first medal in this year's Paralympic Games on Thursday after triumphing in the air rifle shooting. Manuela Schmermund had already bagged a silver medal in the Beijing Paralympics, and gold in Athens.
Paralympics founder's dreams come true
WWII

Paralympics founder's dreams come true

When German-born Eva Loeffler helped her father organise a sports tournament for wounded World War II soldiers in 1948, she had no idea the contest would grow into the Paralympic Games.