BERLIN: Germany’s president called for English to be made the language of the EU as he appealed to the UK to stay in the European Union. Joachim Gauck earned applause for his remarks made in Berlin on Friday during
Published23 Feb, 201311:03pm
THE neighbours had always considered their names odd — Mr and Mrs Anschlag, meaning ‘attack’ — and the fact that she was often seen in the garden of their whitewashed, detached house making phone calls in the
Published16 Jan, 201309:01pm
LONDON: Secession can be a bit like breaking a biscuit: crumbs everywhere and two pieces that don’t seem quite as appealing as the original
Published20 Nov, 201208:42pm
YOU might well call it a fissure, a gap or a chink. But the folks of Reutlingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, western Germany, are adamant that a 31cm divide between two houses is in fact a street.
Published13 Jul, 201212:00am
IT started with Paul, an ordinary octopus who garnered worldwide attention after spending the summer of 2010 correctly predicting the results of Germany’s eight World Cup matches.
Published30 Jun, 201203:01am