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Serbia, German state sign protocol

Deputy PM Božidar Đelić on Friday in Belgrade signed a cooperation protocol with Baden-Wurttemberg officials. The protocol, concerning security, fight against organized crime and corruption, EU Danube strategy, economy, education, tourism, culture and science, was signed by Đelić and the German federal state’s Minister of State Ministry and Federal and European Affairs Wolfgang Reinhart.

Webber claims F1 centre stage

Australia’s racing fraternity and media this week hailed Mark Webber after he won the German Grand Prix, becoming the first Aussie to win a Formula One race since Alan Jones in Las Vegas in 1981. The 32-year-old Red Bull driver’s victory last Sunday was also a personal triumph, coming at the

Robert Redford marries German girlfriend

HAMBURG (AP) — A German church says its pastor presided over the wedding between Robert Redford and his German partner.
Renate Massfeller, of the St. Catherine Church in Hamburg, said Wednesday that Pastor Frank Engelbrecht presided over the ceremony Saturday between the 71-year-old U.S. actor and artist Sibylle Szaggars at the luxury Louis C. Jacob Hotel.
The [...]

Ponting hosts black tie dinner for cricket WAGs in London

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting hosted a gala black tie dinner for some of his team mates and their WAGS here on Tuesday.
While beauty Lee Furlong and her boyfriend Shane Watson joined 800 guests, including the entire British cricket squad to raise money for the charity foundation, absent from the group was the highest profile [...]

Sandra Bullock was bullied in school over frumpy German clothes

Sandra Bullock has revealed that she was often bullied during her time in high school for sporting frumpy clothes bought in Germany.
The actress and her younger sister Gesine frequently travelled from their home in Virginia to the European country for the performance of their German opera singer-mother Helga.
The Miss Congeniality star said that the constant [...]

Stunt Plane Crashes Into Car At German Air Show, Family Miraculously Survives (VIDEO)

CBS has amazing video of a German air show in which a stunt goes horribly wrong. A bi-plane is doing a stunt in which is spirals basically straight down towards the ground, but the pilot pulled up too late and the plane skims the ground and s…

Elated Webber wins first F1

Elated Australian Mark Webber shrugged off a drive-through penalty to win the German Grand Prix on Sunday and end his long wait for Formula One success. German team mate Sebastian Vettel finished second in a Red Bull one-two to cut Briton Jenson Button’s championship lead to 21 points

“New conditions for new EU members”

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier says that the EU must create the conditions in order to be able to accommodate any new members. Asked in an interview with Vienna daily Der Standard whether he agreed with Chancellor Angela Merkel that the EU should suspend further enlargement once Croatia gained membership, he replied that it was true that any further enlargement had to be “well considered and conducted only with solid pre-conditions.“

Fun-loving Vettel fast becoming new German hero

German Formula One fans, heading to the Nürburgring with their cars and camper vans loaded with bratwürst, will be drinking to the success of Sebastian Vettel this weekend.  The party will really kick off if, as locals hope, the 22-year-old Red Bull driver becomes the first German to win his homeGerman Formula One fans, heading to the Nürburgring with their cars and camper vans loaded with bratwürst, will be drinking to the success of Sebastian Vettel this weekend. The party will really kick off if, as locals hope, the 22-year-old Red Bull driver becomes the first German to win his home