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Angela Merkel gets Beer Shower. Still from video

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Angela Merkel gets Beer Shower

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel got five large glasses of beer poured down her neck at a party meeting last week. The whole episode was caught on video, which of course is going viral…

Germany’s Star for Baku

The 21-year-old industrial mechanic Roman Lob will represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan in May.

The Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, where the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest were held. Photo: Frédéric de Villamil/flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Teen smoking rates decline in Germany (File). Photo: LawPrieR/flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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German Teens Smoke Less

Less than 12 percent of 12- to 17-year-old Germans smoke regularly. In 2001, 28 percent were smokers.

How to: Be a Legal Alien

The German bureaucracy likes to keep an eye on you. And it might be something in it for you as well.

Don’t have a flag? A passport will do (file). Photo: jpvargas/flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Graefekiez, Kreuzberg (File). Photo: Esbjörn Guwallius/Berlinow.

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Kiezdeutsch, a New Dialect?

Kiezdeutsch might become an official dialect in Germany. At least if one language expert gets her way.