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German pigeon snapped on speed camera for flying over the limit

Authorities in the German city of Bocholt at mulling over a possible speeding fine for an unlikely criminal.

Austria

Austria's answer to Basil Fawlty 'throws plate of food at customers'

Don't whatever you do mention the law!

Germany

Watch: Mare who trots around town on her own is not horsing around

Her owner says locals know her and tram drivers even slow down for her as she completes her 15km-a-day constitutional.

World

Tübingen's mayor warns owners might be forced to sell their land

The mayor in the town of Tübingen has told land owners to 'build or loose' their properties. This weekend 20 letters were sent out to people that own unused land in the area. According to the letters they now have fours years to either build residential living space or they will be forced to sell.

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World News

'Ghost Army' veterans recall secret World War Two mission

Veterans of the secret ‘Ghost Army’ tasked with deceiving Nazi forces with decoy tanks have been recalling their extraordinary role in World War Two.

Europe News

The Brief: Diesel battle lines in European elections

In this edition we travel to Germany to see how the AfD are campaigning to 'save diesel', amid rising climate protests across Europe.

Spain

German mother and ten year old son found dead in Tenerife cave

A German woman and her son were found dead on the Spanish island of Tenerife, police said, after an apparent attack in which another child survived.

United Kingdom

Brits lose their marbles to Germans in annual World Championship

It is claimed marbles has been played at Tinsley Green in West Sussex for hundreds of years.

Germany

Horses go back to the re-neigh-sance at Bavarian Easter parade

About 500 people took part this year in the "Georgi ride", a deeply rooted tradition that sees priests bless the horses, sprinkling holy water on each one of them.

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German team '1st MC Erzgebirge' wins World Marbles Championship

German team '1st MC Erzgebirge' won the World Marbles Championships title on Good Friday beating former champions Black Dog Boozers by 39–0 in a one-sided final

World News

Injured German tourists evacuated from Madeira after bus crash

Their bus plummeted down a slope in Wednesday's crash in the coastal town of Canico.

Germany

Bavarian Boogie Ban: Why is there a dancing ban on Good Friday?

Dance then, wherever you may be - but be careful if you live in Germany!

Greece

Greece parliament demand Germany pay WWII reparations

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said demanding reparations is "a historic and moral duty and a duty in memory of the heroes of the past."

Europe News

Between two parliaments - bike odyssey part II

Our correspondent Sandor Zsiros leaves Belgium, heads to Luxembourg and arrives in Germany en route from Brussels to Strasbourg parliament, to get a snapshot of life along the corridor which takes the Brussels bubble to France.

World

Breakfast with Belle in Frankfurt

Good Morning Europe's Belle Donati sits down with German MEP Terry Reintke ahead of the upcoming European Elections.

Germany

German inventors develop bracelet to test drinks for date-rape drugs

Inventors in Germany have developed a bracelet aimed at combatting a fear of many clubbers — drink spiking.

Germany

Welcome to Gadheim — the new centre of the post-Brexit EU

With the UK leaving the EU, the geographical centre of the bloc is about to shift.

Germany

Watch: Bonn in bloom as cherry trees bring tourists flocking

The cherry trees were planted in the 1980s to bring this working class district to life. Now the streets of Heerstraße and Breite Straße have become an annual spectacle.

World News

Berliners protest after rents double in a decade

Last year property prices in the German capital rose by 20 percent.

Germany

Germans protest against rising rents and portfolio-hungry landlords

Protesters take to the streets of Berlin and other German cities, fed up of rising rental prices