germanynews.expatlifespain.com2012-05-18T15:10:00Z2012-05-18T15:10:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410493/german-beach-bums-naked-wet-and-friendly//

It's enough to make some choke on their choc ice - a new survey shows that not only are plenty of Germans happy to go naked on the beach, a worryingly high proportion may even try to strike up conversation with other holidaymakers.

2012-05-18T15:06:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410494/first-singer-of-brittens-war-requiem-dies//

German baritone singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, hailed as one of the greatest lyrical vocalists of the last century, has died at the age of 86, a close associate said on Friday.

2012-05-18T14:20:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410495/womens-football-misses-major-viewing-goals//

The European women's Champions League final was decided Thursday but you wouldn't have noticed, as only two million people bothered to watch the live televised match.

2012-05-18T13:17:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410448/merkels-flash-of-steel-excites-and-dismays//

German Chancellor Angela Merkel left her conservative party somewhat shell-shocked with her merciless sacking of a minister for a terrible regional election result that weakened her domestically as she fights the euro crisis.

2012-05-18T10:49:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410391/three-die-in-fireball-car-crash//

Three people were burned to death in central Germany when their car hit a bridge, flipped over and caught fire on Thursday evening.

2012-05-18T09:01:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410334/ten-greatest-german-hollywood-villains//

Ah, there you are Mr Local Reader, how nice of you to... drop in. This week's Local List turns the spotlight - sorry, the megawatt interrogation lamp - on Germany's cold-blooded coterie of Hollywood film villains.

2012-05-18T08:49:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410335/some-sex-abusers-should-work-in-church//

Some sex abusers should continue to work for the Catholic church, a bishop said on Thursday, while a cardinal argued for some homosexual relationships to be treated like heterosexual ones.

2012-05-18T08:15:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410336/whats-on-in-germany-may-17-23//

This Week's Highlights: Open-air cinema in Berlin, a museum festival in Cologne, and a festival of Irish culture in Hallbergmoos.

2012-05-18T07:52:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410289/merkel-ally-eurozone-could-handle-greek-exit//

The eurozone could absorb a Greek exit from the bloc, although it would prove extremely costly, a top member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners said on Friday.

2012-05-18T07:52:00Ztag:germanynews.expatlifespain.com,2012-05-18:/410496/merkel-ally-eurozone-could-handle-greek-exit//

The eurozone could absorb a Greek exit from the bloc, although it would prove extremely costly, a top member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners said on Friday.