School's Newspaper Focuses On Paralympics

During the Paralympics in Athens a special school newspaper will be published in the Greek capitol.

During the Paralympics in Athens a special school newspaper will be published in the Greek capitol.

In collaboration with the Berlin daily 'Der Tagesspiegel', the Deutsche Schule Athen (German School Athens) will be designing the 'Paralympics Zeitung'.

The newspaper is being printed in Greece on a Heidelberg press and the press manufacturer is also be sponsoring the printing.

During the Olympic Games in Athens, Heidelberg had been responsible for printing the 'DailyNews' and esPresso newsletters.

The 25 schoolchildren in the editorial team of the 'Paralympics Zeitung' have a busy schedule.

Over the period September 16-29, six issues of the newspaper will appear and will provide up-to-the-minute reporting on the games.

Reports will focus on the German Paralympics team and highlights in and around the Games, such as visits by German President Horst Kohler and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder.

The newspaper will have a circulation of 5,000 copies and will be made available at various outlets, including the German Paralympic Club, the German School Athens and the German Embassy in the city.

One thousand copies of the issue will be transported by Lufthansa to Berlin where they will be distributed to members of the Bundestag (German parliament) and the Berlin Senate.

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