Germany

Sci-Tech

An app for tourists to Berlin to view the buildings of modernist architect Walter Gropius

A smartphone app is bringing to life the world of the modernist architect Walter Gropius – one of the founders of the Bauhaus art school.

18/01/2017

Germany

German court rules neo-Nazi NPD is no threat to democracy

No ban for Neo-Nazi NPD

17/01/2017

Germany

Facebook to clamp down on "fake news" in Germany

Facebook is to introduce measures to tackle the spread of fake news in Germany, ahead of its national elections this year.

16/01/2017

Cult

The Hamburg Elbphilarmonie opens its doors with a stunning concert

It overlooks the harbour like a giant ship floating on water, the Hamburg Elbphilarmonie has finally opened its doors to the public.

12/01/2017

Germany

Germany plans more transparency over gender pay

The German government has approved new legislation that will force companies to be more transparent about salaries paid to male and female employees.

11/01/2017

Germany

Former German president Herzog dies

The 82-year-old will be remembered for encouraging Germany to embrace economic reform in the 1990s.

10/01/2017

Economy

German exports jump along with industrial production

German exports enjoyed their steepest monthly rise in four-and-half years in November and industrial production in Europe's biggest economy rose.

09/01/2017

Germany

Germany gripped by severe storm

Germany has been hit by what’s thought to be its biggest storm in ten years.

05/01/2017

Germany

Belgian police release CCTV images of Berlin attack suspect

Anis Amri is seen passing through Brussels train station two days after 12 people died in the attack on a Christmas market

05/01/2017

Germany

German authorities detain Tunisian in connection with Berlin attack

The 26-year-old, believed to have been an associate of attacker Anis Amri, was taken into custody following an overnight raid on a refugee shelter in the Spandau district of Berlin.

04/01/2017

Sci-Tech

The plant doctor app helping to identify plant disease

A mobile phone could be set to help farmers identify diseases in their produce.

04/01/2017

Germany

Rising Mein Kampf sales in Germany shock publisher

Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler's semi-autobiographical foundation of Nazi ideological thought, has experienced a surprising resurgence, says its publisher

04/01/2017

Economy

German inflation rises sharply, unemployment falls

Inflation in Germany jumped in December - up 1.7% on the year - due to costlier energy and food while unemployment there fell more than expected.

03/01/2017

Business Series

Volkswagen chased for emissions scandal compensation in Germany

A German consumer rights group has filed a test case against Volkswagen over the emissions cheating scandal trying to get compensation for owners.

03/01/2017

Germany

Syrian held in Germany 'sought ISIL funds for terror attack'

German prosecutors say a Syrian man arrested at the weekend in the west of the country tried to get funds from ISIL to carry out a terrorist attack.

03/01/2017

Germany

Cologne police: New Year arrests of North Africans 'not racial profiling'

The chief of police in the German city of Cologne has dismissed claims of racial profiling after hundreds of North African men were detained during New Year…

02/01/2017

Sport

Handy Tande wins the second of the Four Hills at Garmisch

Tande's leap of faith claims Garmisch Four Hill

01/01/2017

Germany

Merkel says Germany is 'stronger than terrorism'

With Germany still reeling from the deadly Berlin truck attack, Angela Merkel has used her annual New Year’s message to insist the country and its democratic values are ‘stronger than…

31/12/2016

Germany

Man wrongly arrested for Berlin attack says he's fearful for his life

30/12/2016

Germany

Second man arrested in Berlin truck attack investigation is released

German police have released the second person they had arrested on suspicion of being linked to Anis Amri, the Berlin truck attacker.

29/12/2016

Germany

Where did the Berlin truck attacker go?

Police across Europe are piecing together the movements of Anis Amri, the Tunisian man who killed 12 people in last week's Berlin truck attack.

28/12/2016

Business Planet

The vital role of SMEs in medical research

This week’s Business Planet comes from the German city of Bonn.

28/12/2016

Germany

Berlin's Jewish community pays tribute to lorry attack victims

The son of an Israeli woman who was killed in last week’s deadly lorry attack in Berlin has lit a giant menorah at the city’s Brandenburg Gate during a ceremony to remember…

27/12/2016

Germany

Italian police release CCTV image of suspected Berlin lorry attacker in Milan

Italian police have released a CCTV image they say is of Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker, exiting Milan’s central train station.

27/12/2016

Germany

Berlin truck attack: Suspect Amri passed through Lyon

More details are emerging about the journey taken by fugitive Tunisian Anis Amri, 24, the prime suspect in the Berlin truck attack which left 12 people dead.

26/12/2016

Germany

In the footsteps of refugees: Berlin-Aleppo peace march begins

Hundreds of activists set off from Berlin on Monday on a three and a half month march to Aleppo to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Syria.

26/12/2016