Germany

Business Series

VW still suffering from Dieselgate, European car sales up 9% in April

Volkswagen's share of the European car market remains depressed following its diesel emissions test-rigging scandal.

13/05/2016

Germany

Normandy Format meeting in Berlin

Germany’s Foreign Minister says there has been no breakthrough at today’s meeting of foreign ministers of the Normandy format countries in Berlin

11/05/2016

Sport

Bayern mean business signing Sanches and Hummels

Bayern Munich have pounced early in the transfer market laying down a strong marker for next season under coach new coach Carlo Ancelotti.

10/05/2016

Germany

German train attacker 'had psychological and drug problems'

A man suspected of killing a commuter with a knife at a railway station in Germany had psychological and drug problems, officials say. Three other

10/05/2016

Business Series

ThyssenKrupp cuts profit forecasts amid steel glut

The fall in materials prices - particularly steel - has forced German industrial group Thyssenkrupp to cut its profit forecasts.

10/05/2016

Economy

German industrial output down more than expected in March

German industrial output was down by 1.3 percent in March but still strong for the period from January to March.

10/05/2016

Germany

One dead after knife attack at German station

A man wielding a knife attacked passengers at Grafing, near Munich. Witnesses report shouts of "Allahu akbar"

10/05/2016

Germany

One dead in 'terror' knife attack on passengers at German station

Reports from scene suggest attacker shouted "Allahu Akbar" during rampage at Grafing near Munich

10/05/2016

Economy

'Made in Germany' sees increased international demand

German industrial orders rose more than expected in March with a strong jump in demand from countries beyond the eurozone.

09/05/2016

Sci-Tech

Kiel students take Tetris to a whole new level

It is one of the most successful, and most played, video games of all time, a simple concept that has proved to be of near-universal appeal and which

09/05/2016

Germany

Merkel at centre of refugee row in rival Berlin rallies

Far-right and populist protesters marched through Berlin on Saturday to demand that Chancellor Angela Merkel step down for allowing more than a

08/05/2016

Germany

Syrian refugee wants to change the world through pictures

07/05/2016

Germany

Margot Honecker, widow of ex-East German leader, dies in Chile

Margot Honecker, the widow of the former East German leader Erich Honecker, has died aged 89 in Chile where she had been living for more than 20

07/05/2016

Germany

Cologne attacks: Algerian man acquitted of attempted sexual assault

A Cologne court has acquitted a 26-year-old Algerian man of a charge of attempted sexual assault on a woman during the German city’s New Year’s

06/05/2016

Germany

Afghan and Pakistani refugees in Germany seek asylum and... cricket

“Why don’t you Germans like cricket?” The question has apparently been asked by many an incredulous refugee arriving in Germany, and formed the

06/05/2016

Cinema

Pixomondo brings 'Game of Thrones' dragons to life

‘Game of Thrones’ has been a runaway success for cable network HBO since its first season in 2011 but who breathes life into the series’ iconic

06/05/2016

Culture news

Manga fan Jamie-Lee to sing for Germany at Eurovision Contest

The Eurovision song contest is drawing near and 18-year Jamie-Lee Kriewitz is getting ready to represent Germany in the event, that will be broadcast

05/05/2016

Germany

Germany's first Syria war crimes trial opens in Frankfurt

A 21-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany for alleged war crimes in Syria. The case in Frankfurt is the first of its kind in Germany related to

03/05/2016

Germany

Women 'tortured and murdered' in German 'House of Horrors'

In Germany it’s described as the “house of horrors”, and what’s said to have happened there is harrowing. A man and a woman in their forties have

03/05/2016

Business Series

Berlin cracks down on Airbnb style renters to protect affordable housing

Berlin has made it illegal for people living there to let entire homes to tourists through Airbnb and other short-stay renters to protect affordable housing.

02/05/2016

Germany

Germany's AfD party adopts anti-Islam manifesto

The German ant-immigration party, ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD), has adopted an anti-Islam manifesto on the second day of its two-day conference in

01/05/2016

Germany

Germany: hundreds arrested as anti-immigrant AfD congress starts

German police arrested some 400 protesters trying to block access to a conference being held by an anti-immigrant party on Saturday. Clashes broke

30/04/2016

Germany

Former Auschwitz guard apologises to Holocaust victims

A former Auschwitz guard on trial in Germany has apologised in court to victims. He told them he regretted being part of a criminal organisation that

29/04/2016

My Europe Series

Rising Crystal meth industry winning drugs war

Petrovice is in the Czech Republic. The small town is close to the German border. Patrick, whose name we changed for security reasons is an

29/04/2016

Cinema

Fritz Bauer: Sometimes the only way to save your country is to betray it

Little is known about the hunt for Nazi criminal Adolph Eichman. Most people have heard about his abduction by Mossad in Argentina in 1960, his trial

29/04/2016

Economy

VW warns of big challenges ahead

Volkswagen says it's confident of solid growth this year despite 'Dieselgate' but admitted the scandal could cost much more than the amount set aside so far and assets might have to be sold.

28/04/2016