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Deutsche Bahn has been given the green light for its passenger trains to use the Channel tunnel between France and England, Eurotunnel said on...

A group of German MPs are trying to change parliamentary rules - so they can take their dogs into work with them. They're hoping some canine company...

After a recent documentary lifted the lid on sex tourism in Germany, The Local spoke with Andrew M., an American who flies over several times a year...

German police arrested an American man after he allegedly called prison officers Nazi pigs, and said they were using Gestapo methods - criminal...

Models in the northern city of Oldenburg have literally been making cow eyes at the judges at the annual German Holstein Show - all the competitors...

Insurance companies have long known that women are safer drivers than men - but now it seems attitudes have caught up with reality, and Germans are...

The German discount supermarket chain Lidl was under fire on Thursday for reportedly scattering rat poison on its produce shelves - without warning...

Karamba Diaby hopes to become the first black member of the Bundestag this September, making him The Local's German of Week. More...

Traditional German bakeries are losing dough as consumers increasingly turn to supermarkets and corner shops to get their 'fresh' bread. Now they've...

British mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Wednesday it had made a preliminary approach to Kabel Deutschland over a possible offer for the firm,...

Oktoberfest publicans are hiking up beer prices again this year - but while they are bubbling up towards the unspoken limit of €10 for a litre Maß,...

The German government said Tuesday it planned to send a list of questions to the US administration over revelations that Washington is running a...

Since the last extreme floods in 2002, a total of €530 million has been invested in flood prevention. Der Tagesspiegel's Robert Ide argues that this...

The European Central Bank on Tuesday defended its controversial bond purchase scheme, credited with pulling back the eurozone from the brink of...

Deadly floods forging a path of devastation through central Europe for more than a week bore down on northern Germany Tuesday as troops raced to...

Large swaths of Germany may be underwater, but the week ahead should be sunny for most regions, national weather service the DWD said on Monday. Rain...

A rejection by Germany's highest court of the European Central Bank's controversial OMT bond purchase programme would have serious consequences for...

German jobless figures may have dropped sharply in recent years, but almost one quarter of workers are now employed in the low-wage sector, according...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's embattled main challenger Peer Steinbrück in September elections fired his spokesman Monday after months of dismal...

Several newspapers received an anonymous letter on Sunday morning threatening to damage dams set up to hold back flood waters in eastern and northern...