Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats have installed a automated teller machine for political donations up to €100 at their HQ. The election campaign gag attracts tourists paying a few euros for the receipt it spits out. READ () »
For anyone looking to take a trip over this long Pentecost holiday weekend, getting there likely won't be half the fun. German drivers' association ADAC has warned of packed roads and traffic jams, particularly on Friday and Saturday. READ () »
Harmless pink fun or a bad influence on young girls? A life-size Barbie dream house attraction opened in Berlin on Thursday to protests including a bare-chested woman burning a doll in effigy. Jessica Ware reports. READ () »
Warm in the east, cool in the west - and wet all over: Low-pressure conditions are creating a weather divide in Germany, meteorologists said Thursday. This should make for a mixed forecast over the long Pentecost holiday weekend. READ () »
Singletons living alone, combined with people flocking from country to city are just some of the reasons Germany has a dwindling amount of empty housing, according to a new survey. READ () »
The trial of a group of young men suspected of beating to death 20-year-old Jonny K. began in Berlin this week. His older sister's tireless campaigning for a safer capital in the wake of his death makes her our German of the Week. READ () »
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local’s cinema guide. READ () »
As in any big, mixed European city, conflict is part of the fabric of Berlin. Yet often enough the police are not the right people to call, which is when the city's "Peacemaker" comes in. Jessica Ware tracked him down for a chat. READ () »
The suspected ringleader of a vicious beating that left 20-year-old Jonny K dead at Berlin's central Alexanderplatz train station, pled not guilty on Monday as his trial began. READ () »
Germany's political parties will receive more state money than ever before, it was reported on Monday. In the run-up to September's election, the country's parties will be fuelled by over €154 million. READ () »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has revealed more details of her activities under the communist regime in East Germany, insisting that she had never kept certain things secret, but that no one had ever asked. READ () »
Frankfurt is Germany's most dangerous city, thanks to its giant airport and volatile red-light district, figures from the federal police revealed over the weekend. Following in second and third place were Düsseldorf and Cologne. READ () »
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