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Minister calls for school 'Facebook lessons'

Science & Technology: 8 Feb 12
Family Minister Kristina Schröder has called on Germany’s high schools to teach the dangers of social networks on the internet. READ »

Sex helps 'keep you young' in old age

Society: 7 Feb 12
Staying sexually active in old age keeps your brain ticking, according to a recent study in which 70 percent of those Germans over 75 said they were happy with their antics between the sheets. READ »

Children sit in front row at bloody sex opera

Society: 6 Feb 12
One of Germany’s most famous opera houses, Dresden’s Semperoper, gave teenagers front row seats to the premiere of its new production of Alban Berg’s “Lulu” – which centres on a murderous prostitute. READ »

Bestiality brothels spur call for animal sex ban

Society: 3 Feb 12
Animal sex abuse is on the rise in Germany, with bestiality brothels being set up across the country, according to a state animal protection officer demanding stronger laws to protect mankind's furry and feathered friends. READ »

Gritty Reeperbahn faces growing gentrification

Lifestyle: 31 Jan 12
With a four-star hotel soon joining the brothels on Hamburg’s legendary Reeperbahn strip, Stephen Lowman reports how the city’s “sinful mile” is changing. READ »

Germans spend €150 million on hold

Business & Money: 28 Jan 12
Germans spent more than 600 million minutes waiting on premium phone calls – and paid €150 million doing so, new figures showed on Saturday. Politicians have failed to hang up on expensive numbers despite discussing a ban. READ »

'Muslim taxi' offers gender-segregated rides

Society: 27 Jan 12
A German man has created a new website to arrange shared car trips with a twist – it’s targeted toward Muslims, and drivers can only offer transport to members of the same sex. READ »

Print Mein Kampf to fight neo-Nazi extremism

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 12
The proposed publication of Hitler's Mein Kampf in Germany has sparked outrage and worries it would give voice to neo-Nazis. But The Local’s Moises Mendoza argues it is time for the country to fight extremism by supporting free speech. READ »

Six-year sentence for paedophile priest

Society: 26 Jan 12
A Catholic priest found guilty of over 250 charges of sexual abuse towards young boys has been sentenced to six years in prison, a German court announced on Thursday. READ »

Man dismembered and cooked after sex games

National: 25 Jan 12
The dismembered, partially cooked corpse of a missing man has been found in a Berlin apartment, where prosecutors believe he was killed after a sex game spiralled out of control. READ »

Girlfriend blames Boateng injury on sex

Sport: 24 Jan 12
The girlfriend of German-Ghanaian footballer Kevin Prince Boateng has offered Italian media an unusual explanation for his recent thigh strain: the 24-year-old AC Milan midfielder loves sex too much. READ »

Bonn calls prostitute 'sex meter' a success

Society: 24 Jan 12
The German city of Bonn is calling its policy of levying a surcharge on streetwalking prostitutes via kerb-side meters a success that would continue. READ »

Young feel brunt of age discrimination

Society: 23 Jan 12
Roughly one in five Germans believes they’ve been discriminated against because of their age – with the nation's youths feeling harder done by than its pensioners. READ »

Cathedral usher caught stealing cash donations

Society: 23 Jan 12
An usher in Cologne’s famous Gothic cathedral is under investigation for stealing money from the collection boxes, possibly over several years. READ »

Berlin fashion designers 'need more help'

National: 20 Jan 12
While the fashion world's elite strut their stuff in Berlin Fashion Week, some who give the German capital its reputation for edgy design are struggling. One designer told Jessica Ware the fashion scene was “massively underfunded”. READ »

The Local's top ten German novelists

Society: 18 Jan 12
In this week's Local List we run through our favourite German novelists. It was no mean feat to pick just 10 in a country which has produced arguably some of the world's most influential literature. READ »

Sadist pimp 'hurt women with his metal genitals'

Society: 18 Jan 12
A sadistic pimp not only beat the women he forced into prostitution – he had turned his genitalia into a weapon with metal implants and used it to hurt them further, a court in Frankfurt has heard. READ »

Football head: Gay players welcome

Sport: 18 Jan 12
The head of the German Football Association has called on gay football stars to come out of the closet and openly declare their homosexuality. READ »

Frederick the Great's 300th birthday nears

National: 12 Jan 12
Warrior, patron of the arts and all-powerful King of Prussia, Frederick the Great captured Germany’s imagination after ascending to the throne in 1740. As his 300th birthday on January 24 approaches, the country is preparing to celebrate. READ »

Court acquits teacher who seduced teen

Society: 12 Jan 12
A teacher who seduced a 14-year-old schoolgirl and had sex with her at least 22 times has escaped punishment after a German court ruled that as he did not teach her class, he had not abused his position. READ »

Randy cop sentenced for half-price brothel bribe

Society: 3 Jan 12
A policeman has received a two-year suspended sentence and a €3,000 fine in the eastern German state of Brandenburg for accepting a 50-percent rebate in an illegal brothel in exchange for police information. READ »

The Local's top five animal stories of 2011

Lifestyle: 28 Dec 11
Animals are always amusing, with their funny wet noses and their general gullibility, and no-one loves animal celebrities as much as the Germans, so we collected the year's big animal stories. What was that bear called again? READ »

Anti-fascists brick up Neo-Nazi politician's front door

Society: 20 Dec 11
Anti-fascists in Lower Saxony bricked up the front door of a top member of the extreme-right National Democratic Party's (NPD) home to protest against his presence at a city council meeting on Monday. READ »

Americans mull Leipzig consulate closure

National: 20 Dec 11
A US Department of State report has recommended closing the American consulate in Leipzig and reducing staff at other missions in Germany. READ »

Man acquitted of rape but jailed for incest

Society: 19 Dec 11
Adolf B., who conceived three disabled children with his daughter, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for incest by a Nuremberg court. But he was acquitted of 500 counts of rape. READ »

Pirate blackmails colleagues with sex tape

Politics: 16 Dec 11
One member of the Berlin Pirate Party, which spectacularly entered the German political firmament this year, has waged a bizarre sex tape blackmailing campaign against fellow party members. READ »

Incest family was village's 'open secret'

National: 13 Dec 11
An incestuous relationship between a man and his daughter was an open secret in a Bavarian village since at least 1982, according to testimony in the trial of Adolf B. – accused of raping and fathering three disabled kids with his victim. READ »

Germany's weirdest Christmas markets

Lifestyle: 12 Dec 11
Christmas markets are an intrinsic part of the holiday season in Germany. But for those fancying an odd twist on the standard stalls offering Glühwein, The Local has uncovered markets with erotic, nautical and various other themes. READ »

'Bad Santa' poisons girl at Christmas market

Society: 11 Dec 11
A 15-year-old girl fell ill at a Berlin Christmas market on Saturday, bringing to eight the number of confirmed Christmas-market-poisonings this week. This time, though, the poisoner was apparently dressed as Santa Claus. READ »

Crowd-funded 'porno' premieres in Berlin

Society: 9 Dec 11
Erotic flick “Hotel Desire” is the first German film to be funded entirely by voluntary public donations. The so-called “porNEOgraphic” piece celebrated its official premiere this week in Berlin. READ »

Christmas market visitors poisoned

National: 9 Dec 11
Police are hunting a man who visited two Christmas markets in Berlin Thursday evening and offered visitors a swig of a poisonous beverage that so sickened them that they had to be hospitalised. READ »

What's on in Germany: December 8 - 14

Lifestyle: 8 Dec 11
This Week's Highlights: Choirs sing Bach in Leipzig, a rock opera in Frankfurt and a ballet rendition of "A Christmas Carol" in Dresden. READ »

Slave girl told: 'We'll cut off your head if you run'

Society: 5 Dec 11
A German couple was jailed on Monday for keeping a young woman as a household slave for almost a year, beating her, keeping her prisoner – and threatening to cut off her head if she tried to escape. READ »

Top ten German customs and traditions

Lifestyle: 5 Dec 11
Germany may bear similarities to many other Western countries, but below the surface you’ll find a cornucopia of mad customs. For this edition of The Local List, we count down our favourite national quirks. READ »

Doctor ordered 11-year-old girl for sex

National: 29 Nov 11
A German doctor has been jailed for more than 17 years in the United States for trying to buy eight hours of sex with a young girl in Ohio - in a police sting operation. READ »

Man claims 34 years of incest was consensual

National: 28 Nov 11
A man charged with raping his daughter nearly 500 times and fathering three children by her during a 34-year reign of domestic terror told a German court on Monday the sex had been consensual. READ »

Doctors botched dead porn star's boob job

Society: 23 Nov 11
The late German porn star known as “Sexy Cora” most likely died during breast augmentation surgery in January due to mistakes made by doctors, according to a formal investigation. READ »

Almost half of disabled women sexually abused

Society: 23 Nov 11
A new study shows roughly half of all physically disabled women in Germany have been sexually abused during their youth. Women are also subjected to widespread physical abuse, according to the study. READ »

Pervert-pleasing high-heeled mice stompers convicted of cruelty

Society: 15 Nov 11
Two women who stepped on mice while wearing high heels to give a man perverse sexual kicks have been convicted of animal cruelty by a court in central Germany. READ »

Nearly half of forced marriage brides German

Society: 9 Nov 11
Nearly half of those in forced marriages or in danger of such in Germany are German citizens, while around a third are minors, according to the most detailed study of the practice to date. READ »

Students in Saxony pose for erotic calendar

Society: 8 Nov 11
A coed group of students in Dresden have stripped for the latest “Geist is geil” (“Knowledge is Sexy”) calendar, which is ostensibly meant to promote higher education in the eastern German state of Saxony. READ »

Scientists begin eel-tagging project

Science & Technology: 2 Nov 11
In an effort to understand more about the life-cycle of the endangered European eel, scientists in northeastern Germany are implanting the animals with electronic tracking devices. READ »

Police investigating more miniature railway child abuse claims

Society: 27 Oct 11
Police are slowly uncovering a group of paedophiles who worked as volunteers at a Berlin park miniature steam train ride – and used the opportunity to sexually abuse boys who came to help. READ »

Court tells Google how to avoid liability for blog posts

Science & Technology: 25 Oct 11
Germany’s highest civil court has set out a process by which web hosts can avoid liability for libellous blog posts, in a decision which Google described as striking a blow for freedom of expression and information in the internet. READ »

DNA testing confirms German's death on Polynesian island

Society: 22 Oct 11
German authorities said human remains found in French Polynesia were identified as those of a German man who went missing two weeks ago – but said media reports suggesting cannibalism played a role in his death were unfounded. READ »

Munich bans Rammstein on Christian holy day

Society: 21 Oct 11
Controversial rock band Rammstein has been banned from performing in Munich on a German Christian holy day commemorating the dead – even though other concerts are allowed on November 20. READ »

Insurer covered terrorist wanted internationally

National: 21 Oct 11
German insurer Victoria ignored warnings from intelligence services and insured an internationally wanted terrorist for more than two years – with policies worth up to €2 million – according to the Handelsblatt newspaper. READ »

Prosecutors investigate elite sports school sex assault claims

Society: 20 Oct 11
Prosecutors are investigating claims that two 16-year-olds sexually attacked classmates at an elite sports school in northern Germany which trains the country's top young athletes. READ »

Childhood sex abuse decreasing, study says

Society: 19 Oct 11
Despite screaming headlines, sexual assaults of children in Germany have decreased over the past two decades, according to a large-scale new study. READ »

Prosecutor downplays cannibalism in German's Polynesia death

Society: 18 Oct 11
The chief prosecutor in French Polynesia has denied reports that a cannibal ate a German tourist believed to have been murdered while visiting the island chain. READ »

Jazzed up in Stuttgart

Lifestyle: 18 Oct 11
Buttoned-down Stuttgart might appear to be an unlikely jazz mecca, but the venerable music genre is making a comeback in the southwestern German city after being popularized by American GIs after the war. Tracy Moran reports. READ »

German man possibly eaten by cannibal on South Sea island

Society: 16 Oct 11
A German traveller and a local hunter have been missing for a week on the French-governed island of Nuku Hiva in the Pacific Ocean. On Saturday, human remains were found in a dead campfire. READ »

What's on in Germany: October 13 - 19

Lifestyle: 13 Oct 11
This Week's Highlights: Lights in Berlin, "Dance" in Hamburg, and Kraftwerk's 3D installation opens in Munich. READ »

Brain scans used to detect paedophilia

Science & Technology: 11 Oct 11
A study by German scientists shows that it may be possible to identify paedophiles by scanning their brains as they look at pictures of adults and children. Moises Mendoza spoke to one of the study's authors. READ »

Consumer group warns of dangerous supplements

National: 6 Oct 11
Nearly one in three supplements Germans can buy online from other countries contain dangerous or illegal substances, a consumer group has warned. READ »

Mirco's murderer sentenced to life

National: 29 Sep 11
The murderer of a ten-year-old boy whose sexual abuse and murder sparked outrage across Germany was sentenced to life in prison Thurday. READ »

Schröder unveils plan to better protect kids

National: 27 Sep 11
The German government is launching a new, aggressive effort to protect children and young people from abuse in families, schools and places of worship. READ »

Abuse victims meeting leaves Pope 'shamed'

Society: 24 Sep 11
Pope Benedict XVI met victims of sexual abuse by clergy on Friday, an encounter that left him "deeply shaken", Vatican officials said. READ »

Man jailed for seven years for having sex with daughters

Society: 23 Sep 11
A 46-year-old Bavarian man was sentenced to seven years and two months in prison after being convicted of having sex with his two daughters over a period of years. READ »

Pope urges faith in Church at Berlin mass

National: 23 Sep 11
During a sometimes emotional mass at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium Thursday evening, Pope Benedict XVI called on Germans to stand together with the Catholic Church despite recent scandal and controversy. READ »

Pope says Europe risking its cultural identity

National: 22 Sep 11
Pope Benedict XVI warned on Thursday Europe risked losing its cultural identity at a time when it was being challenged by foreign extremism, in a landmark yet controversial speech to the German parliament. READ »

Protesters rally as pope speaks to parliament

Society: 22 Sep 11
As Pope Benedict XVI addressed the German parliament, Erin Huggins took to the sealed-off streets of central Berlin to see who was demonstrating against him. READ »

Police release paedophile suspect pictures in desperate appeal

National: 22 Sep 11
German police have released photos of a man they suspect of sexually molesting a baby girl, in an appeal for help in identifying him – as they fear he may still be abusing her years later. READ »

Penis enlargement operations on the rise

Society: 22 Sep 11
Doctors say increasing numbers of German men are paying for surgery to their genitals, surprising even plastic surgeons with their demand for enlargement operations. READ »

Joy, protests and apathy await pope in Germany

National: 22 Sep 11
Pope Benedict XVI's first state visit to his German homeland begins in Berlin Thursday with the threat of angry protests and the lingering taint of Church sexual abuse scandals set to cloud his welcome. READ »

Catholics demand reform ahead of pope visit

Society: 21 Sep 11
Pope Benedict XVI faces a clamour for change as he heads to Germany on Thursday for his first state visit, with calls for reform on many fronts – from recognising gays to ordaining women to the priesthood. READ »

SPD wins Berlin vote as Pirates celebrate

Politics: 18 Sep 11
The centre-left Social Democrats won Berlin’s state election on Sunday, setting up a likely coalition with the Greens. The upstart Pirate Party sailed easily into parliament. READ »

Berlin goes to the polls

Politics: 18 Sep 11
Voting began in Berlin on Sunday for a state election expected to yield yet another setback for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her governing coalition. READ »

Pope's visit sparks security lockdown

National: 16 Sep 11
Pope Benedict XVI’s official visit to Germany next week will be accompanied by unprecedented security measures, including ordering residents not to open their windows when the pontiff's motorcade passes and relocating a Muslim extremist. READ »

Lost Friedrich der Große sex poem uncovered

Society: 15 Sep 11
A poem about passionate sex written by Prussia's Friedrich der Große (Frederick the Great) has been unearthed after being archived and - perhaps deliberately - lost for hundreds of years. READ »

'It has more potential - Berlin can do more'

Politics: 15 Sep 11
Renate Künast is hoping to be elected the first Green mayor of Berlin on Sunday. The Local's friends at English-language magazine Exberliner spoke to her about her priorities for the German capital. READ »

The Local's guide to Oktoberfest

Lifestyle: 15 Sep 11
Looking to head to Munich this year for Oktoberfest? The Local has put together a guide to the world’s biggest beer bash that might get you out of Bavaria alive. READ »

Klaus Wowereit: the mayor Berliners deserve?

Politics: 14 Sep 11
The colourful mayor of Berlin for the last decade, Klaus Wowereit, famously dubbed his city "poor but sexy" - critics and fans alike say he bears an out-sized responsibility for both attributes. READ »

Drinks maker granted trademark for German f-word obscenity

Society: 14 Sep 11
A drinks maker has been awarded a trademark for a German 'f-word' obscenity after a two-year legal fight for an alcoholic beverage using the word. READ »

The morality of pope bashing

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Sep 11
Members of The Left party are boycotting the pope's speech to the German parliament during an official visit to Berlin. For Malte Lehming, leftist attitudes toward Catholicism are no different from right-wing populist bigotry against Islam. READ »

Oktoberfest – the main tents

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
The Local's Oktoberfest guide tours the best of the big tents. READ »

Oktoberfest – the traditions

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
The Local's Oktoberfest guide delves into the leathery world of Bavarian tradition. READ »

Father accused of raping daughter over 34 years

National: 13 Sep 11
A 69-year-old German man has been charged with nearly 500 counts of rape after it emerged he fathered three children with his daughter over a period of 34 years at the family's home in Bavaria. READ »

The Local's English-language movie listings for Germany

Lifestyle: 7 Sep 11
Find movies playing in English in Germany with The Local's cinema guide. READ »

Monastery pays €700,000 to victims of abuse

Society: 7 Sep 11
The Benedictine monastery Ettal in the German state of Bavaria announced Tuesday that it is paying 70 former pupils between €5,000 and €20,000 each in compensation, after decades of child abuse were uncovered there last year. READ »

Sex offender dies after self-immolation in front of court

National: 6 Sep 11
A 71-year-old convicted sex offender has died from serious burn injuries after he set himself on fire in front of a state court in the western German city of Koblenz. READ »

Women footballers heat up the pitch for calendar

Sport: 1 Sep 11
Following a racy Playboy photo shoot by German football players ahead of the Women's World Cup this summer, twelve female footballers have gathered together for a sexy 2012 pin-up calendar. READ »

Street prostitutes taxed via vending machine

Society: 30 Aug 11
The Rhineland city of Bonn is now requiring sex workers to purchase a daily tax ticket from a vending machine to walk the streets – ostensibly to make taxation fairer for prostitutes who work in brothels. READ »

Lahm denies gay rumours in new book

Sport: 30 Aug 11
The captain of Germany's national football team Philipp Lahm said he is not gay, in excerpts of his new book released Monday, but he cautioned footballers against coming out. READ »

Berlin's mayor welcomes Pope through gritted teeth

National: 26 Aug 11
Berlin’s openly gay Mayor Klaus Wowereit has extended the Pope an official welcome for his visit next month, but said he could understand those planning to protest against the papal visit. READ »

Gay marksman allowed to attend competition without his partner

Society: 25 Aug 11
Germany's first openly gay Schützenkönig, an honour conferred by a traditional shooting club, will be allowed to take part in a national marksman competition after agreeing not to bring his partner. READ »

Anti-discrimination chief calls for tougher sanctions

Society: 16 Aug 11
The head of Germany’s federal anti-discrimination agency says tougher penalties need to be enacted to crack down on people being unfairly disadvantaged. READ »

Slutwalk comes to Germany

National: 14 Aug 11
Thousands of women in bikinis, mini-skirts and fishnet tights took to the streets of cities across Germany on Saturday as part of global protests against the idea that a woman's clothing should be a factor in whether she 'deserves' to be sexually attacked. READ »

Last gay survivor of Nazi death camps dies aged 98

National: 4 Aug 11
Rudolf Brazda, the last known survivor of the Nazi death camps sent there because he was homosexual, has died in France aged 98, officials said on Thursday. READ »

Rare ibis trained to migrate over the Alps

Science & Technology: 4 Aug 11
After years of painstaking work by scientists, a rare bird has made an unassisted migratory flight over the Alps for the first time in centuries. READ »

Honour killings not rising

Society: 3 Aug 11
Researchers who have analysed more than 70 cases of so-called "honour killings" in Germany say they are not on the rise – and suggest that better integration of migrants could help in preventing such crimes. READ »

Convict connection: US pen pals found in jail

National: 1 Aug 11
A growing number of Germans are becoming pen pals with inmates serving time in US prisons. The Local's Moises Mendoza explores what's behind these unusual transatlantic relationships. READ »

Conservatives rule out legalising gay marriage

Society: 1 Aug 11
Leading German conservatives have ruled out putting same-sex partnerships on the same footing as marriage, dousing an effort by Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger to put gay marriage on the agenda. READ »

Celebrity mag fires reporters over planned sex sting

National: 30 Jul 11
German celebrity weekly Bunte said Friday it has fired two employees for reportedly seeking to get hold of photos and videos of a top politician taking drugs and engaging in sex parties. READ »

Greens revive calls for gay marriage

Politics: 29 Jul 11
The opposition Greens have re-opened the issue of gay marriage in Germany, calling for same-sex partners to have the same rights under the law as heterosexual couples. READ »

Scandal-plagued insurer accused of ethnic discrimination

Business & Money: 25 Jul 11
A subsidiary of a German insurance company under fire for a controversial company sex party has now been accused of denying auto insurance to foreigners. READ »

French and German mice refuse to play nice

Science & Technology: 22 Jul 11
German and French mice prefer to stick to their own kind when it comes to sex, according to scientists trying to work out whether it is a language thing or different tastes in perfume. READ »

Justice minster rejects outing sex offenders as post-jail regime still unclear

National: 20 Jul 11
Germany will not name and shame sex criminals by putting their details on the internet, Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger has stated, knocking back a suggestion made by a police union leader. READ »

Notorious Nazi's diaries to be auctioned

National: 19 Jul 11
A US auction house has announced it will put under the hammer the journals of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, the so-called "Angel of Death" who decided life or death and directed gruesome medical experiments in concentration camps. READ »

Insurer loses customers after orgy scandal

Business & Money: 16 Jul 11
Insurance company Ergo lost several hundred customers after revelations about a sex orgy with employees and prostitutes in Budapest in 2007, the company head admitted Saturday. READ »

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