Teacher fined for pointing out cleavage with pencil
A German teacher who warned one of her teenage students about her provocative clothing has been fined for sticking a pencil down the girl's cleavage to make her point.
Day: August 25, 2012
Escaped tiger kills zoo keeper
A woman was killed by a tiger which escaped from its cage at Cologne zoo on Saturday.
Household electric bills ‘billions too much’
Households in Germany pay around €3 billion too much for their electricity each year, according to a market analysis which says industry is benefitting from state aid for the switch to renewables – but domestic customers are being left out.
Nine injured in fire at home for asylum seekers
At least nine people were taken to hospital after a fire swept through at a home for asylum seekers in Stuttgart early on Saturday morning.
Dortmund strike first in 50th Bundesliga
Title defenders Borussia Dortmund kicked off the 50th Bundesliga season on Friday evening with a 2-1 home win over Werder Bremen, although it didn’t all go quite according to the script for the champions.