Pilots from German airline Lufthansa and its subsidiaries Cityline and Eurowings began a 24-hour strike at 12:00 am Monday morning, creating delays at airports across the country as the workweek began.
A thief in Aachen escaped arrest by exposing her breasts and accusing her would-be captor of rape, police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said on Friday.
Starting next January, Germans can get married by the Church without also having their nuptials approved in a civil ceremony for the first time in 134 years.
German public broadcaster ZDF is in talks with UEFA for compensation for repeated broadcast blackouts of the Euro 2008 quarterfinal match between Germany and Turkey last month.
Much of Germany sweated through the hottest day of the year on Wednesday with temperatures reaching nearly 36 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country.
Lost scenes from German-Austrian director Fritz Lang's legendary silent film "Metropolis" have been discovered in Argentina, German weekly newspaper <i>Die Zeit</i> reported on Wednesday.
The US wants the quick reaction forces (QRF) from the German Bundeswehr to begin operations on the unstable eastern border of Afghanistan and Pakistan, a CIA source in Washington said on Tuesday.
Airline passengers in Germany faced protracted delays on Tuesday in Frankfurt, Munich and Nuremberg as Lufthansa workers staged a series of warning strikes in an ongoing wage dispute.
In a blood brother ritual likely inspired by German Wild West pulp writer Karl May, two German men have landed themselves in the hospital, according to police reports on Monday.
Three people were killed and ten injured early on Monday morning when a minibus lost control on the A72 motorway in the German state of Saxony, police reported.
Police in the German state of Bavaria arrested around 50 opponents of genetically manipulated crops on Sunday morning after they destroyed a GM corn field near Kitzingen.
Engineering giant Siemens is planning another huge wave of layoffs in Germany with some 6,400 jobs to be cut, according to daily newspaper <i>Bild</i>.
Democratic US presidential candidate Barack Obama - widely adored in Germany - has been slammed by German politicians for comments supporting the death penalty for child rapists.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won't keep her word about increased aid spending for poorer countries, according to Munich daily <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i> on Friday.
Renate Künast, the parliamentary leader for Germany’s environmentalist Green party, said on Friday the chances for a political alliance with the Christian Democrats (CDU) were “sinking rapidly” over the conservatives’ continued support for nuclear power.
Germany's national football team starts on Friday preparing for its Euro 2008 final on Sunday against Spain, as coach Joachim Löw warned players about Spain's strong technique.
