Two cases of the Zika virus were reported in Germany as recently as December, but experts say that the spread of the mosquito-borne virus is "extremely" unlikely.
Police are searching for men who witnesses say used an antitank rocket launcher to threaten and rob a truck transporting money in Dortmund on Saturday.
A Berlin banking startup is trying to create a "borderless banking experience across Europe" with an app that tracks transactions in real-time, no fees and none of the typical paperwork of German bureaucracy.
Jennifer Gavito took over the helm as the US Consul General to Munich in August, becoming the first woman to hold the position. The Local spoke with her about the refugee crisis, TTIP and what the United States can learn from Germany.
International startups at Berlin’s Wear It fest show this week that "wearable technology" is about more than just smartwatches - it’s also about turning your jacket into a solar panel, placing LED lights on haute couture fashion, and even controlling a wheelchair with your eyes.
One year ago on Wednesday, Los Angeles native Michael Scott Moore was set free after being held hostage by Somali pirates for 977 days. The German-American journalist tells The Local how after his release Berlin became his sanctuary to recover from the trauma of captivity.
Engineers are in high demand in Germany, with some predicting the country will continue to have an engineering shortfall well into the future. The Local asked a career adviser how foreign job-seekers can get ahead in the race to snag a position.
Nearly half of German employees admit to reading job-related emails in their free time, making it more difficult for them to relax as the line between work time and chill time becomes increasingly blurred, a new study reported on Monday.
Germany has made great efforts to purge legal system of remnants of Adolf Hitler's regime, but some laws still bear traces of the Nazi past. The Justice Minister wants to change this.
Why waste time jumping through the hoops of German bureaucracy when you can pay someone else to take the hassle off your hands? A new Berlin company is offering to do just that - and it's got city officials fuming in the process.
No one has seen husband and wife Sylvia and Marco Schulze or their daughter, 12-year-old Miriam, since Thursday. Helicopters and search dogs have failed to find any trace of the family, leading local media and police to wonder: Where are the Schulzes?
One-fifth of Germany’s major companies has been attacked by hackers within the past three years, but companies are also not taking cyber security as seriously as they should, according to a study released on Monday.
A lack of women in the East, more wealth in the West, and lingering bitterness - a report published on Wednesday exposed the stark differences that still exist between East and West Germany 25 years after reunification.
Seventy years after the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Nazi death camps by Allied troops, Germany is establishing its first-ever professorship devoted to the study of the Holocaust.
Police are investigating the death of a young British tourist visiting Berlin after he died from injuries sustained during a traffic accident last week.
A young mother in Dresden has started an international photography project aimed at confronting the taboo of breastfeeding in public. The Local spoke with Stephanie Karch about the challenges nursing mums face in Germany.
Germans are more negative about the United States than the rest of Europe, but still largely support Americans' efforts to fight Isis, according to a new poll.
The internet has been abuzz this week over reports that Germany has banned the sale of adult e-books before 10pm. But book industry officials told The Local that the issue has been falsely reported.
Germany has one of the highest rates of death due to heart disease in the OECD - higher even than the United States or the United Kingdom, according to a report on Wednesday.
German media had some enthusiastic words for Jeb Bush after a visit to Berlin last week and his presidential candidacy announcement on Monday, but the press still had trouble distancing him from his less popular brother.
