A tiger was shot and killed after reportedly attacking a caretaker and escaping its enclosure in an industrial district in eastern Germany. The animal's owner was already under investigation for displaying dangerous wildlife without a permit.
Two people have died and several are injured after a car ploughed onto a busy street in the eastern city of Leipzig on Monday. Here's what we know so far.
A car ploughed into a crowd in the historic centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday, killing two people and injuring several others, authorities said.
A farm in Saxony didn't like the idea of a mountain of its hard-grown potatoes being wasted. Now truckloads of tubers are on their way to Berlin and Leipzig to be freely distributed.
Kreuzberg or Mitte? St. Pauli or Altona? Schwabing or Maxvorstadt? A data-driven study of the trendiest neighbourhoods in Germany's cities claims to have the answer.
Rents in Germany’s biggest cities are soaring, except in Berlin, where prices have unexpectedly dipped. Which cities are seeing the fastest increases, and what does it mean for renters and buyers.
After two days of deliberations by a 13-strong jury, the winning design for the new unity memorial for the city of Leipzig has been chosen. But it's not without its detractors.
More than 20 people were injured Saturday night after a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near the German city of Leipzig, a police spokesperson told AFP.
Cargo flight operations were suspended for several hours and there is some disruption to passenger traffic after climate activists launched a protest at Leipzig/Halle airport.
The Saxonian city of Leipzig has been named by traveller’s bible Lonely Planet as its “ultimate” travel tip for Germany. Does the Local Germany’s knowledgeable readership agree?
German ministers and other senior officials on Sunday condemned the violence that broke out in eastern city Leipzig at a demonstration against coronavirus infection control measures
German police said demonstrators protesting coronavirus restrictions attacked them in the city of Leipzig Saturday, after the crowd was told to disperse.
Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats
(CDU) open their two-day party conference on Friday amid mutinous grumblings
over the leadership of party chairman Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
Amazon employees have downed their tools and gone on strike in two locations in Germany in a bid for improved working conditions, sparking fears that Christmas orders might not arrive in time.
Sophia L. was last seen over a week ago when she hitchhiked out of Leipzig. According to media reports, a woman’s body found in Spain is likely that of the 28-year-old student.
A 28-year-old student from Leipzig intended to hitchhike to her hometown in Bavaria when she went missing. A man has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of murder, German media report.
One of Germany's top courts will
decide on Thursday whether some diesel vehicles can be banned from parts of cities like Stuttgart and Düsseldorf to reduce air pollution, a possible landmark judgement for the "car nation".
One of Germany’s most venerable universities is considering the future of a law professor who tweeted solidarity with Polish white nationalists. While the university says it objects to xenophobia, the professor called the accusation of racism 'ridiculous.'
