Hundreds of police officers, firefighters, rail workers, and rescue workers practiced their terror-fighting skills late on Tuesday night in a mock terror attack at Leipzig central station.
On Saturday fans of RB Leipzig football club, including children, were violently attacked in Dortmund. It was the worst aggression yet against the Bundesliga's youngest - and most hated - club.
A police raid involving nearly 600 police officers in Leipzig on Thursday searched numerous buildings in an investigation of weapons violations and tax evasion.
RB Leipzig's remarkable unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season has seen them suddenly emerge at the head of the pack chasing reigning champions and league leaders Bayern Munich.
Authorities at the Leipzig prison where a terror suspect committed suicide on Wednesday evening have said that they did not deem him to be at high risk of killing himself.
RB Leipzig make their Bundesliga debut on Sunday, but the East German outfit, sponsored by energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull, are already far from popular in Germany's top-flight.
An empty lot in Leipzig where a local Muslim community plans to build a mosque was the target of an apparent Islamophobic attack on Wednesday, when a passer-by found a dead piglet in a bush.
German police said Tuesday they have arrested 211 far-right extremists who went on a rampage on the sidelines of a xenophobic rally in Leipzig, setting cars on fire and smashing windows.
More than 60 police officers and several demonstrators were injured in clashes in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Saturday as far-left protesters rallied against a neo-Nazi demonstation, police said.
Children at a school near Leipzig seriously injured refugees who had joined their classes in a brawl on Wednesday, the latest in a series of violent confrontations among the pupils.
A German court jailed a young man on Monday who ran a multi-million-euro on-line drugs business and sold almost a tonne of illegal narcotics from his bedroom in his mother's flat.
Germany qualified for the Euro 2016 finals as Group D winners after substitute Max Kruse's winner sealed a nervous 2-1 victory over Georgia on Sunday for the world champions.
A demonstration by the Leipzig faction of anti-Islam group Pegida turned violent on Monday, while Dresden saw a sharp increase in Pegida marchers for the first time in months - both bolstered by an increase in refugees in the country.
Dutch filmmakers interviewed citizens of Leipzig in a new interactive web documentary to find out how the 2006 World Cup affected the only city in former East Germany to host matches.
This weekend the city of Leipzig is celebrating its 1,000th anniversary, since it was first mentioned by the chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg in 1015. The Local gives some insight into one of Germany's most vibrant cities.
Far-left extremists attacked an immigration office in Leipzig early on Friday morning. It was the second targeted attack on an official building in the city in recent months.
Since the turn of the year German football has been plagued with numerous incidents of a violent nature. Is Germany seeing the start of a new era of football hooliganism?
A march by an emergent anti-Islamisation group in the German city of Leipzig on Friday failed to drum up much support, with first estimates showing turnout at below 1,000.
A mass of 600 people stormed through central Leipzig on Thursday evening, attacking local government buildings, smashing shop windows, destroying police vehicles and spray painting anti-fasacist slogans along the way.
Around 100,000 people took to German streets in counter-demonstrations against Pegida on Monday evening, after the anti-Islam movement were accused of trying to exploit last week's terror attacks in Paris to boost support.
A group of 50 hooded people attacked a neighbourhood police station in Leipzig and set fire to a patrol car in what appears to have been a politically motivated attack.
