Doctors at high-level infectious disease clinics say that caring for patients with the Ebola virus is much more intensive than they first thought, meaning they can handle fewer cases at once.
The body of an Ebola victim who died in a Leipzig hospital on Tuesday was placed in a specially prepared coffin and cremated overnight to stop any spread of the disease.
UPDATE: A UN worker being treated for Ebola in Leipzig died overnight, the hospital caring for him said on Tuesday. He is the first ever victim to die in Germany of the highly-infectious disease.
Some 200,000 people joined a candlelight procession on Thursday night in Leipzig, marking a watershed mass protest 25 years ago that helped bring down the Berlin Wall a month later. For many, it was an emotional march.
Thursday marks the 25th anniversary of the peaceful protests in Leipzig that paved the way to the demolition of the Berlin Wall. The city will celebrate with a recreation of the iconic candlelit march that marked the beginning of the end.
A bomb dropped by the US Air Force on Leipzig during World War II was blown up on Thursday morning. It was discovered on Wednesday night near the east German city’s main train station and the explosion was captured in these dramatic pictures.
Luxury car maker Porsche will give its workers €8,000 each as it celebrates a record year. The Stuttgart-based firm reported operating profit in 2013 of €2.58 billion – a six percent rise on the year before.
Leipzig zookeepers found out the sex of their two-month-old baby gorilla and gave him a name on Monday, after weeks of waiting for an opportunity to examine the animal.
A group of "pro Amazon" employees are standing up to strikes in the firm's German distribution centres by trying to portray a more positive image of the US online retail giant.
German car maker Porsche is to open a new factory in eastern Germany, bringing over 1,500 jobs to the Leipzig area. The Stuttgart-based company has poured €500 million into its new assembly plant, it was reported on Friday.
Leipzig's late and over-budget train tunnel will finally open next weekend, much to the delight of those who have been waiting since 2005 for the digging to be over.
Fascists have failed in their attempt to claim the phrase 'Wir sind das Volk', famously used during the 1989 East German demonstrations which led to the collapse of the communist government.
An unemployed man who found his work placements demeaning was jailed for 13 years on Friday for attacking a job centre employee with a hammer in Leipzig.
Thousands of war-gamers will re-enact one of Europe's most important battles outside Leipzig on Sunday, 200 years after French emperor Napoleon suffered a critical defeat there.
Imagine yourself in the very centre of Leipzig on the viewing platform of the city’s tallest building, the MDR Tower. Over four kilometres to the southeast, the giant monument to the 1813 Battle of the Nations sticks out like an Aztec temple.
Germany's heaviest-ever baby has been born naturally in the eastern city of Leipzig. Weighing over six kilos, the little girl is being looked after in hospital. Her mother had been suffering from undiagnosed diabetes.
While the heat rages on across Germany, many will be kicking back with a cooling ice cream – but what about the zoo animals? Don't worry, they get one too – albeit of a very different flavour.
A dead 65-year-old woman has provided scientists with the material for the first super high resolution three-dimensional digital model of the human brain, researchers in Germany and Canada said on Thursday.
Residents of around 700,000 German flats make do without basic sanitation and lack either a loo or a bathroom - according to data from the first census since reunification.
Germany and Chelsea legend Michael Ballack bowed out of professional football on Wednesday night with a testimonial match. Newly-reappointed Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was among the 50,000-strong crowd.
More than 20,000 Goths from all over the world gathered in Leipzig in eastern Germany over the Whitsun weekend to celebrate all things dark and Gothic.
