Hollywood will be out in force to kick off the Berlin film festival Thursday, with Meryl Streep joining George Clooney and the Coen brothers for the event where Europe's refugee crisis will also play a starring role.
A spoof advert featuring Hitler being run over by a Mercedes, which went viral online, has won a German film award. The car firm distanced itself from the piece, yet is a leading sponsor of the award it won.
Germany's answer to the Grammys, the Echo Music Awards, took place in Berlin on Thursday night. The biggest winner was punk rockers Die Toten Hosen, who took home the prize for Best German Rock/Pop group.
After complaints from other artists, Germany's top music awards removed controversial rock band Frei.Wild from its nominees list due to its reputed link with the far scene. A neo-Nazi party announced it would now protest the awards show.
The German Film Academy named "<i>Vincent will Meer</i>," the tale of a man suffering from Tourette syndrome and his mission to fulfill his late mother's final wish, won picture of the year on Friday evening.
A drama about a young Turkish woman in Germany struggling to overcome her family's conservative ways has won the European Parliament prize for films exploring the continent's identity.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the inaugural Dresden Prize on Sunday in recognition of his role in bringing the Cold War to a peaceful end.
Researchers at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) won a national contest on Thursday to further develop their so-called “nano-fishing” cancer treatment, a method which aims to pluck cancer cells from a patient’s bloodstream.
German artists were honoured at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday evening. The Berliner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunkchor Berlin won for a Stravinsky recording and composers Hans Zimmer and a colleague took home Grammys for their film score to “The Dark Knight.”
