Nearly 18.5 percent of eligible voters in Bavaria participated in a referendum to strengthen organic farming practices - setting a record and potentially changing the course of the country's environmental protection.
A referendum proposal in Bavaria to bring about changes to farming practices has already attracted large crowds in several cities and towns across Germany’s second most-populous state. However it has also attracted some notable criticism, including from the state’s ruling Christian Social Union.
Police ended a hostage situation in Deggendorf near Passau in Bavaria on Friday afternoon, in which one hospital patient took another under his control with a knife.
Transgender woman Tessa Ganserer will make history in Germany when she takes up her seat in the Bavarian regional parliament next week, three months after winning re-election as Markus Ganserer.
The risk posed by heavy snow continued throughout the south on Monday, with Interior Minister Horst Seehofer pledging to visit the areas most affected in Bavaria.
Lawmakers returning to the Bavarian regional parliament after elections three months ago will find a transgender woman colleague, Tessa Ganserer, on the benches where Markus Ganserer previously sat.
Austrian troops airlifted a group of German students stranded at a snowbound ski resort on Friday, as emergency services scrambled to clear record snowfall across large parts of the country.
Just over three weeks ago, the Christian Socialists (CSU) suffered major losses in the Bavarian state election. Now they've formed a new coalition, with a familiar face at the helm. Can they stay afloat?
Angelika Rouyer simply made a routine check on an online banking app last week. She was in for a shock when app displayed a direct debit of over 8.5 billion euros for REWE - especially since Rouyer hadn't even been shopping there.
With the Bavarian state elections just around the corner, the Christian Social Union seems to be losing its grip in the southern German state. What's going on?
Bavarians will go to the polls on Sunday in what commentators predict will be a "historic" election that will send shockwaves throughout Germany. We have a handy guide to explain what's happening.
A German court said Monday it gave the green light for an Iranian diplomat linked to an alleged bomb plot against an Iranian opposition rally to be handed over to Belgium.
Few parts of Germany conjure up as many cliches in the minds of outsiders like Bavaria. Internationally, Bavarian tradition is almost synonymous with Germany. But as the wealthy state gears up for elections, a lot is changing there.
An online dispute between teenage nerds spilled out into the real world on Monday night when over 150 youths threatened to storm the house of a Youtuber known as Dragon Lord. Police eventually had to kettle the unruly crowd.
German authorities wrongfully deported an Uighur man to China due to an administrative error, local media reported Monday, in a fresh scandal as the country seeks to step up expulsions of failed asylum seekers.
German prosecutors said Wednesday a court had remanded in custody an alleged Iranian spy accused of plotting to bomb an Iranian opposition rally in Paris on June 30th.
Neuschwanstein Castle is perhaps Germany's most easily recognisable tourist attraction. Known often as the Disney castle or Germany's fairy tale castle, it has a very interesting history.
An Iranian diplomat based in Vienna was arrested in Bavaria on Sunday evening on suspicion of carrying explosives and aiding a planned terror attack in Paris.
After the bodies of a woman and her three kids were found in their apartment, Bavarian prosecutors announced on Wednesday that an arrest warrant on four counts of murder had been issued for the family’s father.
