Germany's excellent public transport and strong social safety net are funded by an extensive taxation system. Welcome to the weird and (sometimes not so) wonderful world of German taxation.
A former department head at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) was jailed on Wednesday after admitting in court to taking a huge bribe from a subcontractor at the long-delayed air hub.
Berlin's new airport has been blighted by delays and corruption. Now the farce has taken a darker turn, as police investigate the possible attempted poisoning of a whistleblower.
Prosecutors on Thursday ordered the arrest of a Berlin city official suspected of awarding contracts to provide services for refugees in exchange for bribes.
Media reports on Friday alleged that Germany's bid to host the 2006 World Cup was successful thanks to a slush fund set up by the application committee.
A British watchdog said Thursday it had launched a probe into alleged price-fixing by major European truckmakers, including German giants Daimler and MAN.
German national rail provider Deutsche Bahn has begun firing employees at their subsidiary DB International following an international corruption scandal, the company said on Thursday.
German automaker Daimler pleaded guilty to US charges of bribery and agreed to pay €136 million to settle the affair, the US government said overnight Friday.
Daimler will pay some €134 million in fines to settle US allegations that the German automaker habitually bribed foreign officials, a source close to the case told the news agency AFP on Tuesday.
Hendrik Wüst, general secretary for the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) in North Rhine-Westphalia, resigned on Monday following revelations the party offered meetings with state premier Jürgen Rüttgers in exchange for sponsorship money.
Five months after the exposure of alleged bribery and corruption at the German utility vehicle-maker MAN, the firm is overhauling the senior management in its sales and marketing division, a company spokesman said on Saturday.
Authorities have raided the offices of German utility vehicle manufacturer MAN facilities on suspicion of bribery and corruption, the Munich public prosecutor’s office said.
