An advertising campaign by Germany's transport ministry to persuade cyclists to wear helmets has sparked accusations of sexism, as it features a model wearing just a helmet and underwear.
German prosecutors are looking into foreign campaign donations made to the far-right AfD party ahead of the last election, Der Spiegel weekly reported Tuesday, as pressure grows on co-leader Alice Weidel over the alleged illegal payments.
After associations earlier this week initiated a nationwide campaign to highlight the underestimated danger of falsely parked vehicles, people across the country have been taking action.
A Penny Market discounter in Hanover emptied its shelves on Monday of products pollinated by bees to draw attention to the significant effect it would have on consumers if bees died out.
In an effort to step up its public awareness campaign against misinformation spread by human traffickers, the German government plans to kickoff RumoursAboutGermany.info on Monday.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday he was against Turkish ministers holding political rallies in Germany, and signalled that there are legal ways to stop such campaigns.
As May's European election looms large in eurocentric Germany, the streets have been packed with party political posters. Far from being dry and pious, some are surprisingly witty.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Social Democrat rival Peer Steinbrück will spend the next few days whizzing through the country in a final attempt to win votes. But they're managing to avoid each other - and sticking to their heartlands.
A huge election poster of German chancellor Angela Merkel's hands in Berlin has sparked criticism that campaigning is no longer about politics. It is, the main opposition said, part of a “monstrous personality cult.”
Walking past the "Coffee Bar" advertising "breakfast and bakery" and the "Midtown Grill" offering "great steaks, chops and seafood," you could easily be in downtown Manhattan or central London.
Just days before Germany's election, the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) have sent racist letters to politicians of multicultural background declaring they should leave the country, daily <i>Der Tagesspiegel</i> reported on Tuesday.
Hoping to shake off the recent scandal over Health Minister Ulla Schmidt’s stolen limousine, Social Democrat (SPD) candidate for chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday unveiled his election team, in which women outnumber men.
