Three people in Germany have died from an outbreak of virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria, as potentially deadly diarrhoea continues to spread across the country. Many of those infected are fighting for their lives in intensive care units.
The US Justice Department sued German giant Deutsche Bank Tuesday for mortgage fraud, saying the bank illegally obtained government insurance for substandard mortgages during the US housing boom.
The youngest surviving premature baby in Europe and possibly the world, was released from a German hospital on Wednesday and sent home with her parents after more than four months in an incubator.
Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, on Tuesday was told to pay €541,000 ($768,000) in compensation to a client who had not been sufficiently informed of the risks of certain financial products, the court said.
Two contrasting weather systems will split Germany into two halves this weekend, with a cold and sunny east facing a warmer but wet west, according to the German Weather Service (DWD).
Most German households will have to pay more for their electricity in the coming year, with 344 of the around 900 providers already having announced a price rise from the start of January, according to the <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> newspaper.
Germany's Sebastian Vettel was crowned as the youngest drivers champion in Formula One history on Sunday, when he outstripped all his rivals and won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the outstanding Red Bull team.
Hopes for a late burst of summer as Germany heads into autumn are looking dim, with this week set to limp along with cloudy skies and high temperatures struggling to reach the 20s, the German Weather Service (DWD) said Tuesday.
Youth services have been alerted after a German father abandoned his 14-year-old son at a Bavarian rest stop following an argument, police in the southern state reported on Monday, calling the incident “unbelievable.”
With Germany wilting under sweltering weather, the boss of Berlin’s government tax investigators told his 260 sweating workers to go home earlier this week, according to a Friday news report.
German football fans are being warned of possible heatstroke while watching Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final match, as a heat wave causes the mercury to spike to hit 37 degrees Celsius in parts of the country.
Cool and wet temperatures are expected for the coming days, with nighttime temperatures dropping low enough for frost, the German Weather Service (DWD) said on Monday.
Seven weeks after the official start to spring, snow fell on parts of Germany overnight as the country shivered under an uncompromising return of wintry conditions.
The German Weather Service (DWD) said on Tuesday Germany faced serious threats from climate change and warned policy makers from abandoning efforts to combat global warming.
Although spring has come to a screeching stop with snow and sleet in some parts of the country, things will gradually improve towards a drier and somewhat warmer weekend, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported Wednesday.
One of Germany’s “wise men” of economics has cast doubt on the government’s plan to charge banks a levy that would be used to bail out troubled financial institutions, warning on Tuesday it could spark a credit crisis.
German auto giant Daimler suffered a sharp loss last year that surprised markets Thursday and pushed its share price lower as the group reported results from one of the auto sector's most challenging years.
Long-distance rail-links were disrupted across Germany on Thursday, as ice on overhead contact wires affected Inter-city services between Amsterdam and Berlin and between Hamburg and Cologne.
The southbound A6 motorway near Mannheim was closed for six hours on Friday morning after a truck transporting cattle tipped over and the freed animals roamed the autobahn.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would press Chinese officials on human rights ahead of talks on Monday with the country's possible next president.
This week's balmy summer temperatures in Germany are expected to come to an end over the weekend as cold front “Giselher” moves in, the German Weather Service (DWD) reported on Friday.
A man barricaded himself inside his apartment in Viernheim near Mannheim on Wednesday after igniting explosives that injured a family of four. Police believe he may have been involved in another blast in a neighbouring town.
This Week's Highlights: Restaurants set out their best dishes for "Taste of Berlin," Museum Ludwig kicks off a rooftop movie series and hot air balloons float over Leipzig.
