Retailers report merry sales for holidays

Holiday shoppers are digging deeper into their wallets than expected this year despite the tough economy, a German retailer association said on Tuesday.

25 years on, tense Germany and Turkey mark deadly neo-Nazi attack

Huge weapons cache found at home of hate speech suspect

Steinmeier: Gaza is a ‘powder keg’

The comedian who will quiz Merkel and her rival

‘Welcome to the world, baby’

Minister: time to throw out illegal immigrants

Police warn of illegal New Year’s fireworks threat

Court: church employees can strike – mostly

Goalie’s suicide ‘helped to change attitudes’

Speculation: Merkel set to provoke early election

Berlin-Hamburg train route re-opens after fire

Farm girls calendar shows pick of the crop

Foreigners face pricey prep for universities

Unpopular tuition fees could soon be history

‘This is all about Assange consolidating his power’

German crime drops to record low

Women more likely to manage small companies

Hospital infections kill 30,000 a year

School closed after dozens collapse from norovirus infection

Google Street View goes online

Google offers German Street View preview

Quarter-million opt out of Google Street View

Cities plan big tax increases to fill empty coffers

Berlin better than Munich in managers’ eyes, Frankfurt still top

Germany criticises terrorism travel warnings

German farm girls calendar offers rustic erotica

Cities consider ban on ‘beer bike’ tours

Germany spared volcanic ash cloud – for now

Municipalities face €15-billion shortfall

Bob Edwards: From US soldier to musical maestro

Erotic farm girls calendar aims to make agriculture alluring

Swine flu vaccines expected to arrive in mid-October

Dozens injured in 259-car autobahn pileup

Jehovah’s Witnesses gather across Germany

Baden-Württemberg’s best beer gardens

The Local’s guide to Germany’s best beer gardens

Frankfurt’s best beer gardens

Cologne’s best beer gardens

Bavaria’s best beer gardens

Hamburg’s best beer gardens

Berlin’s best beer gardens

Pirates hijack another German cargo ship

Pirates free hijacked German tanker