nursing

employment

Over 35,000 unfilled vacancies for carers of the old and sick in Germany

There are at least 35,000 vacant positions for caregivers nationwide, according to new report by the German government.

family

Woman ejected from cafe for breastfeeding fights back

A Berlin woman has started a campaign for a law guaranteeing women's right to breastfeed in public after being thrown out of a cafe.

mother

'Breastfeeding in public is natural'

A young mother in Dresden has started an international photography project aimed at confronting the taboo of breastfeeding in public. The Local spoke with Stephanie Karch about the challenges nursing mums face in Germany.

Crime

Thief distracts staff by squirting her breast milk

A mother in central Germany came up with an unusual tactic to allegedly steal from a pharmacy on Monday.