Rents in German cities have fallen slightly except in the capital Berlin where they continue to rise, a study released on Wednesday showed. But is rent in Germany too expensive and what can be done to stop it rising? <b>Have your say</b>.
Germany's biggest workers' union bagged higher wages for postal workers on Friday after a marathon 20-hour meeting. The agreement comes after country-wide post strikes disrupted deliveries last week.
Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, said on Wednesday it plans to order new aircraft worth €9 billion despite a cost-cutting drive involving job losses and the closure of at least two sites.
Opposition parties have called for a parliamentary vote before any German troops or rockets are sent to the Turkish border with Syria, saying it was not yet clear whether Turkey as a NATO partner was really in danger.
German discount clothing retailer Kik has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million compensation for victims of a Pakistan factory fire, a union leader said Wednesday, after an initial offer worked out to less than €1,500 per life lost.
More than half of Germans think people on basic unemployment support do not look hard enough for work, or are too picky about what they are offered, while a third do not think the long-term unemployed even want to work.
Nearly 180,000 bikes were stolen across Germany in 2010, estimated at a value of €120 million. According to a new study, more than over 90 percent of bicycle thefts go unsolved.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats are on course for a bad start to a crunch year on Sunday, with a heavy defeat in Hamburg looming in the first of seven state elections this year.
German hospitals are reviewing their hygienic standards this week after the tragic deaths of three infants at a Mainz clinic where they were exposed to bacteria through dirty feeding infusions, a survey of facilities around the country showed on Wednesday.
Tens of thousands of German students took part in nationwide protests on Wednesday to demand more support for the country’s beleaguered educational system.
Three German states home to Opel factories are reportedly set to grant requested financial guarantees, but the carmaker's parent group GM is still waiting for word on similar aid from the federal government.
Many German airlines resumed service on Tuesday morning despite another extension on the flight ban until at least 8 pm due to volcanic ash still hovering over Europe.
German industry trade experts fear the harsh winter could mean billions of euros in losses, daily <i>Bild</i> reported on Monday. But more cold, snow and traffic chaos were forecast after a stormy weekend.
Thousands of hopeful Lotto players are rushing out to buy tickets for the Wednesday evening drawing of the fourth-biggest jackpot in Germany’s history.
An association of concerned German parents failed on Wednesday with an eleventh-hour attempt to stop the airing of a new reality TV show involving teenagers looking after other people's babies.
Tuesday may be the last day for zealous Karneval goers to drink themselves into frothy oblivion before the onset of Lent, but new figures show Germans are only moderate consumers of beer – averaging as little as one bottle per day.
<b>Would German carmaker Opel be better off without its troubled US parent General Motors? German newspapers in The Local’s media roundup aren’t so sure.</b>
Unsettled Bayern Munich forward Lukas Podolski is likely to be sold to his formative club FC Cologne, Bayern's general manager Uli Hoeneß said on Friday.
Desperate executives from German automaker Opel turned to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday evening for government help in case US parent company General Motors goes bankrupt and leaves it high and dry.
German states that have financed their infrastructure through cross border leasing with the United States are at risk of losing their transportation systems as the global financial crisis looms, daily <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> reported on Monday.
A 7-year-old child in Aachen lifted his grandmother’s bank card and stole €500 to distribute to his friends, according to police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
