The German government confirmed on Wednesday that the head of its foreign intelligence service would be replaced two years ahead of schedule, triggering mass speculation about the cause.
A court has decided to fine former MP Sebastian Edathy €5,000 after he admitted on Monday to downloading child pornography images and video onto his official parliamentary laptop.
Peter Struck, a former German defence minister who shaped the country's deployment in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, died Wednesday aged 69, his family said.
Immigration to Germany rose by 15 percent in the first half of the year, thanks to an influx of people from European countries hit hard by the eurozone crisis, official figures showed on Thursday.
Both of Germany's largest parties are vying for the attention of a Danish minority party to help them form a coalition government in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein after Sunday's tight election.
Calls are growing from German politicians and others to relocate the European Football Championship from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, following the country's alleged treatment of its former leader.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that Europe still had a "long road ahead" to restore investor confidence, after a raft of credit rating downgrades of EU countries.
The two alleged Russian spies arrested last week are suspected of stealing secrets from German car manufacturers, after it emerged one of them worked in the auto industry for the past 20 years.
Chancellor Angela Merkel attempted some damage control on Sunday after her remarks about the work ethic in certain Mediterranean countries were taken badly last week.
German President Christian Wulff used his first Christmas speech to call for "solidarity and understanding" in German society. He also eschewed tradition by not delivering the speech from behind a desk and hosting 190 model citizens at the recording.
A German man suspected of shooting two Italians in a pub in Hannover after a row about the World Cup has surrendered to authorities on the Spanish island of Majorca, police said Wednesday.
Polish authorities acting on a German request have arrested a suspected Mossad agent thought to have played a role in the Dubai assassination of a Hamas commander, German prosecutors said Saturday.
Stuttgart gave reigning champions Barcelona all they had in their Champions League last-16 clash on Tuesday, but the Spanish side kept their cool to draw 1-1 and enter the second leg as clear favourites.
The international ratings agency Standard & Poor's stood by its top rating of Germany's sovereign debt on Wednesday, in sharp contrast to a warning issued two days earlier to Greece.
A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils rank their instructors according to competence and "coolness" lost her battle in court on Tuesday.
After a spate of highly publicised child abuse cases, more German parents are having their children taken away from them by the state, the <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i> reported Tuesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to support a Kremlin-backed rescue of Opel with taxpayers' money may come back to haunt her, and could fail to prevent Opel crashing and burning further down the road, experts say.
