UPDATE: Germany has asked the United States' spy station chief in Berlin to leave the country in retaliation for the latest espionage scandal, marking a new low in recent relations between the countries.
UPDATE: Germany’s finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, described US spying in the country as “stupid” on Wednesday night, as the government sharpened its tone towards the United States.
UPDATE: The Attorney General’s Office confirmed on Wednesday they were investigating a further case of espionage in Germany, allegedly involving a US agent who was reportedly an army officer at Germany's Ministry of Defence.
Germany debated retaliatory measures against the United States on Tuesday after reports of an alleged double agent stoked still smouldering public anger over the NSA scandal.
UPDATE: Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that allegations of spying by a suspected US double agent are serious, after ministers in her government called for a swift response from Washington.
Members of the eurosceptic Alternative für Deutshland (AfD) party are filing charges against a spy who infiltrated their ranks. The spy, who leaked information on an online blog, claimed to be "fighting Nazis".
A German court sentenced a former NATO employee to seven years in jail on Tuesday for spying after the IT expert copied secret data described as the "crown jewels" of the system in order to sell it to a foreign intelligence service.
US and German officials will continue talks over spying between the two countries. The meeting was sparked by revelations the NSA was tapping Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone.
UPDATE: German political and intelligence envoys are due to hold talks with US officials in Washington on Wednesday on rebuilding a "basis of trust" after alleged US tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone.
The United States said on Monday it must better weigh the risks and rewards of its spying activities, as Europe fulminates over reports it eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders.
Despite the scandal over the US Prism spy programme, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is planning to invest €100 million to improve its internet surveillance, <i>Spiegel Online</i> reported on Sunday.
Germany’s ruling coalition of the Christian Democratic Union and the Free Democratic Party have found a fresh source of conflict in the new controversy over the government’s Trojan spyware.
A German spy has been arrested for treason after allegedly giving away important secrets to his Kosovar translator with whom sources say he was having an affair.
Two of Germany's biggest railway unions demanded more explanations from the state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn on Saturday to explain why it spied on more than half its workers between 2002 and 2003.
