Germany

A nation wary of its past: a bricklayer repairs part of the Berlin Wall in 1962.

Germany widens its web of surveillence

Berlin: Germany's foreign intelligence service plans a major expansion of internet surveillance despite deep unease over revelations of US online spying, news weekly Der Spiegel reports.

Germany evacuates residents in flood zone

German authorities have urged 15,000 more people to flee their homes in a city on the swollen Elbe river as central Europe's worst floods in a decade also threatened Hungary after causing havoc in...

Germany fears revolution if Europe cuts welfare

Ingrid Melander and Nicholas Vinocur German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned on Tuesday that failure to win the battle against youth unemployment could tear Europe apart, and dropping the continent's welfare model in favour of...

Germany named most popular country in world

Germany is the most popular country in the world, despite well-publicised protests against its insistence on austerity measures within the European Union, an annual poll for the BBC World Service...

Germany in grip of 'disgrace' murder trial

Germany's most high-profile neo-Nazi trial began on Monday after 10 mostly racially motivated murders by a far-right gang that Chancellor Angela Merkel has called a ''disgrace'' for the country.

'Nazi moll' trial begins in Germany

Ralf Isermann A woman accused of being at the heart of a neo-Nazi killer cell went on trial on Monday in a case that has shocked and shamed Germany, as victims' relatives demanded answers over the state's failure...

Germany's Greens probe 'paedophile links'

Berlin: Germany's opposition Greens party has decided to designate an independent researcher to shed light on the influence a pro-paedophilia group had within the party in the 1980s, a leading party...

Germany turns to soccer diplomacy in Greece

Germany has enlisted much-loved soccer coach Otto Rehhagel, who led Greece to victory at Euro 2004, in a charm offensive aimed at improving ties between the two countries.

Attacked Bolshoi chief leaves for Germany

Anna Malpas Sergei Filin leaves Russia for Germany in hopes of recovering sight.

High cost of care forces elderly out of Germany

Kate Connolly BERLIN: Growing numbers of elderly and sick Germans are being sent overseas for long-term care in retirement and rehabilitation centres due to rising costs and falling standards in Germany.

Germany to ban sex with animals

Germany plans to ban the practice of people having sex with animals, sparking a threat of legal action from a group of "zoophiles," a newspaper reported on Monday.

More gloom for Germany as trade surplus shrinks

FRANKFURT: Economic gloom over Germany deepened on Thursday as the eurozone crisis caused its trade surplus to contract in September, official data showed.

Eurozone's fate hangs with court in Germany

Harriet Alexander GERMANY'S Constitutional Court is to pass judgment this week on whether the eurozone has a chance of survival.

Germany agrees to bail-out contribution

Karen Kissane A constitutional crisis for Germany and a financial shock to the euro have been averted by a court decision that will allow Germany to contribute to Europe’s permanent euro bail-out fund.

Germany wants circumcision protected

The German government has sought to reassure Jewish and Muslim parents that they will continue to be able to circumcise their sons according to religious tradition, despite a local court's ruling...

Germany, Britain clash over EU's future

Thomas Penny, London British PM David Cameron rebuffs Germany's call for political union in Europe.

Mystery of Germany's 'forest boy'

Stuart Braun, Martin Evans BERLIN: British diplomats are liaising with police in Berlin in a bid to identify an English-speaking teenager who emerged in the German capital, saying he had lived in the woods with his father for...

Tax us more, Germany's rich tell Merkel

Helen Pidd BERLIN: First it was Warren Buffett announcing that he and his chums had been ''coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress''.

Germany joins royal wedding craze

BERLIN: Prince Georg Friedrich Ferdinand of Prussia, great-great-grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm II, has married Princess Sophie of Isenburg, a royal wedding that has rekindled German interest in the...