UPDATE: Germany's government on Wednesday approved increasing the number of soldiers sent to crisis-torn Mali and extending the withdrawal date for troops in Afghanistan by another ten months.
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke at length in parliament on Wednesday, outlining the government's priorities. She warned Germany must not become complacent about its economy and was forced to defend pension reforms.
German authorities knew about the theft of the digital identities of 16 million internet users in December, but kept it quiet as they claim they needed time to make "necessary preparations", it emerged on Wednesday.
US president Barack Obama announced on Friday in a speech that he would restrict the NSA's powers. It will no longer be allowed to monitor phones of allied country leaders, including Germany.
UPDATE: A German army Tornado fighter plane crashed near the western city of Koblenz on Thursday night, with both pilots ejecting to safety, police said.
UPDATE: The EU Commission believes Germany must make it easier for immigrants to claim unemployment benefit, according to reports on Friday. It comes as a poll shows support for the EU is at a record high in Germany.
Germany's cabinet decided on Wednesday to set up a special committee tasked with tackling the potential problem of eastern European immigrants exploiting the benefit system.
UPDATE The World War II bomb which exploded western Germany on Friday afternoon, killing one and injuring 13 people was probably a British aerial mine, experts said on Monday.
UPDATE: Germany was still reeling on Friday from hurricane Xaver as blizzards and winds hit the country. But the floods are making way for snow and eventually warmer temperatures, forecasters said.
Germany's Foreign Ministry told its citizens to leave Yemen on Friday after a suicide bomb attack and gun battle killed at least 52 people, including two German doctors.
Former President Christian Wulff had a diary crammed with 800 meetings a year - but some were fake ones written in by his secretary to get him some free time, his corruption trial heard on Wednesday.
From dual citizenship to autobahn charges, agreements made between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Social Democrats on Wednesday morning will affect everyone in Germany. Here are five of interest to non-Germans.
As Germany prepares to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht this weekend, a new book has called into question the event long cited as triggering the Nazi pogrom.
Germany captain Michael Ballack has said he will fight to win back his place in the national side, despite being left out of the squads for the last two Euro 2012 qualifiers and picking up a new injury on Saturday.
Speculation over the future of injured national football team captain Michael Ballack intensified over the weekend after the side managed to win its first match in the Euro 2012 qualification campaign without him.
Police used a cherry-picker crane Monday morning to pluck three demonstrators from the top of an earth-moving machine where they had been protesting against the controversial Stuttgart 21 rail project.
Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube on Saturday proposed a roundtable between opponents and supporters of Stuttgart's controversial railway construction, one day after thousands turned for the biggest protest so far.
Around 20,000 people demonstrated against the tearing down of Stuttgart’s central train station on Friday evening, forming a human chain around the building before marching to the city hall to protest.
Internet giant Google announced Tuesday it would launch its controversial Street View service in 20 German cities by the end of the year but would give residents the chance to opt out if they were worried about their privacy.
A German helicopter crashed Sunday outside the Belarusian capital Minsk during an aerobatics show, killing its pilot, a spokesman for the emergency situations ministry said.
The armoured Mercedes belonging to late billionaire Theo Albrecht has gone on sale just a week-and-a-half after his death, offering a special glimpse into the reclusive lifestyle of the co-founder of discount grocery chain Aldi.
The cephalopod oracle has spoken. Germany will beat Uruguay in the third-place play-off on Saturday and Spain will defeat the Netherlands in the World Cup final on Sunday, according to the "psychic" octopus Paul, who has an unblemished record in picking winners this tournament.
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.
Hints of irritation plagued the German World Cup team ahead of its semi-final clash with Spain on Wednesday following skipper Philipp Lahm’s untimely announcement that he never wanted to hand the captaincy back to Michael Ballack.
