An economist has determined how much a person must make on average to be considered part of the wealthiest one percent in various countries, and in Germany the amount is not as high as you might think.
An early work by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh is going under the hammer at an auction house in Berlin on Thursday, with an estimated price of up to €800,000.
Germany took third place among advanced economies for having the best environmental surroundings in a report on quality of life, though the country did not rank as well in openness of government.
Two leaders in modern German cuisine made it onto a British food organization's annual list of the world's best restaurants, although both slipped in the rankings.
The European Commission said on Thursday that it had referred Germany to the EU Court of Justice for failing to regularly check up on its airport security measures at some airports.
Figures released on Tuesday show that the number of so-called 'minijobs' in Germany has sunk in the first three months of the year, with some linking the decline to the €8.50 per hour minimum wage that came into effect in January.
A Hanover police officer already under investigation for allegedly harshly mistreating at least two refugees had previously pointed his gun at another officer and ordered him to perform sex acts.
As the European Commission presented a migration plan that would share responsibility for refugees across all EU countries, new data showed that Germany accepted the largest share of asylum applications of any Union member in 2014.
The European Commission presented a plan for making the internet and digital content more ‘border-free’ on Wednesday, suggesting ways to loosen up restrictions that often see music, movies and other services blocked when users travel across borders. But could such a plan succeed?
The average hourly private sector pay in Germany increased slightly between 2013 and 2014, but the rate still lagged behind that in most of Germany’s neighbour states, according to data released on Monday.
Germany lags behind many of its western counterparts when it comes to gay rights, still maintaining tighter restrictions. As the US Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of gay marriage, The Local looks at LGBT rights in Germany.
If low birth rates and high death rates continue as they are now, a major decline in Germany’s population is “inevitable,” the federal statistics office (Destatis) reported on Tuesday.
A report released on Monday by Transparency International UK found that German arms companies had a spotty record in their ethics and anti-corruption programmes.
A vice-chairman of the Deutsche Bank Group and a former German ambassador are among the prominent Europeans who signed a statement on Thursday urging the EU to go beyond the plan made earlier this week.
Germany reported the second-largest government surpluses as a percentage of GDP in the EU last year and was one of only four countries to stay in the black, according to a report published on Tuesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel once again took a spot on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people on Thursday, introduced with an article by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Germany was ranked the sixth worst for adequate lobbying regulations in a survey of European countries released by Transparency International on Wednesday.
Germany received one of the highest numbers of Ukrainian asylum seekers in Europe last year, according to data released last week by Eurostat and analyzed by The Local.
Germany saw a slight increase in road fatalities between 2013 and 2014, but an overall decrease since 2010, according to a European Commission report released on Tuesday.
In time for International Equal Pay Day, The Local spoke with Elonë Kastrati, whose project of posting period pads with feminist messages in public places went viral this month on social media. Kastrati discussed the gender pay gap in Germany, sexism and how she has faced cyber bullying for '#PadsAgainstSexism'.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) boosted forecasts for Germany's economic outlook on Wednesday, but still urged the need for economic reform worldwide.
