The German version of men's magazine GQ launched an eye catching campaign against homophobia this month. An upcoming edition features a photo essay of straight, male, German celebs kissing.
Berlin saw a new record for the number of tourists visiting in October, figures released on Wednesday revealed. Culture was the city's number one draw.
UPDATE: While hurricane Xaver did not tear up Germany as much as expected, it did destroy large stretches of dunes and on one island 47 seal pups are missing.
A lawyer says thousands of people who received legal letters and demands for money after streaming free online porn were victims of German officials who misunderstood what kind of website they were dealing with.
This week Germany's news has been dominated by the weather. But before hurricane Xaver hit there were strange visits by mythical beasts and a showdown in the Ukraine with Germany's foreign minister.
A German soldier serving jail time for deliberately infecting a sexual partner with HIV was in court again on Thursday. He is accused of giving the virus to a second soldier after having sex with him in a Bavarian barracks.
People living in Germany are most at risk of having their houses broken into on a weekday evening during the winter, figures released on Thursday revealed. Built-up areas in western states are particular hotspots.
Germany's biggest bank has been fined a record €725 million for rigging interest rates. It was one of several banks fined a total of €1.7 billion by the European Union Commission on Wednesday.
A boy in a coma can keep his best friend - an American Staffordshire Terrier - after Berlin authorities who said she was too dangerous to stay at his side were hit by a huge public reaction.
December has brought snow and fog to Germany - and warnings were issued that storms and floods would hit the north of the country by the end of the week.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday Ukraine would still be able to sign an association agreement with the European Union, despite the failure to get the deal signed at a summit in Vilnius.
A German government plan to punish minor criminals by banning them from driving was on Friday met with criticism from judges for being unconstitutional.
US comedian Margaret Cho is heading for Germany as part of her latest tour. She told The Local why she is looking forward to trying out her rather rude routines on a German audience.
Germany's two main parties have agreed on measures to keep their internal communications safe – including all politicians using encrypted mobile phones, it emerged on Thursday.
Berlin's start-up scene has gained a lot of media attention recently, both positive and negative. This week's Local List leaps to the defence of the capital's tech industry.
Police have launched a murder investigation after a 14-year-old girl was found stabbed to death in woods outside Berlin. The prime suspect is her older boyfriend who she met in an online chatroom.
Authorities are investigating a teacher whose pupils allegedly caught him watching pornography multiple times when he was taking science lessons, it was reported on Tuesday.
Lawyers acting for a German doctor who was jailed for three-and-a-half years after he took 35,000 intimate photos of patients on a secret camera are calling for his sentenced to be revised.
Germany has long accepted that 137 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall, but new research emerged on Friday that a young father drowned in the river Spree, unnoticed for 40 years.
Officials investigating the discovery of hundreds of artworks found in a Munich flat are to publish the names of all 590 paintings thought to have been seized by the Nazis.
Is this the newest tactic in “hands-on” diplomacy? Or did someone just become the world’s wealthiest paparazzo? What is behind this image which appears to show a cosy breakfast in bed between the leaders of France and Germany?
Members of the next German government have agreed to postpone the country's purchase of armed drones indefinitely following controversy over their use and cost.
A top neo-Nazi politician appeared in a Berlin court on Wednesday facing incitement charges after police found CDs with racist music on, in his military shop. He claimed he never knew they were there.
