The contribution is not an illegal form state aid and does not violate EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday, responding to a further complaint on the issue brought to them by the Tübingen Regional Court.
German public broadcaster ARD came under fire on Tuesday, accused of having ignored a rape-murder case in which an Afghan refugee is the top suspect for fear of fueling anti-migrant sentiment.
Russia hasn't stopped its state-sponsored sports doping despite an international ban against its track and field athletes, German public television ARD reported Wednesday.
The Isis plot to attacks the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia was bigger than previously assumed, with ten terrorists supposed to murder people with bombs and guns, local media report.
Volker Schwenck, a TV journalist for public broadcaster ARD, was detained on Tuesday after arriving in Turkey and appears set to be expelled from the country.
Sieglinde Baumert began a six-month prison sentence in February after refusing to co-operate with the authorities trying to force her to pay the public broadcaster fee.
Why did a solitary audience member clap everything the German Justice Minister said on the country’s most popular talk show on Sunday? The TV presenter didn’t take long to point it out.
As MPs prepare to vote on sending German pilots over Syria, opinion polls show a majority of the public are in favour of Germany joining France and other allies in military action against Isis abroad.
Public television journalist Anja Reschke sparked a massive online discussion on Wednesday evening with a heartfelt plea to ordinary people to speak out against those calling for violence and hatred against refugees.
German state broadcasters ARD are considering screening stages of the Tour de France again after refused to show live coverage since 2012 due to doping scandals in cycling.
Since January, German households have had to pay a monthly broadcasting license fee of €17.98, regardless of whether they own a television or radio. Now public broadcasters ARD and ZDF have revealed where that money goes.
Veteran German reporter Jörg Armbruster, who was shot while filming a documentary in Syria last month says he will not return to Aleppo where the attack took place.
Veteran journalist Jörg Armbruster was recently shot and seriously wounded while reporting on Syria's civil war. Now on the mend and hoping to return to the Middle East, the ARD correspondent is The Local's German of the Week.
The scene is familiar – a drunk butler desperately maintains the illusion for his deluded mistress who refuses to see all her friends are gone – but a reworked version of the cult “Dinner for One” sketch features Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel.
Trouble is brewing between the Church of Scientology and German public broadcaster ARD ahead of the TV premiere of a drama portraying the controversial faith as dangerous and unethical.
In the latest installment of <b>Portnoy’s Stammtisch</b>, The Local’s column about life in Germany, Portnoy examines the country’s beloved TV treasure <i>Tatort</i>.
Two policemen assigned to guard Chancellor Angela Merkel’s weekend house in the Uckermark region of Brandenburg used to be in the East German secret police, known as the Stasi, it was revealed Friday.
Popular TV presenter and music producer Stefan Raab has abandoned negotiations with state television broadcaster ARD on creating next year’s German entry for the Eurovision song contest, news weekly <i>Der Spiegel</i> reported Friday.
German public broadcaster ARD has been told it has no basis on which to bring a premature end to its contract with Tour de France organisers to show the race in 2009-2011.
The German parliament is threatening to make an example of the country's cycling federation by withholding millions of euros in funding until they can rid the sport of rampant doping.
The German cycling world suffered two major shake-ups on Thursday when public television broadcaster ARD cancelled coverage of the Tour de France next summer and the German Cycling Federation (BDR) called off the Tour of Germany entirely.
Hamas-run security forces in the Gaza Strip have released a cameraman working for German public broadcaster ARD after arresting him and several other people over the weekend.
