Six people were infected with a bacteria from the Caribbean which has made itself at home in the popular German vacation destination. One of them is now in a coma.
UPDATE: A fisherman who found the world's oldest message in a bottle tossed into the sea in northern Germany has failed in his attempt to sell it on eBay. The auction was stopped at the last minute.
Three ex-Soviet Baltic states can count on the security provided by their membership of Nato and the EU, Germany said on Tuesday amid East-West tensions over the crisis in Ukraine.
A pensioner suffered third-degree burns after picking up what he thought was amber on a beach in north Germany, only to find it was a chunk of white phosphorus when it ignited in his pocket and set him on fire.
A sailor has filmed an extremely rare white harbour porpoise for the first time off the coast of Germany, international whale and dolphin protection group the WDC announced on Tuesday.
The Prora beach resort on the German island of RĂĽgen in the Baltic Sea was supposed to be a vacation spot for Nazis and their families. Now, following years of neglect, part of the massive complex has been turned into a youth hostel.
The first of two Nord Stream gas pipelines, due to pump gas from Russia to Germany by way of the Baltic Sea, bypassing Eastern Europe, has been completed, the consortium building it announced on Thursday.
Thousands of sailing fans will flock to the Baltic Sea city of Rostock this weekend for the 19th annual Hanse Sail, which will showcase some of the world’s greatest seafaring vessels.
More than 600 German passengers are likely to be rescued on Monday from the cruise ship Mona Lisa, which has run aground on the Baltic Sea, according to the tour operator.
The German Baltic Sea resort town of Baabe is to be named the world’s first “allergy-friendly community” next week by the European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation.
