A court in eastern Germany has told a Syrian woman that she is not allowed to appear in court for divorce proceedings against her husband unless she takes off her headscarf, Tagesspiegel reports.
The Bavarian state government on Tuesday announced a draft law which would prohibit Muslim women from wearing burqas or niqabs in certain public spaces.
Several associations of judges in Germany have proposed a headscarf ban for judges and trainee lawyers, claiming that this is a necessary measure if neutrality is to be upheld in court.
Parts of the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) live in the same mental world as the Nazis, the group's former leader told the Constitutional Court on Thursday.
The conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), ruling party in Bavaria, want to pass a new law making it illegal for anyone to wear a burqa in Germany.
Police raided biker group Satudarah's clubhouses and the homes of members across Germany on Tuesday after Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere banned the group.
As Uber and its chauffeur app continue to operate in Germany despite a national ban, one faithful user tells The Local why he became a fan of the company and the app from day one.
Almost one third of officials within the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) have been convicted of crimes or are being investigated in connection with criminal activities. The figures were released as the party's leader stepped down.
A German far-right party has sparked outrage by sending mock one-way airline tickets to politicians with migrant roots, urging them to "go home" ahead of Sunday's election.
The European debt crisis could take a decade to overcome, according to Bundesbank president and ECB council member Jens Weidmann, who added that the ECB could cut interest rates if new information warranted such a move.
An Austrian businessman is promising jobs for thousands of staff who worked at the bankrupt Schlecker drugstore chain – he plans to reopen 600 of the old shops as all-round corner stores.
Stock market operators NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse said Friday they would sell parts of their derivatives activities in a bid to gain approval from EU Commission for their merger.
The head of Germany's Social Democrats, Sigmar Gabriel, is calling for a ban on the country's far-right National Democratic Party (NPD). He has a majority of Germans on his side, but fewer politicians.
Deutsche Bank reportedly helped financed the firm supplying Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi with cluster bombs of the sort his military recently dropped over the rebel-held town of Misrata.
A university student has been banned from riding his bike for a whopping 15 years after police caught him pedalling blind drunk through the streets of his home town of Gießen, <i>Bild am Sonntag</i> reported Sunday.
<b>The Consitutional Court ruling on smoking in bars and restaurants shows Germany needs a comprehensive ban to ensure public health, argues Marlies Volkmer, member of parliament for the Social Democratic Party (SPD).</b>
<b>Germany might have a reputation as an orderly and law-abiding place abroad, but as Naomi Kresge reports, bars in Berlin are openly flouting the country’s new smoking ban.</b>
