Companies should be forced to hire a minimum number of "dry" recovering alcoholics, an abstinence self-help group said Monday, as new figures showed alcoholism rates in Germany levelling out.
A woman in Bavaria made a startling discovery as she went to prepare for a morning ride – there was someone already on her horse, and he was passed out drunk on top of it having spent the night there.
A second German tourist has died following a drinking session in Indonesia – more than a week after his brother also died. But despite suggestions their booze could have been toxic bootleg, local police say they will not investigate.
A centuries-old Bavarian castle is home to one of several breweries making unique artisanal beers in a bid to carve out a niche in the bitter fight for Germany's shrinking market.
Alcohol prices are much lower Germany than in most of the rest of the EU, new figures show, with a round of drinks only coming cheaper in three other EU states.
Oktoberfest publicans are hiking up beer prices again this year – but while they are bubbling up towards the unspoken limit of €10 for a litre <i>Maß</i>, nobody has yet dared exceed it.
German state interior ministers are hashing out a plan to lower the amount of alcohol cyclists can legally consume before getting on their bikes.The measures come as figures show one in 10 bike accidents are the result of riders under the influence.
German men have more points on their driving licences than women, largely due to drink driving, but according to figures released on Monday both genders have totted up the most points from the same offence – speeding.
Tough new anti-smoking laws come into force in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on Wednesday. It is a coup for the state's government which took over last year – but publicans say the rules are too strict.
Stiff market competition and dwindling consumption are pushing German breweries and shops to cut beer prices by up to half, it was reported on Friday. Industry experts are worried a price war could even affect quality of the amber brew.
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A drunken reveler managed to hitch a ride on an ICE train over the weekend when a train driver took pity on the man after spotting him staggering down the train tracks.
Competition regulators are investigating more than a dozen large German breweries suspected of illegally fixing prices on popular beers such as Jever, Becks, Warsteiner and Erdinger, it emerged over the weekend.
An intoxicated man has escaped relatively unscathed after tumbling onto the tracks at the Leuchtenbergring S-Bahn train station in Munich, police said on Sunday.
After being stopped this week for drunk driving, the state justice minister of Lower Saxony said on Thursday the incident was embarrassing, but it would not affect his political career.
Germany's Karneval festivities got off to a chilly start on Thursday, as jesters stormed city halls across the Rhineland to kick off a week of booze, parties and parades.
Plans to lift EU restrictions on the size and location of vineyards could pose a grave threat to German vintners, according to a report due to be published on Monday by <i>Wirtschaftswoche</i> business magazine.
Germans are eating more vegetables than a decade ago, new figures suggest, but do not yet appear willing to sacrifice the typical meaty fare of <i>wurst</i>, <i>schnitzel</i> and <i>sauerbraten</i> for the sake of their health.
Sick of booze-fuelled fights and uncontrollable guests in the saunas, Germany's largest leisure pool complex has put a three-drink limit on alcohol. The tipping point was when a drunk, naked guest bit two police officers.
A group of German students has caused a stir in the normally separate worlds of beer brewing and molecular biotechnology. On Sunday they will present their caffeinated, lemon, and sweet beers to a panel of experts in the US.
Nuremberg main train station will become on Friday the first in Germany to ban alcohol at the weekends and bank holidays to stop drunken party goers using it as a meeting point, it was reported on Thursday.
German researchers have found that alcohol dependency lowers life expectancy by about two decades - and that women alcoholics are especially at risk of an early death.
