Sex workers protest in Berlin as coronavirus keeps brothels shut
Several dozen prostitutes armed with an inflatable sex doll staged a protest in Berlin on Friday against coronavirus restrictions they say are preventing them from making a living.
Prostitutes vow to resist sex work law
After months of negotiations, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) MPs agreed the final details of a new law governing sex work on Tuesday night – but prostitutes say it isn't fit for purpose.
'People talk about, not to prostitutes'
With a wave of sex workers’ groups opening up in Germany calling for improvements to the industry, The Local looks at prostitution in the country in the latest installment of our sex series.
Germany exposed as 'Europe's biggest brothel'
A new documentary exposes how making prostitution legal in Germany has turned the country into "Europe's biggest brothel," with booming profits being made at the expense of women working in the sex trade.
Prostitute-orgy insurer had a sex habit
The German insurance company that rewarded its top-sellers with a prostitute sex party in Hungary also paid for employees to visit brothels and swingers clubs in Majorca and Jamaica, according to a new report.
German sex tax men tackle prostitutes
Stuttgart tax men are facing the daunting task of measuring the floor space in all the southern German city's brothels, after a new “per square metre” tax was introduced on the oldest profession.