The debate over Germany's controversial Nazi-era abortion law is dominating the Bundestag right now. We looked at how the country is dealing with this divisive issue - and spoke to the doctor fighting for change.
A Frankfurt policeman wasn't his own 'friend and helper' on Friday evening. After crashing his car while under the influence, he tried to escape - and failed painfully.
After a small airplane crashed into a wooded area in western Germany on Wednesday, rescue workers responding to the scene were stunned to find an empty cockpit - and no trace of a pilot.
Two fire engines were called into action at Munich central station on Tuesday and local trains didn't stop at the station for fifteen minutes – all because an overcooked bratwurst had set off a fire alarm.
Heinz ketchup suffered an embarrassing PR setback when a promotional QR code on a hot ketchup bottle led a customer to a spicier destination than he was expecting.
Hamburg's St. Pauli district welcomes 20 million loud, messy and heavy-drinking party guests every year. Now residents have discovered a method to fight back against public urination.
An attempted burglary on a clubhouse in southern Germany on Saturday night went awry as criminals attempting to steal solar panels escaped with the building's front door instead.
The new jersey for England’s national football team has sparked the ire of English fans for looking too much like the kit archrivals Germany wore when they won the World Cup in 1974.
A Munich inventor has put the finishing touches to brand new kind of rucksack perfect for ocean exploration. A watertight, floating bag is proving a hit with fans of sea-trekking – a combination of free-diving, swimming and walking.
With Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund facing Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals, there are concerns the German league will suffer with the pair set to dominate the Bundesliga for years to come.
A recent court ruling granting children information about their biological fathers has not deterred German men from making sperm donations, according to fertility experts.
German Olympic hero David Storl, who won the shot put silver medal at London 2012, has been denied a state honour from the president because of an unfortunate incident with a dog and an air rifle.
Hungry raccoons are increasingly entering German towns in search of food, causing damage in orchards, gardens and even living rooms, according to a report published on Saturday.
Spain midfielder Javier Martinez looked set to sign for Bayern Munich on Wednesday after passing a medical in the Bavarian capital, according to German media. Yet his club said he did not have permission to take the test.
People planning to give their loved one a nip and tuck at Christmas could be risking more than upsetting their partners – cheap seasonal offers with time limits are not to be recommended, a top surgeon has warned.
Former Germany football captain Michael Ballack is back on form, scoring for Bayer Leverkusen on Friday night and earning glittering praise from his trainer.
Wild boars digging up gardens, foxes roaming building sites, and raccoons ravaging allotments – city-dwelling Germans are reporting increasing sightings of and problems with wildlife.
A poem about passionate sex written by Prussia's <i>Friedrich der Große</i> (Frederick the Great) has been unearthed after being archived and - perhaps deliberately - lost for hundreds of years.
Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia and Princess Sophie von Isenburg were married in front of 650 guests at on the grounds of the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam on Saturday for Germany's own "royal" wedding.
Bundesliga matches took bizarre and unappetising turns at the weekend, with a Hoffenheim employee blasting Borussia supporters with a high-pitched siren – and Cologne fans showering their Schalke rivals with faeces and urine.
A growing number of Germans are becoming pen pals with inmates serving time in US prisons. The Local's Moises Mendoza explores what's behind these unusual transatlantic relationships.
Germany's premier naval training vessel <i>Gorch Fock</i> returned to its base in Kiel on Friday months after reports emerged of a mutiny and unsafe conditions following a cadet’s death.
