Budget trains steam into Bahn monopoly
A new train service challenged Deutsche Bahn's monopoly of the German rail network on Monday, hitting the rails to take passengers between Hamburg and Cologne for as little as €20.
Nervy Checkpoint Charlie stand-off remembered
Fifty years ago on October 27, 1961, US and Soviet forces took the world to the brink of war at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie. Hannah Cleaver takes the temperature of the legendary Cold War flashpoint today.
Berlin remembers building of the Wall
Germany marks on Saturday the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall going up with solemn ceremonies across the city and the opening of an expanded memorial for its victims.
Berlin calls air strike in Afghanistan 'necessary'
The German Defence Ministry on Monday stood by a controversial air strike that is thought to have caused scores of civilian casualties in Afghanistan two weeks ago.
Politicians say Twitter 'damages democracy' after exit poll leak
German politicians were outraged on Monday after election results for three states were relayed over micro-blogging site Twitter 1.5 hours before polls closed on Sunday evening.