Germans set to spend €273 on Christmas gifts
The average German will spend €273 on Christmas presents this year - €43 more than last year, according to a new survey.
Electricity grossly overpriced, study finds
Electricity customers will be forced to pay up to €2 billion too much for their power next year, a study commissioned by the environmentalist Greens party has found.
Aigner unfriends Facebook
German Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner said Thursday she was deleting her Facebook account in protest because the social networking site's new privacy settings announced last week do not go far enough.
Consumer group urges users to ditch Facebook
Anti-Facebook feelings in Germany grew Wednesday as a major consumer group urged people to abandon the social networking website unless it scraps planned changes to its privacy policy.
German officials back 'morning-after' pill without prescription
Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) advocated on Friday that the so-called 'morning-after' pill be offered without a doctor’s prescription.