Germany's foreign minister said on Tuesday that British Prime Minister Theresa May had "finally brought a bit more clarity" with a highly anticipated speech on her government's Brexit plans.
The German government on Monday said it hoped the revelations from the so-called "Panama Papers" will spur global efforts to combat tax evasion and money laundering.
Europe's aviation watchdog recommended changes on Friday, including that two people be present in plane cockpits at all times, after a lone rogue pilot reportedly deliberately crashed a Germanwings jet in March, killing all 150 people on board.
In response to the Germanwings flight tragedy, Minister of Transport Alexander Dobrindt presented plans to strengthen mental health care for pilots while Germanwings announced further compensation for relatives of the flight's victims.
As the co-pilot who steered Germanwings flight 4U9525 into the French Alps in March was buried on Monday, the authorities prepared to unveil the first steps they will take to improve air safety.
The co-pilot believed to have deliberately crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 had seen "dozens" of doctors in the two years before, state prosecutors said on Monday.
An error in translating death certificates from French to German means that relatives of people killed in the Germanwings flight 4U9525 crash will have to wait until next week for their remains to be returned.
Investigators have identified the remains of all 150 people aboard a Germanwings flight that was deliberately crashed into the French Alps, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, allowing them finally to be laid to rest.
Hundreds of bereaved relatives and world leaders gathered in Cologne on Friday for a memorial service for the victims of last month's Germanwings crash.
A new police unit, which will go under the name “Alps”, includes 100 officers whose task it is to identify victims of the Germanwings crash and to investigate the background of co-pilot Andreas Lubitz.
Germany's national airline Lufthansa says that the flight data recorder which could provide key evidence about the causes of the Germanwings plane crash last Tuesday may never be found.
A Facebook post describing how a Germanwings pilot personally reassured his passengers of their safety on a flight on Wednesday has received over quarter of a million likes.
German hospitals have employed more than 13,000 additional nurses and carers over the last few years, despite continued complaints about underfunding, a report in the <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i> newspaper says.
This year's winter hit the German construction industry hard. And while the end of the building freeze is now in sight, a mountain of backlogged orders mean only slow recovery for the industry.
Americans have had a love affair with Heidelberg since Mark Twain visited the city. Matthew Luxmoore reports on the impact of the US Army's imminent withdrawal after 68 years.
Striking security personnel at the Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports continued on Friday, leaving passengers faced with flight cancellations and delays for the second day running.
The Local's Ben Knight kicks off our weekly German news podcast with a look at Chancellor Merkel's disappearing coalition partners, Berlin's troubled new airport and health concerns about the country's beloved Mettwurst sausage.
Germans work six weeks longer each year than their French counterparts – but the European champions for staying out of the office are the Finns, new data shows.
Commuters using regional rail services faced major delays and cancellations on Thursday as train drivers staged another strike in an ongoing wage dispute.
Train drivers’ union GDL on Friday calmed the fears of German rail travellers, promising not to stage further strikes until Tuesday – giving employers a four day window to make a new offer in the ongoing labour dispute.
Train passengers in Germany were told on Monday to prepare for indefinite strikes by train drivers’ union GDL after its members voted overwhelmingly in favour of walking off the job in an ongoing wage dispute.
