Police narrowly miss Aachen fugitive
Police said on Monday they narrowly missed nabbing escaped convict Peter Paul Michalski in Mülheim an der Ruhr early, but called on the dangerous criminal to give himself up before someone is harmed.
Police snare Aachen prison fugitive
Police have caught one of the men who broke out of Aachen prison in a daring escape, authorities in Cologne announced Sunday afternoon.
Justice Minister calls for five year parliamentary terms
Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger has called for Germany’s parliamentary terms to be lengthened from four to five years, the daily <i>Rheinischen Post</i> reported Saturday.
Court rules former SS officer not 'too old' for murder trial
A Cologne court ruled Tuesday that an 88-year-old former SS-member must stand trial in Germany for a triple-murder that took place in Netherlands during World War II.
Germany files charges in latest Somali pirate case
The German government has filed charges against seven alleged Somali pirates who attacked a German ship this week, according to the country’s defence ministry on Tuesday.