A ranking of Germany's 40 biggest cities in terms of residents' life satisfaction shows that Berlin, Munich and Cologne are nowhere near the top. Here are the cities where people say they are the happiest.
The far-right suspect who allegedly murdered a pro-migrant German politician is believed to have also attempted to kill an Iraqi asylum seeker, prosecutors said Thursday.
Following the far-right murder of local politician Walter LĆ¼bcke, locals rallied against right wing violence, which is said to be increasing in Germany.
At least three prominent German pro-migrant
mayors have received death threats, it emerged Thursday, days after police arrested a suspected far-right extremist over the assassination-style gun
murder of a local politician.
Germans have voiced shock at the suspected far-right murder of a pro-migrant official fuelling debate Tuesday on whether the country has failed to take seriously a rising threat from neo-Nazis.
A local politician from the German city of Kassel was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head, police said Monday, adding that no weapon was found at the scene.
After a registrar in central Germany refused to certify documents submitted by a couple to name their child Lucifer, the district court got involved. Months later the parents were persuaded to give their child another name.
At the Kassel Marathon last Sunday, things didn't go quite according to plan, as the top five fastest runners went the wrong way, earning themselves disqualification.
With less than three weeks to go before 'Grimmwelt' opens its doors to the public, visitors to Kassel's newest attraction can soon immerse themselves in the imaginations of two of Germany's - and the world's - most famous storytellers.
A court in Kassel sentenced a man to three years in jail on Monday after his children died in the bath while he was checking train times at the station.
Get The Local flavour of Germany with our series offering an insider's take on their hometown. This week, <b>Ibrahim Asghar Shah</b> shares the kicks he gets out of <b>Kassel.</b>
Pressure is mounting on Germany to ban racial profiling for police checks. A report by the German Institute for Human Rights concluded a change in policy was "urgently required."
Germany's newest airport saw its first regular flight grounded after the entire cabin crew of a Croatian Airlines flight fell mysteriously ill. The company said on Friday it suspected they were faking in protest against staff cuts.
Centuries after two German brothers changed bedtimes for children around the world with their collection of fairy tales, <b>Jeff Kavanagh</b> visited the places where Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived and their stories took place.
Male-to-female transsexuals have a legal right to breast enlargement operations when hormone therapy fails to give them a feminine shape, a German federal court ruled Tuesday.
One of the biggest events in the art world's calendar, <i>documenta 13</i>, kicked off on Saturday and is expected to attract more than 750,000 visitors to the western German town of Kassel over its 100-day run.
Firefighters in central Germany rushed to what they thought was a man about to jump off a church tower only to find a statue which is now causing a row in the art world.
Police closed the A7 motorway near the border of Hesse and Lower Saxony in both directions on Monday evening, causing massive traffic jams for what witnesses called a āelk safari.ā
A farmer convicted of murdering his mother and father, and then years later of feeding the body of a neighbour to his pigs has lost his appeal against a life sentence.
