Wintershall stops oil production in Libya
German oil firm Wintershall said Wednesday it had stopped oil production in Libya due to the escalating violence in the country, a spokesman said.
Merkel mulls sanctions on 'scary' Gaddafi
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described a televised address Tuesday by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi as "very scary" and said Berlin would consider sanctions unless he halted a crackdown on protestors.
Libyan spies jailed
A German court jailed two Libyan men Wednesday for spying on members of the Libyan opposition living in Europe over a nearly three-year period.
Libya training scandal expands to China and Uzbekistan
The German police force helped train security officials from China and Uzbekistan - in addition to the ones from Libya that are at the centre of an ongoing scandal, a German newspaper has reported.
German government under scrutiny for Libya scandal
The German government was due to face questioning in parliament on Wednesday on whether officials knew that soldiers had moonlighted as trainers for Libya's security forces in 2005 and 2006.
NRW checking police holiday logs in Libya scandal
In the affair involving secret training of Libyan security forces by German police, Interior Minister Ingo Wolf for the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has announced that the state will review the last few years of vacation records for all police special forces officers.
Report: Libya training was payback to Qaddafi
According to a newspaper report, the alleged secret training of Libyan security forces by German police could have been in return for Tripoli's help in a Philippine hostage crisis.
German intelligence denies role in Libya affair
Germany's BND intelligence agency has denied any involvement in the affair involving the clandestine training of Libyan security services by German police.