Spooks break ground on new HQ in Berlin
Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency on Wednesday broke ground on the future site of its new headquarters in Berlin in a move intended to improve coordination with the country’s political leadership.
Leftist-turned-Nazi jailed for Hitler salute
A former left-wing guerilla turned neo-Nazi was sentenced to 10 months in prison in Germany on Monday for giving a Hitler salute in an interview with a Jewish TV presenter and denying the Holocaust.
BND chief reprimanded over journalist spying scandal
The intelligence committee of the German parliament issued a sharp reprimand on Thursday to Germany's BND intelligence service for spying on German journalists reporting on Afghanistan, but stopped short of demanding that its director resign.
Report: BND spied on more German journalists
The scope of a scandal involving Germany’s BND intelligence service spying on German journalists reporting on Afghanistan is now believed to be much wider than initially thought.
Bertelsmann to publish book version of German Wikipedia
Publishing giant Bertelsmann will release a bound version of 50,000 entries from the German edition of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia this September.
Reporter behind faked Hitler diaries now on the dole
The former star reporter behind one of Germany's biggest press scandals, the faked Hitler diaries published in <i>Stern</i> magazine 25 years ago this week, now lives on welfare in a cluttered Hamburg flat, <i>Bild</i> newspaper reported in an interview on Tuesday.
Berlin paper struggles after Stasi staff outed
Berlin's left-wing daily newspaper the <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> has been rocked by revelations top members of its editorial staff worked for East German secret police the Stasi, writes AFP's Brett Neely.
German news magazine Spiegel banned in Egypt
Egypt has ordered the seizure of a special edition of the German news magazine <i>Der Spiegel</i> after it was deemed to be insulting to Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Berlin paper backs Stasi investigation of staff
After two top journalists at the <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> admitted they were former East German secret police (Stasi) informants earlier this week, the daily newspaper announced on Wednesday that the overwhelming majority of editorial staff voted to access their official records at the government's archive.