UPDATE: A German court hearing a landmark murder and terrorism trial on Monday rejected a request by three defence lawyers to quit representing the surviving member of a neo-Nazi cell.
Beate Zschäpe, the only living member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) terror cell, spoke before the court in Munich on Wednesday for the first time in her years-long trial.
Police in Cologne on Sunday had to stop around 30 armed hooligans from joining a memorial that was marking the 14th anniversary of the first bombing there by a neo-nazi terror group.
Best-selling German author and Holocaust survivor Ralph Giordano, whose writing offered a moral compass for the nation in the post-war period, died Wednesday aged 91, his publisher said.
A German lawmaker who resigned early this year will stand trial for allegedly downloading child pornography onto his
parliamentary work computer, a court said on Tuesday.
The German government announced measures on Wednesday requiring police and courts to take tougher action against suspected hate crimes, following a neo-Nazi killing spree that went unsolved for more than a decade.
The German parliament plans to tighten its oversight of the country's intelligence services in a attempt to win back voters' trust after the NSA and NSU scandals.
UPDATE: The first minister of Germany's new cabinet resigned on Friday. Hans-Peter Friedrich came under fire when it emerged he passed on information to a party chief about an MP suspected of possessing naked photos of children.
A German MP who led a parliamentary inquiry into a string of neo-Nazi murders has issued a furious denial after his flat and office were searched by police - a newspaper said they were looking for child pornography.
Munich authorities have dished out fines of €200 each to dozens of demonstrators who peacefully blocked neo-Nazi rallies two years ago. Those fined told The Local they would not pay the penalty.
The Constitutional Court is again considering whether to ban the neo-Nazi NPD. Is Germany's democracy strong enough to handle a handful of unpleasant nutters spouting hatred? It should be, but needs a hand, says Hannah Cleaver.
Germany's states are making a renewed push to ban the country's best-known neo-Nazi party, arguing it is basically the same as Hitler's party, and is damaging democracy.
The mother of neo-Nazi terrorist Uwe Böhnardt accused police on Tuesday of setting up her now deceased son by planting weapons in her flat while he was living there in the late 1990s.
Journalists at the trial of Beate Zschäpe, the woman accused of being part of a neo-Nazi murder cell, say she is showing little interest in the evidence being presented against her, choosing instead to do crossword puzzles and eat sweets.
The case of Beate Zschäpe, who is accused of being a member of the neo-Nazi terror cell, which reportedly killed ten people, has drawn attention to the role women are playing in the far-right scene. Experts are warning the threat from women has been underrated.
The family of a man killed by German neo-Nazi terrorists told detectives they thought fascists were to blame but were ignored - instead police bugged their car and phones in a vain hunt for evidence the dead man was involved in crime.
A witness described Beate Zschäpe, one of five alleged neo-Nazis on trial for crimes associated with the National Socialist Underground (NSU) terror cell as “a lovely neighbour” in court on Wednesday.
The trial of five alleged neo-Nazis, including key member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) terror cell, Beate Zschäpe, could go on almost a year longer than thought, a Munich court said on Tuesday.
Accused NSU terrorist Beate Zschäpe has refused to speak in court, but she has sent a 26-page handwritten letter to a radical right fellow prisoner that could complicate her defence.
German authorities have voiced concern over the growing number of ultra-conservative Islamic Salafists in the country, some of whom are swelling jihadist ranks abroad, while warning of an increasingly violent German extreme right.
The trial of a German woman accused of membership of a neo-Nazi terror cell resumed this week with the appearance of an accomplice who admitted supplying the group with a gun used in several murders.
It's an intriguing premise: Are Germans ready to elect a Jewish politician chancellor? British journalist David Crossland has written a novel exploring themes of racism and neo-Nazi violence in Germany. The Local has excerpts.
