Though national stereotypes purport that Germans adore order and rules, Germany is not shy of protests and demonstrations. Here is a look at what sparked the protest culture of today.
Former US president Barack Obama, visiting Berlin on Saturday, hailed weekly protests by youths against climate change, saying "the sooner you start, the better."
A Syrian man went on trial Monday accused of a knife killing that sparked racist street violence and far-right protests in the eastern German city of Chemnitz last year.
German prosecutors have laid manslaughter charges against a Syrian man over a knife killing four months ago that sparked far-right street protests and a political crisis.
A group of artists is calling on members of the public to name and shame âproblem Germansâ who took part in far-right rallies in eastern Germany earlier this year. But it has raised concerns over privacy.
Germany's far-right party AfD on Sunday launched a "Jewish" group within its ranks which it says will battle against mass immigration of Muslim men with anti-Semitic views, sparking an outcry.
The head of Germanyâs domestic intelligence agency says there is no proof that far-right mobs were hunting down foreigners in Chemnitz, according to German media reports.
Iranian regime opponents held small-scale demonstrations Saturday in France and Germany to show support for opposition groups who have held rallies inside their country in recent days.
The balaclava-wearing radicals known as "black blocs" rampaging through the streets of Hamburg during the G20 summit trace their roots back to Cold War-era West Germany.
A ten minute walk from Germany's heavily-guarded G20 summit venue in the port city of Hamburg lies the graffiti-covered centre of the leftwing protest movement vowing to disrupt it.
Hamburg has drafted in some 20,000 police to protect against terrorist attacks and street violence at the G20 summit, with the city police force describing it as the biggest operation the city has ever seen.
The annual protests on May 1st International Workers' Day again brought thousands to the streets across Germany, with both left- and right-wing demos involving clashes with police.
123 German police officers were injured in Berlin and 86 people detained during clashes between police and protesters over the redevelopment of a district in the east of the city.
UPDATED: French farmers said on Monday they had blocked and turned back as many as 300 trucks importing food from Germany, the latest protest against a fall in food prices.
An Italian man admitted on Wednesday to throwing two rocks at police during demonstrations against the opening of the new European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt.
A female protester stormed a press conference at the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB)in Frankfurt on Wednesday. Italian ECB president Mario Draghi is reportedly unhurt after being showered with confetti.
Germany's foreign minister warned Russia on Sunday against military intervention in Ukraine, saying that "a new division of Europe can still be prevented".
Freed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will go for medical treatment in Germany next month as the ex-Soviet state struggles to resolve its worst crisis since independence.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Sunday that Ukraine's "territorial integrity" must be ensured, a German government spokesman said.
Leading Ukrainian opposition members will ask Europe for financial help at a meeting in Germany on Monday, a protest leader announced at a major rally in Kiev on Sunday.
A Ukraine protest leader who says he was kidnapped and tortured has been granted a German visa, Berlin said on Monday, as media reported he wants to move to the country.
Turkey's "Standing Man", a performance artist who became an icon of anti-government protests this year, will receive a major German human rights award next week, the jury announced.
Germany sought on Monday to overcome a division with most of its European Union partners over reopening Turkey's stalled bid to join the bloc, a diplomatic source said.
German-Turkish diplomatic tensions escalated further on Saturday while tens of thousands marched in Cologne to express anger with what Germany says is a âmuch too harshâ government crackdown on Turkish protests.
