NATO has set out its gradual withdrawal from Afghanistan, with responsibility for security to be handed over to domestic authorities by the end of 2014, at a summit meeting which started in Lisbon on Saturday.
A convoy of 123 tonnes of radioactive German nuclear waste finished its painstaking journey Tuesday morning and reached its destination at the Gorleben storage site after three days of blockades by determined anti-atomic energy demonstrators.
Bavaria’s Christian Social Union was embarrassed this week by flyer included in the conservative party's newspaper advertising holidays to “occupied East Prussia,” using German names for territory now belonging to Russia and Poland.
An architect in the Russian enclave Kaliningrad is trying to rally support for plans to restore the historic centre of what was once the East Prussian city of Königsberg to its pre-war splendour.
German publisher Axel Springer announced on Monday it was shutting down the Russian-language edition of Newsweek, which was often openly critical of the Kremlin, for economic reasons.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host Russia's President Dimitry Medvedev next week at a seafront summit designed to bind Moscow more closely into a partnership with the West.
Russian officials have been left red-faced after a salad containing a live earthworm was served at a dinner in honour of German President Christian Wulff, media reported Thursday.
Russia's South Stream gas pipeline project is not in Europe's interest and makes no sense on an economic level, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said on Thursday.
State-owned Russian oil group Rosneft is set to buy stakes in four German refineries, one of the biggest such acquisitions of assets in Western Europe, a press report said Friday.
Germany has closed its embassy in Moscow until further notice because of noxious smog from spreading wildfires choking the Russian capital, a foreign ministry spokesman said Friday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a break from her vacation in the Dolomites on Wednesday night to offer Russian President Dmitri Medvedev help in fighting raging wildfires across the country.
German engineering giant Siemens on Thursday signed deals worth several billion euros for the supply of trains and wind turbines to Russia, as the country embarks on a drive to modernise its outdated economy.
Just hours after Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russia to ''find the truth'' about the murder of rights activist Natalya Estemirova, Russian authorities announced Thursday they had identified the killer.
German industrial group Siemens has won a major contract from Russian Railways to be signed during a visit by Chancellor Angela Merkel this week, government sources in Berlin said Tuesday.
Germany and Russia will work together towards imposing sanctions on Iran if it continues to refuse to stop its nuclear development programme, said Chancellor Angela Merkel after talks with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
<b>Russian authorities have found a sunken German ship in the Baltic Sea with more than 10,000 World War II-era munitions aboard, an emergency official said on Thursday.</b>
Defending champions Russia battled from a goal down to book a place in the world icehockey championship's final with a hard-fought 2-1 win over hosts Germany here on Saturday.
Germany is full of Russian and Chinese spies working to get information about top business and technology developments, according to the country’s domestic intelligence service.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday took part in Moscow ceremonies to mark the end of World War II in Europe. Her invitation by President Dmitry Medvedev is seen as a sign of improving relations between Germany and Russia.
The eastern German town of Zerbst is set to gain the country's first monument honouring Russian Empress Catherine the Great after a tenacious two-decade campaign.
Russian bank Sberbank reached a deal with GM on compensation it had claimed for losses incurred after the US auto giant dropped plans to sell its Opel unit, the companies said on Monday.
Ten people on a snowboarding tour including five Germans were killed Saturday when their helicopter was buried by an avalanche the Pacific peninsula of Kamchatka, Russian officials said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday she was deeply shocked by the plane crash in Russia which cost the life of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and many top officials.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday launched construction of the controversial Nord Stream gas pipeline that will link Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea and supply the European Union with gas.
