Germany’s foreign minister is urging Serbia to give up claims to its former province of Kosovo, and instead focus on efforts to join the European Union. Guido Westerwelle told Serbian officials in Belgrade Thursday that Kosovo’s...

The number of students who claim they were sexually abused by Jesuit priests at schools across Germany has jumped to 115, a lawyer said Thursday. Ursula Raue, an attorney appointed by the order to handle the charges, said that since seven alumni of the...

A circus lion went on a night-time odyssey in Germany when thieves stole the van carrying him and then abandoned it after crashing into a road sign.

It is not only spies, spooks and Bohemians who look back on life before the fall of the Wall with nostalgia. For 40 years Berlin was the front line between East and West; the place where systems clashed, danger loomed and the ghosts of the past haunted...

A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the government to make wealthy people pay higher taxes. The group say they have more money than they need, and the extra revenue could fund economic and social programmes to aid...

The 160 canisters of the drug, which had been sewn into his underpants, were discovered after customs workers were alerted to his suspiciously large behind. One official said: “He wasn’t a big man but he had a very bulky rear end. Then when...

Central Council of Jews in Germany supports republication of Nazi dictator’s notorious tract. German state of Bavaria, which has exclusive copyright opposes initiative Ynet Published: 08.11.09, 13:25 / Israel Jewish Scene The Central Council of...

The annual battle of the beachloungers could be over – and the Germans are winning. Thanks to Thomas Cook, tourists from the fatherland will no longer need to lay out their towels at 5am to secure a prime spot by the resort pool. Yesterday, the...

Police say the bodies of three children have been found inside a freezer in the basement of a house in Germany. Few details have been released about the grisly find in Olpe, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, including how old the children were and...

A German man is suing a hospital after a pair of 15-inch surgical clamps was left inside his abdomen during routine surgery. Staff only told Mr Pohl of their blunder after five other operations to correct it, reports the Daily Telegraph.