Some German states are allowing pupils in schools to ditch face masks. But there's a row over whether that will put children at risk and fuel a Covid spike. | Continue reading
German police said Friday they had busted anetwork hosting so-called Darknet platforms illegally trading drugs, stolendata and child pornography online on servers hidden in a former NATO bunker. | Continue reading
After four people were killed in Berlin on Friday evening, German politicians are demanding regulations to keep large SUVs (sport utility vehicles) out of inner cities. | Continue reading
Starting on Thursday, all school students in Berlin can ride the capital’s public transport for free - whether the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, tram or bus. | Continue reading
Germany has recorded its hottest ever temperature just a few hours after record-breaking highs, according to preliminary results of the weather service. | Continue reading
The German city of Augsburg was on Saturday granted World Heritage status by UNESCO for its over 800-year-old water management system boasting an aquaduct, water towers, ornate fountains, canals and hundreds of bridges. | Continue reading
Following record heat of over 39C in June, Germany is recording new low temperature records. What will the following days bring? | Continue reading
Industrial conglomerate Siemenssaid Tuesday it would slash 2,700 jobs worldwide at its gas and power unit, including 1,400 in its home country Germany, over several years. | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: The Local's former editor Jörg Luyken interviewed the mayor of a small community in northern Germany whose job is threatened by Brexit...and discovered he had an improbable connection with him. | Continue reading
Over three years after a deadly car race in Berlin's city centre, the regional court has sentenced two speeders to life imprisonment for murder - for the second time. | Continue reading
A total of 46 flights were to be cancelled at Frankfurt airport on Monday due to technical difficulties with air traffic control software. | Continue reading
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview for publication Sunday he backed a global minimum fiscal regime for multinationals as Europe looks to levy tax notably on US tech giants. | Continue reading
The German authorities have halted an operation to evict protesters, holed up in forest treehouses to block the expansion of an open-pit coal mine, after the death of a journalist. | Continue reading
Facebook must grant the parents of a dead girl access as heirs to their daughter's user account, which had been blocked for five and a half years, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled on Thursday. | Continue reading
Toys and models manufacturer Revell based in North Rhine-Westphalia has announced that one of their products, an aircraft described as a war machine during the Nazi period, will no longer be produced. | Continue reading
Whether they're hauling parcels or children, cargo bikes are becoming a familiar sight in German cities as the nippy, clean alternative to cars and delivery vans – and shaking up urban transport in the process. | Continue reading
Germany's spy agency can monitor major internet hubs if Berlin deems it necessary for strategic security interests, a federal court has ruled. | Continue reading