Culture
December 17, 2013
Solicitors sending out fines to German users of porn streaming site Redtube said over the weekend that they had set their sights on visitors to other popular erotic sites which would potentially snare tens of thousands of internet users.
National / Hamburg
December 17, 2013
Hamburg Police have dramatically reduced the size of a controversial "restricted zone" in the city centre which gave officers extra powers to stop, search and ban people from the area.
Science & Technology
December 17, 2013
Germany's love of cheap pork is harming the environment as well as human health, according to a report released on Thursday. Germans each munch through 60 kilos of meat a year.
Society
December 17, 2013
A polar bear has died after eating a visitor's coat and bag. Anton the bear is the latest in a string of animals who have died after eating things thrown into his enclosure at Stuttgart Zoo.
National / Berlin
December 17, 2013
An online video showing drunken youths urinating on Berlin's world famous Holocaust Memorial on New Year’s Eve has prompted city police to consider tightening security at the site.
Sport
December 17, 2013
Borussia Dortmund's Bayern Munich-bound star striker Robert Lewandowski has fallen foul of thieves after all four tyres were stolen from his Porsche, which was also damaged.
Politics
December 17, 2013
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.
Politics
December 17, 2013
UPDATE: Chancellor Angela Merkel sees as "absolutely unacceptable" a top US diplomat's use of an expletive in commenting on the EU's handling of the Ukraine political crisis, her spokeswoman said on Friday.
Society
December 17, 2013
The supposed flood of Romanians arriving in Germany this January has not happened, the country's embassy in Berlin has told The Local.
