New data shows that bean sprouts are the most likely source of the outbreak of E. coli that has killed 30 people so far, Germany said on Friday.
Germany says the worst of a killer bacteria outbreak spread by salad vegetables may be over as EU officials meet for urgent talks on the crisis.
President Barack Obama has welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House, as US pageantry masked key differences between the allies.
German authorities on Monday conducted tests on locally grown sprouts suspected of being the source of an E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people.
A puzzling E. coli outbreak that has killed at least 18 people appears to be stabilising, a senior German doctor said on Friday.
Plans have been laid for a complete nuclear shutdown in just 10 years, writes <b>Helen Pidd</b>.
The number of people sickened by a mysterious killer bacteria grew on Wednesday, two weeks after the outbreak in Germany.
A website enabling teenagers to post insults and racist comments about their peers has prompted an outcry in Germany.
Fears over Japan’s nuclear crisis triggered a poll debacle for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party in its German heartland and a Greens triumph.
All eyes were on Japan this week after the country suffered a triple catastrophe of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear difficulties.
Relaxing holidays with a sprinkling of sightseeing thrown in are the most popular type of vacation for people around the globe.
In the wake of the Stuxnet virus, the topic of international "cyberwar" split IT experts at the world’s top tech fair, CeBIT.
Daniel Domscheit-Berg accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of many things in his book, but the oddest allegation could be the abuse of his cat.
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/ 4 February 2011
Germans are already "chillen" in their downtime, "surfen" the internet and, when they leave a nightclub, they may go on to "ein afterparty".
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/ 1 February 2011
A 54-year-old man has admitted sexually abusing more than 100 mentally disabled children and adults in care homes in Switzerland and Germany.
A European parade of hat-trick hitmen included United’s Berbatov, Arsenal’s Van Persie, Mario Gomes of Bayern Munich and Sevilla’s Luis Fabiano.
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/ 17 January 2011
Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during the World Cup for his knack of predicting the outcome of games, will get a shrine to mark his death.
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/ 11 January 2011
German authorities said on Tuesday the highly toxic chemical dioxin had been discovered in pork in addition to poultry products.
Germany’s first postwar exhibition devoted to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler has been extended by three weeks due to popular demand.
Heavy snow disrupted the Christmas holiday getaway in Europe, forcing the continent’s biggest airports to close and leaving passengers stranded.
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/ 18 December 2010
Prosecutors said two senior Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders have been indicted for allegedly masterminding from Germany atrocities in the DRC.
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/ 15 December 2010
US authorities said they have broken up an international online child pornography ring using a bulletin board and charged 20 people in five countries.
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/ 13 December 2010
Challenged with a €100 million deficit, one western German city has introduced a day tax on prostitutes to help whittle down its budget gap.
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/ 8 December 2010
A two-metre-high Christmas tree in a German home turned out on closer inspection to be a cannabis plant, police reported on Wednesday.
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/ 1 December 2010
Complacency among young people is causing a new surge of the Aids epidemic in the United States and European nations a top United Nations expert said.
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/ 22 November 2010
Ireland has agreed to minimise, merge or sell its banks as part of a European Union-International Monetary Fund bail out.
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/ 22 November 2010
Germany holds its first pirate trial in 400 years, trying 10 Somali men for seizing a German container ship in April.
The F1 season closed with another roller-coaster championship fight that saw Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull team riding into the history books.
On first hearing the news that Paul the "psychic" octopus has died, it is tempting to remark: well, I bet he didn’t see that coming.
Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year’s Soccer World Cup for his flawless record in predicting game outcomes, has died.
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/ 25 October 2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s obituary for multiculturalism in Germany is at one with the temper of the times in Europe.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s remarks about the ‘failure of multiculturalism’ in the country suggest a shift in attitude to foreigners.