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German aviation taxes would rise under a new government plan to double domestic taxes. But the move greatly benefits Lufthansa at the expense of others.

Germany certainly knows how to celebrate special occasions, sometimes in rather weird and wacky ways. Here are eight seasonal customs which help to make ...

Hands up if the mistakes native German speakers make in English are so ingrained in you, you've found yourself now and then - yikes - unwittingly saying them ...

For a language so famously logical, why does German make these simple things so confusing?

Richard Grenell is again trying to spark a political discussion in Germany. In a guest article for the conservative-leaning daily Die Welt. , the US ambassador has ...

So far, Hezbollah has been allowed to do political work in Germany. The government is following the EU line on this, which differentiates between Hezbollah's ...

US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell has made waves after calling for Berlin to issue a domestic ban on the Lebanese political and paramilitary ...

The Local looks a the origins of the currywurst - a snack which was a product of the hardship and cultural mixing that existed after the Second World War.

A round-up of the latest round of matches in Germany, including how the identity of Hamburg's winger is being questioned by their rivals...

The US actor Christian Slater (50, “Interview with a vampire”) has become a father for the third Time. Slater and his wife Brittany had a little girl, was confirmed by ...

In German life, there are two complaints shared by nearly everyone: the internet is too slow, and the mobile network too patchy.

In the past, the party was happy if it scraped into eastern parliaments. Now it is luring voters keen to stop the far right.

Tens of thousands marched through Dresden on Saturday to protest against the rise of the far-right a week prior to state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg.

As Berlin tries to switch to greener transport, people are choosing the bike, not the electric car – and it's becoming a status symbol.

Alongside Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion is establishing itself as the second arm of a new global climate protection movement. Forged from the lessons ...

A 24-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who killed a German man in a street fight in Chemnitz a year ago, spawning the country's worst neo-Nazi riots since the war, ...