The body of Rudolf Hess – Adolf Hitler’s deputy – has been removed from cemetery in order to stop Nazi pilgrims. For the past twenty years, every 17th of August the Bavarian town of Wunsiedel has been overwhelmed by neo-Nazi pilgr…
The Japanese Women's Football Team has won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup with a penalty shoot-out victory over the United States after a 2-2 draw after extra time. Despite USA being the pre-tournament favourites, Japan battled hard coming back from…
The news of a controversial decision by the German federal security council to approve the sale of 200 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia has been made even more inflammatory by press leaks breaking the news. Added to this is the reluctance of the German …
Vandalism to Germany’s rail network is reported to have cost around €50 million last year, as damage – particularly graffiti – increased. Costs of repairing the damage, which are then passed on to the customer through ticket pr…
Munich has failed in its bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics, instead the International Olympic Committee has handed the games to the South Korean city of Pyeongchang. The Koreans had failed with two previous bids but beat Munich and Annecy of France, g…
A mission to rescue a squirrel trapped in a manhole cover ended in tragedy as the terrified rodent died in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The creature was found with its head stuck in a manhole cover in Hamburg, Germany. It soon became the centr…
Greenpeace have unveiled a new ship – the Rainbow Warrior III – in its aim of combatting global environmental destruction. Set to be officially launched later in the year, the €23million vessel built from scratch to its own specifica…
England yet again crashed out of an international football tournament against the Germans. This time it was the Under-17 World Cup, being played in Mexico. Germany, coached by former Tottenham Hotspur player Steffen Freund, beat England 3-2 to set up…
Otto von Habsburg, the last heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, has died in Germany aged 98. He was the eldest son of the former ruler, though he relinquished his claim in 1961. An opponent of the Nazis, he was later a member of the European Parliam…
The Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis has concentrated the minds of countries around the world, many of whom are reassessing their position on nuclear energy. Germany in particular has stated it's intention to phase out nuclear powered energy with…