Thousands of Volkswagen workers walked out on Monday in the second round of strikes in the escalating conflict between unions and management over the German carmaker’s drastic savings plans.
From ticket prices to reliability, via customer and experience and bike access, a new ranking has been released comparing the best and worst train operators in Europe.
Syrians gather in German cities to celebrate the end of the Assad regime, cold winter weather expected, ECB to cut rates and more news this Monday from Germany.
Germany and Spain hailed the conclusion of a controversial free-trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc while France said the deal was still unacceptable and farmers’ unions expressed dismay.
Thousands of jubilant Syrians gathered in Berlin on Sunday to celebrate the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, sounding car horns and waving Syrian opposition flags.
In his office in central Berlin, Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni shook his head as he watched President Bashar al-Assad’s government fighting for survival live on television.
From an island ritual that involved smacking women with cow horns to a political stalemate and the joys of Glühwein, here’s what we’ve been talking about at The Local this week.
German campaigners are pushing for reform to remove legal hurdles for women seeking an abortion, with emotions running high on the issue as the country heads for early elections.
With a snap general election looming in the new year, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will officially nominate co-leader Alice Weidel as its candidate to be chancellor on Saturday.
A German festival that drew controversy after reports of women being beaten with cow horns passed without incident this year when the practice was banned, police said Friday.