The Germans are famous for using long words used to describe hyper-specific, complex sentiments. For instance, the 26-letter word vergangenheitsbewaeltigung describes the inability to cope with the ...

Magdeburg's Daniel Heber in action during the German 2nd Bundesliga soccer match between 1st FC Magdeburg and SpVgg Greuther Fuerth at the Avnet Arena. Christophe Gateau/dpa A German second division ...

The murder scene was both gruesome and macabre. The German woman, her body found mutilated and partly decomposed on her bed, had suffered 37 stab wounds, one of them a fatal blow to the chest. Spread ...

TV fans have been left baffled over a bizarre European TV series in which 'Angela Merkel' solves crimes in her retirement. Miss Merkel, a German series produced by RTL which debuted last year, follows ...

On Friday, judges at the Regional Court of Cologne (PDF, German) have taken the unusual step of revoking (Google Translate) at least 50 of their own court orders in a strange intellectual property ...

A German soldier who allegedly plotted to attack prominent politicians while posing as a Syrian refugee will go on trial from Thursday (20 May) in a bizarre case fuelling concerns over right-wing ...

Customs officers at Germany's biggest airport are increasingly likely to find illegal contraband in the cargo hold than on passengers, new figures show. And smugglers can be very creative. "There's ...

Brazilians flooded the German Embassy's Facebook to dispute that Nazis were right wing. The controversy showcased the sharp polarization that has consumed the country ahead of the upcoming ...

Most of us have heard of the term Moobs when referring to men with slightly more flesh up top than is perhaps preferable but for DJ’s John and Rasheed male breasts became a very real thing. In an ...

Facepalm: What do retailers do when a product is not selling and is needlessly taking up shelf space? Drastically slash its price. If it continues not to sell then they find clever (or strange) ways ...

Co-leader of the AfD party, Alexander Gauland, looks on during a press conference in Berlin on 15 January 2019. [<a href="http://www.epa.eu/politics-photos/parties ...

A clear majority of Turkish voters in Germany cast ballots in favor of Erdogan's presidential system -- many out of spite for the country. The development reveals how far immigrants from Turkey still ...