Tag: German
German mayor critically injured in stabbing attack, police say
A newly-elected mayor in western Germany has been stabbed and left critically injured near her home, police say.Iris Stalzer, 57, is a member...
Former aide to far-right German politician jailed for spying for China
An aide who worked for a leading member of Germany's far-right AfD party has been given a jail term of four years and...
Madeleine McCann suspect to be released from German jail in less...
Kathryn ArmstrongBBC NewsReutersPortuguese and German police conducted a fresh search in June of land between where the McCanns had been staying and addresses...
German cabinet backs voluntary military service, opening door to conscription
Germany's cabinet has passed a draft bill which will introduce voluntary military service. The bill could also lead to conscription if more troops...
German controversy surrounds jail term for transgender far-right extremist
A controversy has broken out in Germany about whether a trans right-wing extremist should serve a prison sentence in a women's or a...
German states debate who invented Bratwurst sausages
A row has broken out between two German states, Bavaria and Thuringia, as to who can lay claim to inventing the Bratwurst sausage.Until...
Outcry after German zoo culled baboons due to overcrowding
A zoo in the southern German city of Nuremberg has culled 12 healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding in their enclosure, after which...
Several reported killed in German train derailment
Emily Atkinson & Bethany BellBBC NewsThomas Warnack/ dpaSeveral people have been killed after a passenger train derailed in south-west Germany, German media report.Police...
German lost in Australian outback ‘beyond grateful’ to be found
A backpacker who survived nearly two weeks lost in Western Australia's outback has said she is "simply beyond grateful to have survived".Caroline Wilga,...
