Siobhan DowlingJuly 3, 2012 06:00

BERLIN — A decade after being forced by the EU to accept women soldiers, the Bundeswehr is attempting to make itself more attractive to female recruits. “We have already built [daycares] in some of the bigger barracks,” said one officer. Women report being treated “very carefully by the male officers or rejected.” Men rate their female comrades’ abilities as lower than their own. And then there’s sexual harassment and assault.

A Pied Piper story that was too good to be true

Siobhan DowlingJuly 2, 2012 06:01

The legendary town of Hamelin was in the media spotlight recently after rats shut down a fountain in the town. It may have been making a mountain out of a rat-hill, but the locals were happy about the attention.

Rob Wile, Business InsiderJune 22, 2012 14:52

Greece versus Germany: The two countries go head to head off the soccer field

Greece and Germany are compared side by side in this infographic made by Canada's National Post.

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In advance of this weekend's epic Germany-Greece tilt for the Eurocup semis, the wizards at Canada's National Post created this stunning infographic laying out all the differences between the two countries.

Kidnapped German engineer killed in Nigeria

Luke BrowneMay 31, 2012 12:43

A military task force raided a hideout in the northern city of Kano where Edgar Raupach was being held by gunmen on Thursday, and found the hostage shot and stabbed.

Lufthansa to scrap 3,500 jobs

Luke BrowneMay 3, 2012 09:01

Europe’s second-largest airline reported an operating loss of 381 million euros ($500 million) for the three months to March 31, as economies slowed and restructuring and rising fuel costs weighed on earnings.

Germany warns of Euro 2012 boycott over Tymoshenko case

Luke BrowneApril 30, 2012 06:44

The news came as Tymoshenko’s daughter made an impassioned plea to Berlin to “save the life” of the former Ukrainian prime minister, telling the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung newspaper that “the fate of my mother and that of my country are now one and the same thing: if she dies, democracy dies with her.”

German athlete Ariane Friedrich outs 'stalker' on Facebook

Luke BrowneApril 25, 2012 11:35

Friedrich, 28, who also works as a police officer and hopes to participate in the 2012 London Olympic Games this summer, has filed a criminal complaint against the man for pestering her and making sexually explicit overtures.

Uncertainty in Europe sends markets falling

Luke BrowneApril 23, 2012 10:24

Last night’s narrow victory for Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande in France and the collapse of budget talks in the Netherlands both contributed to market nerves, as did weak manufacturing data released Monday.

Gunter Grass hospitalized over heart problems

Luke BrowneApril 16, 2012 17:21

Last week Israel barred Grass from entering the country after he published “What Must Be Said” in the Munich-based Suddeutsche Zeitung on April 4.

Explosion at German chemical plant kills one

Luke BrowneMarch 31, 2012 15:49

The Evonik Degussa chemical park is among Europe’s biggest, with 30 firms employing about 10,000 workers producing more than 4,000 products.