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Photo: DPA.
Germany sceptical over Greek bailout deal
Less than 900 mountain gorillas are thought to remain in the wild. Photo: DPA
Tiny German backpack X-rays aid gentle giants
A German soldier trains Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to use German-made MG3 machine guns. Photo: DPA
German army reports chemical attack in Iraq
Snaps like this could see diners facing hefty fines. Photo: DPA.
#FoodPorn in Germany may cook up legal woes
Deutsche Bank offices in Frankfurt. Photo: DPA.
Deutsche Bank workers accused in scam
Afghan refugees aboard a bus in Passau. Photo: DPA
Bus driver's refugee welcome goes viral
The gold bar found by a teenage girl swimming in Königssee. Photo: DPA.
Teen swimmer finds €16,000 gold bar in lake
NSA spying scandal
"Hmmm.... what if I just put all the blame on the Americans?" Photo: DPA
Govt 'lied' about NSA spying list: report
World Left Handers Day
Was Beethoven Germany's most famous leftie? Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Meet some of Germany's famous lefties
A photo of a pygmy marmoset. Three of this tiny monkey species were stolen in Dortmund. Photo: Mawaishasan/Wikimedia Commons.
Three tiny monkeys stolen from German zoo
Features
Royal visit 2015
Victoria Ade-Genschow, aka the British Berliner, with some pipers during Queen Elizabeth II's visit in June. Photo: Pascale Scerbo Sarro
How I explained the Queen to the Germans
In the center, Nazi lawyer Roland Freisler, who wrote laws that are partially still in existence today. Photo: German Federal Archive / Wikimedia Commons.
Minister seeks to rid laws of 'Nazi language'
Regulations for women's parking spaces differ from state to state across Germany. Photo: JG-NF / Wikimedia Commons.
'Women-only' parking: sensible or sexist?
The Local List
Covering the important parts of your body. Germans on holiday. Photo: DPA.
Six odd things Germans do in the summer
More News
An image of a plush animal claw machine. Photo: Nlan86 / Wikimedia Commons.
Child gets stuck in plush toy claw machine
Greece crisis
Chancellor Angela Merkel meets with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Photo: DPA.
Berlin to have position on bailout by week's end
Left: Neo-Nazi Philipp Hasselbach. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Nico Kaisler/Creative Commons.
Guests drive neo-Nazi from Munich beer garden
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen at the opening of the European Equestrian Sports Championship. Photo: DPA
Defence Minister's day off for dressage contest
Friends of Sommerschule Wust celebrate 25 years of language learning. Photo: Scott Usatorres
25 years of learning English in East Germany
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The farmhouse where Ramos stayed. Photo: Josef Ruckhofer
Wallet lost during WWII returned to US soldier
A wallet lost 70 years ago by an American soldier in Austria during World War II was returned to its rightful owner thanks to a doctor who discovered the item in his late grandfather's farmhouse.
Photo: Alistair Paterson
Rich Swiss youth burns Ferrari in fraud attempt
A German court has put the son of a Swiss millionaire on probation after he set fire to his Ferrari so that he could get another luxury vehicle on his insurance.
A large police presence has been on the scene near Copenhagen Central Station since the early hours of Friday. Photo: Bax Lindhardt/Scanpix
Assault shuts down Copenhagen train traffic
An employee of rail company DSB was attacked and tied up in the early hours of Friday, causing traffic chaos and a large police operation.
Tourists behaving badly
Peter Dench documented Brits on holiday in Ibiza Photo: Peter Dench
Caught on camera: Brits behaving badly in Ibiza
A British photojournalist has captured his fellow countrymen at their worst as they enjoy the excesses that Ibiza has to offer. The Local talks to Peter Dench on the publication of his new book "British Abroad".
Suspects reportedly planned to dissolve the victim's body in acid. Photo: AFP
'Breaking Bad inspired killers of French student'
Four people who planned to dissolve a French woman's body in acid were inspired by hit US TV show Breaking Bad, a prosecutor revealed on Friday.
The medieval town of Sellia, Calabria. Photo: Comune di Sellia
Italian town warns people to 'stop dying'
A small medieval village in Calabria has taken a unique approach to the problem of its dwindling and ageing population: ban people from getting sick.
Two of the rioters at Lunner reception centre after being handcuffed by police. Photo: Torstein Boe / NTB scanpix
Norway to deport or jail rioting asylum children
Norway is threatening to imprison or even deport a group of teenaged asylum seekers after they mounted a rebellion at a reception centre 50km north of Oslo.
Ikea stabbings
Emergency services outside the Ikea store in Västerås on Monday. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
Two arrested after deadly double stabbing at Ikea
UPDATED: A man and a woman have died following a stabbing inside an Ikea store in Västerås, north west of Stockholm. Police have arrested two suspects.
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