Deutsche Bank agreed to pay US regulators $145 million to settle charges that they misled credit unions about the risks of mortgage-backed securities that later failed.

German households should recycle even more of their rubbish following the passage of a new law by the Bundestag, aiming to reduce the country’s consumption of raw materials.

Controversial rock band Rammstein has been banned from performing in Munich on a German Christian holy day commemorating the dead.

The government has bought a disc containing the names of suspected tax evaders who are thought to have squirrelled away assets in Luxembourg, hidden from the taxman.

German authorities sent scores of police to secure the nation's railways on Wednesday after a series of firebombs disrupted train traffic for thousands of passengers.

A 43-year-old man is in court on charges that he defrauded media enterprises by promising them to get Paris Hilton to attend events and collecting thousands of euros in advance.

German prosecutors have taken the unprecedented step of reopening hundreds of cold case investigations into crimes committed by former Nazis.

German authorities have released four suspected Islamists who were arrested ahead of the official festivities to mark the 21st anniversary of reunification.

Europe's top court says Lufthansa's mandatory retirement age of 60 years old for its pilots is illegal and constitutes age discrimination.

Germany and Italy will present arguments next week before the United Nations' highest court in a dispute over reparation claims for victims of Third Reich abuses that have been lodged before Italian courts.

Payouts to victims of abuses at an elite Catholic boarding school in Germany will total one million dollars, the Benedictine Order of priests said.

Germany's top criminal court has thrown out the conviction of former arms-industry lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber, ordering a retrial after saying errors were made in the 2010 trial.

Deutsche Bank is among major financial institutions facing a US government lawsuit over unsafe mortgage products sold during the housing bubble.

The trial of four people behind an alleged art forgery scandal began in Cologne on Thursday. Authorities claim that the group is responsible for a multi-million-dollar art scam that includes victims like Steve Martin.

Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc has filed a lawsuit against Arista Music in Germany, demanding payment for audio of Elvis Presley that has been used in sound recordings for ringtones and apps in that country.

The husband of German-born socialite and journalist Viola Herms-Drath has been accused of murdering her after she was found strangled in their home in Washington DC. She was 91.

A group of Austrian-born Holocaust survivors have asked Vienna to re-open talks on compensation for property looted during the Holocaust. The Israel-based group says billions are owed.

A police union has warned that riots of the kind that have gripped Britain for the past four nights could happen in Germany. Senior politicians, however, have denied Germany is at risk of such unrest.

Ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been fined 200 euros twice for puffing his cigar at two Austrian airports. The offenses took place at Graz and Salzburg, a report said.