A Hungarian court sentences a German anti-fascist activist to eight years in prison for assaults at a far-right rally in ...

Prosecutors said the suspects ran an export network that sent more than 16,000 shipments worth more than $30 million to Russian customers, including arms manufacturers.

German authorities have detained five men accused of being part of a network that illegally exported goods to Russian defense ...

Warning: The following story may be disturbing to some. It's a video that's hard to watch for anyone — but is it a mercy killing, as an East Texas dog breeder claims, or clear evidence of animal ...

Three thousand miles from his New York City home, as the August dawn broke over the Austrian landscape, 24-year-old Army draftee Stephen Wechsler took off his shoes, waded into the Danube River, and ...

FIFA recalls the pulsating showdown that marked the first — and last — clash between East and West Germany at the FIFA World Cup. While both teams were already through to the next round before a ball ...

With its boxy design, cramped interior and notorious clouds of blue smoke billowing from its exhaust, the Trabant is often referred to as the worst car ever made. But somehow the plucky East German ...

What wears a uniform, stamps pass ports and has a title 53 letters long? Answer: Angehoriger des Zolls der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik —a member of the customs office of the German Democratic ...

A group of POWs staged a sit-down strike at local processing plants. One POW, Heinz Golze, escaped from camps five times. Young women working alongside POWs were said to be "very familiar" with them.

Lenzen, Germany is turning itself into a green tourist destination, with the country’s largest vegan hotel and a nature preserve. It also has a fascinating Cold War history. ByChristopher Elliott, ...

The new movie from the rising writer-director, shot in Sangerhausen, which explores "the alchemy of encounter" amid "a societal climate shifting to the right," debuted at Locarno and is now screening ...