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Several polls show that the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party are losing the support of voters for the first time since July.

Forty-seven paddling pools ruined. Seven years on the run. Thousands of euros in damage. But time has final run out for this wet bandit.

More than 50 flights were cancelled by Air Berlin and Tuifly on Wednesday after a large number of staff called in sick amid concerns about a partial merger between the two companies.

Munich's famous beer tents opened for the last time for 2016 on Monday. Jörg Luyken was there on the final day and, to his surprise, got sucked into the epicentre of German kitsch.

If you're in the mood for giant pumpkin carving, onion festivals or spending the night at Frankenstein's castle, then Germany certainly has what you're looking for this October.

A young man from Austria had trouble distinguishing between two not so similar place names after a weekend at Munich's famous beer festival - and ended up in the wrong country.

The office of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party mate Bettina Kudla was attacked after she posted a controversial tweet using a Nazi-invented term.

The two countries will cooperate more now that Britain is set to leave the EU.

It's a case that has stirred questions about Germany's freedom of speech and relationship with Turkey. Now prosecutors say they have scrapped an investigation into the comedian whose satire poem accused the Turkish leader of bestiality and paedophilia.

A decade on from the accident, the test track lies deserted, and locals are unsure how to commemorate the event.

One year ago, Volkswagen's cheating on emissions tests for millions of its diesel cars erupted into public view, leaving the mammoth carmaker battling an unprecedented crisis.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, The Local looks at some surprising things about trekkie culture and its influence in Deutschland.

Police in Vienna are investigating whether a 21-year-old man who tried to run over pedestrians with his car on Thursday morning had a terrorist motive.

Turkish kebab chefs are up in arms after they misunderstood a spoof campaign to ban the kebab in Switzerland.

Queen Margrethe II says Denmark has become more diverse and that she represents “all people who are citizens of the Danish nation”.

You've heard of the partying capitals in Mallorca or the gastronomic hubs of San Sebastián - but what about the other lovable seaside towns in Spain?