GERMANY

Delays, technical failures and shortages are common the world over when developing military technology, if two reports this week are anything to go by.

A Ghanaian asylum seeker known as Eric X was jailed for 11 and a half years after raping a 23-year-old woman on a campsite, near Bonn, Germany in April last year.

Germany and the rest of Europe could be set for a major shake-up in the makeup of car usage if a ban on diesel cars is imposed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she was curious to find out what the UK's Brexit plans are as Theresa May suggests the country wants an entirely new kind of deal.

Six Turkish journalists have received life sentences for their alleged involvement in the failed July 2016 coup to remove President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

A new report claims that the US is wasting billions of dollars upgrading nuclear bombs based in Europe that are no longer an effective deterrent and could be a security liability.

Passengers aboard an eight-hour flight from Germany to New Jersey had to endure a "demonic" screaming child.

German ministers have announced that free public transportation will be trialled in five cities in an effort to reduce road traffic and meet EU air pollution targets.

Data from the EU statistics office shows that the economy of the 28-member EU grew by 2.5% in 2017, its best performance since it grew 2.7% in 2007.

Echoes of similar Nazi policies before World War II highlighted by critics.

Germany is biggest breaker of EU rules and subject to 74 infringement proceedings, according to figures released by German Economics Ministry.

Weeks of talks after the elections have brought political and economic uncertainty to Europe's largest economy.

Carstens said many people believe so far that, given the limited size of virtual currencies, "concerns about them do not rise to a systemic level".

Poland's president says he will sign a bill outlawing suggestions the Polish nation or state was complicit in Nazi crimes.

The Berlin Wall has now been dismantled for as long as it stood - 28 years, two months and 26 days, or 10,316 days in total.

Berlin was divided for 10,316 days, and 5 February 2018 marks 10,316 days since the wall's construction began, meaning the city has now been united for a longer period.

An investigation by Germany's intelligence agency saw signs North Korea was trying to procure equipment and technology in 2016 and 2017.

Germany has granted asylum to four Turkish soldiers, one of whom is accused of being a leading figure in the failed July 2016 military coup.

The UN migration agency says that 90 people are feared drowned after a smuggler's boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast.

Body of model tenant discovered only after workmen went to renovate apartment in German residential block.

Teenager who killed neighbour's son and stabbed to death old school friend while on the run jailed for life.