Новости за 08.07.2015

The speaker of the German parliament on Wednesday said the slaughter of indigenous Namibians a century ago constituted a "genocide" that stemmed from a "race war".

A court fined a 23-year-old man in North Rhine-Westphalia after he admitted to giving his girlfriend a sedative so that he could keep playing video games with a friend.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance on Greece plays well with German voters but carries a huge risk, analysts warn - history would likely blame her for a catastrophic "Grexit".

A new study published on Wednesday showed that Berlin's “rent prices brake” introduced on June 1st has had an immediate effect, with asking prices on one top website sinking by 3.1 percent within a month.

Attitudes among French people towards Greece have softened – unlike those of their German counterparts, a majority of whom are ready to boot Athens out of the euro. The head of pollsters IFOP tells The Local why.

Nestled high up in the heart of the Swiss Alps, Crans-Montana offers stunning panoramas of sky-high mountains and serene lakes. But it's more than a resort - it's home to the next generation of expats in Switzerland.

Munich's versions of the gay couples introduced on Vienna traffic lights during the Eurovision song contest have arrived, just in time for Christopher Street Day (Gay Pride) this weekend.

A wide-ranging demographic study released on Wednesday projects that large sections of Germany's more peripheral populations are set to disappear by 2030.

One of Germany's most experienced international footballers announced on Wednesday that he's hanging up his boots in his prime because he wants to set up a start-up company.

A young mother in Dresden has started an international photography project aimed at confronting the taboo of breastfeeding in public. The Local spoke with Stephanie Karch about the challenges nursing mums face in Germany.

The turbulent weather that has affected Germany since the weekend made itself felt again on Tuesday, causing flash floods, tornadoes and hail storms.

UPDATE: A German Finance Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday afternoon that Wolfgang Schäuble would expect "exact" proposals from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Renowned economists Thomas Piketty, Jeffrey Sachs and three others urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday to agree to cut Greece's debt to "avoid further disaster".