After two enthralling weeks of sporting action at the Paris Olympics, it will soon be the turn of another international sporting spectacle: the Paralympic Games. Here’s how to watch live coverage of it on TV or online in Germany for free.

The capital of Hesse is not only home to a thriving international community, but also boasts a rich local culinary culture. Here are nine traditional foods and drinks you must try on any trip to Frankfurt.

Although the risk for the general population in the EU and EEA is currently considered low, the European Union health agency urged its member states to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox.

Employment continues to rise as there is no shortage of work to be done in Germany – but new jobs were created almost exclusively in one sector.

The United States on Thursday announced its approval of a $5 billion sale of up to 600 Patriot missiles and related equipment to Germany, which has donated several of the advanced air defence systems to Ukraine.

Authorities in western Germany have warned some 10,000 residents not to drink the tap water after a hole was found in a fence around a water tank that also supplies a nearby military base, in the second such incident this week.

Six people injured after a balcony collapses in Hamburg, history of forced labour uncovered at German biscuit brand, Ukraine hits back against Nord Stream allegations, and more news from around Germany on Friday.

Further imported cases of the new, more dangerous mpox strain in Europe are likely, after Sweden announced the first such infection outside Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned.

The German government has approved a new bill designed to tackle the ongoing crisis in nursery schools. Is it likely to make a difference for parents?

A volunteer orchestra performed a series of concerts in the German state of Thuringia this week to protest the rise of the far-right. The Local spoke with Hans Christoph Stoodt about the history, tactics and goals of ‘Lebenslaute’.