Hanover, Germany  - Germany kicks off this Thursday its first philosophy festival where the idea is to bring lots of weighty topics out from cosy academe to be discussed in the real world.

Cologne, Germany - German product-testing company TUV Rheinland Group said Monday its tur

Berlin  - Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) is to put up a candidate to challenge incumbent President Horst Koehler for office next May, SPD officials announced in Berlin Monday.

Berlin - Rail freight trains will be running regularly this year between Germany and China following a successful test in January, state-owned German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) said Monday.

Hamburg, Germany  - Birds instinctively choose the fruit which is healthy and shun less health-giving food options, German researchers found.