Nuremberg, Germany - Consumer confidence in Germany was pegged lower Thursday by the GfK surveys company, which said it was abandoning its previous forecast of a full-year rise in spending of 0.5

Nuremberg, Germany - A German trade union leader accepted large sums of money from industrial group Siemens under the guise of fees for training courses, a prosecutor told a court in Nuremberg Wednesday.

Wilhelm Schelsky, former leader of the conservative AUB union, went on trial for fraud and tax evasion. The court was told he filed 44 invoices for 30.3 million euros (47 million dollars) plus tax for work he never carried out.

Also on trial at the state court in Nuremberg was Johannes Feldmayer, a former member of the main Siemens board. He was accused of misappropriating corporate funds.

Nuremberg, Germany - Friday's Bundesliga match between struggling Nuremberg and visiting VfL Wolfsburg was abandoned at half-time due to a water-logged pitch.

Nuremberg, Germany  - Prime time arrived Tuesday for Flocke, a four-month-old cub at Nuremberg Zoo which already has its own website and is set to take over the role of Germany's most adorable pola

Nuremberg, Germany  - Prime time arrived Tuesday for Flocke, a four-month-old cub at Nuremberg Zoo which already has its own website and is set to take over the role of Germany's most adorable pola