Germany can appear relatively laissez-faire compared to other countries. It's still possible to smoke in some bars, sunbathe nude in public parks, while 16-year-olds can legally drink beer or wine — ...

A major flaw with insisting that problems can be solved by passing laws is that when those woes fail to yield to legislation, there's a temptation to further fill the law books. We can see that in ...

A long-debated citizenship law took effect in Germany on Thursday, easing the pathway to a German passport, including making it easier to hold dual citizenship. The naturalization reform put forward ...

The Hamburg case could set a landmark precedent for Germany’s Working Time Act, potentially forcing law firms to monitor ...

On November 20, 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt am Main (Ref. 5 U 15/24) ruled that the extraordinary termination of a managing director without notice due to improper favoritism is ...

At least developers can use Valve’s own age rating system. Valve is about to enforce some German laws that will make things harder for gamers in Germany, as well as video game developers everywhere.

A troubled history is alive in Germany — both in a resurgence of far-right ideology and in new changes to the laws designed to combat that extremism. The FRONTLINE documentary Germany’s Neo-Nazis & ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance ...

Dozens of police teams across Germany raided homes before dawn in a coordinated crackdown on a recent Tuesday. The state police weren't looking for drugs or guns, they were looking for people ...

To its fans, paintball may seem like a harmless enough sport, a game of skill and tactics in which teams of players shoot colored paint pellets at one another. But under controversial new gun laws and ...