GERMANY

Three people were killed in Belgium and the Netherlands, and at least eight people died in Germany as powerful winds ripped roofs off buildings, toppled trees and blew trucks off the road.

Essential assets can eventually become obsolete but many reinvent themselves. Transport adapts to survive.

Italian and German police swoop on 'Ndrangheta mobsters in biggest crackdown on organised crime in two decades.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to fresh talks to form a new government in a bid to end the political crisis in Europe's largest economy.

The son of tennis legend Boris Becker is set to take legal action against an MP accused of making a racial slur against him.

Bulgarian Lilia Botuseva and her unnamed German boyfriend were found dead at a guesthouse in Kefalonia, Greece, after both suffered knife wounds, it has been reported.

The 19-country eurozone economy closed out last year growing stronger than at any time in nearly seven years.

Police in Germany have arrested a woman after they are reported to have discovered two dead babies inside a freezer.

A new law directing firms to publish what they pay male and female staff comes into force this week in Germany, in a bid to tackle the country's large gender pay gap.

A supermarket in the German city of Offenburg is increasing its security measures after five people have so far reported finding needles in food bought at the store.

Two men are dead and at least five more have required amputations after fireworks were mishandled.

A court in Germany has ruled that Oskar Gröning, a former SS guard at Auschwitz must serve out his four-year prison sentence.

Police questioning a number of suspects in relation to planning of possible terror attacks in the UK.

Linda Wenzel, who was 15 years old when captured fighting for Isis, is facing the death penalty after being arrested in Mosul in July.

The 52-year-old killer, named as Olaf S., has been convicted of the murder of Monika F., a housewife in 1991. The 38-year-old woman was stabbed 70 times.

Dubbed the 'laser man' the imprisoned John Ausonius is standing trial for the 1992 murder of an Auschwitz survivor in Frankfurt, Germany.

A 13-year-old girl was left shocked when she discovered that the gravestone of a beloved family member was being used as a prop at a theme park in Germany.

Got some spare cash lying around? The German village of Alwine (population: 20) is up for sale and going cheap at just €125,000.

Martin Schulz, the man who could become one of the most senior members in Germany's government, has called for Europe to be bound by a united constitution by 2025.

Witness reports seeing police trainees in Berlin brawling in public as one of them shouted Heil Hitler.

99-year-old Holocaust survivor Wolfgang Lauinger, who was imprisoned for being gay after returning home to Germany, has been denied compensation for his ordeal.