Winning the World Cup in Brazil has given Germany the "hunger" to triumph in more tournaments and create an era of dominance similar to Spain.

The German economy is set to benefit as the country's football victory draws shoppers to the "Made in Germany" brand, says a research firm.

Angela Merkel does not want to complete her full term as German Chancellor and plans to resign before elections in 2017, according to reports.

Yes, Brazil were bad. But far more importantly, the Germans were sensational, writes Chris Rattue.

Rod Emmerson's take on Brazil's demolition.

Angela MerkelChancellor Angela Merkel's Government is planning to scrap a no-spy agreement Germany has held with Britain and the United States since 1945.

A suspected double agent under arrest in Germany appeared to have been working for the CIA for two years.

In football, architecture and cheap food, Dean Parker finds a few ghosts of the old East Berlin - before the wall came down.

When Hessy Taft was six months old, she was a poster child for the Nazis. Her photograph was the image of the ideal Aryan baby, and was distributed as party propaganda.

The EU has to rely on antitrust and privacy rules to curb Google's search-engine dominance and can't just break up the company, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

A New Zealand business that champions ethically sourced food and beverages has been crowned the "Fairest Fairtrader" at a set of international awards.

Germany has rejected genetically modified crops, nuclear power and magnetic levitation trains. Now, the country is adding fracking to the list of innovations it's wary of.

A missing German tourist has been found safe and well, police say.

An international hunt is under way for a German tourist who may be missing in New Zealand.

A German auction house has for the first time made public its records from the Nazi era.

Prince Charles has compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler over Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Researchers in Germany have developed a way of enabling sleepers to control their dreams by applying electric current to the brain which prompts lucid dreams, involving a state of heightened awareness.

Germany has overtaken Japan to become NZ's fifth-biggest source of tourists and the royal visit has increased interest in other key markets.

One of the hitchhikers attacked after being picked up on the West Coast tried to fight off the driver with a small pocket knife, APNZ understands.

An injured German backpacker has told of her desperate fight for freedom after she was attacked on the West Coast allegedly by a man police believe had already killed.

The Tate has been ordered to return a valuable Constable painting and criticised for failing to adequately research its background after it emerged the work was looted during the Second World War.

David Cameron played a "nukes on the loose" war game with Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and other world leaders to see how they would cope with a terrorist nuclear attack, it has emerged.

Catherine Masters enjoys a kaleidoscope of European sights from her floating hotel.

Germany drives home its rich automobile history, writes Diana Plater.

Jamie Morton learns the definition of super-sizing in Munich's leafy beer gardens.

Billionaire Tom Perkins has apologised after he sparked outrage by saying that rich Americans are being persecuted like 'Jews in Nazi Germany'.