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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending the much-criticized outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit as a first step that paves the way for action. Merkel was quoted Sunday as telling the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that "Copenhagen is a first step toward... Germany - Angela Merkel - Copenhagen - Chancellor of Germany - Bild
The head of Germany's Protestant churches described the war in Afghanistan on Thursday as unjust and called for a pullout of the 4,400 German troops taking part in the NATO-led operation against the Taliban.
BERLIN, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The 60th anniversary of the democratic constitution, the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German federal elections -- Germany is looking back on a year full of political and historic highlights.
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government won’t raise premiums for unemployment insurance as long as the economy is recovering from recession, her chief spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said.
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government may raise unemployment insurance premiums from 2011 to plug a financing gap at the insurer, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported , citing coalition lawmakers it didn’t name.
BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel will be glad when this year is over. After all the excitement two months ago of getting together her dream coalition of conservatives and the pro-business Free Democrats, there is now great disappointment. The coalition has squandered its time -- squabbling.
Germany's federal computer security agency (BSI) and the German Internet business federation ECO said that Internet providers already had the technology to know which of their customers were infected.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel won an important victory Friday as the German upper house of parliament approved a bill that seeks to pump an additional EUR8.5 billion of fiscal stimulus into the economy next year.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel won an important victoryFriday as the German upper house of parliament approved a bill that seeks to pump an additional EUR8.5 billion of fiscal stimulus into the economy next year.
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s tax cut won final approval in parliament, clearing the way for the first major initiative of her seven-week-old government.
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel’s tax cut aimed at spurring economic recovery in Germany passed the upper house of parliament in Berlin today, clearing the last legislative hurdle for 8.5 billion euros ($12.2 billion) in tax relief for companies and individuals next year.
Berlin - German police shot dead a 19-year-old man Thursday during an attempted robbery at a petrol station. Police said the death of the man followed a shoot-out at the petrol station in the small town of Leimen in the west of Germany. ...
Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 2010 tax cut is due for a final vote in parliament today after state leaders signaled they won’t block it, clearing the way for the first major initiative of her seven-week-old government.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel remained hopeful on Monday that a global climate change deal was still possible, despite widespread disappointment after the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen. The government expressed its commitment to a...
Few expect a far-reaching climate deal to emerge from Copenhagen. But German Chancellor Angela Merkel is doing what she can to help erect the political framework for a future agreement. Her experience and the respect she enjoys are proving invaluable.
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Three German children abducted in Yemen in June are seen alive in a video obtained by Germany’s government, Bild reported, citing a government official it didn’t name.
“Guten Morgen,” said Dr. William Goodwin, principal of Gloucester High School at a ceremony which honored GHS as an official partner school of Germany. Guten Morgen means good morning and a good morning it was last Friday, as students from the German language program sang, danced and joked (in German) and presented a slide show of their recent trip to Bielefeld, Germany.
The German football federation says it has suspended an assistant referee during an investigation into whether he may have participated in match-fixing. The federation said Tuesday that Cetin Sevinc is being investigated in Bochum for possible game manipulations. The 27-year-old Sevinc has helped referee games in Germany's second division and lower leagues this season.
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- European Union carbon dioxide emissions permits for 2010 delivery declined as near-term German power prices slumped on low electricity demand from businesses during the Christmas holiday.
Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- German President Horst Koehler said the world entered a “deep crisis” because of “excesses” in the financial industry and insufficient state supervision.
Karlsruhe, Germany - A convicted German far-left terrorist, Verena Becker, is to be released from custody after the Federal Court of Justice Wednesday dropped her arrest warrant for a different offence. The court said Becker, 57, was strongly suspect...
