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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen would take over as labor minister, replacing Franz Josef Jung who quit earlier on Friday after criticism of his role when he was defense minister.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel appointed Ursula von der Leyen as labor minister to replace Franz Josef Jung, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday announced a reshuffle of her cabinet, which has been in power just four weeks, naming Ursula von der Leyen to become Germany's new labor minister.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes General Motors Co. ’s four Opel German factories face a good future after the U.S. company presented its restructuring plans, Reuters said.
Germany's Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung said on Friday he had offered his resignation to Chancellor Angela Merkel following criticism of his previous role as defense minister during the Afghanistan conflict.
A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel resigned from the cabinet on Friday amid allegations of a cover-up of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan when he was defense minister.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- Programs to keep people employed by reducing work hours have helped prevent broad layoffs in Germany and will be extended, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a barrage of calls to step down on Friday over his failure to disclose details of an air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers will give Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government until 2013 to bring Germany’s budget deficit back in line with EU fiscal rules, a draft document shows.
General Motors has repaid the 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) in bridging loans it received from Germany to keep its troubled European unit Opel afloat, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday that current Family Minister Ursula Von der Leyen is to succeed Franz Josef Jung as labour minister, following his resignation earlier in the day. Von Der Leyen, from Merkel's Christian Democr...
Germany sees a wave of resignations over leaked reports that German officials knew about civilian casualties soon after a German-ordered attack on two tanker trucks in Afghanistan in September -- but then lied about it
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- There is no certain way to predict how and when the global economy will recover, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. "It's next to impossible to predict how the international economic situation will develop," Merkel said at a business conference in Berlin.
Berlin - Germany's top military officer resigned Thurday in connection with a botched airstrike two months ago, and a cabinet minister's future was on the line, with Chancellor Angela Merkel grimly demanding an explanation. The scandal, over whether ...
Berlin - Amid a mounting political crisis in Berlin over a lethal, German-ordered airstrike two months ago in Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel Thursday called for an inquiry into the aftermath. She spoke only hours after Defence Minister Karl-Th...
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- German carmakers battered by the strong euro and the end of “cash for clunkers” incentives are set to benefit from an extension of subsidies to keep workers on the payroll decided by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet.
Disgraced German speedskate star Claudia Pechstein, suspended for two years over anomalies in her biological passport, said Friday she still hoped to clear her name in Germany.
Berlin - Almost three months after the deadly NATO airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed as many as 142 people, the event claimed its third political victim in Germany on Friday. The then-German defence minister, Franz Josef Jung, resigned hi...
Germany's labor minister resigned Friday after conceding that he didn't see a military report on a deadly September airstrike in northern Afghanistan while he held the government's defense portfolio.
Germany plans to ease regulations limiting night flights at the country’s airports. Chancellor Angela Merkel's recently formed center-right coalition agreed to limit powers allowing Germany's 16 federal states to ban or restrict night flights at their local airports.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet has approved an extension of government subsidies for short-shift work at companies suffering in the recession, a government source said Wednesday.
