10979 Stories, most recent news story added 15 minutes ago
Berlin - Germany is to assist Brazil in staging the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel after a meeting in Berlin Thursday with visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Germans are to provide sim...
Germany’s defense minister told Parliament on Thursday that he had reassessed a German commander’s decision to call in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann proposed a private-bank fund to increase corporate loans at a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that failed to identify a unified strategy to avert a credit squeeze.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann proposed a private-bank fund to increase corporate loans at a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that failed to announce a unified strategy to avert a credit squeeze.
Germany's defense minister told parliament on Thursday that he has reassessed a German commander's decision to call an NATO airstrike in Afghanistan that killed scores of civilians and Taliban fighters and decided it was...
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition agreed to keep her election pledge of tax cuts to spur Germany’s economic recovery , extending a confrontation with state leaders concerned they’ll have to foot the bill.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday said it was "critical" that banks boost lending as Europe's biggest economy seeks to recover, adding she would appoint a mediator to address the problem.
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel called a meeting of her coalition today as she fights to keep an election pledge of tax cuts to spur Germany’s economic recovery , the main goal of a second term that’s testing her leadership early on.
Berlin - Germany's parliament extended Thursday for one more year its authorization for 4,500 German soldiers to serve with NATO in Afghanistan. At the same time, Germany's Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg admitted that an airstrike in Sep...
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- Credit supply will be at the center of talks between the German government and representatives from industry, labor unions, financial institutions as well as the science community Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday in a Web cast video statement.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany is not ready to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Germany's defense minister says he has reassessed a German commander's decision to call an NATO airstrike in Afghanistan that killed scores of civilians and Taliban fighters.
The German and Brazilian leaders called Thursday for the Copenhagen summit to agree on "all significant elements" of a new climate deal and produce a timetable for a legally binding agreement.
Der Vorstandsvorsitzende der Siemens AG, Peter Loescher, links, und Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel, rechts, begruessen sich am Mittwoch, 2. Dezember 2009, in Berlin zu Beginn des Konjunkturgespraechs im Bundeskanzleramt neben Bundeswirtschaftsminister Rainer Bruederle, Mitte. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer) --- The CEO of Siemens, Peter Loescher, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, shake hands ...
Nordhorn, Germany - It's not every Christmastime celebration that combines holiday revelry and some light games of chance. But that's exactly what visitors to the Grafschaft Bentheim - a northern German district a...
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is looking at ways to mitigate a credit squeeze ahead of a meeting with business and banking chiefs on Dec. 2, the Finance Ministry said.
Berlin (AFP) Dec 3, 2009 - German MPs approved on Thursday an extension of the country's Afghan mission, but Berlin refuses to even consider backing a new US surge with more troops until after an international conference in January.
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.
Frankfurt- The European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged Thursday, as its president, Jean-Claude Trichet, played down suggestions that industries face a shortage of credit. He spoke five days after Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, in...
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Bundesbank raised its growth forecasts for Germany, Europe’s largest economy, saying the outlook for the next two years has “brightened perceptibly.”
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in Germany. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close.
