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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. 24 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that General Motors Co. has returned all of a bridging loan awarded by the German government to help its European Opel unit. MErkel made her comments in a speech in Berlin today.
Germany's top general quit on Thursday over an air strike in Afghanistan on two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in which dozens of civilians are believed to have died in the resulting inferno.
Berlin - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that European states would have to send more troops to Afghanistan, as a scandal over civilian casualties in the country rocked the German government. Two of Germany's highest milita...
The head of Germany's armed forces and a senior Defense Ministry official were forced to resign on Thursday over reports the military withheld details about a September 4 air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan.
Germany's top general quit on Thursday over an air strike in Afghanistan on two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in which dozens of civilians are thought to have perished.
The German military's top official was removed Thursday for failing to properly pass on information to political leaders about a September airstrike in Afghanistan that killed civilians.
The popular German advent calendars are now on sale at Casper College. Imported from Germany, the calendars are the original "Schubert Schokolade Adventskalen” and cost only $4 each.
The head of the German army has resigned after a news report that he knew civilians could be killed in a September airstrike in Afghanistan, Germany's defense minister told Parliament Thursday.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Metro AG’s share-price gain has outpaced the outlook for the German retailer’s profit growth this year, according to fund manager Stephan Thomas , who said he’s selling the shares because weakness in the domestic economy may offset savings from the company’s cost-cutting plan.
BERLIN — 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.Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung made the announcement a day after the head of Germany’s armed forces, Gen. Wolfgang Schneiderhan, and deputy Defense Minister Peter Wichert also stepped down ...
The head of Germany's armed forces and a senior official from the defense ministry resigned Thursday following allegations the ministry withheld information about civilian casualties sustained during an airstrike in Afghanistan in September. Christian Thiels, senior defense correspondent for the German television network ARD, says the two officials who resigned knew of the civilian casualties.
Germany's former defence minister Franz Josef Jung quit the cabinet on Friday over a deadly air strike in Afghanistan, the day after claims of a cover-up took the scalp of the country's top general.
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- German Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung resigned Friday after revelations about his handling of information about an air strike in Afghanistan in which civilians were killed.
FRANKFURT (AP) -- Results from the 14th round of the Bundesliga, the German first-division football league (home team listed first): Friday's Game Bochum 0, Cologne 0 Saturday's Games Hertha Berlin vs. Eintracht Frankfurt Hoffenheim vs. Borussia Dortmund Werder Bremen vs. Wolfsburg Mainz vs. Hamburger SV Nuremberg vs. Freiburg Borussia Moenchengladbach vs. Schalke Sunday's Games Bayer Leverkusen ...
Germany's labor minister resigned Friday after conceding that a military report on a deadly September airstrike in northern Afghanistan failed to reach him while he held the government's defense portfolio.
Berlin - Despite a brace of positive data for the German economy on Tuesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned against undue optimism at an employers' conference in Berlin. We find ourselves on very volatile ground, Merkel said, adding that a new spe...
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - German prosecutors say they have filed criminal charges against the father of a teenager who killed 15 people in a shooting spree in March.
German fourth division club Ulm said Friday it has sacked three players suspected by German authorities of being involved in a Europe-wide match-fixing network which is currently being investigated.
Austria and Germany were on Friday still blocking a planned accord allowing the United States to use data about European citizens in anti-terror investigations as a November 30 deadline closes in.
Germany's Labor Minister Franz Josef Jung will offer to step down following criticism of his former role as defense minister during the Afghanistan conflict, sources in the ruling coalition said on Friday.
