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Twenty-four ex-German ambassadors have urged the country’s chancellor and new foreign minister to be tougher on Israel. In a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel and Guido Westerwelle, the envoys also said that Hamas, which rejects Israel’s right to exist, must be included in the “political process.”
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks swung between gains and losses as an increase in exports failed to ease concern that the global economic recovery is slowing.
Gloucester High School and its German language students have been honored by the country of Germany. German consul, Friedrich Loehr visited the school Friday and named Gloucester High an official Partner School of Germany.
Aachen, Germany - Heinrich Boere, 88, on trial for war crimes, described in chilling detail to a German court Tuesday how he assassinated three Dutch civilians in 1944 for the Nazi SS. Boere was sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment...
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Florian Toncar, a member of the Free Democrats party, will head the nine-member parliamentary controlling board of Germany’s Soffin bank-rescue fund, Handelsblatt reported.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks pared losses as Volkswagen AG and BASF SE rose. The benchmark DAX Index dropped 0.1 percent to 5,684.97 at 11:45 a.m. in Frankfurt, having slid as much as 1 percent earlier. Munich Re led falling shares.
Dec. 9, 2009 - M-real said that it plans to close two specialty paper machines at its Reflex mill in Duren, Germany and streamline the organizations in both the Reflex and Gohrsmuhle mills during the first half of 2010.
German consumer prices remained weak in November and manufacturing activity declined in October, according to reports Wednesday, suggesting recovery in Europe's largest economy remains shaky.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks fell for a third day, with the DAX Index poised for its longest losing streak since October, amid concern the global economic recovery is slowing.
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- It is wrong to claim there is a credit crunch in Germany, although the risk of one happening isn't yet past, Deutsche Bundesbank President Axel Weber said Wednesday.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German stocks were poised for a third day of declines as Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG dropped. The benchmark DAX Index fell 0.3 percent to 5,674.15 as of 9:15 a.m. in Frankfurt.
German carmaker Daimler AG is expected to announce this week an agreement giving job security until the end of 2019 to 37,000 employees at its biggest production plant in Germany, a spokeswoman for the works council said Wednesday.
Germany’s armed forces and the American Jewish Committee signed an agreement to expand their cooperation.
Germany spent more than 30 times as much collecting taxes on coffee beans ordered online from abroad than it received in the tax revenues, the accounting office said on Tuesday.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German exports rose in October as the global recovery stoked demand for goods from Europe’s largest economy. Sales abroad , adjusted for working days and seasonal changes, increased 2.5 percent from September, when they gained 3.6 percent, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said today.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- German consumer prices posted their first annual gain in seven months in November, led by higher energy costs.
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- The German federal government sold EUR4.155 billion of two-year treasury notes, or Schatz, the Deutsche Bundesbank said Wednesday.
The German soccer federation is helping to establish a foundation named after Robert Enke and dedicated to the research and treatment of depression. The Germany goalkeeper suffered from depression for years before throwing himself in front of a train one month ago. The foundation will also help children with heart ailments.
Three people were killed in Germany after a light aircraft ploughed into woods and exploded south of Frankfurt, spreading debris over a wide area, police said Tuesday.
Aachen, Germany - Heinrich Boere, 88, a German national on trial for war crimes, admitted in court Tuesday that he assassinated three Dutch civilians in 1944 when he belonged to the Nazi SS. Boere was sentenced to death, later commuted to life impris...
By STEFAN NICOLA UPI Europe Correspondent BERLIN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Muslims living in Germany don't believe a Swiss-like minaret ban is possible here, but they say they feel threatened by growing Islamophobia.
