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BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel. GM last week called off the planned sale of Germany-based Opel to car parts maker Magna and Russian lender Sberbank.
With prayers, music and pomp, Germany on Monday remembered the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell, sending East Germans flooding west and setting in motion events that soon led to the country's reunification.
A Russian-born German man who has admitted killing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a frenzied court knife attack is to learn his fate on Wednesday in a case that has sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is giving Congress a vivid picture of the life she led as a child in a subjugated East Germany, saying she is thrilled to speak directly to American political leaders. Monday marks 20 years since the Berlin Wall was pulled down, leading to the reunification of Germany and Merkel says her speech to Congress was meant to thank American for her support "throughout ...
(RTTNews) - Economic sentiment in Germany fell more than expected in November as investors and analysts remained cautious about the outlook for growth in the medium term, while the view on the current situation exceeded expectations, results of a closely watched survey showed Tuesday.
BERLIN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Germans celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Monday, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in East Berlin.
Himmelpfort, Germany - Six weeks before Christmas, Santa Claus opened his seasonal post office Tuesday in the eastern German village of Himmelpfort - Heaven's gate - bracing again for a deluge of children's letters. The post office, a good 4,000 ki...
It was, and largely remains, a taboo to suggest that West Germany had anything to learn from the East.
By Nicholas Kulish and Judy Dempsey THE NEW YORK TIMES Chancellor Angela Merkel led a gathering of world leaders in Germany’s capital Monday for a celebration of the night 20 years earlier when the Berlin Wall fell.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Congress and the Obama administration Tuesday to take bold steps to address global warming, even as Senate Democrats and Republicans feuded over whether to press ahead with a climate bill.
German Chancellor pressed General Motors for a 'reliable concept' for the future of its European unit Opel, adding that GM should produce most of the funding.
As the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany discussed the event and the long path Germans have taken since then to bring the two sides closer together.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A decade after the euro replaced the deutsche mark, Germany’s export-driven recovery is undermining European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet’s efforts to slow the currency’s record rise.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged quick agreement on a binding U.N. climate pact on Tuesday even as boycotts held back both U.S. and U.N. work on the deal.
German first and second division clubs on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of keeping a rule that stops investors acquiring majority control.
Bundesliga clubs voted down a proposal to scrap a rule that prevents outside investors from taking a majority stake in German soccer teams. Martin Kind, the president of first-division Hannover, had argued to abolish the so-called "50+1" rule, which stipulates that clubs must keep a majority of their own shares.
Captain Michael Ballack believes there is a strong chance Germany will reach the final of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as the national team's new shirt was unveiled on Tuesday.
November 9th, 1989 - a day that changed not only Germany but the world. It was the day the Berlin Wall finally came down. "It was a really emotional, truly historical moment that my generation was able to witness," said Volker Samanns, a colonel in the German Air Force out of Fort Bliss. Growing up in Koln, West Germany, he never imagined the free society he grew up with and the oppressive state ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the United States Tuesday to agree to binding climate goals, telling U.S. lawmakers in a speech to Congress there was "no time to lose" in the fight against global warming.
Berlin - German investor confidence fell for the second month in a row in November, a key indicator released Tuesday showed. The Mannheim-based Centre for European Economic Research's (ZEW) index measuring the mood among analysts and institutional in...
John Cusack, Lady Gaga, Fergie and Robbie Williams all make an appearance on the German TV show "Wetten dass...?" (Bet it...?) in Braunschweig, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.
