Deutsche Bahn picked for UK rail services

Greeks and Spanish flee to Germany in job hunt

Fleeing rising unemployment, people from Greece and Spain poured into Germany last year, fuelling the highest rise in immigration for 16 years, data released by the Federal Statistics Office on Wednesday showed. READ (6 COMMENTS) »

• 09/05 Germany 'best EU state for migrant job hunters' »
• 24/04 Foreign students quit Germany in droves »
• 17/04 No-name job letters 'help women and migrants' »

Freelancers fight forced pension plan

Self-employed workers in Germany are mounting an offensive against a proposed law that would force them to pay at least €350 per month into the public pension system. READ (3 COMMENTS) »

• 20/03 Pensioners will be allowed to earn more  »
• 28/12 More Germans forced into early retirement »
• 15/12 Struggling pensioners forced back to work »

German investor confidence tumbles

German investor confidence fell sharply in May, following five straight months of increase data showed Tuesday, while a poll of Financial analysts showed growing concern about the eurozone debt crisis. READ (2 COMMENTS) »

'Made in Germany' goods help dodge recession

Germany has avoided recession despite the resurgent eurozone debt crisis, official data showed on Tuesday, confirming the resilience of Europe's top economy to the surrounding turmoil. READ (9 COMMENTS) »

Apple rumours bear sweet fruit for Loewe

Rumours that Apple was preparing to buy a German television manufacturer pushed its share price up by more than 20 percent on Monday – even though the only thing the company said was that the idea was mistaken. READ »

Eurostar plans speedy London to Frankfurt link

Eurostar is to extend its high speed rail service to link Frankfurt and Cologne via the Channel Tunnel to London within the next five years, according to a British newspaper report on Monday. READ (7 COMMENTS) »

• 30/10 Siemens wins court battle over Chunnel bid »
• 20/10 Alstom sues to block Eurostar purchase of Siemens trains »
• 19/10 Deutsche Bahn hails 'new age' of rail travel after Chunnel crossing »

Bundesbank tells France: 'hands off!'

Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann warned French president-elect Francois Hollande on Saturday against tampering with the European Central Bank or the EU fiscal pact. READ (13 COMMENTS) »

• 11/05 Hollande to see Merkel within hours of oath »
• 09/05 'Greece out of euro' calls multiply in Germany »
• 08/05 Merkel to Hollande: 'The eurozone looks to us' »

Opposition blocks €6.1 billion tax cut

The German government was left reeling on Friday when the opposition parties blocked a €6.1 billion tax cut for low-income earners in the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat. READ (2 COMMENTS) »

• 10/05 Finance Minister OKs three percent inflation  »
• 10/05 Merkel braces for biggest state election »
• 19/04 German research centres face huge back-tax bill »

German celebs fire at Pirates over copyright

Over 1,400 German celebrities and artists have signed an open letter protesting a new political culture that they believe sanctions the "theft of intellectual property" on the internet. READ (27 COMMENTS) »

Finance Minister OKs three percent inflation

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Thursday that a German inflation rate of up to three percent was tolerable, despite eurozone rules setting a target of around two percent. READ (2 COMMENTS) »