Germany has worst gender equality in top jobs
The proportion of German women in management positions in the country's top companies is as low as in India, a new study has found.
Day: November 27, 2010
Minister dismisses Nazi extradition
Germany's justice minister has suggested that a Nazi wanted by the Netherlands could serve his sentence in Germany, but an application for extradition is unlikely to succeed.
Jan O. confesses to Bodenfelde murders
Jan O., a 26-year-old suspect arrested Monday night, has confessed to murdering two teenagers in the Lower Saxony town of Bodenfelde.
Bafin could scupper Hochtief takeover
Germany's financial supervisory authority Bafin has serious doubts about the planned hostile takeover of the country's largest construction company Hochtief by Spanish rival ACS, a media report said Saturday.
Putin backtracks on trade zone after Merkel’s cool response
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin toned down Friday his enthusiasm for a vast EU-Russia free trade zone after German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave his proposals a cool reception in Berlin.
Stuttgart 21 mediation talks go into final phase
Talks between opponents and state government politicians over the controversial rail project Stuttgart 21 enter their final phase on Saturday, with financing likely to be the main subject for debate.