Restructuring expert takes the wheel at Opel
A former restructuring expert has taken the wheel at Opel to lead the ailing auto maker – as it released dismaying figures which showed a significant drop in turnover this year.
Day: July 17, 2012
Berlin doctors release first MRI film of birth
German doctors have released extraordinary moving images of a baby being born – using an MRI scanner which shows the dynamic process of the child being pushed out into the world.
Germany urges China: treat our man better
Germany's justice minister called on Tuesday for the fair treatment of a man who has been sat in Beijing prison for the past three months on suspicion of art smuggling.
Sun vouchers ‘could draw Germans to Greece’
Members of Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition called on Tuesday to create subsidies for holidays in the sun-kissed southern European countries hit hardest by the debt crisis.
Illegal marriage trick leaves woman hitched
A German woman who was tricked into an illegal marriage is fighting a tangle of bureaucracy to try to get it undone – but a court said if she was never properly married, she cannot get divorced.
Thousands of jobs to go at Karstadt and RWE
Several thousand jobs are set to be lost across Germany, it emerged on Tuesday when department store chain Karstadt said it was cutting 2,000 positions, and energy giant RWE said it was targeting thousands more.
States split as Bavaria fights finance transfer
The southern German state of Bavaria is challenging the system whereby it sends more than €3 billion a year to less well-off states. The state government decided on Tuesday to take its complaint to the Constitutional Court.
ECB ‘ready and waiting’ to oversee banks
The European Central Bank (ECB) could take on the key role of supervising the eurozone's strained banking system very quickly if necessary, a German financial daily reported on Tuesday.
Olympic torch sponsor sends execs as runners
Several Germans have won a place as Olympic torchbearers on the relay trail in Britain – seemingly for no other reason than their good connections with – or jobs at - major sponsor Samsung.
Couple embark on Afghan circus road-trip
A German woman and her Canadian partner set off last week to help bring a circus to children in Afghanistan. They will be braving the Taliban by taking a rickshaw on one of the world's most dangerous road trips.