<b>Thanks to a government programme designed to stimulate new car sales and deeper discounts, one in seven Germans plans to buy a new car this year, <i>Bild am Sonntag</i> reported.</b>
Cologne’s Mayor Fritz Schramma on Wednesday called into question further construction of a metro line after the dramatic collapse of the city’s historical archive left two people missing and a gaping hole where half a block of buildings once stood.
The head of a high-profile annual security conference in Munich, Wolfgang Ischinger, said on Friday he hoped this year’s meeting would provide the foundation for a “new chapter” in transatlantic relations.
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced both praise and derision in Germany on Wednesday after criticising Pope Benedict XVI for welcoming a Holocaust-denying bishop back into the Catholic Church.
Germany is considering financial aid for clients of aerospace giant Airbus struggling to raise capital from banks, a junior minister told AFP on Tuesday.
Europe's leading carmaker Volkswagen said on Tuesday it would idle about two thirds of its 92,000 German workforce for one week next month as it cuts production amid an economic slump.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) trounced the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in a state poll in Hesse on Sunday – one year after an inclusive election plunged the state into political turmoil.
Thousands of people marched in demonstrations across Germany on Saturday afternoon calling for a halt to the violence in the Gaza Strip, just hours before Israel announced a unilateral cease-fire.
On Monday Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive a festive children's choir raising money for charity. They are not the only ones wanting cash in Berlin - and others are singing a lot less sweetly.
According to the latest edition of the weekly <i>Der Spiegel</i>, German car giant Daimler recently decided not to buy Swedish-based Volvo Cars from ailing US manufacturers Ford, but Daimler has now denied it was ever interested.
Troubled German property lender Hypo Real Estate is to slash its work force by almost half in three years, it announced on Saturday. Several board members and managers are also being sacked.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to block European Union climate protection resolutions that could endanger German jobs at a summit this week, she told daily <i>Bild</i> on Monday.
The German automobile federation VDA slammed on Tuesday an EU compromise on rules to cut CO2 emissions from new cars, saying it ignored the sector's current crisis.
Germany has officially fallen into recession after the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) on Thursday reported Europe's largest economy contracted in the third quarter.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on NATO to revamp its security strategy with a stronger focus on disarmament and development and urged US president-elect Barack Obama to join the drive.
German leaders on Wednesday congratulated Barack Obama on his historic election victory and said America could rely on Germany as the two countries tackled global challenges together.
A leading German economist who sparked controversy on Monday by comparing criticism of business leaders with stigmatization of Jews during the financial crisis of the 1930s has apologized for his remarks.
German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn plans to recall part of its high-speed ICE train fleet this Saturday because the manufacturers have not provided reliable guarantees for axles which have caused concern since a derailment in Cologne this July and another in Hamburg this week.
An alleged co-conspirator of the Sauerland terror group has been arrested in Langen in the German state of Hesse, German magazine <i>Focus</i> reported on Wednesday.
Germany's €480-billion ($650-billion) bank bailout flew through parliament in an historic fast-track vote on Friday to restore shattered confidence in the crisis-ridden financial sector.
The GdP police union on Tuesday demanded a “football summit” in light of escalating violence by hooligans that has been pushing German police forces to their breaking point.
The German trade union IG Metall said on Tuesday it will demand a hefty eight percent pay increase for 3.6 million workers in the metallurgy and electronics industries.
German Bundeswehr troops were attacked on Tuesday morning in Afghanistan near Kunduz, but none were injured in the suicide attack, the Defence Ministry reported.
