European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Friday urged politicians to sidestep confrontation and reach compromise on reforming the eurozone, after French ambitions have slammed repeatedly into German taboos.
After more than a quarter of a century in the making, the rail link connecting Germany’s capital and its economic powerhouse is ready to open to the public, but not without large scale celebrations first.
With higher unemployment rates than
western Germany and support for the anti-immigration AfD party reaching 20
percent, the country's former communist east has often been associated with economic decline and xenophobia.
The scandal around an investigation into journalists reporting on classified information deepened on Tuesday as new information showed that officials from the Chancellery and the Interior Ministry tried to uncover reporters' sources.
The Bundestag on Friday afternoon approved negotiations on a third bailout for Athens with a clear majority of 439 voting in favour, while 119 MPs voted against the motion.
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will travel to Germany and France on Wednesday and Thursday for talks with top officials after the tentative new bailout deal for Greece.
Now that Greeks have voted against accepting tough austerity conditions in return for a fresh tranche of bailout cash, The Local asked Professor Michael Wohlgemuth of Open Europe Berlin how Chancellor Angela Merkel, other political leaders and the German public may respond.
White House advisor Ben Rhodes told CNN on Monday night that the US has no plans to deliver weapons to Ukraine “in the near future”, while Chancellor Angela Merkel is the “most important partner” in the crisis.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin created diplomatic chaos on Friday over whether they would go to an exhibition of disputed treasures in St Petersburg together.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) is turning against the idea of a “grand coalition” with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Two of the three potential chancellor candidates said this weekend they would not work with her.
Police in Alabama last week arrested and briefly held a visiting Mercedes-Benz executive from Germany for not having a drivers license, drawing attention to the US state's controversial new immigration law.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday demanded Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi step down immediately, as his forces continued to advance on rebel-held parts of the North African nation.
A court in Augsburg on Wednesday sentenced Karlheinz Schreiber, an arms dealer who was a key player in a party funding scandal that helped propel Chancellor Angela Merkel to power, to eight years in prison.
Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg used a surprise trip to Afghanistan Wednesday to announce he was stepping up the firepower of the German troops in the wake of the Good Friday ambush that claimed the lives of three soldiers.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated Friday that she did not favour a new package of economic stimulus measures US officials have called for as world leaders prepare for a G20 meeting in London.
The German cabinet approved a second economic stimulus package worth a record €50 billion on Tuesday, as part of efforts to ward off what is expected to be the country’s worst recession since the end of World War II this year.
Germany's governing coalition hammered out on Monday the country's biggest economic stimulus package in its post-war history, aimed at heading off a painful recession in the world's number one exporter.
As Germany's economy slides deeper into recession, Chancellor Angela Merkel's fractious government aims Monday to put party politics aside in a bid to haul the country out of the slump.
Small and medium-sized companies, the backbone of the German economy known as the <i>Mittelstand</i>, reacted coolly on Tuesday to a proposal by blue-chip firms to guarantee jobs next year despite a biting recession.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won't keep her word about increased aid spending for poorer countries, according to Munich daily <i>Süddeutsche Zeitung</i> on Friday.
