Tag: Germany
German economy remains resilient to crisis: government
Germany, Europe's biggest economy, is still growing but the outlook is becoming increasingly clouded by "substantial risks" from the debt crisis, the economy ministry...
A quarter of Germany’s power now produced by renewables
Germany has announced that it's managed to hit an ambitious target for power generation producing 25 percent of the country's energy from renewables,...
Eurozone business downturn ‘entrenched’ in Germany: survey
Eurozone private sector activity contracted for the 10th time in 11 months in July, with data now consistently showing the downturn becoming "entrenched" in...
BNU dean becomes first Pakistani to receive Humboldt Award
Humboldt Foundation, a renowned German research facility, held an award ceremony on June 20 in Berlin, Germany to honour outstanding researchers from around the...
Moody’s cuts Germany outlook
Moody’s took the first step toward stripping Germany of its coveted AAA credit rating on Monday, cutting the outlook for Europe’s largest and most...
Germany to probe legality of drone attacks in Pakistan
The German federal prosecutor’s office has opened a probe into the death of a German national in a drone strike in a Pakistan tribal...
Germany probes 2010 drone strike death in Pakistan
The German federal prosecutor's office has opened a probe into the 2010 death of a German national in a drone strike in a Pakistan,...
Circumcision ban could make Germany ‘laughing stock’: Merkel
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel told her party the country risked becoming a “laughing stock” over a court ruling calling religious circumcision a criminal act,...
Berlin criticises reported Swiss tax CD purchase
A spokesman for Germany's finance minister on Monday criticised the reported purchase of a disc by a German region containing the names of supposed...
German court examines challenges to euro crisis tools
Germany's top court began hearing challenges to euro crisis-fighting tools on Tuesday, in a process that could hamper Chancellor Angela Merkel's efforts to tackle...
Rate rigging probe escalates in UK and Germany
A global investigation into manipulation of interbank lending rates widened on Friday with Britain's fraud squad taking up the case and sources telling Reuters...
Student sued by university for finishing degrees too quickly
Marcel Pohl, a student at The School of Economics and Management in Essen, Germany, says he couldn’t believe it when he found out the...
Ex-Red Army Faction member convicted for role in 1977 murder
A German court on Friday convicted an ex-member of the Red Army Faction that terrorised Germany in the 1970s and 1980s for being an...
Germany vows shake-up after botched neo-Nazi probe
Germany pledged root-and-branch reform of its security services Tuesday after the domestic intelligence chief resigned over a botched probe of serial killings blamed on...
Greece aiming for a giant killing against Germany
Greece are hoping for another Euro 2012 giant killing when they take on Germany with the political spectre of the Eurozone crisis hanging over...
Rafael Nadal loses to Philipp Kohlschreiber
Rafael Nadal has lost in straight sets in the Gerry Weber Open quarter-finals to defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.
Top seed Nadal was...
Denmark plotting another German surprise
Twenty years after beating Germany to land the European title, Denmark hope to maintain the upper hand over their neighbours in competitive meetings in...
