Europe is in recession, but the majority of companies in Germany, the region's top economy, are continuing to defy the crisis, with strong and often better-than-expected results in the third quarter.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said on Thursday he did not expect any quick deal on aid to help debt-mired Greece, from its international creditors.
Germany's finance minister Friday kept up the pressure on Greece to continue its reforms, as eurozone ministers prepared for a series of crucial meetings next week on the future of the crisis-hit country.
Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said his country aimed to be the first ailing euro nation to exit a bailout programme as his German counterpart hailed Ireland as "an excellent example" of what "hard work" can achieve.
The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) launched a fierce defence of his euro-crisis strategy in front of German MPs on Wednesday, telling them the bank's bond-buying plan was neither inflationary nor covert aid to governments.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague accused Germany of alienating many from European ideas by pushing too hard for too much integration. “Sometimes less is more,” he said at a policy forum in Berlin.
Germany and Ireland are seeking ways to help Dublin manage its debt burden, a German government spokesman said on Monday, saying that the problems of Irish banks constituted "special circumstances".
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi will hold talks with German lawmakers next month, parliament said Thursday, amid uproar over his plan to buy up the bonds of struggling eurozone countries.
Germany on Monday dismissed as "completely illusory" a press report suggesting that the eurozone's bailout fund could be leveraged up by a factor of four to around €2 trillion euros ($2.6 trillion).
The financial crisis can't touch them - Germany's richest just keep getting richer. Top earners' salaries are up, but the bottom 40 percent of full-time employees are earning less after wages were adjusted for inflation.
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has offered to come to the lower house of the German parliament to explain his euro rescue plans. But MPs do not want him to speak in the chamber.
EU leaders and analysts expressed relief, and financial markets lifted, on Wednesday after the German Constitutional Court cleared the way for the launch of a bailout fund and debt brake.
The eurozone cleared a key hurdle towards resolving its debt crisis Wednesday as Germany's top court approved a new European firewall for ratification, with some minor conditions.
Billionaire financier George Soros said on Monday that the eurozone was edging closer to solving its debt crisis – but reiterated his call for Germany to either lead the bloc or leave it.
A prominent German eurosceptic Sunday filed a complaint against the European Central Bank's new bond-buying programme at the country's top court in a fresh bid to block the eurozone's rescue fund.
Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a solution to keep Greece from leaving the eurozone this autumn, <i>Der Spiegel</i> magazine said in a report to appear on Monday.
The European Central Bank's masterplan to help prop-up the battered eurozone countries prompted scathing criticism among German commentators Friday, who questioned the government's muted response.
It's no longer fear of terrorism or war that keeps Germans up at night - it's the heft of their wallets. A new study found that fears of the euro crisis and the incompetence of politicians to deal with it have grown bigger than anything else.
Despite pressures from the ongoing euro crisis and economic uncertainty in Europe, Germany held on to sixth place in a new global survey of 144 countries' competitiveness.
Germany's contribution to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is being challenged by the biggest constitutional complaint in the country’s history, with around 37,000 people asking the Constitutional Court to stop it.
German leader Angela Merkel said Thursday there was "absolute political will" to strengthen the euro, as she held talks with China's premier Wen Jiabao on the eurozone crisis.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed Italy's reform measures on Wednesday and said they would soon return the country to better economic shape, as Italy's leader said markets were now recognising the efforts.
Germany could be hit by dreaded inflation if the European Central Bank (ECB) is prevented from buying bonds issued by countries like Italy and Spain, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned on Wednesday.
German shipbuilder P+S applied for bankruptcy on Wednesday, after negotiations with its clients and suppliers failed. The move leaves around 2,000 fearing for their jobs.
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 warned Friday.
