An influential panel of top economic advisors to the German government this week downgraded its 2013 growth forecast for the country, saying Europe's top economy would only expand 0.3 percent.
Spanish newspaper <i>El Pais</i> has been forced to retract a column that compared German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler and apologized for its "inappropriate" content after sparking an indignant internet outcry.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the patience of Cyprus's European partners on efforts to secure an international bailout has its limits, lawmakers of her coalition parties said Friday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said the eurozone had a "duty" to work with Cyprus to resolve the island's banking crisis, as the German opposition blamed her for the "disastrous" rejection of the EU's bailout package.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a phone call with the president of Cyprus that his country hold talks only with international creditors on its bailout deal and not third parties like Russia, a government spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Investor sentiment in Germany inched higher in March to the highest level for more than three years, with analysts convinced that the outlook for Europe's top economy remains bright, a new survey found on Tuesday.
The leaders of Germany, France and the European Commission late on Monday vowed to do more to bolster competitiveness in the eurozone, but avoided the crunch topic of the fresh crisis in Cyprus.
It was up to the Cyprus government how it chooses to finance the terms of a tough EU bailout deal, which should have a "calming effect" on the crisis-wracked eurozone, Germany said Monday.
With only six months to go until German elections, a new anti-euro party is hoping to tap into growing euroscepticism in Europe's top economy and may take votes away from Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The head of Germany's central bank has told Italy to stick to its pledges of budget cuts and economic reforms, warning there was no guarantee of being bailed out.
The eurozone debt crisis is not yet over, even if calm appears to have returned to the financial markets, the Bundesbank warned on Tuesday as it set aside billions of euros in new risk provisions.
One in four Germans would consider voting for an anti-euro party, according to a new survey - and a group of politicians are founding just such a party to stand in September's general election.
Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Italy to continue its policy of reforms after an inconclusive election and stressed that the crisis-hit eurozone member needed to form a stable government as quickly as possible.
Germany's president has presented a vision for Europe that fills a leadership void left by Chancellor Angela Merkel and could possibly even show the EU the way out of its current crisis, comments <b>ZEIT ONLINE's Ludwig Greven</b>.
France and Germany on Monday urged the new government in Cyprus to negotiate a bailout quickly and welcomed the election of Nicos Anastasiades as the president of the financially crippled EU state.
A leading member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said Friday that France was a "problem child" in the eurozone and must scrap its 35-hour work week as well as push back its retirement age.
German business confidence rose to the highest level for 10 months in February, data showed on Friday, amid growing optimism that Europe's top economy has put the worst of the eurozone debt crisis behind it.
The German economy, Europe's biggest, shrank in the last quarter of 2012, as the eurozone crisis hit exports, data showed on Thursday, but analysts said activity would bounce back quickly.
Germany's economy, the biggest in Europe, should see brighter days ahead after tumbling in the fourth quarter of last year, the Economy Ministry said on Monday in its regular monthly report.
Greece must be given time to clean up its troubled finances, Peer Steinbrück, Chancellor Angela Merkel's main challenger in elections later this year, said on Wednesday.
The Frankfurt-based European Central Bank (ECB) is set to create 2,000 new jobs in the very near future as its role expands to include supervision of the EU's biggest banks, it was reported on Wednesday.
Cypriot officials are hitting back at Germany with charges that German domestic politics and "envy" over the island's role as a financial hub are damaging efforts to seal an EU bailout before the eurozone nation sinks into bankruptcy.
France and Germany Tuesday marked 50 years since a landmark treaty sealed their post-war reconciliation with a day of pomp, symbolism and celebration while papering over their differences.
Germany slashed Wednesday its estimate for growth this year by more than half, as Europe's debt crisis takes its toll on its top economy, but forecast a solid rebound in 2014.
