Spain threatened Wednesday to sue Hamburg for damages after health officials in the northern German city pointed to Spanish cucumbers as the source of a lethal E. coli outbreak.
As authorities fought to identify the source of the Germany's E. coli outbreak, the public health authority Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed Friday that five people have now been killed by the deadly bacteria.
Germany’s biggest construction company Hochtief was effectively taken over by Spanish firm ACS on Thursday after the last opponent on the supervisory board bowed to the greater power of ACS and said he would not stand for re-election.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday hailed reforms undertaken by Spain to revive its battered economy and fend off the need for an Irish-style bailout.
As leader of Europe's strongest economy, Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Thursday attempt to send a united message alongside one of the weakest economies, Spain, in support of the troubled eurozone.
Spain's biggest public works group ACS said on Tuesday it had succeeded in snapping up more than 30 percent of shares in German rival Hochtief, a key step towards taking overall control.
Spain's leading construction company ACS said Monday it now had a 29.27 percent stake in Hochtief as part of its bid to take control of the German group.
Spanish police have detained 25 people suspected of taking part in a 10-million-euro fraud scheme that targeted German owners of timeshare holiday properties on Spain's Canary Islands, the interior ministry said Friday.
The tiny Gulf state Qatar, already heavily involved in car giant Volkswagen and construction group Hochtief, is eyeing further investments in Germany, Economy and Finance Minister Yussef Hussein Kamal said on Friday.
Southeastern Asset Management, an investor in construction group Hochtief, said Thursday it would sell two million shares to ACS of Spain, which has made a bid for the German firm.
German construction group Hochtief, fighting off a hostile bid from Spanish rival ACS, said on Monday that Qatar was acquiring a 9.1-percent stake in the firm following the issue of seven million new shares.
Thousands of travellers were stranded at airports across Germany and the rest of Europe at the weekend after Spanish air traffic controllers went on a surprise wildcat strike.
Spanish construction giant ACS was free Tuesday to launch formally a bid to take control of rival Hochtief and create one of the world's biggest building firms after receiving German regulatory approval.
Spain's largest construction group ACS said it presented its offer for German rival Hochtief to Germany's financial supervisory authority Bafin on Thursday.
Spanish firefighters saved a 23-year-old German tourist from being buried alive on a Tenerife beach on Wednesday after a tunnel he built in the sand collapsed.
Spanish construction giant ACS Group announced Thursday a €2.76-billion all-share takeover bid to take full control of German rival Hochtief to create a major world player.
The dead child found near a lake in a mountainous area of Spain has been identified as a missing five-year-old German boy, a government official confirmed in Berlin on Saturday.
Following Germany's disappointing World Cup semi-final defeat to Spain, the newspapers in The Local's media roundup on Thursday praised the country’s young team and vowed they would bounce back.
A second-half goal from Spain's Carles Puyol ended Germany's dream of reaching the World Cup final, as the Iberians beat Die Mannschaft 1-0 on Wednesday night.
<b>Germany's Angela Merkel has praised Spain's ongoing efforts to slash its deficit and reform its economy, as reports circulate that Madrid is preparing to ask for a bailout.</b>
A 69-year-old German tourist was among two casualties that resulted from several giant waves that hit a cruise ship off the coast of Spain on Wednesday night, injuring up to 20 other passengers.
