After managing the bailout and sale of Opel, German politicians are debating whether troubled retailer Arcandor, which owns the Karstadt department store chain, should get a loan from the government.
Germany has selected a bid by Canadian auto parts maker Magna to take over General Motors' Opel unit, an offer backed by Russia's Sberbank and Russian automaker GAZ, officials said Saturday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats look set to win a clear victory in the upcoming European elections, according to a new opinion poll published Friday.
The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) reached their highest approval rating this year in an opinion poll released by weekly magazine <i>Stern</i> on Wednesday.
The general election in September, expected to change a government widely regarded as stuck in an unproductive rut, could produce more of the same â after the two smaller parties this weekend ruled out any three-way grouping.
Germany will take on a record âŹ50 billion of new debt, due to the financial crisis and the worldâs deepest recession in over 60 years, Finance Minister Peer SteinbrĂŒck warned Sunday, in an interview with <i>Bild am Sonntag</i>.
Berliners voted Sunday in a referendum on religious education in schools that goes to the heart of how Germany's sizeable Muslim minority is integrated into modern society, reports <b>AFP's</b> Simon Sturdee.
Leaders of the Social Democratic Party voted Saturday for a platform that would raise taxes on wealthy Germans as the party prepares for a tough election campaign against Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats.
An estimated 500 people took part in a mainly peaceful demonstration in Berlin on Saturday against the far-right NPD's party conference, police reported.
German Finance Minister Peer SteinbrĂŒck fears that the country will take years to recover from the financial crisis, German weekly magazine <i>Stern</i> reported today.
The German-Indian polar experiment LOHAFEX, where iron sulphate was dumped into the ocean to foster the growth of carbon dioxide-absorbing plankton, has proved ineffective in mitigating global warming.
Chancellor Angela Merkelâs conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) on Friday attacked a new proposal to ban young Germans from using tanning beds for health reasons.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her governmentâs handling of the global economic crisis amid ongoing criticism from abroad, at home and even within her own coalition.
<b>Renate KĂŒnast, the Greens' lead candidate for this September's general election, wants her party to commit to a so-called âtraffic-lightâ coalition with the Social and Free Democrats.</b>
<b>Sliding opinion poll ratings are putting German Chancellor Angela Merkel under growing pressure, as her senior conservative allies call for clearer leadership six months before a general election.</b>
<b>Chancellor Angela Merkelâs Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will continue to oppose Turkish membership in the European Union as part of its platform for upcoming European elections, the <i>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung</i> reported on Sunday.</b>
Social Democratic (SPD) parliamentarian Jörg Tauss said Friday he would step down from his leadership positions after his offices were searched in a child pornography investigation.
Social Democrat Party chairman Franz MĂŒntefering, has called for the rich to be taxed more heavily and warned that if the CDU did not cooperate on this topic, the SPD will make it an issue in Septemberâs general election.
Gesine Schwan, Berlin's coordinator for German-Polish cooperation, has warned Chancellor Angela Merkel ties with Warsaw could be damaged by a conflict over a planned foundation for World War II refugees, <i>Berliner Zeitung</i> reported on Wednesday.
Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel of the Social Democrats (SPD) launched an angry broadside against coalition partners Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavaria CSU allies on Sunday for blocking the long-planned environmental rulebook in this legislative period.
Germany's coalition government is at loggerheads over plans to dump iron sulphate in the South Atlantic to see if it can absorb greenhouse gases and help stop global warming.
<b>Germany kicked off whatâs being billed as âsuper election yearâ on Sunday, but German newspapers in The Localâs media roundup arenât quite sure what to make of the second state poll in Hesse within 12 months.</b>
