Germany

Business Series

Lufthansa profit forecast boosts shares

Lufthansa says it expects profits to fall only slightly in 2017 despite lower fares and a rising fuel bill. Analysts were predicting a sharp decline.

16/03/2017

Germany

German court jails far-right extremists for planned refugee attacks

A court in Munich jailed four far-right extremists on Wednesday for forming a terror group with racist and anti-Semitic aims and planning to attack refugees.

15/03/2017

Business Series

Audi plants searched by German police in Dieselgate probe

Audi premised have been searched by German authorities in connection with the scandal over emissions tests by its parent company Volkswagen.

15/03/2017

Business Series

Volkswagen brand suffers profit drop after emissions scandal

There was a big profit drop for the Volkswagen brand in the wake of its emissions scandal. The remuneration for the VW brand boss was also cut.

14/03/2017

Germany

Euroviews. Germany, the G20, protectionism and the Compact with Africa

he populist agenda is based on the deeply flawed premise that international cooperation and international trade are zero-sum games, producing only winners and losers.

13/03/2017

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Thousands stage pro-EU demonstration in Berlin

Around 5,500 demonstrators gathered in Germany’s capital for a pro-EU rally, asking the Netherlands and France to vote against the far-right in upcoming…

13/03/2017

Germany

Hundreds of flights cancelled in Berlin Airports strike

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at Berlins’s two airports, causing further misery for passengers already hit by industrial action last week.

13/03/2017

Germany

Mall closed over terror threat in Germany

Police had closed the mall acting on intelligence reports of a potential terror attack. The origin of the threat, the local media reported, was a German with links to ISIL.

11/03/2017

Germany

Shopping centre closed in Germany after terrorist alert

A security alert in the western German city of Essen resulted in police closing off a shopping centre in the town.

11/03/2017

Germany

Suspect in German child murder cases confesses

The suspect had handed himself in on Thursday following a three-day manhunt triggered by the discovery of a young boy's body in a basement in Herne.

11/03/2017

Germany

Ground staff strike grounds nearly all Berlin airport flights

Thousands of air passengers were stranded on Friday as hundreds of flights were cancelled at Berlin’s two airports due to a strike by ground staff.

10/03/2017

Economy

German imports jump, exports also strong

German imports were up 3 percent in January from December. Exports were also surprisingly strong underscoring the momentum in Europe's biggest economy

10/03/2017

Economy

Safety concerns overshadow world's biggest travel and tourism fair

Holiday destinations that are safe - the issue that is occupying participants at this year's ITB, the travel and tourism trade fair in Berlin.

10/03/2017

Germany

German suspect arrested over killing of boy boasted on the web

Marcel Hesse is accused of posting photos and a video of the dead boy on the internet

10/03/2017

Germany

Several people injured in axe attack at Dusseldorf train station

One man has been arrested, local police confirmed, correcting earlier reports of multiple arrests.

09/03/2017

Germany

Turkey is worth the effort - Merkel

The German Chancellor has stepped in to soothe relations between Berlin and Ankara after a series of tit-for-tat barbs in recent days.

09/03/2017

Germany

'Media reports' informed Angela Merkel about Dieselgate

German Chancellor Angela Merkel only found out about the Volkswagen emissions scandal through media reports, she has told a parliamentary committee of inquiry.

08/03/2017

Germany

Spotlight on Germany in Wikileaks CIA spying revelations

Not for the first time, Germany finds itself at the centre of a spying scandal involving the United States.

08/03/2017

Germany

Euroviews. Turkey and Germany - an unpredictable and unstable partnership: View

08/03/2017

Germany

Tense talks for Turkish-German ministers after Nazi comparisons

Meeting his Turkish counterpart in Berlin on Wednesday, Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has tried to defuse the diplomatic crisis between the two…

08/03/2017

Germany

Germany : Police hunt suspect who bragged about killing a child

A manhunt is underway in Germany after a video emerged of a teenager boasting about stabbing his nine-year-old neighbour to death.

07/03/2017

Germany

Tears flow as Berlin's baby polar bear dies

Four-month-old Fritz, who was born in captivity in Berlin, has died of complications from a liver inflammation.

07/03/2017

Germany

Germany: Facebook fake post trial

A German court has rejected a temporary injunction against facebook in a case brought by Syrian refugee Anas Modamani, who took a selfie with Angela Merkel in 2015. The site failed to remove fake post

07/03/2017

Economy

How to understand Germany’s trade surplus: is it exploiting the weak euro?

Criticism of Germany’s export prowess, and accusations of currency manipulation, are just as wrong-headed as Germany’s own defense of its excessive surplus. Ultimately, Germany can serve everyone’s best interests – including its own – by reducing its surplus, and thus the harmful economic imbalances

07/03/2017

Business Series

Deutsche Bank seeking eight billion euros from new share sale

The past troubles at Germany's biggest bank mean it is asking investors to buy an additional eight billion euros worth of new shares.

06/03/2017

Germany

Germany's Angela Merkel hits back over 'Nazi' claims by Turkey's President Erdogan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejects claims by Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Germany is using 'fascist actions'

06/03/2017