Germany

Economy

VW holds first post-emissions scandal board meeting

Volkswagen running out of time to prove it is not Das Problem as first board meeting since emissions scandal debates disaster

09/11/2015

Germany

Strike grounds 100,000 passengers as Lufthansa cancels 900 flights

Germany’s biggest airline Lufthansa has been forced to cancel nearly a thousand flights on Monday because of a strike by cabin crew. Some 113,000

09/11/2015

Germany

Germany parliament votes to criminalise commercial euthanasia

07/11/2015

My Europe Series

Separation anxiety: trauma of underage refugees alone in Germany

Among the vast throng of refugees to have flowed into Germany this year are at least 30,000 unaccompanied minors. The situation for these vulnerable

06/11/2015

Germany

Lufthansa cancels 290 flights, 37,500 passengers affected

German airline Lufthansa cancelled hundreds of flights on Friday after cabin crew union UFO announced a walkout on flights from Frankfurt and

06/11/2015

Germany

Germany: ruling coalition agrees to speed up asylum process

Germany's ruling coalition agrees on how to speed up the asylum process as migrant arrivals reach almost 800,000 this year.

06/11/2015

Germany

Germany: train collides with lorry in Bavaria, killing at least 1 person

A train crash in northern Bavaria on Thursday night killed at least one person and wounded several more, German media reported. The passenger train

06/11/2015

Economy

Weak eurozone demand hits 'Made in Germany' goods

German industrial orders fell for the third consecutive month in September – in particular due to weak demand from other eurozone countries. The

05/11/2015

Economy

Volkswagen shares fall over 'false' CO2 and fuel readings

Another three billion euros have been wiped off Volkswagen’s market value after the company admitted the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of some

04/11/2015

Germany

More VWs recalled as emission doubts creep towards Audi and Porsche

More bad news at Volkswagen/Audi/Porsche, where 800,000 new cars are now deemed worth a recall because of failing to hit CO2 limits. It is another

03/11/2015

Economy

Volkswagen CEO under pressure to explain Porsche emissions claims

Volkswagen’s new boss is under pressure to explain claims by US regulators that they’ve found more cars equipped to cheat emissions tests. What is

03/11/2015

Germany

Germany: Merkel moves to reassure over migrant influx as coalition divisions deepen

Chancellor Angela Merkel has reiterated calls for other EU members to take in more migrants and refugees as her ruling coalition comes under growing

03/11/2015

Germany

FIFA: football funding row spreads to Germany

Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German football association, the DFB. The operation is connected to allegations of tax

03/11/2015

Germany

Pegida: German Justice Minister likened to Goebbels

There is outrage in Germany after the leader of the far-right Pegida movement likened the country’s justice ministed to a notorious figure from the

03/11/2015

Germany

Volkswagen denies Porsche cars involved in emissions scandal

German car maker Volkswagen has denied cheating air pollution tests with its luxury diesel vehicles as well as its smaller engines. It follows new

03/11/2015

Germany

US: Porsche and Audi drawn deeper into Volkswagen emissions-cheating scandal

The United States has expanded its investigation into Volkswagen, with claims the German carmaker has also installed emissions-control cheating

02/11/2015

Germany

German village of 102 residents ordered to take in 750 asylum seekers

A German village of 102 inhabitants has been ordered to take in 750 asylum seekers. The German village of Sumte, population 102, braces for an influx

02/11/2015

Germany

Germany's ruling coalition remains divided over refugee crisis

Leaders of Germany’s ruling coalition parties remain divided over how to deal with the refugee crisis. At a meeting in Berlin Chancellor Angela

01/11/2015

Germany

Gunter Schabowski, man who accidentally sparked fall of Berlin Wall, dies

Gunter Schabowski the East German spokesperson whose error led to the demise of the Berlin Wall has died aged 86. Guenter Schabowski, official whose

01/11/2015

Germany

Germany restricts refugee entry from Austria to five crossings

Germany has announced it is to restrict the number of entry points for refugees and migrants arriving from Austria. A total of five crossings will

31/10/2015

Germany

Prominent German ISIL propagandist killed in Syria - US officials

German jihadist and former rapper Denis Cuspert is believed to have been killed in Syria. US officials said that Cuspert was killed in a US airstrike

30/10/2015

Economy

Deutsche Bank announces huge job loss plan

Deutsche Bank has announced plans for major job losses and will also scale down massively its operations worldwide, as part of a major shake-up of

29/10/2015

Economy

Volkswagen puts brave face on crash into the red

Volkswagen plunged into the red in the third quarter, the first such loss for 15 years. The reason is the 6.7 billion euros set aside to deal with

28/10/2015

Germany

VW posts huge operating loss: 3.48 billion euros

Car maker Volkswagen has posted a third-quarter operating loss of 3.48 billion euros. It is the German group’s first quarter loss in more than 15

28/10/2015

Economy

German business shrugs off VW scandal - IFO survey

The first real test of the mood among German industry and trade since the Volkswagen emissions scandal has found that managers were less fazed by it

26/10/2015

Germany

Clashes in Cologne over anti-Islam rally

German riot police used water cannon to keep left – wing radicals and anti-Islam protesters apart on Sunday as they held rival rallies in the city of

25/10/2015