Germany

Economy

ECB cuts deposit rate with further stimulus measures expected

The European Central Bank has begun taking stimulus measures in a bid to boost inflation and the eurozone’s recovery. Ahead of a news conference to

03/12/2015

Economy

Volkswagen 'agrees loan' to cover emissions scandal costs

Volkswagen is said to have agreed the terms of a 20 billion euro bridging loan with banks to help shoulder the costs of its emissions scandal

02/12/2015

Economy

Eurozone inflation data add to expectations of ECB action

New inflation figures for the eurozone add further weight to those arguing for more stimulus measures. Core inflation surprisingly slowed in

02/12/2015

Germany

Merkel's cabinet backs German role in fight against Islamic State militants

The German cabinet has agreed to join the military campaign against Islamic State militants in Syria. The Bundestag lower house of parliament will

01/12/2015

Germany

Hamburg 2024 Olympic bid killed by referendum

30/11/2015

Germany

'Save our planet' say demonstrators worldwide on eve of UN climate summit

On what may be the biggest day of climate change activism ever seen worldwide, tens of thousands of people marched as far afield as Sydney and Madrid

29/11/2015

Sport

Tyson's glory as Fury defeats Klitschko for the heavyweight crown

Tyson Fury upset the heavyweight applecart in Dusseldorf with victory over multiple champion, Ukraine’s Wladimir Klitschko. BREAKING: @Tyson_Fury is

29/11/2015

Germany

Hamburg 2024 Olympic bid rests on referendum

29/11/2015

Germany

Merkel faces call to resign amid migrant crisis criticism

A German right-wing party is calling on Chancellor Angela Merkel to go, amid criticism of her handling of the migrant crisis. Eurosceptic

29/11/2015

Germany

Germany's Cabinet backs military support for fight against ISIL

Under pressure from Paris, Germany’s set to help in the fight against ISIL militants. Tornado reconnaissance jets are being pledged, along with a

26/11/2015

Sport

Klitschko and Fury warm up for title fight at Dusseldorf airport

Wladimir Klitschko and Tyson Fury undergo a public training session at Dusseldorf airport ahead of their heavyweight title fight.

26/11/2015

Economy

Germany won't lower minimum wage for migrants, says economy minister Gabriel

Germany’s economy minister has said the country’s minimum wage will not be lowered for migrants because of the refugee crisis. Senior economists had

26/11/2015

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Refugees' new challenge: Europe's winter

The EU’s refugee crisis is facing a fresh challenge – migrants arriving unprepared for winter conditions. Temperatures have dipped below zero degrees

26/11/2015

Culture news

The Dark Years - an exhibition in Berlin of art during the years of the Second World War

“The Black Rooms” is a tense painting by Karl Hofer from 1943 and it sets the tone of a new exhibition in Berlin which traces art under the National

25/11/2015

Economy

German business morale rises despite global uncertainty

German business morale has risen to its highest level for nearly 18 months, despite the slowdown in China, the Volkswagen scandal and more recently

24/11/2015

Sport

Daniel-Andre Tande clinches maiden World Cup win in Germany

Norway’s Daniel-Andre Tande produced a stunning performance to clinch the first individual ski jumping event of the new World Cup season in

22/11/2015

Sport

Germany ski jumping team take World Cup victory for 2nd year

Germany’s male ski jumping team edged Slovenia to win the season’s first World Cup. The winning team – of Andreas Wellinger, Andreas Wank, Richard

21/11/2015

Business Series

Volkswagen to cut capital spending and focus on future technologies

Volkswagen says it is to reduce capital spending to no more than 12 billion euros next year as it struggles with the enormous cost of its emissions

20/11/2015

Culture news

Gender bending Japanese makeup ad wins top EPICA prize

Founded in 1987, EPICA is the only creative ad prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world

20/11/2015

Economy

Draghi says ECB will do what it must to boost inflation

Mario Draghi has said the European Central Bank is ready to act quickly to boost inflation in the eurozone. The comments by the bank’s president at

20/11/2015

Economy

Telegram messaging app struggles to block ISIS sites

Stung by revelations that ISIS was using the ultra-secure messaging app Telegram, the Berlin-based service has been racing to shut down dozens of

19/11/2015

Germany

International friendly called off over bomb fears

Spectators have been evacuated from a football stadium in Germany which had planned to host an international friendly on Tuesday evening. The fixture

18/11/2015

Germany

Germany-Netherlands friendly called off due to "security threat"

A friendly between the German and Dutch national football teams has been cancelled, reportedly because of a bomb threat. The stadium in the city of

17/11/2015

Germany

Paris: police release five people arrested in Germany

Five people arrested in Germany in connection with last Friday’s attacks in Paris have been released. The arrests were made on Tuesday in the small

17/11/2015

Germany

Germany: remains of at least 8 babies found in house

Police in Germany say the bodies of at least eight babies have been found in a house in a town close to the Czech border. The alarm was raised in the

13/11/2015

Germany

German police find seven dead babies in apartment

The bodies of seven dead babies have been found in an apartment in the southern German state of Bavaria, police said, adding that they wanted to

13/11/2015