Germany

Germany

• Hoffenheim hopes to escape relegation in Dortmund

  Hoffenheim's fairytale ride to the top tier of German football is likely to come to an end Saturday on the final day of the Bundesliga season. 

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  Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business

  Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German ... 

• Voigt wins stage, van Garderen takes lead

  Germany's Jens Voigt won the fifth stage of the Tour of California on Thursday as America's Tejay van Garderen surprisingly took the overall lead a ... 

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  Merkel, Hollande at odds over Europe's way forward

  Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of ... 

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  German Chancellor Merkel to attend Wembley final

  Football fan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to attend the first all-German Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern ... 

• Germany includes 4 newcomers in squad for US tour

  Coach Joachim Loew has called up four newcomers for Germany's friendlies against Ecuador and the United States, with the stars of Bayern Munich and ... 

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  Jupp Heynckes says farewell to Bundesliga

  Jupp Heynckes will end his Bundesliga career where he started it five decades ago, in his hometown of Moenchengladbach. In his 1,011th game as player ... 

• Luxembourg PM downplays swift tax evasion deal

  Luxembourg's Prime Minister says he doesn't expect an agreement on one of the European Union's key policies against tax evasion to emerge at next ... 

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  Ivanovic header gives Chelsea 2-1 win over Benfica

  Branislav Ivanovic watched from the stands as Chelsea won its first Champions League last season. He eased the pain of missing that match through ... 

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  Dortmund back from the brink to take the spotlight

  While Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp lauded his side's progress to the Champions League final as an "incredible journey," the club's ... 

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  Daimler unveils new flagship Mercedes model

  Daimler AG has unveiled the newest version of its S-Class model from luxury brand Mercedes-Benz, a car that will play a key role in the company's ... 

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  Eurozone recession is now longest in currency bloc

  The eurozone is now in its longest ever recession — a stubborn slump that has surpassed even the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis ... 

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  Dortmund quietly confident ahead of Wembley final

  Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp is well aware that most people expect Bayern Munich to win the teams' all-German Champions League final. All he ... 

• Ecclestone relaxed about German bribe case

  Bernie Ecclestone says he is totally relaxed following a report that German prosecutors have indicted the Formula One boss in a case centering on $44 ... 

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  Werder Bremen parts company with coach Schaaf

  Werder Bremen has parted company with Thomas Schaaf, the longest-serving coach in the Bundesliga who spent 14 years with the club. Werder said ... 

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  German artist's canvas sells for record $37M

  A monumental 20th century masterpiece by German artist Gerhard Richter has set an auction record for a work by a living artist, selling for $37 ... 

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  Leverkusen co-coach Lewandowski leaves post

  Bayer Leverkusen co-coach Sascha Lewandowski is quitting the post to take over the club's junior side in a move that will leave Sami Hyypia alone in ... 

• Allianz: Low rates to keep earnings under pressure

  Low losses from natural disasters and higher prices in the key markets of Germany, Turkey and Latin America lifted profits at German insurance company ... 

• German economy returns to modest growth

  The German economy managed to avoid sinking into recession during an unusually cold first quarter, but only just, official figures showed Wednesday. 

• Steelmaker ThyssenKrupp to cut 3,000 office jobs

  Steel and elevator maker ThyssenKrupp says it will cut 3,000 of its 15,000 office jobs over the next three years to streamline the company's ... 

• Germany pulls plug on drone procurement program

  An official says Germany has canceled plans to purchase and modify U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion). 

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  Lampard, Barcelona top weekly AP football poll

  Climbing to the top of Chelsea's all-time scoring leaderboard earned Frank Lampard the top spot in the weekly Associated Press global football poll ... 

• German team withdraws from Youth America's Cup

  A sailing team from Germany has dropped out of the America's Cup youth regatta in San Francisco in the wake of an accident that killed a member of a ... 

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  Bayern has learned lessons from last season loss

  Bayern Munich stars say the heart-breaking loss to Chelsea on penalties in last season's Champions League final at home strengthened the team's mental ... 

• German court orders changes to Google search hints

  Google Inc. must respect requests to remove autocomplete entries from its search bar in Germany if they are defamatory, a German court ruled Tuesday.