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EU steps up fight against tax evasion by end 2013
The European Union's leaders took a major step in tackling tax-dodgers Wednesday by pushing to end bank secrecy across the bloc's 27 members by the ...
German central bank: Economy to improve 'markedly'
Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter — a development that could boost the wider eurozone ...
German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM
It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader ...
Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel
Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Poll shows favorable views of EU in sharp decline
Positive views of the European Union by its citizens are near all-time lows. And no EU country is plunging faster into the abyss of gloom than France.
Merkel shrugs aside new book on communist-era past
Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously ...
Germany: Hope to advance Turkish EU talks soon
Germany's foreign minister said Sunday he hopes that a new chapter in Turkey's stalled European Union membership talks can be opened in the coming ...
Germany says Obama to visit Berlin in June
President Barack Obama will visit Berlin next month for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first visit to the German capital since taking ...
Germany: Chancellor Merkel on visit to Afghanistan
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents ...
Thomas Bach announces IOC presidential candidacy
Thomas Bach is counting on his track record and long experience in the Olympic world to carry him to the top job in the IOC. The 59-year-old German ...
Germany OKs export of over 100 tanks to Indonesia
The German government has approved plans to export 104 main battle tanks to Indonesia along with dozens of other armored vehicles — drawing criticism ...
Merkel challenger hits brakes on autobahn limits
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in September's election is trying to avoid a political speed bump. Peer Steinbrueck is trying to halt a ...
French finance chief hails easing off austerity
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici on Tuesday hailed the European Union's decision to grant his country more time to tackle its deficit as a ...
German neo-Nazi trial sparks fear of hidden racism
Most of the victims were immigrants and their deaths at first failed to make headlines. Police were quick to blame the slayings on foreign gangs with ...
Germany shakes off inferiority complex to Spain
German efficiency is beating Spanish flair again in football. Having seen Barcelona emerge as the dominant team in Europe and Spain's national team ...
Lonely year for French president at time of crisis
The sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country's economy ...
Merkel insists austerity part of Europe's cure
Chancellor Angela Merkel has underlined Germany's insistence that austerity is part of the solution to Europe's financial crisis but emphasized that ...
Top ECB official cautions: rate cuts have costs
A top European Central Bank official warned Thursday that another interest rate cut might not be much help for eurozone countries in recession — ...
Tax case of Uli Hoeness stuns Germany
Uli Hoeness has been a figure larger than life in German football, building Bayern Munich into a bastion of financial health and one of the top clubs ...