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Ex-German president charged with corruption
Prosecutors filed corruption charges Friday against former German President Christian Wulff over alleged favors that prompted his resignation. It is ...
Cameron in Germany for talks on European reform
Britain's prime minister has arrived for a two-day visit in Germany where he will meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss European reform.
Barca-Bayern, Madrid-Dortmund in Champions League
It's a Spain vs. Germany double bill in the Champions League semifinals. Barcelona will play Bayern Munich in a clash of runaway league leaders who ...
Greece charges German with smuggling silver
A German man has been charged with trying to smuggle hundreds of pounds of silver out of Greece, part of a crackdown on the pawnbroker trade ...
Warsaw Ghetto memorial reflects a changing Poland
Almost nothing remains of the old Warsaw Ghetto: a few buildings here and there, a synagogue, some fragments of a brick wall. The rest was blown up ...
Czechs arrest German in guns possession case
Czech police say they have arrested a 69-year-old man sought by Germany for allegedly building up a stash of weapons in his homes. Police say Uwe ...
Dutch coffee company DEMB agrees to $9.8B buyout
The management of Dutch coffee maker D.E. Master Blenders 1753 NV says it has agreed to a 7.5 billion euro ($9.8 billion) buyout offer from a group ...
Volkswagen March sales flat as Europe struggles
German automaker Volkswagen AG says sales were flat in March and that global car markets outside North America and China "are becoming even more ...
EPL to use Hawk-Eye; Spain, Germany stall on tech
The English Premier League on Thursday became the first national competition in world football to approve the use of goal-line technology, with ...
Greece, Germany bicker over war reparations issue
A long-standing debate over whether Germany still owes Greece war reparations stemming from the Nazi occupation erupted anew Thursday in a spat ...
German news agency dapd closes
An insolvency administrator has ordered the German news agency dapd to shut operations immediately after it failed to find investors. A statement from ...
German leader welcomes GM investment
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed General Motors' decision to invest another 4 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in European subsidiary Opel by ...
Russian NGOs demand explanation from Putin
Russia's non-governmental organizations on Thursday demanded President Vladimir Putin prove they received nearly $1 billion from foreign sponsors, a ...
Hoeness wants Dortmund in Champions League
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness says he would prefer to face Bundesliga rival Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League semifinals. Hoeness says ...
Germany: 4 charged in assassination plot
German federal prosecutors say they've charged four Islamic extremists with forming a terrorist cell with the goal of killing a small far-right ...
India and Germany see progress in trade deal
The leaders of Germany and India said Thursday that progress is being made on a new free trade agreement between India and the European Union but ...
Moenchengladbach signs forward Kruse from Freiburg
Borussia Moenchengladbach has signed forward Max Kruse from Bundesliga rival Freiburg as of next season. The 25-year-old forward received a four-year ...
Schumacher to be a Mercedes ambassador for safety
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is becoming an ambassador for safety for Mercedes-Benz. The German carmaker says the long-term ...
Battle for 3rd place is on in the Bundesliga
The only thing left for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga is to officially pick up the trophy, and Borussia Dortmund seems secure in second place, so ...
Rockefeller impostor convicted of cold-case murder
A German immigrant who spent decades posing as an heir to the fabled Rockefeller oil fortune and using other identities was found guilty of ...
Nominees announced for English translation prize
A novel by Romanian-born German Nobel laureate Herta Muller is among the finalists for prizes given for best English language translations of fiction ...
Bayern beats Juventus 2-0 to reach semifinals
Bayern Munich continued its march toward a second consecutive Champions League final with a 2-0 win at Juventus on Wednesday, securing a 4-0 win on ...
GM's Akerson reaffirms commitment to Opel
General Motors' top executives have reaffirmed their commitment to Opel, the U.S. auto group's lossmaking European subsidiary, promising to invest ...