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Developer pledges to continue Berlin Wall removal
A German property developer has rejected calls to halt work to remove one of the last remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall, despite angry protests ...
Beppe Grillo's protest group wins Italian hearts
It says a lot about the political mood in Italy that when an unidentified package arrived at comic-turned-political leader Beppe Grillo's house, the ...
Bertelsmann takes full control of BMG rights unit
Media group Bertelsmann AG is taking full control of the BMG music rights management business, buying the stake held by private equity company KKR & ...
Weirather wins WCup super-G, edges Mancuso of US
Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein secured her first World Cup victory Friday when she edged Julia Mancuso of the United states on a steep and fast ...
Berlin wall removal stalls amid protests
Hundreds of angry protesters on Friday prevented construction workers from removing a section of one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin ...
German opposition launches minimum-wage drive
The German Parliament's upper house has voted to introduce a mandatory national minimum wage, a challenge by the country's opposition to Chancellor ...
POPE LIVE: End of a papacy, dawn of a retirement
"Pope Live" follows the events of the final day of Pope Benedict XVI's papacy as seen by journalists from The Associated Press around the world.
GM's Opel, employees seal deal on German plant
General Motors Co.'s Opel unit reached a deal with its employee council on Thursday to keep car production going at a troubled German plant until the ...
German unemployment steady at 7.4 percent
The Federal Labor Agency says Germany's unemployment rate held steady at 7.4 percent in February and that the job market remains "robust." The agency ...
Deutsche Telekom Q4 net profit hits $1 billion
Deutsche Telekom saw net profit recover to €793 million ($1.04 billion) in the fourth quarter as the telecoms group declared it was "on the offensive" ...
Lawsuit charges weigh on Bayer profits again
Charges for lawsuits over its birth control pills weighed on Bayer AG's earnings once again during the fourth quarter of 2012. The German company said ...
Italy turmoil raises questions about ECB backstop
Why has Italy's muddled election result spooked global investors so much? Because it raises unsettling questions about the availability of the ...
Draghi: Reforms must continue despite social cost
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has acknowledged that austerity measures and economic reforms can have heavy social costs — but argues ...
Airbus parent EADS sees Q4 earnings halve
Airbus parent company EADS NV posted a 47 percent drop in fourth-quarter net profit Wednesday after taking costly charges at its helicopter and ...
3 dead in Swiss workplace shooting
A longtime employee opened fire at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland on Wednesday, leaving three people dead, including the assailant, ...
German consumer confidence edging higher
Consumer confidence in Germany is edging higher as shoppers feel more optimistic about the economic outlook, according to a survey published Wednesday ...
Q&A: Why Italian election has shaken investors
Italy's inconclusive election has rattled markets and raised the fear that Europe's crisis over too much government debt could flare again after ...
Deutsche Bank to redo shareholder meeting
Deutsche Bank is redoing last year's shareholder meeting after decisions from it were challenged in court. The extra meeting is slated for April 11 ...
Kerry pushes trans-Atlantic free trade in Germany
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pushed Tuesday for a free-trade agreement between the United States and Europe, saying it is a priority for ...
Skeptical Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks
Skeptical Syrian opposition leaders agreed Monday to attend an international conference in Rome after first threatening to boycott the session that ...
German central banker: stick to deficit goals
The head of Germany's national central bank urged France to set an example for troubled eurozone countries and help restore confidence in the euro by ...
German intel paid neo-Nazi informer $240,000
Germany's domestic intelligence agency has come under fire for paying almost a quarter of a million dollars to a neo-Nazi informer linked to a ...
Merkel backs 'open-ended' Turkey's EU talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the European Union should move forward with its talks with Turkey about joining the bloc, but that she ...
German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch dies at 89
German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, acclaimed for his musical brilliance and unpretentious leadership of the Bavarian State Opera and the ...
US moves to salvage Syrian opposition talks
The U.S. is frantically trying to salvage a Syrian opposition conference that John Kerry plans to attend this week during his first official overseas ...