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La Scala presents Wagner's Ring cycle this week
Daniel Barenboim is conducting the first week-long presentation of Wagner's Ring cycle at La Scala since 1938. "Der Ring des Nibelungen," which begins ...
German ministers quiz web firms on US surveillance
German ministers questioned major Internet companies on Friday about U.S. tracking of web activity, days before a visit to Berlin by President Barack ...
Germany launches building of Berlin palace replica
Germany launched construction of a partial replica of a Prussian palace in the heart of Berlin on Wednesday, embarking on a delayed and ...
Europe outrage over NSA tempered by necessity
Indignation was sharp and predictable across Europe — a continent where privacy is revered. Yet anger over revelations of U.S. electronic surveillance ...
German court weighs legality of ECB crisis measure
Top European financial officials testified Tuesday for and against a European Central Bank program that has been instrumental in calming the euro debt ...
Hitler's alpine retreat getting makeover
Adolf Hitler's mountain retreat in Bavaria is getting a makeover, with a 17-million euro ($22.5 million) renovation project that will enlarge the ...
Merkel, Obama to discuss NSA surveillance program
Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of the U.S. National Security Agency's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President ...
Swollen Elbe River breaches new levee in Germany
The swollen Elbe River breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 ...
ECB defends bond program before German hearing
A top European Central Bank official has warned that a German court judgment against the bank's program to buy the bonds of troubled economies could ...
Berlin police break up topless protest
Three topless protesters from feminist protest group Femen were dragged by police from outside the German chancellery Friday where they were pleading ...
Art history under hammer as Berlin Wall is sold
Pieces of the Iron Curtain's most iconic symbol, the Berlin Wall, are being put up for auction in Paris after being decorated by some of the world's ...
German defense chief under fire over drone program
Germany's defense minister on Wednesday admitted mistakes were made in the handling of a program to develop unmanned surveillance drones and announced ...
EU slaps levies on Chinese solar panel imports
The European Union says it will impose anti-dumping levies on imports of Chinese solar panels, in a move that could trigger a trade war between two ...
Merkel challenger criticizes austerity policies
Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in the upcoming election said Tuesday that her government's insistence on budget austerity across Europe is ...
Merkel challenger calls for new Marshall Plan
The man who is challenging Angela Merkel to become chancellor of Germany has called for a new Marshall Plan to revive Europe's ailing economies.
Germany to help Spain with credit for growth, jobs
Germany is setting up a loan program for struggling small and medium-sized firms in Spain to boost growth and jobs in the crisis-hit southern European ...
IMF urges Germany to keep spending amid low growth
The International Monetary Fund on Monday halved its growth forecast for Germany as the eurozone recession takes its toll on the bloc's largest ...
Erdogan rejects 'dictator' claims
Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is a "dictator," dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe, even as thousands returned ...
Britain warns against planned EU transaction tax
Britain's foreign minister has urged Chancellor Angela Merkel's government during a trip to Germany to abandon its support for a European tax on ...
Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she would use her country's economic clout to prevent the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs ...
Germans, French eye plan to create jobs for young
Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will ...
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 ...
Wax and mirrors: Anish Kapoor opens show in Berlin
Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A giant mauve object that looks like a deflating balloon sprawls and sags its way ...
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 ...
Protesters picket Barbie-themed house in Berlin
It probably wasn't the reception Barbie was hoping for at the start of her European tour. Feminist protesters burned a doll on a cross and left-wing ...