http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/1298504-germany-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/1298504-germany-government.html http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2089898-merkel-hollande-odds-europes-way-forward.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of the continent's No. 1 and 2 economies suggested they still have diverging priorities. French President Francois Hollande argued that the 17-nation eurozone should integrate more, calling for gr... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:55:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2089898-merkel-hollande-odds-europes-way-forward.html 2013-05-16T17:55:32Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2090308-german-chancellor-merkel-to-attend-wembley-final.html BERLIN (AP) — Football fan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to attend the first all-German Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich on May 25 at Wembley. Asked during a Berlin conference Thursday whether she would go, Merkel replied: "I think I'm coming, yes." Merkel would not say which team she preferred. Asked whether ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:23:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2090308-german-chancellor-merkel-to-attend-wembley-final.html 2013-05-16T14:23:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2082928-poll-favorable-views-eu-sharp-decline.html BRUSSELS (AP) — 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. Germans are broadly perceived as being the most trustworthy Europeans — but also the least compassionate. Britons, often seen as deeply skeptical of the benefits of EU membership, are in fact split right down t... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:05:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2082928-poll-favorable-views-eu-sharp-decline.html 2013-05-13T22:05:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081232-europe-odds-steps-to-banking-union.html BERLIN (AP) — European leaders are increasingly at odds over how to create a full-fledged banking union, the bloc's key project to stabilize its financial system and turn the tide in its stubborn debt crisis. A majority of the 17 countries in the European Union's common euro currency union want to swiftly create a central banking regulator as well as an a... Mon, 13 May 2013 19:41:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081232-europe-odds-steps-to-banking-union.html 2013-05-13T19:41:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081592-merkel-shrugs-book-communist-era.html BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's never hidden anything. The 58-year-old Merkel grew up in East Germany and entered politics as communism crumbled in 1989. It has long been known that, like many people, she joi... Mon, 13 May 2013 12:49:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081592-merkel-shrugs-book-communist-era.html 2013-05-13T12:49:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080282-report-iran-fm-would-attend-syria-conference.html BERLIN (AP) — Iran's foreign minister says his country would be prepared to attend a planned international conference on Syria, and is suggesting Tehran could play a part in helping broker peace. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to try to convene a conference to seek a political solution to the two-year Syrian civil war, but no date has been set. Iran is o... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:23:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080282-report-iran-fm-would-attend-syria-conference.html 2013-05-12T16:23:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080180-germany-hope-to-advance-turkish-eu-talks.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 weeks, but his Turkish counterpart suggested the EU should quickly do more to welcome Ankara. Turkey began EU accession negotiations in 2005, but has made little progress because of a dispute with... Sun, 12 May 2013 15:57:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2080180-germany-hope-to-advance-turkish-eu-talks.html 2013-05-12T15:57:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076242-germany-obama-to-visit-berlin-june.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama will visit Berlin next month for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first visit to the German capital since taking office, her spokesman said Friday. The visit comes a few days before the 50th anniversary on June 26 of President John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit to Berlin, then a symbol of Europe's Cold War division... Fri, 10 May 2013 13:36:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076242-germany-obama-to-visit-berlin-june.html 2013-05-10T13:36:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel made a surprise visit Friday to northern Afghanistan to visit her troops less than two weeks after insurgents killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, a military spokesman said. Germany is the only NATO nation that has so far committed troops to Afghanistan after the coalitio... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:07:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2075932-germany-chancellor-merkel-visit-to-afghanistan.html 2013-05-10T11:07:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2070802-germany-oks-export-100-tanks-to-indonesia.html BERLIN (AP) — The German government has approved plans to export 104 main battle tanks to Indonesia along with dozens of other armored vehicles — drawing criticism from the opposition in Berlin. The government confirmed the authorization in its reply to a question from opposition Green party lawmaker Katja Keul, who released the letter Wednesday. The Econ... Wed, 08 May 2013 12:53:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2070802-germany-oks-export-100-tanks-to-indonesia.html 2013-05-08T12:53:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071092-merkel-challenger-hits-brakes-autobahn-limits.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 debate set off by a Social Democrat colleague about whether to introduce speed limits on all German highways — a potential turnoff for voters. The chairman of his party was quoted Wednesday as s... Wed, 08 May 2013 12:04:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2071092-merkel-challenger-hits-brakes-autobahn-limits.html 2013-05-08T12:04:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2067996-french-finance-chief-hails-easing-austerity.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 turning point in the region's approach to austerity, which is choking off growth through spending cuts and tax hikes. Cutting budget deficits remains important but the 27-nation bloc must now move... Tue, 07 May 2013 13:46:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2067996-french-finance-chief-hails-easing-austerity.html 2013-05-07T13:46:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2065722-german-minister-warns-al-qaida-syrian-links.html BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Germany's foreign minister says weapons meant for opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad must not fall into the hands of rebels aligned with al-Qaida. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told delegates at a plenary assembly of the World Jewish Congress in the Hungarian capital of Budapest that "lethal weapons in t... Mon, 06 May 2013 10:54:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2065722-german-minister-warns-al-qaida-syrian-links.html 2013-05-06T10:54:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2060376-german-neo-nazi-trial-sparks-fear-hidden-racism.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 links to gambling and drugs. But revelations that a string of unsolved killings may have been a cold-blooded neo-Nazi campaign against ethnic Turks have shaken the nation, forcing Germans to co... Fri, 03 May 2013 13:34:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2060376-german-neo-nazi-trial-sparks-fear-hidden-racism.html 2013-05-03T13:34:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2046868-merkel-insists-austerity-europes-cure.html BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel has underlined Germany's insistence that austerity is part of the solution to Europe's financial crisis but emphasized that reforms to make labor laws more flexible and encourage private investment also are essential. Calls are mounting across Europe for Berlin to relent on an austerity drive that's become increasing... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:15:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2046868-merkel-insists-austerity-europes-cure.html 2013-04-26T15:15:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2043500-top-ecb-official-cautions-rate-cuts-costs.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A top European Central Bank official warned Thursday that another interest rate cut might not be much help for eurozone countries in recession — because already low rates are not getting through to businesses and consumers. Joerg Asmussen, the bank's top official for international relations, said that the "pass-through of rate cu... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:21:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2043500-top-ecb-official-cautions-rate-cuts-costs.html 2013-04-25T13:21:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043582-german-government-raises-2013-growth-outlook.html BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Thursday raised slightly its growth forecast for this year, though it still expects Europe's biggest economy to expand by only 0.5 percent. The new forecast compares with the previous prediction in January of 0.4 percent growth. The economy grew by 0.7 percent in 2012 — much slower than the two previous years but sti... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:08:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043582-german-government-raises-2013-growth-outlook.html 2013-04-25T12:08:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043416-german-finance-minister-digs-austerity.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister is insisting that Europe can't spend its way out of its economic problems — digging in against mounting criticism of the continent's austerity drive. Germany strongly advocates making efforts to reduce budget deficits a top priority. His comments come just a few days after European Commission president Jose Manuel ... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:16:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2043416-german-finance-minister-digs-austerity.html 2013-04-25T07:16:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2036716-tax-case-uli-hoeness-stuns-germany.html MUNICH (AP) — 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 in the world. As loved and hated as his club, Hoeness polarized football fans and displayed a trademark red face every time he got into a passionate discussion or a vocal argument, which was often. ... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:39:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2036716-tax-case-uli-hoeness-stuns-germany.html 2013-04-22T15:39:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2035878-germanys-tax-take-continues-to-swell-q1.html BERLIN (AP) — The German government's tax income has continued to swell this year, thanks in part to a solid labor market in Europe's biggest economy. The Finance Ministry said in its monthly report Monday that Germany's federal and state governments saw their total tax take increase 5.7 percent in March compared with a year earlier to nearly 51.7 billion... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:35:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2035878-germanys-tax-take-continues-to-swell-q1.html 2013-04-22T07:35:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2034982-german-fm-stands-refusal-to-send-arms-to-syria.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's foreign minister says his country won't send weapons to Syria's opposition even if other European nations let an EU embargo on arms deliveries expire. Britain and France are leading a push to modify the European Union's embargo on Syria to permit weapons transfers to the opposition. Germany is reluctant, pointing to the danger of w... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:06:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2034982-german-fm-stands-refusal-to-send-arms-to-syria.html 2013-04-21T17:06:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2028324-germany-offers-troops-afghan-training-mission.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany offered Thursday to provide up to 800 soldiers for a NATO training mission in Afghanistan after U.S. and other foreign combat troops leave the country by the end of next year. Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Berlin is offering to station between roughly 600 and 800 soldiers in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif fo... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:40:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2028324-germany-offers-troops-afghan-training-mission.html 2013-04-18T15:40:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2027658-german-parliament-approves-cyprus-aid-package.html BERLIN (AP) — The German Parliament on Thursday approved a 10 billion euros ($13 billion) rescue package for Cyprus by a wide margin. Lawmakers voted 487-102 in favor of the bailout deal hammered out last month. Thirteen abstained. Cyprus will receive 10 billion euros in loans after its bloated banking sector threatened to destroy the economy. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:41:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2027658-german-parliament-approves-cyprus-aid-package.html 2013-04-18T12:41:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2020174-36-syrians-flown-to-germany-medical-help.html BERLIN (AP) — Three dozen seriously wounded Syrians are being brought to Germany for treatment in military hospitals at the request of the Syrian opposition, German authorities said Monday. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle refused to say whether the patients were civilians or opposition fighters engaged in the country's brutal civil war, although Syrian... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:18:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2020174-36-syrians-flown-to-germany-medical-help.html 2013-04-15T14:18:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2018288-anti-euro-party-wildcard-german-elections.html BERLIN (AP) — The leader of a new anti-euro party called Sunday for Germany to leave the common currency, telling an inaugural convention that the euro forces German taxpayers to rescue bankrupt southern European countries whose people denounce them as Nazis for their efforts. A crowd of about 1,500 mostly older men cheered as the leader of the Alternativ... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:09:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2018288-anti-euro-party-wildcard-german-elections.html 2013-04-14T17:09:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2018584-german-opposition-leader-opens-election-campaign.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's opposition leader has told a cheering crowd at a party convention that he wants to become the country's next chancellor, opening the election campaign for September's parliamentary vote. In his speech in Augsburg, Peer Steinbrueck said Sunday that he is ready to challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel for the top job as she prepares to ... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:40:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2018584-german-opposition-leader-opens-election-campaign.html 2013-04-14T14:40:16Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2016292-cameron-germany-talks-european-reform.html BERLIN (AP) — 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. David Cameron has offered a referendum on whether to leave the European Union if his party wins the next election. Despite his plans to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU, which are view... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:52:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2016292-cameron-germany-talks-european-reform.html 2013-04-12T17:52:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2013040-greece-germany-bicker-war-reparations-issue.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A long-standing debate over whether Germany still owes Greece war reparations stemming from the Nazi occupation erupted anew Thursday in a spat between Greece's foreign minister and Germany's finance minister. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted by German media as suggesting that Greece should focus on reforming its... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:29:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2013040-greece-germany-bicker-war-reparations-issue.html 2013-04-11T19:29:40Z