http://www.mail.com/locations/2516-berlin.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/locations/2516-berlin.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097816-german-fm-criticizes-remarks-hungarian-pm.html BERLIN (AP) — It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader not only objected, he also found what he called a veiled reference to Adolf Hitler's occupation of his country in 1944. The result? Tensions between Germany and Hungary have flared, and if there... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:31:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097816-german-fm-criticizes-remarks-hungarian-pm.html 2013-05-20T16:31:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092842-wax-mirrors-anish-kapoor-opens-berlin.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 across three rooms. A dark pigment circle creates the illusion of a black hole opening up in the floor. And there are lots of mirrors: convex, concave, twisting and a painted "blood mirror." Briti... Fri, 17 May 2013 12:51:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092842-wax-mirrors-anish-kapoor-opens-berlin.html 2013-05-17T12:51:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090436-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 17:55:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2090436-merkel-hollande-odds-europes-way-forward.html 2013-05-16T17:55:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2090488-protesters-picket-barbie-themed-house-berlin.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 demonstrators shouted "pink stinks" at the Berlin opening of a life-sized Barbie house Thursday. They far outnumbered Barbie fans who came to see the Mattel toy's fictional Malibu home. ... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:07:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2090488-protesters-picket-barbie-themed-house-berlin.html 2013-05-16T15:07:01Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2081232-europe-odds-steps-to-banking-union.html 2013-05-13T19:41:31Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2081592-merkel-shrugs-book-communist-era.html 2013-05-13T12:49:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079898-turkey-wont-drawn-syria-conflict.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria. The bombings left 46 people dead and marked the biggest incident of violence across the border since the star... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:17:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079898-turkey-wont-drawn-syria-conflict.html 2013-05-12T16:17:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2076244-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/news/politics/2076244-germany-obama-to-visit-berlin-june.html 2013-05-10T13:36:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2068000-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 13:46:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2068000-french-finance-chief-hails-easing-austerity.html 2013-05-07T13:46:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html BERLIN (AP) — Insurgents in northern Afghanistan have killed a German special forces soldier and wounded a second, the German defense minister said Sunday. The fatality marks the first death in combat of a member of Germany's special forces in Afghanistan. The soldiers were accompanying an Afghan-led military operation on Saturday when insurgents opened f... Sun, 05 May 2013 11:55:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2064050-1-german-soldier-killed-1-wounded-afghanistan.html 2013-05-05T11:55:28Z http://www.mail.com/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/news/world/2060376-german-neo-nazi-trial-sparks-fear-hidden-racism.html 2013-05-03T13:34:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2053910-italian-premier-urges-eu-to-focus-growth.html BERLIN (AP) — Italy's new prime minister called Tuesday for European countries to prioritize economic growth over debt reduction, adding his government believes Europe needs to integrate further to overcome its current crisis. Enrico Letta chose Germany for his first official trip abroad — arriving there only hours after winning the final vote of approval... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:13:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2053910-italian-premier-urges-eu-to-focus-growth.html 2013-04-30T19:13:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2046842-hitlers-food-taster-tells-poisoning-fears.html BERLIN (AP) — They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even from her husband. Then, a few months after her 95th birthday, she revealed the truth about her wartime role: Adolf Hitler's food taster. Woelk, then in her mid-twenties, spent two and a half year... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:31:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2046842-hitlers-food-taster-tells-poisoning-fears.html 2013-04-26T16:31:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2047022-baby-food-shortage-europe-to-china-demand.html BERLIN (AP) — Yong-Hee Kim still can't believe that in a prosperous country like Germany, powdered baby formula would ever be rationed and that she would have to scour shops in the German capital to find the right brand for her 13-month-old son. But that's what has happened since major retailers in Germany this year began limiting sales of leading brands ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:16:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2047022-baby-food-shortage-europe-to-china-demand.html 2013-04-26T16:16:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046874-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 15:13:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046874-merkel-insists-austerity-europes-cure.html 2013-04-26T15:13:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044870-drunk-frenchman-pulls-toy-gun-berlin-police.html BERLIN (AP) — A Frenchman visiting Berlin probably couldn't have picked a more dangerous spot to pull a pretend pistol. Police say the heavily drunk tourist kneeled down in front of Germany's biggest synagogue Thursday and pointed what appeared to be a gun at officers guarding the building. Luckily for him, a quick-witted policewoman noticed that the weap... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:50:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2044870-drunk-frenchman-pulls-toy-gun-berlin-police.html 2013-04-25T18:50:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2041308-uruk-1st-metropolis-berlin.html BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's Pergamon Museum is offering visitors a glimpse of perhaps the world's first real metropolis in a new exhibition that traces the long history of Uruk, in present-day Iraq. Artifacts, including clay masks of demons, figurines of rulers, limestone ducks used as weights, a prism listing Sumerian kings and clay vessels used as water pipe... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:27:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2041308-uruk-1st-metropolis-berlin.html 2013-04-24T13:27:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038962-berlin-to-introduce-tax-tourist-hotel-stays.html BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's city government has decided to put a 5 percent tax on tourist hotel stays from this summer, part of efforts to shore up the German capital's finances. The so-called "city tax" is to be charged on overnight stays in hotels and other accommodation such as youth hostels and camping sites starting July 1. Business-related stays are bein... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:26:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2038962-berlin-to-introduce-tax-tourist-hotel-stays.html 2013-04-23T13:26:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2035826-lufthansa-cancels-1700-flights-amid-strike.html BERLIN (AP) — Ground staff at Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline, walked off the job Monday on a one-day strike that prompted the company to cancel most of the day's scheduled flights and left it complaining of "excessive" union tactics. The strike by airline technicians and service personnel across Germany started in the early hours. Lufthansa moved in... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:56:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2035826-lufthansa-cancels-1700-flights-amid-strike.html 2013-04-22T08:56:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2018292-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 17:09:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2018292-anti-euro-party-wildcard-german-elections.html 2013-04-14T17:09:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2007600-us-german-finance-chiefs-downplay-differences.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's finance minister insisted Tuesday that reducing deficits should not hurt economic growth, sticking by his strategy to tackle Europe's crisis despite the new U.S. Treasury secretary's call to boost demand more. Germany, which has Europe's biggest economy, has been a major force in making austerity-led deficit reduction the focus of ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:20:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2007600-us-german-finance-chiefs-downplay-differences.html 2013-04-09T16:20:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2003384-berlins-airport-project-delays-shame-germans.html BERLIN (AP) — Rabbits scamper over quiet runways. Only the call of a crow disturbs the silence around a gleaming, empty terminal that should be humming with the din of thousands of passengers. Willy Brandt International Airport, named for Germany's famed Cold War leader, was supposed to have been up and running in late 2011, a sign of Berlin's transformat... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:59:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2003384-berlins-airport-project-delays-shame-germans.html 2013-04-07T12:59:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986698-qa-europes-freezing-easter-global-warming.html STOCKHOLM (AP) — Is it Easter or Christmas? Many Europeans would be forgiven for being confused by winter's icy grip on lands that should be thawing in springtime temperatures by now. Britain is on track for the coldest March since 1962, according to national weather service the Met Office, which also says daily low temperatures in London are going to rem... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:00:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1986698-qa-europes-freezing-easter-global-warming.html 2013-03-29T15:00:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1986610-exhibit-jews-germany-raises-interest-ire.html BERLIN (AP) — "Are there still Jews in Germany?" ''Are the Jews a chosen people?" Nearly 70 years after the Holocaust, there is no more sensitive an issue in German life as the role of Jews. With fewer than 200,000 Jews among Germany's 82 million people, few Germans born after World War II know any Jews or much about them. To help educ... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:41:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1986610-exhibit-jews-germany-raises-interest-ire.html 2013-03-29T14:41:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983964-german-migrant-program-offers-cautions-us.html BERLIN (AP) — In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish and reading Turkish newspapers. More than 3 million people of Turkish origin live in Germany — the legacy of West Germany's Cold War-era program to r... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:54:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1983964-german-migrant-program-offers-cautions-us.html 2013-03-28T15:54:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1984552-tv-drama-reopens-debate-germans-war-guilt.html BERLIN (AP) — With the wartime generation rapidly disappearing, a television drama about five young Germans in World War II has revived debate in Germany about the role ordinary men and women played in the Nazis' murderous campaign to conquer Europe. Millions tuned in last week to watch the three-part series "Our Mothers, Our Fathers," which follows five ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:45:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1984552-tv-drama-reopens-debate-germans-war-guilt.html 2013-03-28T15:45:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1981928-berlin-wall-removed-pre-dawn-operation.html BERLIN (AP) — For nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall was the hated symbol of the division of Europe, a gray, concrete mass that snaked through neighborhoods, separating families and friends. On Wednesday, it took hundreds of police to guarantee the safe removal of 15 feet (less than 5 meters) of what's left of the wall. Construction crews, protected by abou... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:49:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1981928-berlin-wall-removed-pre-dawn-operation.html 2013-03-27T18:49:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1973896-obama-appeal-to-israeli-public-risk.html JERUSALEM (AP) — In a landmark speech to young Israelis this week, the visiting U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an unorthodox appeal couched behind warm words of affinity for their country: Urge your leaders to change their ways and take bold new steps to reach peace with the Palestinians. The message, potentially risking the ire of Israeli Prime Mi... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:36:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1973896-obama-appeal-to-israeli-public-risk.html 2013-03-22T20:36:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1972264-crisis-cyprus-threatens-eu-role-legitimacy.html BERLIN (AP) — By rejecting an EU bailout and turning to Russia for help, Cyprus has exposed the growing frustration and dwindling solidarity within the European Union, a bloc meant to bring the continent closer together after World War II. While talks about a Russian rescue appeared stalled Friday, experts noted that the idea of seeking Russian money alon... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:24:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1972264-crisis-cyprus-threatens-eu-role-legitimacy.html 2013-03-22T09:24:10Z