Germany's Merkel losing green battle to cheap coal

20 May 2012, 7:47 pm

FRANKFURT: To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020.... Read More »

Mertesacker resumes Germany training

20 May 2012, 10:00 am

The Arsenal defender has spent the past few months on the sidelines due to injury, but is nearing his comeback as he has returned to regular practice action... Read More »

Greece needs austerity says Germany

20 May 2012, 4:59 am

Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says Greece must abide by its austerity deals.... Read More »

Merkel says Germany needs European market

19 May 2012, 7:49 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday that Germany's economic health depends on that of the European Union, even though exports to the region are at a 20-year low.... Read More »

Greece and Germany in War of Words Over Euro Crisis

18 May 2012, 3:44 pm

A telephone conversation on Friday between Germany’s chancellor and Greece’s president became the latest flashpoint in the unfolding crisis over Greece’s membership in the euro.... Read More »

Greece: Germany's Merkel suggests euro referendum

18 May 2012, 2:10 pm

Germany's chancellor apparently waded into Greece's choppy political waters on Friday, when Athens said Angela Merkel suggested that the country should hold a referendum on the euro together with next month's national elections.... Read More »

Research and Markets: Online Retailing in Germany 2011

18 May 2012, 6:40 am

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Online Retailing in Germany 2011" report to their off... Read More »

Analysis: Germany's Merkel losing green battle to cheap coal

18 May 2012, 2:41 am

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020. Yet the challenge facing Merkel's new environment ministe... Read More »

Germany saves euro zone from recession, split deepens

15 May 2012, 12:35 pm

BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany pulled the euro zone's economy back from the brink of recession at the start of 2012 but stagnation in France and contraction in southern Europe underlined sharply differing fortunes in a bloc laboring under the effects of austerity. Overall gross domestic pro... Read More »

Germany dodges recession with first quarter growth

14 May 2012, 11:43 pm

Germany has avoided recession despite the resurgent eurozone debt crisis, official data showed on Tuesday, confirming the resilience of Europe's top economy to the turmoil around it.... Read More »