Germany to allow third gender option at birthGermany on Friday will become the first European country to allow babies born with characteristics of both sexes to be registered as neither male nor female.
30 October 2013
US spy chiefs hit back in Europe rowUS espionage chiefs turned the tables on European allies in the transatlantic spat over intercepted phone records, saying in many cases it was European agencies -- not the NSA -- that gathered and shared them with America.
US denies Obama knew of Merkel spyingThe imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was informed years ago of electronic surveillance of the German chancellor.
28 October 2013
Germany, Brazil want UN privacy resolutionGermany and Brazil are working on a UN General Assembly resolution to highlight international anger at US data snooping in other countries.
26 October 2013
France, Germany push for new rules in spy gameFrance and Germany pushed Friday for Washington to agree rules for the spy game after damaging revelations the United States tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
Bookshops in Europe take stand against Internet rivalryEuropean bookshops are taking a stand against competition from the Internet, boosted by a renaissance in independent stores and their enhanced know-how despite still facing a difficult climate.
Germany's Social Democrats agree to talks with MerkelGermany's Social Democrats said Friday they will begin talks with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, who are trying to put together a "grand coalition" with their election rivals.
28 September 2013
Iran's new tone 'encouraging': GermanyGerman Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle welcomed a "new tone" from Tehran during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday in New York.
26 September 2013
Nazarbayev congratulates Merkel on winning electionsKazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the victory of the Christian Democratic Union in the parliamentary elections.
European leaders hail Merkel win as 'good result for EU'Congratulations poured in from France and Angela Merkel's other European partners on Sunday after the German chancellor clinched her third term in a convincing election victory.
23 September 2013
Triumphant Merkel to start search for coalition allyThe day after her stunning election triumph, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Monday set to start the process of haggling with potential partners over how to rule Europe's biggest economy.