Merkel rivals sniff blood over NSA affair
Ten weeks before German elections, Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-left rivals have gone on the attack over reports of sweeping US online surveillance and German cooperation.
Merkel calls for release of Egypt's Morsi
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday called for the release of Egypt's former president Mohamed Morsi, who was arrested on July 3 after being deposed by the army.
Cycling: Vinokourov may become two-time Olympic champion
German cycling racer Jan Ullrich, who admitted using blood-doping, might lose the medals he gained at the 2000 Olympics.
Wrestling: Kazakhstan wrestlers win 3 gold at Grand Prix in Germany
Kazakhstan free-style wrestling national team has won three gold medals at the Grand Prix in Germany.
Obama, Merkel discuss concerns over US spy programs
President Barack Obama spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to address mounting European concerns about broad US surveillance programs.
200 Air Astana passengers stuck in Frankfurt
A serious delay of Air Astana flights was caused by a breakdown of its Boeing-767 aircraft.
Merkel hosts leaders to fight youth unemployment
German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts European leaders in a bid to tackle sky-high youth unemployment.
Merkel ushers jobless EU youth talks on to campaign trail
Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts EU talks on felling sky-high youth unemployment less than three months before German elections.
Merkel to miss Croatia EU entry ceremony
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to skip weekend celebrations marking Croatia's entry into the European Union sparked uproar on Friday in the Balkan state.
EU ministers agree on new bank rescue rules
European finance ministers on Thursday agreed a draft deal on new rules for bank rescues that will only allow bailouts by taxpayers in exceptional cases and shift the burden onto bank owners, creditors and large depositors.
EU leaders meet as doubts grow over future
EU leaders meet this week knowing they have to deliver growth and jobs, especially for the young, as years of debt crisis austerity and soaring dole queues test faith in the European project.
Kazakhstan-born girl wins Miss Berlin 2013 title
Kazakhstan-born Elena Schmidt has won the Miss MGO Berlin 2013 title.
Germany-Turkey tensions flare over EU bid
Amid a sharp spike in tensions between Turkey and the EU, Berlin and Ankara summoned each other's ambassadors in tit-for-tat moves Friday as fresh obstacles to the Turkish bid to join the bloc emerged.
Three months till vote, Merkel win likely but uncertain
Soaring in the polls and heading Germany's strongest party, Angela Merkel seems without rival three months ahead of elections, but political analysts say that victory is by no means certain for the chancellor.
Obama judged by his own words in Berlin
In 2008, Barack Obama wowed a euphoric 200,000-strong crowd in Berlin as the self-appointed embodiment of the power of politics to ignite change.
Germany investigates Aliyev and his father-in-law
Prosecutors of German Krefeld have launched their own investigation against Kazakhstan tycoon-on-the-run Rakhat Aliyev.
UN climate talks: No consensus on... well, consensus
A debilitating row with Russia at UN climate talks this week exposed a fundamental flaw in how decisions are taken -- the entire system balanced precariously on an ill-defined notion of consensus.
Berlin rebuilds palace destroyed by Allies, communists
Berlin Wednesday kicks off the reconstruction of its palace, a divisive 590-million-euro ($783 million) project to recreate the baroque architectural jewel whose post-war remnants were razed by communist leaders.
Foreign technologies to be used in construction of thermal power plant No.3 in Astana
Foreign technologies may be used in construction of the thermal power plant No.3 in Astana.
Hungary evacuations as flood waters surge toward Budapest
Hungary began evacuating villages and reinforced leaking dykes along the rising Danube River on Saturday, as central Europe's worst floods in over a decade headed toward Budapest.