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Daimler seeks stake in China car maker: report
German auto maker Daimler is planning to buy a 10 to 20 percent stake in the passenger car unit of its Chinese partner BAIC Group and could sign the deal Friday.
01 February 2013
Germany commemorates 80 years since Hitler's rise to power
Berlin on Wednesday commemorates Adolf Hitler's rise to power 80 years ago, with exhibitions exploring what Chancellor Angela Merkel has called Germany's "everlasting responsibility" for crimes committed by the Nazis.
31 January 2013
German intelligence service interested in Rakhat Aliyev
Angela Merkel said that information on Aliyev was part of a “successful” operation of German intelligence service and its publication would be deleterious to its source.
29 January 2013
Biathlon: Kazakhstan athlete won silver in Junior World Championship
Kazakhstan's Galina Vishnevskaya missed one target and was 1.15,6 minutes behind Russia’s Uliana Kaisheva who won gold.
28 January 2013
Australia joins Europeans in Benghazi threat alert
Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia have all urged their citizens to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi due to a "specific, imminent threat to Westerners", linked to French action in Mali.
27 January 2013
Comic novel imagining Hitler's return is German bestseller
Eighty years after Adolf Hitler's rise to power, a novel that imagines his return to modern-day Berlin has become a bestseller in Germany, though a comedy about the Fuehrer is not to everyone's taste.
23 January 2013
Kazakhstan movie to be screened as part of official selection of Berlinale Film Festival for the first time
Kazakhstan drama will be screened as part of official selection along with movies made by Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant, Bruno Dumont.
23 January 2013
France, Germany forget differences to fete 50 years of landmark pact
France and Germany on Tuesday will celebrate 50 years since a landmark treaty sealed their post-war reconciliation aiming to paper over nagging differences between Europe's two powerhouse neighbours.
22 January 2013
Climate: 'Rock' fix for oceans is badly flawed: study
Claims that global warming can be braked by dissolving huge quantities of rock in the sea to absorb carbon emissions are laden with flaws.
22 January 2013
Storm brings Frankfurt airport to standstill
Traffic at Germany's Frankfurt airport came to a complete standstill Sunday, with all flights cancelled for several hours, as freezing rain lashed the runways and created ice problems for the aircraft.
21 January 2013
Merkel to huddle with party after bitter loss in state poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be forced to size up her election year strategy Monday after a bitter defeat to the centre-left opposition in a cliffhanger state poll.
21 January 2013
France, Germany mark 'friendship' half-century
When France's national handball team goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer joined his new club in Germany, he was touched by the welcome from the fans.
21 January 2013
Gene study settles debate over origin of European Jews
Jews of European origin are a mix of ancestries, with many hailing from tribes in the Caucasus who converted to Judaism and created an empire that lasted half a millennium.
18 January 2013
Kazakhstan citizen never been to Germany but fined for violation of German traffic rules
An Almaty citizen received a notification of violation of traffic rules in Germany where he has never been to.
18 January 2013
Kazakhstan’s Emir Baigazin movie got Berlinale World Cinema Fund prize
Harmony Lessons movie became the first Kazakhstan’s project supported by Berlinale World Cinema Fund.
18 January 2013
German poll kicks off do-or-die year for Merkel alliance
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces her first test at the polls in a general election year Sunday with a state vote that could prove even more decisive for her flailing coalition partners.
18 January 2013
VW hits global sales record, still trails Toyota
Volkswagen posted record-breaking global sales in 2012, up 11 percent at 9.07 million, but the ambitious German automaker continues to trail Japanese rival Toyota.
15 January 2013
Boxing: Kazakhstan's Astana Arlans beat German Eagles
Kazakhstan's Astana Arlans boxing club has defeated German Eagles and remained the leader of its WSB group.
14 January 2013
Skating: Essamambo and Gentselev taking part in Speed Skating World Cup
The Asian World Speed Skating Cup that was due to take place in Astana was officially cancelled because China, Japan and Korea refused to participate.
13 January 2013
Boxing: Astana Arlans will fight German Eagles
Chief coach Sergey Korchinsky has put forth almost the same squad against the Eagles as the one that won over the Italia Thunder in 2012.
11 January 2013