Новости по теме Germany

Angela Merkel on German business mission to India Angela Merkel began a mission to clear the path for German companies keen to do business in India, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to the European powerhouse to help revive its economy.

05 October 2015

Merkel plays down impact of VW scandal on German image Chancellor Angela Merkel said the emissions scandal that has hit car giant Volkswagen was "dramatic" but would not inflict lasting damage on Germany's reputation.

05 October 2015

Oktoberfest attendance falls amid German border controls Attendance slipped at the world's biggest beer party, the annual Oktoberfest in Germany, as border controls imposed to stem the flow of refugees complicated rail travel.

05 October 2015

Merkel has 'good chance' of winning Nobel Peace Prize: report German Chancellor Angela Merkel could win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the influential Bild newspaper said, as the leader is lauded worldwide for her courage in opening her country's doors to refugees..

02 October 2015

VW revs up recall plan, hunts for culprits in pollution scam German auto giant Volkswagen shifted up a gear in its plans to recall millions of cars fitted with pollution-cheating software as it boosted efforts to find the masterminds behind the scam.

01 October 2015

Germany pledges 100 mln euros for refugees Germany committed an additional 100 million euros ($113 million) to UN agencies to improve assistance for refugees in their home regions.

30 September 2015

VW says 1.8 mn commercial vehicles fitted with emission-cheating software German auto giant Volkswagen said that 1.8 million of its commercial vehicles worldwide are fitted with the sophisticated software enabling them to cheat emission tests.

29 September 2015

Tesla boss Musk calls for 'random emission' testing Tesla chief executive Elon Musk called for fossil fuel-powered cars "to be tested at random," as German giant Volkswagen's worldwide pollution cheating scandal continues.

26 September 2015

Germanwings, Lufthansa heads remember France crash victims The heads of the firm and parent company Lufthansa gathered near the crash scene to remember victims in France.

25 September 2015

Porsche chief Mueller to take the wheel at VW: report The head of German luxury sports car maker Porsche, Matthias Mueller, has been picked to succeed Martin Winterkorn as the chief executive of scandal-battered auto giant Volkswagen.

25 September 2015

US stocks tumble on global growth fears, Volkswagen Wall Street stocks tumbled, joining European equities in falling on worries about global growth and the burgeoning Volkswagen emissions scandal.

23 September 2015

French minister urges 'Europe-wide' probe after VW scandal France's finance minister called for a "Europe-wide" probe after revelations that hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen diesel cars had software that secretly thwarts US pollution tests.

22 September 2015

Germany says EU majority vote could force members to accept migrants German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that EU members reluctant to accept migrant quotas may have to be outvoted and overruled in the 28-member bloc.

18 September 2015

EU's Tusk mulls special migration summit, decision Thursday EU president Donald Tusk said he would consider requests by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others for an emergency summit on migrants and decide later this week.

16 September 2015

Merkel wants 'binding' EU refugee quotas with no ceiling German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the EU to agree to a proportional distribution of refugees with no limits on actual numbers, going much further than plans unveiled by the European Commission.

14 September 2015

German minister urges change in EU's policy towards Syria Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Europe should stop looking on helplessly as "murder" rages on in Syria, as he called on the bloc to review its strategy on the conflict.

14 September 2015

Ukraine PM calls second Russia-Germany pipeline 'anti-European' Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk criticised as "anti-Ukrainian and anti-European" a deal between Russia's energy giant Gazprom and several Western firms to build a second gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea.

11 September 2015

'Mama Merkel' cheered by Syrians at refugee centre Chancellor Angela Merkel won a hero's welcome as she visited a Berlin migrant centre, with Syrians cheering and taking selfies as Germany threw open its doors to thousands of refugees.

11 September 2015

450,000 refugees arrived in Germany since January: vice chancellor Around 450,000 refugees have arrived in Germany so far this year, including 37,000 in the first eight days of September, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel told parliament.

10 September 2015

Hollande, Merkel, Putin, Poroshenko to hold October summit on Ukraine The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine agreed to hold an October summit on ending the conflict in Ukraine.

10 September 2015

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