News about Germany

Merkel, German well-wishers fete Britain's queen Chancellor Angela Merkel joined Berliners in rolling out the red carpet for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, with the monarch warning against a "division in Europe".

25 June 2015

German big band legend James Last dies at 86: promoter German composer and big band leader James Last, whose trademark easy listening music brought him international success, has died aged 86.

10 June 2015

Greek PM to meet Merkel as bailout deal nears Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to meet with Angela Merkel in Brussels after the EU's top official for the euro said a breakthrough bailout deal could be "days" away.

10 June 2015

First Germanwings crash victims' bodies repatriated The first bodies from the Germanwings plane that was deliberately crashed in the French Alps were repatriated to Germany.

10 June 2015

G7 summit opens with tough line on Ukraine The leaders of Germany and the United States hammered home a tough line on Russia as they kicked off a G7 summit dominated by crises in Ukraine and Greece.

08 June 2015

Merkel, Obama: Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine truce implemented US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire deal with Ukraine.

08 June 2015

Japan PM first to arrive at G7 summit Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe touched down at Munich airport, the first world leader to arrive for the G7 summit in southern Germany.

07 June 2015

German anti-Islam movement seeks electoral anchor as rallies dwindle Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA movement has its sights set on gaining a political foothold when its eastern stronghold city of Dresden goes to the polls.

05 June 2015

More than 30,000 rally at anti-G7 kick-off demo in Bavaria More than 30,000 people kicked off protests against a G7 summit starting at the weekend in the southern German state of Bavaria.

05 June 2015

Microsoft to buy German start-up behind Wunderlist app: report Microsoft has agreed to acquire 6Wunderkinder GmbH, a Berlin-based startup behind the Wunderlist to-do list app, for between $100-200 million.

02 June 2015

Berlin, Paris urge Brussels to rework EU asylum plan Germany and France urged the EU to find a fairer way to admit and distribute asylum seekers, as their leaders met the European Commission chief in Berlin.

02 June 2015

Rights groups urge Merkel to press Egypt over violations Five prominent rights groups on Monday urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to press for an end to human rights abuses in Egypt.

02 June 2015

Merkel vows 'constructive' role to help keep Britain in EU German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to help keep Britain in the EU by working on reforms with Prime Minister David Cameron.

30 May 2015

Germany's Steinmeier warns situation in Ukraine turning 'fragile' Germany's foreign minister warned that the situation in Ukraine's separatist east was turning more "fragile".

30 May 2015

Kazakhstani tennis player Putintseva defeats Germany's No 1 at Nürnberger Versicherungscup Kazakhstani tennis player Yuliya Putintseva has lost to Karin Knapp in the quarterfinals of the Nürnberger Versicherungscup taking place in German.

29 May 2015

Spectre of 'Grexit' stalks G7 finance meeting he possibility of Greece quitting the eurozone cast a long shadow over a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations.

29 May 2015

G7 finance ministers, central bankers meet in Dresden Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven wealthiest nations gathered in Dresden to discuss the global economy and tax evasion.

28 May 2015

Merkel sets tough line at EU summit with eastern partners German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the EU's eastern partners not to expect too much of the bloc and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraineю

22 May 2015

Turkey's Erdogan rallies supporters in Germany Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied thousands of supporters in Germany, weeks before his Islamic-rooted party will contest June parliamentary elections.

11 May 2015

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