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ASIA STOCKS SET TO BUILD ON GAINS AS JAPAN RETURNS
Futures on stock gauges in Tokyo, Sydney and Hong Kong all climbed as the S P 500 Index eked out a fresh closing high... READ MORE›
ARAB YOUTH OPTIMISTIC DESPITE REGION'S TURMOIL
A study by Germany's Friedrich Ebert Foundation shows that young people from Arabic-speaking countries have an optimistic outlook on life, but little faith in politics... READ MORE›
BECKER HITS BACK AT RACIST AFD TWEET
Boris Becker has said an Alternative for Germany AfD MP accused of posting a clearly racist tweet about his son must now face consequences ... READ MORE›
GERMAN OPPOSITION CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF ONLINE HATE SPEECH LAW
Free Democratic Party FDP member Nicola Beer gives a statement at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2017... READ MORE›
MERKEL HOPEFUL OF RENEWED GERMANY COALITION TALKS
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is optimistic of forming a coalition government after almost four months of political uncertainty since the country's federal elections... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL AT BAY AS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO SET HIGH COALITION PRICE
We will work very swiftly and very intensively, Merkel told journalists as she arrived at the Social Democrats' headquarters on Sunday... READ MORE›
MERKEL'S COALITION MARATHON KEEPS GERMANY WAITING
This weekend Chancellor Angela Merkel is starting a new round of coalition talks, and it could be her last chance to lead a government... READ MORE›
GERMAN AND TURKISH OFFICIALS VOW TO END SPAT
The talks in Germany came a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met France's Emmanuel Macron... READ MORE›
GERMANY: LAW AIMS TO MAKE SALARY COMPARISON MORE TRANSPARENT
So knowing the median salary wouldn't mean, in our made-up example, that everyone was being paid fairly... READ MORE›
EASYJET AIMS TO DOUBLE PASSENGER NUMBERS IN GERMANY
As part of its move to take over Air Berlin operations at Tegel, easyJet is recruiting some of the German carrier's crew... READ MORE›
FAR-RIGHT GERMAN MP SLAMMED FOR ANTI-MUSLIM TWEET
Alternative for Germany politician Beatrix von Storch launched tirade after police tweeted New Year's message in Arabic... READ MORE›
MERKELS WISHES FOR 2018: MORE EMPATHY AND A NEW GOVERNMENT
In her New Years address, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany promised to work swiftly on a new coalition, and to help heal rifts in society... READ MORE›
MERKEL RECLAIMS ROLE OF EU ANCHOR IN OUTLINE OF 2018 AGENDA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she'll team up with France to hold the European Union together and pledged to form her next government without delay... READ MORE›
MERKEL RECLAIMS ROLE OF EU ANCHOR IN OUTLINE OF HER 2018 AGENDA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she'll team up with France to hold the European Union together and pledged to her form next government without delay... READ MORE›
BERLIN SETS UP NEW YEAR'S EVE 'SAFE ZONE' FOR WOMEN AMID SEXUAL ASSAULT CONCERNS
Police cordon off the area in preparation for New Year's Eve celebrations at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin... READ MORE›
BERLIN NEW YEAR PARTY TO HAVE WOMEN'S ZONE
A large number of assaults and robberies targeting women at Cologne's New Year's Eve celebrations two years ago horrified Germany... READ MORE›
BERLIN TO SET UP SAFE ZONE FOR WOMEN AT NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY
The annual open-air event with fireworks, live bands and DJs continues into the early hours of the morning... READ MORE›
ALL THE THINGS THAT WENT RIGHT IN 2017
As costs fall, the International Renewable Energy Agency predicts a 17-fold rise in the amount of battery storage installed worldwide, from 2GW today to 175GW by 2030... READ MORE›
IN GERMANY, CONSUMERS GET PAID FOR USING POWER
Several countries in Europe have experienced negative power prices, including Belgium, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland... READ MORE›
FRENCH CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE PULLS ISSUE AFTER SAYING ISRAEL WASN'T A 'REAL COUNTRY'
The news editor for Youpi, a magazine for children from 5 to 8, said the January issue was being removed from kiosk sales in France and Belgium... READ MORE›
BREXIT 'COULD BE MODEL FOR TURKEY'
Mr Gabriel, from Germany's social democrat SPD party, is foreign minister in the caretaker coalition government led by conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel... READ MORE›
FOR ONE FAR-RIGHT POLITICIAN FORGETTING GERMANYS PAST JUST GOT HARDER
For One Far-Right Politician, Forgetting Germanys Past Just Got Harder... READ MORE›
MAN RAMS CAR INTO PARTY HQ IN BERLIN IN WHAT HE CALLS SUICIDE ATTEMPT; NO ONE ELSE HURT
A police statement Monday says the man described the act as a suicide attempt... READ MORE›
US AMBASSADOR TO NETHERLANDS APOLOGISES FOR FAKE CLAIM ABOUT FAKE NEWSA
Pete Hoekstra was filmed in 2015 saying there are no-go zones in the Netherlands and extremists bringing chaos to Europe... READ MORE›
EUROPE REBUKED FOR REMOVING AFGHANS TO ONE OF WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES
MPs and MEPs have raised questions about whether the EU tied a 2016 aid package for Afghanistan to its willingness to take back refused asylum seekers... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLICE NAB ALLEGED ISLAMIC STATE MILITANT IN ICE RINK TRUCK ATTACK PLOT
Before leaving for Iraq, Dasbar worked for Islamic State from Germany, producing propaganda videos and proselytizing to converts in online chat rooms, police said... READ MORE›
9 NEW NAZI WAR-CRIMES CASES SENT TO GERMAN STATE PROSECUTORS
BERLIN -- The main federal agency that investigates Nazi war crimes in Germany has turned over nine new cases to state authorities for possible prosecution... READ MORE›
'STATELESS' WOMAN IN CANADA SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS AFTER SHOCKING DISCOVERY
A woman, who immigrated to Canada from Germany when she was a child, now finds herself stateless after a shocking discovery in 2012... READ MORE›
AUSTRIA PROTEST AS FAR RIGHT FREEDOM PARTY TASTES POWER
Thousands of protesters rallied in central Vienna against Austria's new coalition government of conservatives and far right, during its swearing-in... READ MORE›
HIGH-TECH SERVICES SET OFF BEIJING'S WINTER OLYMPICS TO ADVANTAGE
The cold weather in Beijing will not affect the high-speed rail... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Greifswald
GERMANY REPLACES THE USA AS COUNTRY WITH BEST GLOBAL IMAGE
Germany has replaced the United States as the country with the best brand image, according to a new study of 50 countries released Thursday... READ MORE›
AS TRUMP ATTEMPTS A TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN, GERMANY CELEBRATES ITS FIRST TRANS COMMANDER
Historians have not found any records of transgender service members who came out while serving before the ban was dropped about 20 years ago... READ MORE›
GERMAN COALITION TALKS CLOSE TO COLLAPSE
Migration has emerged as a contentious political issue in Germany following the refugee crisis, which saw some 1.2 million migrants enter the country in 2015-2016... READ MORE›
GERMAN MAYOR WHO WELCOMED REFUGEES IS STABBED
Under Mr. Hollstein's direction in 2015, Altena took in 102 more people than legally required by Germany's system to distribute asylum seekers evenly across the country... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLICE PULL PYTHON OUT OF MAN'S PANTS AFTER NOTICING 'BULGE'
Police in Darmstadt in the western German state of Hesse made an unusual discovery before taking a 19-year-old man into custody Tuesday evening... READ MORE›
NAIL-PACKED DEVICE FOUND NEAR GERMAN CHRISTMAS MARKET
A Christmas market was evacuated in the German city of Potsdam on Friday after a nail-packed device was found in a nearby shop... READ MORE›
GERMANY FACES POLITICAL CRISIS AFTER COALITION TALKS COLLAPSE
Chancellor Angela Merkel says she would prefer a new round of elections to leading a minority government, if the quest for a majority coalition fails... READ MORE›
ACTIVISTS BUILD A MINI-HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL OUTSIDE GERMAN FAR-RIGHT POLITICIAN'S HOUSE
The Center for Political Beauty says it installed the slabs in Bornhagen as Hocke was a secret admirer of the Berlin monument... READ MORE›
DIRTY COALMINES BECOME THE FOCUS FOR A NEW WAVE OF DIRECT ACTION
The new study found that the Paris goals will become unachievable unless Germany phases out lignite mining within 10 years... READ MORE›
MERKELS TROUBLES MAY SPELL TROUBLE FOR ALL OF EUROPE
BRUSSELS -- The European Union has long had to deal with the challenge of being led by a dominant Germany... READ MORE›
MERKEL FOURTH TERM IN DOUBT AS GERMAN COALITION TALKS FAIL
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union CDU during the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2017... READ MORE›
MERKEL SIGNALS READINESS FOR NEW ELECTION AFTER COALITION TALKS COLLAPSE
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union CDU during the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2017... READ MORE›
PRO-REFUGEE MAYOR OF ALTENA IN GERMANY STABBED
You let me die of thirst but you bring 200 refugees to Altena, the attacker said, according to Hollstein... READ MORE›
GERMAN PRESIDENT PRESSES PARTIES TO FORM COALITION FOR GOOD OF EUROPE AFTER TALKS COLLAPSE
German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union CDU during the exploratory talks about forming a new coalition government in Berlin, Germany, November 19, 2017... READ MORE›
IN SHADOW OF GERMANY'S CLIMATE CONFERENCE, A VILLAGE DISAPPEARS TO MAKE WAY FOR COAL
Germany already plans to get out of hard coal, with the last underground mines closing next year... READ MORE›
'SITUATION UNSEEN IN DECADES' - GERMAN PRESIDENT ON FAILED COALITION TALKS
Steinmeier said that he will be holding talks with the leaders of all parties involved in the discussions, along with German institutions... READ MORE›
MALAYAN TIGER CUBS CELEBRATED AT PRAGUE ZOO
Two cubs of critically endangered Malayan tigers lie in their enclosure at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on Nov. 14, 2017... READ MORE›
'I MISS MY FAMILY. ANGELIKA'S LIKE AN AUNT.' THE OLDER GERMANS TAKING IN SYRIAN REFUGEES
It has promised to welcome 20,000 Syrian refugees in this way by 2020... READ MORE›
COLLAPSE OF GERMAN COALITION TALKS DEALS MERKEL BLOW, RAISES PROSPECT OF NEW ELECTIONS
The participants failed to build the one component that holds a coalition together trust, Germany's Der Spiegel wrote in a commentary Monday morning... READ MORE›
GERMAN PRESIDENT CALLS ON PARTY LEADERS TO RETURN TO COALITION TALKS
Coming out of talks with the chancellor, Angela Merkel, Steinmeier said he would meet all the party leaders this week... READ MORE›
SUSPECTS DETAINED IN GERMAN CHRISTMAS MARKET TERROR PLOT
The suspect had pledged allegiance to ISIS in a video posted hours before the attack... READ MORE›
GERMAN AMAZON WORKERS STAGE BLACK FRIDAY STRIKE
Amazon says its distribution warehouses in Germany are logistics centers and employees earn relatively high wages for that industry... READ MORE›
GERMAN MAYOR STABBED IN NECK FOR PRO-REFUGEE STANCE, SAVED BY KEBAB SHOP OWNER
The attack echoes the stabbing two years ago of a politician running for mayor of Cologne... READ MORE›
GLOBAL FIRMS ACCUSED OF IMPORTING TIMBER LINKED TO AMAZON MASSACRE
Greenpeace alleges 12 companies continued to trade with Madeireira Cedroarana after its founder was accused of ordering torture and murder... READ MORE›
GERMAN SPY AGENCY ATTACKS FACEBOOK AND OTHERS FOR FAILING TO TACKLE FAKE NEWS
Facebook has responded to tighter regulation in Germany and elsewhere by announcing plans to add thousands of extra workers to monitor reports of inappropriate material and review ads... READ MORE›
ROYAL MAIL ATTACKED BY GOVERNMENT FOR REFUSING TO PRINT STAMPS TO MARK BRITAIN LEAVING THE EUROPEAN UNION
Royal Mail regularly prints stamps to mark national moments and people's achievements...... READ MORE›
'I FEAR A GERMAN TRUMP': MERKEL'S STRUGGLES LEAD TO THOUGHTS OF WHAT NEXT
Some in Berlin see Angela Merkel as the calm hand that Germany needs and are unsettled by the prospect of new elections... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL AS A RASTA: GERMANY'S FIXATION WITH JAMAICA EXPLAINED
Germany's weekly Stern magazine saw dark clouds above a Jamaican Reichstag, the parliament building in Berlin... READ MORE›
GERMAN TOP COURT: LEGALLY RECOGNIZE THIRD GENDER FROM BIRTH
Germany must allow third gender option in registry of births, court rules... READ MORE›
MERKEL IN FAVOUR OF SNAP POLL OVER MINORITY GOVERNMENT
Germany chancellor says she would prefer a snap election than lead minority government after coalition talks break down... READ MORE›