German Government

Berlin urges neighbors to avoid subsidy war over car jobs

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Concern has been voiced about a subsidy bidding war to preserve Opel jobs Car giant GM is reportedly being offered hundreds of millions to safeguard jobs in Britain, Spain and...

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German FinMin urges lenders to tap bank rescue fund

BERLIN, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged German lenders to tap a government bank rescue fund in order to shore up their capital bases. The German government is concerned that banks are still...

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Bremen go top as Hanover and Bundesliga remember Enke

German goalkeeper Robert Enke was remembered Saturday as his club Hanover 96 returned to Bundesliga action against Schalke 04 while Werder Bremen continued their winning ways with a 6-0 demolition of SC Freiburg to go top of...

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German distillers under threat

Germans have a long tradition of making schnapps, but the phasing out of the country's spirits monopoly as ordered by the EU could spell the end for many distillers as well as the traditional orchards they tend.

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Qatari Diar announces joint venture with Deutsche Bahn to develop Qatar's railway network

Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, an international leader in sustainable development, announced the signing of a joint venture with German-based Deutsche Bahn AG (DB), one of the world's leading passenger and...

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Hindemith Violin Concerto

Notes on the German Composer’s 1940 Work for Violin and Orchestra Paul Hindemith, though a violist by trade, was able to play every instrument of the symphony orchestra at least passably. A singular genius of twentieth-century...

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European Music Round-Up (11/21/09)

Posted by: Linda Ferreira (11/21/09) We have a new European Music Round-Up. Let us know in the thread what bands you would like to see covered. Thanks to Elliot for putting this together. News: Icelandic songstress Björk is...

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Economic optimism is inflated and there is a deficit of clear thinking

With no signs of green shoots, Mervyn King is right to be downbeat - whatever the Queen said So: the government has a fiscal plan, confirmed by the Queen, under which it will halve the budget deficit in four years and eliminate...

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Ex-Scientologist sues the cult for loss of girlfriend and business

A businessman is suing the Church of Scientology for hundreds of thousands of pounds, claiming that he lost his girlfriend and business after she became indoctrinated by the controversial self-styled church.

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German federation promises action in match-fixing scandal

Theo Zwanziger, president of the German Soccer Association, promised Saturday that 'nothing would be swept under the carpet' as his organization investigates match-fixing. (Franka Bruns/Associated Press) The German football...

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