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Germans working in production fall 4.4%

Business | Jobs/human resources
2009-11-17

THE number of people employed in Germany's crucial manufacturing sector fell 4.4 percent in the year to September, the Federal Statistical Office said yesterday. The office said 5 million Germans worked at manufacturing...

Records take a dip in Berlin

Sports | Swimming
2009-11-16

GERMANY'S double world champion Paul Biedermann shrugged off a nagging injury to break Grant Hackett's long-standing short course world record in the 400-meter freestyle at a World Cup event in Berlin on Saturday....

Courtroom murderer receives life term

World
2009-11-12

A RUSSIAN-BORN German man was found guilty yesterday of murder and sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a Dresden courtroom, an attack that triggered outrage in the Muslim world. ...

Nazi trial suspended - accused can't hear

World
2009-11-11

THE German trial of an 88-year-old man accused of murdering three civilians in wartime Holland as part of a Nazi hit squad was postponed yesterday until next week on medical grounds. The decision came on the third...

German investor hopes slide

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-11-11

GERMAN investor confidence so far in November has fallen from the previous month, a leading survey showed yesterday, reflecting doubts about the sustainability of economic recovery. The ZEW survey, which tracks...

Europe fetes Wall's fall 20 years ago

World
2009-11-10

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible in East Germany as she visited what was once a fortified border crossing yesterday - retracing her steps on...

Germany surprises with 3.8% rise in exports in September

Business | Foreign trade
2009-11-10

GERMAN exports rose 3.8 percent on the month in September, official data showed yesterday, a performance that beat economists' expectations and underlined an improving outlook for Europe's biggest economy. Still,...

Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling

World
2009-11-9

CELEBRATIONS, remembrances and joyful exuberance enveloped Germany today, the 20th anniversary of the night the Berlin Wall came down, a momentous event that helped transform Europe and signaled the beginning of the...

Schalke holds Bayern to 1-1

Sports | Soccer
2009-11-8

TEENAGE midfielder Joel Matip scored on his Bundesliga debut to earn Schalke a 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich yesterday. Bayern defender Daniel van Buyten scored in the 31st minute but 18-year-old Matip's strike in...

Import prices slide 11%

Business | Foreign trade
2009-10-29

GERMAN import prices fell 11 percent in September compared with the same month a year ago, as fuel prices in particular declined, the Federal Statistical Office said yesterday. Import prices fell 0.9 percent compared...