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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....

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...

European foursome reaches finals

Sports | Soccer
2009-10-12

A DOGGED Germany, late-scoring Denmark, stylish Serbia and dramatic Italy all booked their places in the World Cup finals on the penultimate night of European qualifying on Saturday. Bosnia, France and Ireland secured...

Data show Germany's recovery to be gradual

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-10-10

GERMAN consumer prices declined somewhat in September, as did exports during the month of August, official data showed yesterday, evidence that Europe's largest economy is recovering only gradually. The Wiesbaden-based...

Oktoberfest flights ban

World
2009-9-27

AUTHORITIES say they have banned flights scheduled during the annual Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich after a series of terror threats aimed at Germany. The Interior Ministry in the state of Bavaria said yesterday...

Spain wins, Germany upsets Russia at Eurobasket

Sports | Soccer
2009-9-9

PAU Gasol scored 9 of his game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter to carry world champion Spain past Britain 84-76 on day two yesterday of the European basketball championship. After dropping their tournament...

NATO probes airstrike on tankers in Afghanistan

World
2009-9-5

NATO investigated today whether villagers siphoning fuel were among scores killed in a US airstrike on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban, while a bomb blast wounded four German troops in the same northern Afghan...

German services sector sales fall 11 pct in Q2

Business | Macro-economy and policy
2009-9-4

THE German services sector saw second quarter sales fall 11 percent compared with a year earlier as the economic downturn continued to hurt demand. The Wiesbaden-based Federal Statistical Office said today that...

Germany's FM defends bailout of ailing lender

Business | Real estate
2009-8-21

GERMANY'S finance minister yesterday defended the government's efforts to shore up troubled lender Hypo Real Estate at the height of the financial crisis, telling a parliamentary inquiry it made "the right decisions." ...