» Merkel backs European Monetary Fund
09/03/10 20:10 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing plans for a European Monetary Fund, as Germany and France outline plans to regulate financial market speculation.

» Court decision backs cheated investors
09/03/10 19:41 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Following a ruling Tuesday, brokerage firms in Germany and abroad can now be on the hook for not looking out for the best interests of their investors.

» German corporate bankruptcies have risen sharply
09/03/10 18:09 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
German corporate bankruptcies jumped considerably last year, rising by more than 11 percent and marking the first annual increase since 2003. The volume of debt more than doubled.

» Germany debates extending the statute of limitations for sexual abuse
09/03/10 14:22 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
As more and more allegations of sexual abuse in Catholic institutions come to light, German politicians debate whether to extend the statute of limitations for civil and criminal prosecution.

» German aid agencies face government shake-up
08/03/10 18:16 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
The German government has defended plans to merge the three main state-funded aid agencies, GTZ, DED and Inwent, into a more efficient organization. Development Minister Dirk Niebel says no job cuts are involved.

» German poker tournament robbers were amateurs, police chief says
08/03/10 15:44 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
German police expect to make arrests soon after a brazen robbery at Germany’s largest poker tournament at the luxury Grand Hyatt hotel in Berlin at the weekend.

» Reformers want pope to talk about alleged abuse cases
08/03/10 10:57 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Child molestation scandals at several German Catholic schools have prompted Catholic reformers to call on Pope Benedict XVI to account for his term as bishop in Bavaria between 1977 and 1982.

» Left ... out? One woman's politics cloud citizenship chances
26/02/10 11:16 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
How far left is too left, when it comes to becoming a German? A woman raised in the country has applied for citizenship, but due to her politics, the outlook is dim.

» Survivors, academics recall dark episode in Germany's postwar history
16/02/10 06:58 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Former inmates of internment camps set up by the Soviets following World War II met with academics at Buchenwald on Saturday. Little was known about the Soviet camps until after the fall of the East German regime.

» German mom-and-pop stores make comeback with modern twist
13/02/10 10:16 from Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
Many small German towns used to have a local convenient store where residents met to shop and gossip. Most of these were forced out of business by supermarkets, but the concept is now being revived, with a modern spin.