The European Investment Bank’s statutes state that its outstanding loans portfolio cannot exceed 250% of its capital.
A teenager in black combat gear went on a bloody rampage at his former school in Germany on Wednesday, slaying at least 15 people.
Women rallied worldwide on Sunday to demand equal rights and protest against domestic violence and growing poverty in the global economic crisis.
Lloyd Gedye takes a tour of BMW’s Munich research and development laboratory.
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/ 17 February 2009
Germany plans to open on Tuesday an information office for German businesses operating in Iraq, with centres in Baghdad and Erbil.
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/ 7 February 2009
United States Vice-President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the new US administration would set a ”new tone” in its foreign relations.
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/ 6 February 2009
Two German catholic groups on Friday appealed to fellow members of the faith to back the pope in the row over a Holocaust-denying bishop.
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/ 14 January 2009
Snared by the global economic slump, the German economy contracted sharply last year, suggesting a disastrous 2009 for Europe’s industrial powerhouse.
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/ 13 January 2009
The costs of a new financial stimulus plan and a slumping economy will cause Germany’s budget deficit to hit a record in 2009, a top lawmaker said.
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/ 12 January 2009
Policymakers facing mounting job losses prepared new measures to ease the pain on Monday.
German billionaire Adolf Merckle, assailed by financial turmoil and struggling to salvage his business empire, has killed himself.
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/ 12 December 2008
”Finanzkrise” — meaning financial crisis — was recently picked as Germany’s phrase of the year by a panel of experts.
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/ 1 December 2008
A German mother was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for killing two of her babies, whose bodies she stashed in the family freezer.
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/ 19 November 2008
The German government has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over its plans to lead a worldwide biofuels revolution on the roads.
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/ 12 October 2008
Exactly 1 400 days after his last fight, Vitali Klitschko beat champion Samuel Peter on Saturday to regain the WBC heavyweight belt.
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/ 12 October 2008
Hoffenheim, population 3 200, is the smallest town to have a team make it to the Bundesliga.
The world’s only recipient of two full arms in a transplant appeared in public on Wednesday to talk about the success of the procedure.
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/ 21 September 2008
A few years ago Heinrich von Pierer was "Mr Siemens", head of a German industrial titan making everything from nuclear power stations to cellphones.
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/ 17 September 2008
Airline passengers in Germany forced their plane to be grounded by petitioning the pilot after two aborted take-off attempts.
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/ 16 September 2008
Bavaria’s embattled premier found himself in trouble on Tuesday after saying that driving is OK after two litres of beer at Germany’s Oktoberfest.
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/ 12 September 2008
Police closed down a Berlin sweet shop after discovering the owner was selling chocolates and lollipops laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms.
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/ 10 September 2008
A Scottish postman working in Germany hoarded at least 20 000 letters at home because he felt his work was too taxing, police said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 September 2008
German innovation and technical excellence have long been lauded, but few have been privy to the latest developments in German research.
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/ 4 September 2008
He may have officially retired following his testimonial in Munich this week, but former Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has a busy programme planned.
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/ 4 September 2008
German corporate and consumer confidence sank to new lows last week, hastening fears that Europe’s biggest economy is sliding into a deep recession.
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/ 3 September 2008
German police said on Wednesday they were looking for a skateboarder who was filmed travelling at about 100km/h on a motorway.
Protests grow as chocolate treats with toys inside are labelled health hazard, writes Kate Connolly.
German politicians are reportedly planning to ban Kinder Surprise eggs on the grounds that they’re a safety hazard.
A monument dedicated to the thousands of gay people persecuted and tortured by the Nazis has been vandalised in Berlin.
Europe’s single currency zone suffered its first period of falling output during the spring as its three largest economies shrank.
Quentin Tarantino, the master of bloodbath cinema, is to give his trademark comic-book treatment to the Nazis and World War II.
Ford said on Thursday it has begun production of its new subcompact Fiesta at a plant in Germany.