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Article | May 20, 2012 - 10:12pm

German industrial giant Thyssenkrupp posted a stiff loss in the second quarter of its fiscal year due to one-off items, but said the worst was behind it, with asset sales under way, it was reported.

Article | May 17, 2012 - 3:14pm

The fulfilled promise of Hollande for a gender-balanced cabinet with 17 women out of 34 ministers inspired AFP to analyse the ratio between men and women also in the governments of other European states.

Article | May 17, 2012 - 11:06am

Following the Christian Democrats’ (CDU) defeat in North Rhine Westphalia in the state elections, the suggestions have been that resistance to Chancellor Merkel’s austerity measures are growing.

Article | May 16, 2012 - 12:55pm

Braving lightning, the new French President made his first official visit to Berlin

Article | May 15, 2012 - 12:11pm

François Hollande was sworn in as president of France on 15 May to become the first Socialist to hold the highest post in the country in 17 years. Hollande announced that his first actions would be to name his prime minister and then to fly to Berlin for...

Article | May 14, 2012 - 5:11pm

On 14 May, Germany RWE Supply & Trading (RWEST) confirmed it has signed a gas sale and purchase agreement with Ukrainian national joint stock company Naftogaz.

Article | May 14, 2012 - 10:55am

Christian Democrats of German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered another electoral defeated on 13 May, this time in country’s most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With this lose, Merkel's CDU party continued a series of bad results in regional elections.

Article | May 13, 2012 - 11:14pm

German services labor union ver.di and Deutsche Telekom AG said they have reached a wage agreement for some 50,000 workers at domestic unit Telekom Deutschland, it was reported.