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Paramount srtikes deal to distribute Swiss-made films in Germany
Paramount Pictures, one of the California movie industry's biggest studios, will distribute movies made by a Swiss independent film company in Germany, it was learned this week. The ...
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The government of Germany continues to pay the price for the crimes committed during the times of Nazism. Germany still proves it to everyone that history is not just a word. Its been nearly 70 years since the end of the war three generations have
The government of Germany continues to pay the price for the crimes committed during the times of Nazism. Before 2017, Germany undertakes to pay compensations worth 1 billion dollars. This amount of money will be paid to the Jewish people for all the tortures and sufferings that they had to experience during the years of the Holocaust, when nearly 6 million Jews were ...
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Dreamworks strikes TV show deal in Germany
Dreamworks Animation, the studio that is home to Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar, is making its way to Germany television under a deal with a children's television ...
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Barack Obama follows in footsteps of JFK with speech in Berlin
Barack Obama will make a keynote speech during his visit to Berlin almost 50 years after JFK declared: 'Ich bin ein Berliner.' Photograph: Jacquelyn ...
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USGermany End Mass Surveillance
On Tuesday (18 June), the German chancellor and the US president will embrace each other. Eyes will be shining as both sides praise the German-American friendship. After all, this visit from Washington is an election campaign present for Angela Merkel, and the president can hope for symbolic pictures to build his own legend. At the same time, the two of them have an enormous quandary: Obama is ...
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Poland Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Prosecutors in Poland and Germany said Tuesday they are reviewing files on a Minnesota man who was a commander of a Nazi-led unit to see if they have enough evidence to press charges and request his extradition from the United ...
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Qatar bails out Germanys Solarworld
BERLIN (AFP) - German solar panel manufacturer Solarworld announced Tuesday a capital injection by Qatar, a move which will save the company from bankruptcy as the German sector struggles against Asian competition.Solarworld said in a stock exchange statement that it had agreed several measures with its biggest creditors, including the injection by Qatar Solar in return for a 29-percent stake in ...
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German investor confidence on the up
German investor sentiment rose slightly in June, on firming hopes for a gradual recovery in Europe's biggest economy in the second half of the year, the ZEW economic institute said on ...
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German investor sentiment up on expectation of timid recovery ZEW
German investor sentiment rose slightly in June on firming hopes for a gradual recovery in Europe's biggest economy in the second half of the year, the ZEW economic institute said on Tuesday.Its closely watched index rose 2.1 points from May to 38.5. This was better than expected by analysts questioned by Dow Jones Newswires, who had forecast an index of 38.1."The financial market ...
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Sprechen Sie Deutsch Merkel wants more German spoken in EU
BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's conservatives want to increase the use of German in Europe if they are re-elected in September, calling in their campaign programme for the language to be treated on a par with English and French in top Brussels ...
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Yulia Tymoshenko may be sent to Germany this autumn
Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of the jailed Ukrainian former PM and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, addresses supporters in front of a screen displaying her mother on 15 June. Photograph: Valentyn ...
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Germanys Peter ruled out of Womens EURO
"I'm unbelievably disappointed," said Germany defender Babett Peter after she became the sixth player to be ruled out of her side's UEFA Women's EURO 2013 campaign through ...
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New ferry boat line to link Russia Latvia and Germany
RIGA, June 18 (Itar-Tass) - A new ferry boat line will link Russia, Latvia and Germany, a member of the board of Terrabalt company, Aris Ozolins, told Latvia’s Rietumu Radio on Tuesday. Latvia’s LSEZ Terrabalt SIA that services ferry boat lines in the port of Liepaja will launch this ferry boat line together with Alfastar ferry boat operator. The ferry boats will run between ...
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Germany pushes for weaker EU emissions law
Brussels - Senior members of the German government have warned EU member states that German automakers could scale back or scrap production plans in their countries unless they support weakened carbon emissions rules, according to diplomatic ...
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Kabel Deutschland Sale Will Not Improve German Broadband Speeds
bidding to acquire German cable operator Kabel Deutschland . Welcomed as sector consolidation at EU-level, the deal would do little to spark much needed broadband investment as the acquirer would access existing broadband infrastructure that requires little to no upgrades. Germany aims to reach at least 50 M/bits broadband speed in all 40 million households by 2018. This target goes beyond the ...
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US presidents and Berlin
Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still popular with Berliners, but not with the same rapture as in 2008, before his historic first entry into the White House. Then, Obama said: ';This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom.'; Berlin has been inspiring American ...
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Fitch Affirms Retail Consumer CP Germany 2011-1
Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ...
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UPDATE 1-Banks hired for inaugural German Federal-regional bond
Tue Jun 18, 2013 10:34am EDT (Adds background, bank quote) By John Geddie LONDON, June 18 (IFR) - Five banks have been hired on Tuesday to manage the first ever joint bond issue between the German Federal Republic and its regions, with the deal expected to come to market as early as next week. The Bund-Laender-Anleihe bond, or so-called Deutschland-Bond, has been mandated to Barclays, ...
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Shares in Germanys biggest cable company rise after Liberty Global enters takeover battle
BERLIN -- Shares in Germany's biggest cable operator are up after Kabel Deutschland received a preliminary takeover proposal from U.S. firm Liberty Global. Kabel Deutschland confirmed Liberty Global PLC's approach Tuesday, only days after British rival Vodafone PLC said it was also in early takeover talks with the company. London-listed Liberty Global -- a cable TV and Internet ...
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US presidents and Berlin
10/04/2013 19:25 CET Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still popular with Berliners, but not with the same rapture as in 2008, before his historic first entry into the White House. Then, Obama said: ';This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom.'; Berlin has been ...
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US presidents and Berlin
10/04/2013 19:25 CET Berlin has been getting ready for Obama. The second-term US president will give a speech in the symbolic city on Wednesday. Barack Obama is still popular with Berliners, but not with the same rapture as in 2008, before his historic first entry into the White House. Then, Obama said: ';This city, of all cities, knows the dream of freedom.'; Berlin has been ...
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Chelsea agree deal for Germany striker
Chelsea this afternoon confirmed the signing of Germany forward Andre Schurrle from Bayer Leverkusen, subject to a medical.The 22-year-old has long been a target for the Blues and becomes the first transfer since the appointment of new manager Jose Mourinho in what is reported to be an 18m deal.A statement on the club website, www.chelseafc.com, read: "Chelsea Football Club and Bayer 04 ...
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Air Berlin pilots mull work stoppage to push for higher pay
Pilots at Air Berlin, Europe's third-biggest discount carrier, plan a short-term strike sometime in coming days in a push for higher pay, arguing they are not the ones to blame for losses at the company. The carrier should make up for wages that lag behind the average at competitors by at least 10 per cent, Markus Germann, chief negotiator for the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots union, said. ...
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Lufthansa eyes Airbus A350 Boeing 787 and 777X
Boeing 777X as contenders for its mid-sized international fleet, and is likely to make the call – and place a massive order – by year's end. The timeframe for signing on the dotted line is "still probably this year, it’s quite imminent" Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz ...
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German investor sentiment improves think tank claims
German investors are confident their country keeps moving towards an economic recovery based on strong domestic demand, a leading think tank has said. Its latest sentiment barometer pointed slightly ...
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Germany has leading role to play in climate change talks
Germany and Mexico co-hosted a global summit on climate change and some significant headway was made, but as the German Environment Minister pointed out, the most important issues remain unresolved. Germany is the regional power in Europe and just as it has played a leading role in dealing with the EU’s financial crisis, it will play a leading role in resolving climate change issues as well.
Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, commenting on the outcome of the 40-nation summit, told Germany news media that it had been “a contribution to making success possible again”, adding that the importance of the summit’s outcomes were significant because it laid the groundwork or foundation for further agreements on the most important issues. Read more
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