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German consumers keep recession at bay
Buoyant consumer confidence and increased household spending is keeping Germany, Europe's biggest economy, from recession, despite sagging exports and falling investment, data showed on ...
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Cardinal Women should stay at home and breed
A leading German Catholic cardinal says the government should encourage women to stay at home and breed - rather than bring immigrants into the country to solve its demographic ...
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Ten German body parts
The German language has some rather colourful terms for describing parts of the human body. Turn to The Local List this week for a few anatomical ...
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Germany Skirts Recession In Q1 As Consumer Spending Recovers
economy thwart recession in the first quarter of 2013, detailed data from the Federal Statistical Office revealed Friday. However, the continued fall in firms' fixed asset investment and extreme weather conditions stifled the recovery. Nonetheless, the economy is likely to get further boost from consumers with market research group GfK predicting further improvement in consumer confidence ...
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Berlin Olympic Stadium to Host Champions League Final in 2015
London, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The Olympic stadium in Berlin will host the final game of the Champions League in 2015, announced the executive of the Union of European Soccer Associations (UEFA). The facility, built by the Nazi government for the Olympic Games of 1936, has seating capacity for 74,064 spectators. In 2006 it hosted the final of the Soccer World Cup won by Italy, and since 1985 has ...
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ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup 2013 in Munich Germany 25-29 May
Sports News: The historical shooting venue of Munich is going to be crowded, in the following days. Over 700 athletes coming from 78 countries registered to take part in the 10 Olympic events of Rifle and Pistol shooting, to be conducted from the 25th to the 29th of May. An impressing overall number of 1205 starts were ...
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Ban fracking to keep beer pure German brewers bellow
German brewers have called on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block the tapping of shale gas by means of hydraulic fracturing, citing concerns that so-called fracking could taint the purity of the country’s ...
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Germanys moment beckons at Wembley
Wembley Stadium after both got the better of Spanish opposition in the last four, beating Liga heavyweights Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively. Saturday's showpiece will be the fifth meeting this season between the sides, and the two former winners could hardly know each other better. It will also be the fourth time clubs from the same country have disputed the final, and all the ...
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Munich Salzburg unite to attract Chinese tourists
/enpproperty--> Munich joined hands with Salzburg to launch a road show in Shanghai on Friday as the German and Austrian cities united in their goal to get more people to visit Europe. Munich Airport, Bavaria's international hub, last year witnessed about 160,000 Chinese travelers, 44 percent of whom were business people, according to Corinna Born, the airport's public relations ...
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Germany reports sluggish growth
'Normal' effect "In 2013, Germany will have to rely largely on domestic demand for growth. With consumption showing signs of strength and some bounce-back in investment after the long winter, the outlook for domestic demand is brightening," he said. "Strong fundamentals such as low unemployment, rising wages and low inflation are starting to have their ...
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German business morale rises more than expected in May
BERLIN | Fri May 24, 2013 4:10am EDT BERLIN May 24 (Reuters) - German business morale rose far more than expected in May, rebounding after two consecutive falls and suggesting Europe's largest economy is picking up steam after posting anaemic growth in the first quarter. The Munich-based Ifo think tank said on Friday its business climate index, based on a monthly survey of some ...
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Household spending saves Germany from recession data
An increase in spending by consumers and households offset sagging exports and falling investment in Germany in the first quarter, allowing Europe's biggest economy to narrowly avoid recession, official data showed Friday.The federal statistics office Destatis calculated in final data that Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.1 percent in the period from January to March ...
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Germany must curb runaway retail prices for sake of green power -IEA
Fri May 24, 2013 4:00am EDT * Power price rise may hit consumer support for green energy * IEA says investors must be given stable policy framework * IEA criticises German go-it alone approach By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT, May 24 (Reuters) - Germany must rein in runaway retail prices for electricity or risk a consumer backlash that could undermine support for a massive shift toward green energy, the ...
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Europe Markets Europe stocks recoup ahead of German Ifo data
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets climbed on Friday, partly recovering from a sharp selloff the prior day, with investors awaiting a reading on German business confidence to gauge if the region's powerhouse is gaining ...
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Survey German consumer confidence rises strongly
BERLIN (AP) -- A survey is showing a significant rise in German consumer confidence as people's expectations for the economy and for their own income ...
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Private consumption helps Germany to meagre growth in first-quarter
Berlin (Reuters) - Private consumption helped Germany eke out meagre economic growth of 0.1 in the first quarter of the year, compensating for declines in exports and investment in Europe's largest economy, data showed on Friday. The ...
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British police knew about London hacking death suspects
British law enforcement was under fire Friday after conceding it knew for almost a decade about the two men who allegedly butchered a British soldier. Prime ...
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Lis visit to elevate Chinas ties with Germany Europe
/enpproperty--> BERLIN - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming visit to Germany will further cooperation and strategic partnership between the two nations, according to China's ambassador in Berlin. The fact that Germany, the last stop of Li's maiden overseas tour as premier, is the only European Union (EU) member included on the itinerary evinces the great importance that ...
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Fans salute the rising Germans
Even the die-hard Premier League and La Liga fans are eagerly waiting for ...
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German consumers more likely to spend - GfK
Fri May 24, 2013 2:00am EDT * Index reaches 6.5 in June, highest since Sept 2007 * Income expectations gain amid industry's hefty wage deal * ECB seen behind historic low propensity to save money By Christiaan Hetzner BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Higher real wages have German consumers feeling more inclined to spend than at any point since the U.S. subprime crisis, further boosting German ...
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Germany worlds most popular country
Germany is the most popular country in the world, despite well-publicised protests against its insistence on austerity measures within the European Union, an annual poll for the BBC World Service reveals.More than 26,000 people from around the world were asked to rate 16 countries on whether their global influence was 'mainly positive' or 'mainly negative'.Some 59 per cent of ...
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Chinese PM singles out Germany for EU visit
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John F Kennedy was a fan of Hitler and Nazi Germany diaries reveal
John F Kennedy openly admired Nazi Germany when he toured the country as a young man, according to a new book marking the 50th anniversary of his historic 1963 visit to Cold War West ...
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Germans fear electric cars BMW boss
BMW chief Norbert Reithofer has criticised Germans for being too sceptical about all-electric cars. Speaking in Munich, Reithofer, who has a degree in engineering, said BMW intended to earn money with its upcoming first electric car, the i3, and regarded the technology as very promising. "Whenever fundamental changes are in the offing in this country, people get fearful and start discussing ...
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We are the champions but we Germans need Europe as much as Europe needs us
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund players celebrate on the last occasions they won the Uefa Champions League in 2001 and 1997 respectively. Photographs: ...
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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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