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Germany to Provide Technical Assistance to Portugal
(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Germany is to provide technical assistance to Portugal to help it emerge from its debt crisis and boost economic growth, the finance ministers from the two countries agreed Wednesday. The state-owned German development bank, the Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (KfW), is to provide the know-how needed to create a new Portuguese financial development institution, ...
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Don’t frack with our beer German brewers warn Merkel against gas ventures
Science German beer makers have warned the chancellor Angela Merkel that the controversial method of drilling for natural gas known as fracking could damage Germany's legendry beer industry by contaminating the purity of the water. The Brauer-Bund association is worried that fracking for natural gas could pollute the ground water used in brewing beer and break a 500 year old industry ...
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Reed German soccer strength on display in Champions League final
Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski, left, fought for the ball with Bayern's Holger Badstuber during a matchup of the eventual Champions League finalists in a German league game in December. (Lennart Preiss/Bongarts/Getty ...
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The ups and downs of Franco-German harmony
SPD is closer to Hollande’s Socialist Party in policy and ideology. But the Franco-German alliance, often described as the motor of EU integration, has been known to overcome political differences in the past. Hollande’s predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy was so close to Chancellor Angela Merkel, that the pair became known as ';Merkozy.'; Now the bonds between the two nations ...
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Surf the Web for free at Frankfurt Airport
Check your e-mail, post pictures, surf the web - and do it all for free! Now it's easier than ever to do at Frankfurt Airport: the Internet is just a click away. Passengers and visitors can take advantage of up to 30 minutes a day without paying a cent, logging on with their smartphone, tablet, or laptop. It works in the pre-security (public) and post-security areas of both terminals. As ...
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Germanys leading indicator rises
Germany's leading economic indicators rose in March, climbing for the fourth consecutive month, the Conference Board said Thursday. Five of seven component indexes that make up the leading index rose in the month, pointing to "strengths among the leading indicators (that were) very widespread," the Conference Board said. The leading index for March rose 0.3 percent to 103.9. ...
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Uefa Champions League Javi Martinez worth every penny at Bayern Munich
Athletic Bilbao squad which lit up the Europa League last season, announced that he wanted to leave, angering fans, especially as he had turned down a EUR4.5 million (Dh21.3m) offer which would have made him the best-paid player in Athletic's history. That anger has ebbed and flowed ever since and Llorente has stayed at the club, running down his contract and being largely ostracised. The ...
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Deutsche Bank Heads Cop to Mistakes in Wake of Scandals
Deutsche Bank co-chief executives Juergen Fitschen and Anshu Jain admitted Thursday that mistakes had been made which damaged the reputation of Germany's biggest bank but vowed to press on with a major restructuring of the lender. "Yes, mistakes were made in the past," Fitschen told the group's annual general meeting in Frankfurt. "They weigh on us materially and ...
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Dutch signal willingness to sell Urenco stake
The Dutch government announced Thursday it would explore the sale of the one-third stake it owns in British-based uranium enrichment specialist Urenco.The government said in a statement that the council of ministers had approved exploring the sale of part or the entire stake, and was in discussion with the other shareholders in the company which supplies nuclear fuel to power plants in Europe ...
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German brothers make frozen yogurt for dogs
Two brothers from Berlin said they created a line of healthy frozen yogurts for dogs with flavors including salmon and beef. Twin brothers Roman and Raoul Krohn said they came up with the idea for Cold and Dog frozen yogurt when they were 9 years old and their grandmother told them not to give ice cream to their dog because it could be deadly, The Local.de reported Thursday. The brothers, now ...
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How Germany went from bust to boom on the talent production line
Nation that suffered an embarrassing Euro 2000 now boasts both Champions League finalists thanks to a system that values coaches and nurtures indigenous ...
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Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group say France Britain Germany
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group by the European Union, France, Britain and Germany said Wednesday. The Lebanese militant group ...
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Soldier killed in Woolwich attack identified as veteran of Afghanistan
Afghanistan . Army officials said Lee Rigby, 25, nicknamed Riggers, was married with a 2-year-old son, The Guardian reported. He enlisted in 2006 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Rigby, apparently targeted because he was wearing a T-shirt for the soldiers' charity Help for Heroes, was hacked to death Wednesday outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in the Woolwich district of ...
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Germany and Wembley - a football love story
Gareth Southgate's tame penalty is easily saved. Andreas Moller's thunderous strike hits the net as Germany see off England to reach the final of Euro 96. A final they go on to win. Naturally. It may seem like five minutes ago but it has been 17 years since a German team last won a truly significant match at Wembley ...
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Pella beats Troicki in Dusseldorf
DUESSELDORF, Germany – Qualifier Guido Pella of Argentina mastered cold and damp conditions to reach his first semifinal match on the ATP Tour by beating seventh-seeded Viktor Troicki 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the Power Horse Cup on ...
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Netherlands reaffirms deficit target of 3.0 for 2014
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday that his government is sticking to its target of bringing its deficit back within EU limits by next year and will not ask the EU for a delay. "We are endeavouring to bring the budget deficit down to 3.0 percent (of output) in 2014. We're not going to ask for extra time," Rutte told a news conference following a meeting here with his ...
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Berlin hopes efforts on youth jobs will help its image in Europe
BERLIN (Reuters) - German alarm that their country is blamed for austerity measures compounding the problems in the euro zone helps explain Berlin's bilateral efforts to tackle youth unemployment in some of the countries worst ...
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Chris Durban I sank a German U-boat in 1943 I was just 20-years-old and terrified
The last time Able Seaman Chris Durban saw a U-boat he was ramming the HMS destroyer into it in the middle of the Atlantic on Christmas Day ...
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Berlin Warsaw to stage European finals in 2015
Berlin will stage the Champions League final for the first time in 2015 and Warsaw will be the venue for the Europa League final, UEFA said Thursday."Two beautiful venues for our finals for 2015," UEFA Secretary-General Gianni Infantino told a news conference.The timing could not have been better as far as Germany is concerned with an all-German Champions League final between Bayern ...
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German football Tor Tor Tor
Champion Merkel A GERMAN club will win this year's Champions League. Whether it is Bayern Munich from the wealthy south or Borussia Dortmund from blue-collar Westphalia, other Europeans may have a queasy feeling. Is not this all-German final (a first) at London's Wembley Stadium another sign of German dominance? Perhaps fittingly, to get there they dispatched rivals (Barcelona and ...
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Hollande vows to help Niger destroy militants
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday vowed to help Niger "destroy" the militants who launched deadly attacks against a military base and a French-run uranium mine in the west African country.Hollande, speaking to AFP in Germany, said France would support "all the efforts of Niger to stop the hostage situation" in the town of Agadez, where the military base is.He ...
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Keep your socks on - autumn is in the air
Much of Germany is heading for an autumnal weekend, with chilly temperatures an at times significant ...
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German Star Host Thomas Gottschalk Signs with RTL
, arguably Germany's most famous television host, has signed an exclusive contract with the country's leading commercial network, RTL Television, that will see him co-develop and host a number of high-profile entertainment ...
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German football giants to do battle on English soil
Bayern Munich is considered Germany most successful football club. The numbers speak for themselves: the club holds the record for most German Championships (23) and Cups (15) won by any of the country's clubs. In European competitions, Bayern has accomplished a great achievement by winning three consecutive European Cups - the competition later named Champions League - from 1974 to 1976 ...
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Deutsche Bank says confident for 2013
FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest lender, expressed confidence on Thursday for business this year but warned of uncertainties connected with the regulatory environment and the increasingly cloudy economic outlook. Speaking to shareholders at the annual meeting, the two co-chief ...
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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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