BERLIN (Reuters) - German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel's government that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry.

BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - German brewers have warnedChancellor Angela Merkel's government that any law allowing thecontroversial drilling technique known as fracking could damagethe country's cherished beer industry.

BERLIN, May 23 (Reuters) - German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel's government that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry.

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy.

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - German opposition parties accused a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel of withholding information on a cancelled drone project and squandering hundreds of millions of euros of taxpayers' money four months before an elec

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy.

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy.

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Germany is banking on bilateral deals to fight record youth unemployment in the euro zone, agreeing to cooperate with several countries to bypass pan-European bureaucracy.

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion launched his bid for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday, with his long financial experience a powerful pitch in his quest for the world's top sports

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - German state development bank KfW will help establish a Portuguese financial institution to help economic growth and boost job creation in the crisis-stricken country, the finance ministers of Germany and Portugal said in a

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - German state development bank KfW will help establish a Portuguese financial institution to help economic growth and boost job creation in the crisis-stricken country, the...

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - German state development bank KfW will help establish a Portuguese financial institution to help economic growth and boost job creation in the crisis-stricken country, the...

The relative calm in recent weeks belies the huge distortions that continue to plague the global economy and markets. Michael Hartnett, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Chief Investment Strategist, recently published a report loaded with unconventiona

German strategy would thwart UK premier’s plans to use eurozone reforms to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with bloc and repatriate powers

Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels on Sunday by warning that imposing anti-dumping duties on solar panels from China would be a “grave mistake”

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said the European Commission made a "grave mistake" by agreeing to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China and urged the Commission to work to prevent the eruption of a trade

BERLIN, May 19 (Reuters) - German Economy Minister PhilippRoesler said the European Commission made a "grave mistake" byagreeing to impose punitive import duties on solar panels fromChina and urged the Commission to work to prevent the eruptionof a t

BERLIN, May 19 (Reuters) - German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said the European Commission made a "grave mistake" by agreeing to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China and urged the Commission to work to prevent the eruption of

Paris wary that Merkel is prepared ‘to do everything’ to keep Britain in club. Hollande is less willing to help UK premier win over eurosceptics

* French president calls for euro zone "economic government"

* French president calls for euro zone "economic government"

* French president calls for euro zone "economic government"

BERLIN, May 17 (Reuters) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Friday that he believed a single European banking supervisor could be in place by next summer.

BERLIN, May 17 (Reuters) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Friday that he believed a single European banking supervisor could be in place by next summer.

BERLIN, May 17 (Reuters) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Friday German growth would pick up in the second quarter of this year but warned Europe's largest...

BERLIN, May 17 (Reuters) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen said on Friday German growth would pick up in the second quarter of this year but warned Europe's largest economy risked becoming the "sick man of Europe" again if

German radicals are protesting a giant life-size Barbie Dreamhouse in Berlin, arguing that Barbie is a symbol of proletariat repression.

A life-sized Barbie dream house recently opened in Berlin, and NBC News is calling it "the German capital’s most visible new tourist attraction." Visitors can try on Barbie's clothes, play her pink piano and bake virtual cupcakes in her huge ki

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - Women's rights protestersdisrupted the opening of a giant pink doll's house in Berlin onThursday, saying the Barbie "Dreamhouse Experience" objectifiedwomen.

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - Women's rights protesters disrupted the opening of a giant pink doll's house in Berlin on Thursday, saying the Barbie "Dreamhouse...

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a "bosom friendship" with her French counterpart, she said on Thursday, but her working relationship with Francois Hollande was...

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should stop buying Italian government debt if Italy failed to meet its debt reduction requirements, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela...

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should stop buying Italian government debt if Italy failed to meet its debt reduction requirements, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview published on Thurs

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should stop buying Italian government debt if Italy failed to meet its debt reduction requirements, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela...

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday that zero interest rates would not help the "Mittelstand" of small and medium-sized companies with their...

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday central banks had pumped far too much liquidity into the financial markets and warned against zero interest...

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - Italy and France need to work harder and faster to resolve their structural problems, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday.

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - Italy and France need to work harder and faster to resolve their structural problems, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview...

BERLIN, May 16 (Reuters) - Italy and France need to work harder and faster to resolve their structural problems, a senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview...

Berlin-based Versus IO has closed its first round of $2.8 million. The comparison engine represents McClure's first investment in a German�startup.

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BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Investment will return soon to breathe new life into Germany's economy, a top cabinet minister and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel told Reuters on Wednesday after data...

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Investment will return soon to breathe new life into Germany's economy, a top cabinet minister and ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel told Reuters on Wednesday after data...

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - The German economy is improving and investment bottlenecks will ease very soon, the country's economy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, after data showed Europe's largest...

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - The German economy is improving and investment bottlenecks will ease very soon, the country's economy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, after data showed Europe's largest...

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany just skirted a recession in the first quarter thanks to a rise in private consumption, leading some economists to cut full-year growth forecasts and underscoring...

BERLIN/PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economy crept back into growth in the first quarter of the year, after a sharp contraction at the end of 2012, while France slipped into recession, data...

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economy only just skirted a recession in the first quarter thanks to a rise in private consumption, growing by a weaker-than-expected 0.1 percent,...

BERLIN, May 15 (Reuters) - Germany's Federal Statistics Office published the following provisional gross domestic product (GDP) data on Wednesday. All figures show percentage changes. Previously...

BERLIN -- An official says Germany has canceled plans to purchase and modify U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion). The...