Volkswagen (VW) shares rose sharply Tuesday, a day after sports carmaker Porsche announced it had acquired a majority stake in its German...

Washington, Jan 6 : A new study from University of Wurzburg in Germany has found vital clues that may lead to development of new treatments for aggressive childhood...

Posted: 2:58 pmJanuary 6, 2009 BERLIN - German billionaire Adolf Merckle has committed suicide after his business empire, which included interests ranging from pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into...

German industrial mogul Adolf Merckle, 74, committed suicide on Monday after his group of companies got into trouble as a result of the financial crisis, his family said on Tuesday. Merckle was...

Three German children have been caught trying to run away to Africa for a wedding in the sun. Young romantic Mika, 6, and his 7-year-old girlfriend Anna Bell were so enamored with each other they...

BERLIN, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Germany is to hold the general election on September 27 this year, German President Horst Koehler said here on Tuesday. "The election for the 17th Bundestag will take...

A 74-year-old German billionaire whose industrial empire was on the rocks has killed himself, according to his family. Adolf Merckle's family said that the effect of the financial crisis on his...

Hamburg in Dubai. Milan went on to win 4-3 on penalties.The former England captain started the game in a Milan midfield which also featured Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini and Ronaldinho before being...

BERLIN (AP) -- Florian Schneider, a co-founder of Kraftwerk, the German band that built the foundation for electro-pop and scored a chart-topping global hit with "Autobahn" in 1974, has left the...

BERLIN -- German automakers exported 22 percent fewer cars in December than a year earlier, with production down by the same amount, the country's main industry group said Tuesday. The auto industry...

A 74-year-old German billionaire whose industrial empire was on the rocks has killed himself, his family said Tuesday, reportedly by throwing himself under a...

Savio Nsereko’s agent claims West Ham are showing interest in signing the Brescia striker.Nsereko, the Germany U19 international, could be bought and loaned back to the Italian club, according to...

Adolf Merckle, one of Germany's wealthiest businessmen, has thrown himself in front of a train, his suicide prompted by hundreds of millions of euros of losses in risky VW share trading and the...

Fulham midfielder Leon Andreasen could return to Germany after finding his opportunities limited at Craven Cottage under manager Roy Hodgson.Hannover and Borussia Dortmund are thought to be...

Frankfurt - Frankfurt Stock Exchange closing prices in euros. In brackets the point movement of index/price movement of stocks against previous quotation: DAX 5,026.31 (+42.32) MDAX5,861.07 (+15.34)...

David Beckham says he feels good about training in Dubai. The football star was seen with a slight limp after training in the...

(BERLIN) - Germany reported on Tuesday the first effects from Russia and Ukraine's six-day-old gas dispute with the country's second-biggest importer saying pressure in its pipelines had...

Berlin - A German billionaire industrialist who suffered huge losses when share price bets he made went badly wrong has committed suicide, his family said Tuesday. Adolf Merckle, 74, threw himself...

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN -- Fans of Germany's renowned Berlin Philharmonic can now follow the orchestra's performances from anywhere in the world through a new "digital concert hall" accessible...

BERLIN - Fans of Germany's renowned Berlin Philharmonic can now follow the orchestra's performances from anywhere in the world through a new "digital concert hall" accessible via the...

Berlin - Asian carmakers lead a fall in German vehicle sales last year, data released Tuesday showed, with the giant Japanese auto group Toyota Motor Corporation reporting a 27-per-cent sales plunge...

Azerbaijani films will be displayed at the 55th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival in April this year. The country will be represented by ten short films made at Yeni Dalgha (New Wave)...

Temperatures in Germany fell as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius on Monday night and the weather is expected to remain Arctic for several days. The country is covered in a spectacular sheet of snow...

Jan 6, 2009 - 04:22 - WAM MANAMA, BERLIN, Jan. 6th, 2008: The UAE embassies in Berlin and Manama continue to receive condolences here on the death of Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmed...

The rail division of Canada's Bombardier group has signed a framework agreement to provide German rail Deutsche Bahn with passenger rail cars in a deal worth some 1.5 billion euros ($2...

Germany's stocks opened mixed on Tuesday at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The DAX, index of 30 big companies, rose 19.43 points, or 0.39 percent, to 5,003.42 at 09:04 local time (0804GMT). The index...

Potsdamer Platz in Berlin is a symbol of Germany's economic success. But that success is dependent on imported energy: More than 40 percent of its natural gas comes from...

Berlin - Germany experienced its coldest night in 22 years on Tuesday as temperatures plummeted to more than 20 degrees below zero, affecting airport operations and commuter rail services. Officials...

Sources inform ''Globes'' that German industrial giant Robert Bosch GmbH is considering entering Israel's solar power industry. The sources added that Bosch executives recently visited Israel and met...

SOCCER » Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan will join Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga on loan during the MLS offseason. Donovan's loan began Monday and he is scheduled to return...

Emirates Airline announced that it has renewed its sponsorship, for a further three years, of Hamburg SV, one of Germany’s top-flight football clubs, consistently ranked amongst the best performers...

C ARSON, Calif. — Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan will join Bayern Munich of the German Bundesliga on loan during the MLS off-season. Donovan’s loan began Monday and he is...

+ ] By Thierry Leveque PARIS (Reuters) - Three men, including one of the principal figures linked to the September 11 attacks in the United States, went on trial in Paris on Monday for their...

+ ] BERLIN (Reuters) - Three German children aged five, six and seven who said they were fed up with cold weather at home set off on a voyage to Africa but only got as far as the local train...

Berlin: A 20-centimetre layer of snow blanketed parts of Germany yesterday, disrupting road, rail and air traffic. Tailbacks of up to 30 kilometres were reported on motorways across the country as...

Zhong De Securities, a joint venture between Deutsche Bank of Germany and Shanxi Securities, said on Jan 6 that it has won China Securities Regulatory Commission's approval to trade in the...

Under widespread pressure to act, Germany is set to inject up to 50 billion euros into its ailing economy. The ruling coalition has agreed the framework of a deal after five hours of talks. But a...

Deutsche Bank AG (DB) said Tuesday that the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved its joint venture with Shanxi Securities Co., allowing the German bank to underwrite and sponsor deals in...

Germany triumphed in a deciding mixed doubles tiebreaker to defeat Australia 2-1 in their Group A clash at the Hopman Cup in Perth yesterday.The German pair of Nicolas Kiefer and Sabine Lisicki won...

Germany's fractious coalition was due yesterday to hammer out a second stimulus package worth tens of billions of euros to prevent Europe's economic powerhouse suffering its worst postwar...

LONDON -- The prospect of tax cuts in Germany and the United States brought investors a measure of New Year cheer on Monday, and a survey of euro zone investor sentiment showed an unexpected...

A senior official in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition says Germany's governing parties have agreed that a new economic stimulus package should be worth about euro50 billion ($70 billion) over two...

Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners moved closer to agreeing a new stimulus package on Monday but said a key dispute over...

Angela Merkel was preparing last night to agree a €50 billion stimulus package to shield Europe’s largest economy from the worst ravages of recession – weeks after she dismissed...

Abu Dhabi: FC Bayern Munich, who are currently training in Dubai, will play Al Jazira in a friendly match at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium on Saturday, January 10. The 21-time German league...

City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 01/05/2009 - US Market industry news provided by Financial News USA. NEW YORK (AP) -- Expectations for further loan losses led an analyst late...

German political leaders Monday are working over the details of a proposed $68 billion rescue package.Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative coalition is at odds with the center-left Social...

A gene involved in cell division also helps fuel a deadly childhood cancer called neuroblastoma and could offer a new way to develop drugs to treat the disease, German researchers...

With both AC Milan and Hamburg in contention for this season's Uefa Cup, Moday's showpiece match will provide a glimpse of what Cup action is like in...

parliamentary leaders after more than five hours of talks. The agreement opens the path for a second boost for Europe's ailing economic powerhouse, after 2008's first effort proved...