Tag: Germany

• Saturday, June 11th 2016 - 05:53 UTC

  “Please don't go”, Der Spiegel's Saturday special German-English edition

  

  German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned Friday that if Britain voted to leave the European Union, it wouldn't have access to the single market like non-members Norway and Switzerland do.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2016 - 08:05 UTC

  Merkel appeals to UK voters: “I personally wish for Great Britain to stay part of the European Union”

  

  Angela Merkel broke her silence during the referendum campaign to warn that Britain would find itself isolated and weakened in trade talks outside the European Union. The German chancellor, who has not commented since David Cameron named the referendum date in February, said that a place at the bargaining table for the single market and international trade deals were reasons for Britain to remain in the EU on June 23.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 06:48 UTC

  UK and Germany side by side at the centenary of the biggest naval engagement of WW One

  

  The centenary of the biggest naval engagement of World War One was marked by commemorative events on Tuesday, 31 May. A service at St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney paid tribute to the 8,648 sailors who died during the Battle of Jutland and a service of remembrance also took place on board HMS Duncan at Jutland Bank, the site of the battle.

• Monday, May 30th 2016 - 07:48 UTC

  At the 100th anniversary of Verdun, Hollande and Merkel appeal to unity

  

  French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed on Sunday for Europe to unite to face its current challenges as they marked the 100th anniversary of Verdun, the longest battle of World War I. The 300 days of fighting in northeast France were one of the bloodiest battles of the war, claiming more than 300,000 lives before France emerged victorious.

• Monday, May 9th 2016 - 11:04 UTC

  Former first lady of East Germany, nicknamed the Purple Witch, dies in Chile

  

  A small funeral was held in Chile Saturday for Margot Honecker, the widow of former East German leader Erich Honecker. A steely politician in her own right, the 89-year-old died of cancer in the capital Santiago on Friday.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 06:40 UTC

  Germany to declassify documents on the secretive Dignity Colony in Chile

  

  Victims of a secretive German colony in Chile hope that Germany's decision to declassify documents will help shine light on human rights abuses committed there. For three decades beginning in 1961, the enclave of Colonia Dignidad, or Dignity Colony, was the site of torture, slavery and child abuse.

• Monday, April 25th 2016 - 21:16 UTC

  Germany celebrates 500th anniversary of beer “purity law”

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the “world renown” of German beer in Ingolstadt, at a celebration marking the 500th anniversary of the beer purity law. The age-old rule has remained a staple of beer production. Hundreds of brewers from Germany and other European countries attended the celebration in Bavaria on Friday, with servers and guards in traditional costumes.

• Monday, April 25th 2016 - 21:07 UTC

  Germans thirst for beer dwindling; health consciousness prevailing

  

  For 500 years Germany’s famous Beer Purity Law has been protecting the country’s beer drinkers from contaminants, chemicals and any other additives that unsavory merchants might have thought of adding. But the law, or Reinheitsgebot, which marked its 500th anniversary last Friday, has been unable to protect the country’s 1,350 brewers and the proud industry from a modern plague: health consciousness.

• Friday, April 22nd 2016 - 08:16 UTC

  Draghi defends ECB easy money policy despite sharp criticism from Germany

  

  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi brushed off German criticism of his ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday and vowed to use all the tools at his disposal for “as long as needed.” He said the ECB's policy was working, which helped boost the Euro.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 22:38 UTC

  Bundesliga matches live television rights can't have a single buyer, rules Germany's anti-trust office

  

  Germany’s federal anti-trust office has approved plans to stop any single buyer from winning all the live television rights for Bundesliga soccer matches for the four seasons starting in 2017.