Tag: Germany

• Thursday, March 12th 2015 - 00:12 UTC

  Greece demands reparations from Germany for Nazi occupation crimes, loan and destruction

  

  The Greek government has threatened to seize German property as compensation for a Nazi atrocity in World War Two. Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos said he was ready to approve a Supreme Court ruling from 2000 backing payment to relatives of the 218 victims.

• Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 06:21 UTC

  Germany sells five-year notes in Euros at a negative yield of -0.08%

  

  The German government sold five-year notes at a negative yield for the first time in its history on Wednesday. The milestone comes as the European Central Bank prepares to begin a bond-buying program, known as quantitative easing, in hopes of stimulating growth in economies across the Continent.

• Wednesday, February 25th 2015 - 04:38 UTC

  German court rules against Argentina on bonds' interest payments

  

  Argentina lost a ruling at Germany’s top civil court over interest payments on bonds it sold to investors in the European country that don’t have terms that allow for restructuring by a majority vote of creditors, according to a report from Bloomberg at Karlsruhe.

• Tuesday, January 27th 2015 - 06:44 UTC

  Germany waiting for Tsipras government move: Greece must stick to its commitments

  

  Greece’s election has sent shockwaves throughout Europe and especially Germany. The Euro zone’s biggest economy and paymaster has reluctantly footed a big bill for bailing out Greece and other euro members, extending financial aid in return for strict and unpopular austerity measures.

• Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 07:30 UTC

  Paris killings deepen Islam controversy in Germany with rallies in several cities

  

  Thousands of Germans turned out for an anti-Islam rally on Monday in Dresden, where some protesters wore black ribbons to show their solidarity with the 17 victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris.

• Friday, January 9th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Merkel said Germany wants Greece in the Euro-zone, but Athens must abide bailout terms

  

  Germany's Angela Merkel has played down the chances of a Greek exit from the Euro zone, but made clear she expected Athens to stick to the terms of its international bailouts after this month's election.

• Tuesday, January 6th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Germany' growing consensus to let Greece drop out of the Euro block

  

  Germany has said it will not be “blackmailed” into renegotiating Greece’s rescue program should a new hard left government take office after elections later this month. The Euro dropped to a nine-year low after a report in Der Spiegel magazine on Monday that Berlin was no longer opposed to Athens leaving the currency bloc.

• Wednesday, November 19th 2014 - 04:18 UTC

  Bird flu highly contagious H5N8 strain in England, Netherlands and Germany

  

  Bird flu on a duck farm in northern England is the highly contagious H5N8 strain, the same form of the virus already discovered in Germany and the Netherlands, Britain's farm ministry confirmed on Tuesday.

• Friday, November 14th 2014 - 19:04 UTC

  When Germany promised 'the return of Texas' if Mexico declared war on US

  

  The United States of America entered World War I in April 1917 and it is widely believed that turned the tide of the conflict. The wartime leader was Woodrow Wilson, whose progressive accomplishments were significant between 1912 and his re-election in 1916.

• Monday, November 10th 2014 - 09:08 UTC

  “Nothing and no one can stand in the way of freedom” says Berlin mayor

  

  More than a million Germans and people from around the world celebrated on Sunday the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the event that more than any other marked the end of the Cold War.