Tag: Germany

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 02:54 UTC

  Pressed by outraged farmers EU increases compensation for E.coli outbreak losses

  

  Pressed hard by outraged farmers, the European Union farm chief on Wednesday increased his offer of compensation for the E. coli outbreak to Euro210 million.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 02:12 UTC

  Germans don’t work as hard or intensely as Southern Europeans

  

  Southern Europeans work more and longer than Germans revealed a study discarding recent comments made by Chancellor Angela Merkel arguing that workers in debt-mired Greece, Spain and Portugal are lazy.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 00:55 UTC

  EU aid for farmers hurt by fresh produce slump triggered by E-coli outbreak

  

  European Union farm ministers will try on Tuesday to agree financial aid for fruit and vegetable producers whose sales have been hit by an E.coli outbreak that has so far claimed at least 22 lives in Europe and triggered a scare in fresh produce consumption.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 08:18 UTC

  Germany plans to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022 and double renewable energy to 35%

  

  Germany plans to shut all nuclear reactors by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition announced Monday, in a policy reversal drawn up in a rush after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 04:59 UTC

  New German central bank chief promises continued “stability culture”

  

  Germany’s Bundesbank new hawkish president Jens Weidmann said private investors should help cover costs of the Euro zone crisis. Mr Weidmann promised a continued “stability culture” at the German central bank after taking over from outgoing president Axel Weber.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 03:57 UTC

  Germany and US leading global recovery with ‘robust expansion’, says OECD

  

  The growth outlook for major industrialized economies is improving with Germany and the United States leading the recovery, the OECD's leading indicator for February showed.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 03:51 UTC

  German Literature Nobel Prize Guntther Grass warns of an “eco-dictatorship”

  

  German Nobel Prize winner Gunther Grass fears that the nuclear disaster in Japan and other environmental issues could lead to an “eco-dictatorship”, according to an interview published in the “Haumburger Abenbdblatt”.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:00 UTC

  Fukushima thrashes Merkel; German Greens to appoint their first state premier ever

  

  The Fukushima syndrome hit hard in Germany for Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition that suffered bruising losses in two state legislative elections Sunday, losing control of the main prize, Baden-Wuerttemberg state.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 01:23 UTC

  State elections behind Merkel’s decision to halt 7 of Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel is backtracking on nuclear power as the atomic emergency in Japan becomes an issue in state-election campaigns. Merkel’s decision to halt seven of Germany’s 17 reactors includes two in Baden-Wuerttemberg, where her party is battling to retain its 59-year-hold on the state in a March 27 vote.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 15:46 UTC

  Germany opposed to ECB buying sovereign bonds from indebted members

  

  Germany's hopes for the next European Central Bank (ECB) chief to be a German have been hit after another possible candidate ruled himself out of the job. Ex-finance minister Peer Steinbrueck said he was not interested in the role as he shared the same views as outgoing Bundesbank President Axel Weber.