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Economist Norbert Walter retires
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Other economic forecasters were still optimistic as the global crisis took hold in early 2009. Comment?
Angela Merkel's Moment
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Diminutive in the imposing vastness of her office, Angela Merkel appears surprisingly frail for someone who's spent the past 20 years upending political norms. Comment?
Economist Norbert Walter retires
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Other economic forecasters were still optimistic as the global crisis took hold in early 2009. Comment?
Germany's fractious government: Angela Merkel's wobbly restart
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Coalition squabbles and a row over Afghanistan have made the beginning of Angela Merkel's second term as chancellor shaky Illustration by Peter Schrank EVEN its supporters cannot claim that Germany's centre-right government has got off to an impressive start. Comment?
Guenter Grass's Stasi files to be published
A new book showing the huge lengths the East German secret police, the Stasi, went to in order to spy on Nobel Prize-winning author Guenter Grass will go on sale in March, its publisher said Tuesday. Comment?
2009 a bad year for main Czech party
He was the center of European attention with the Czech Republic beginning a six-month term as the European Union president. Comment?
A leftist opposition legal scholar will face off against Zagreb's colorful mayor in Croatia's presidential runoff elections, the state-run Electoral Commission said early today. Comment?
Croatian opposition candidate Josipovic wins plurality of vote
Croatian opposition candidate Ivo Josipovic has won more than 32 percent of the vote in the country's presidential election. Comment?
European review of the year 2009
In 2009 Europe headed into the red as economic recession bit hard into national budgets. Comment?
Merkel, world leaders put brave face on Copenhagen Accord
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had hoped for more than the bare-bones minimum at the Copenhagen climate conference, but has warned against "bad-mouthing" the outcome. Comment?
German defense minister considers dialog with Taliban
German defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has advocated talks with what he called 'moderate' Taliban in an effort to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan. Comment?
German defence minister joins call for talks with moderate Taliban
Germany's Defence Minister spoke out Sunday in favour of peace talks with the moderate wing of the Taliban to ease the Afghan crisis. Comment?
Merkel speaking in Copenhagen on Dec. 17
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had hoped for more than the bare-bones minimum at the Copenhagen climate conference, but has warned against 'bad-mouthing' the outcome. Comment?
Prompt German court appearance scheduled for Schreiber
German-Canadian arm dealer Karlheinz Schreiber sits in a car on his way to Augsburg's prison, in southern Germany on August 3, 2009. Comment?
MPs set sights on Merkel in Afghanistan raid probe
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel faced demands to explain Germany's unpopular Afghanistan deployment as a parliamentary panel convened on Wednesday to probe damaging allegations over a deadly air strike. Comment?
Large parts of its infrastructure was attacked or bombed by the Allied Forces. The city of Dresden was completely destroyed. Comment?
MPs demand Merkel explanation on Afghan raid
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced demands to explain Germany's unpopular Afghanistan deployment as a parliamentary panel convened Wednesday to probe damaging allegations over a deadly air strike. Comment?
Berlina s mayor often talked about for chancellor
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Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit speaks to LGBT elected and appointed officials at the recent International Gay and Lesbian Leadership Conference. Comment?
Defense minister refuses to resign over Afghan airstrike
German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said he did not wrongly force the resignation of two top military officials, and attacked opposition leaders calling for his resignation. Comment?
Defence Minister urged to quit over air strike 'lies'
Chancellor Angela Merkel's Defence Minister was under mounting pressure to resign yesterday over accusations that he lied over a German-ordered air strike in Afghanistan which killed dozens of civilians. Comment?