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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, talks with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite, left, as they walk away after a group photo was taken during an EU summit in Brussels on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high European youth unemployment, which officials in Berlin say will center on trying to get business involved and make better use of already-pledged public money.

Then called Angela Kasner and aged 17, she is shown happily involved in a civil defence exercise under the gaze of an East German officer.

Spain's IBEX-35 has lagged as the Spanish government held a bill auction. Most banks have declined, following cautious broker commentary on shares of Deutsche Bank.

'The Germans sent tanks before. It didn't work': Angela Merkel says she will not 'send in the cavalry' over Hungary's constitution changes but provokes fury from their PM The Hungarian Prime Minister has provoked fury in Germany today after comparing Angela Merkel's policies to the Nazi invasion of his country during the Second World War.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Wrekin Hill Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Gabriele Salvatores' Siberian Education , starring John Malkovich, Arnas Feravicius, Vilius Tumalavicius, Eleanor Tomlinson, Peter Stormare, Jonas Trukanas and Vitalji Porsnev, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Wielding red flags and placards, they urged the centre-left Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to scrap austerity measures and focus on job creation.

Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the Vatican about the economic crisis with Germany's leader.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel 's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting, Reuters said.

Femen, the Ukrainian feminist group, have staged another topless attack on Vladimir Putin, as he toured a factory in Hannover this morning.

Security worker opens the door of a government job center as people wait to enter in Marbella, Spain, December 2, 2011.

Germany's parliament has begun lengthy debate on draft legislation to find the safest possible underground site to stash waste from nuclear power stations for eons.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, made a quick trip to Rome Saturday for a private meeting with Pope Francis, focusing on how Europe's struggling economy should be at the service of the people.

The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia.

Germany's Bundestag will decide on a date for the start of Serbia's EU accession talks at the last minute, daily Veeernje novosti has reported.

President Obama is suffering the not untypical reality of Second Term blues, or blahs.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Chancellor Angela Merkel cast their vote on the accession of Croatia to the European Union in the German Parliament in Berlin, yesterday.

We must not lose sight of what's important - economic growth. This means maintaining access to, and influence over, the EU David Cameron with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel.

Most of us know Warren Buffett has the uncanny ability to see value where others don't, and over the last year, he recently said in an interview with CNBC, that he has been buying equities in Europe.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel may not have a "bosom friendship" with her French counterpart, she said on Thursday, but her working relationship with Francois Hollande was strong and crucial for Europe.