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Unfair charge

India is not using currency to gain unfair advantage

German Chancellor Merkel defends lobbying for Wirecard on 2019 China visit

Merkel testified before a parliamentary committee Friday that the payments company received no special treatment and that it was in Germany's interest to promote its businesses.

Laschet gains upper hand in fight to succeed Angela Merkel in Germany

Laschet, the head of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, won the backing of 31 out of 46 members of his party's top committee

Promising renewal, Baerbock to run as German Greens chancellor candidate

I stand for renewal, others stand for status quo, says Baerbock

Heights of nationalism

Book review of The World Beneath Their Feet: The British, the Americans and the Nazis and the Race to Summit the Himalayas

Volkswagen reaches 23-month wage deal with German workers' union

The workers will get a 2.3 per cent wage increase from January 2022

Germany: Leader of Merkel's party moves forward in bid for chancellor

The head of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, Armin Laschet, on Monday rallied his party's leadership behind his bid to become the center-right candidate for Germany's next leader

German govt likely to amend law for nationwide coronavirus response

Germany would amend its infection protection act to "regulate on a nationwide basis" what restrictions would apply when local seven-day Covid-19 incidence exceeded 100 per 100,000 citizens

Coronavirus pandemic: Germany accelerates Covid-19 vaccination drive

Germany's health care personnel administered over 650,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses on Wednesday, almost 300,000 more than a day earlier, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said

Eintracht Frankfurt and Wolfsburg disrupting Bundesliga's top 4

It's been a long road back to the European elite for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Tesla lashes out at German red tape ahead of planned site opening

Tesla sharply criticised lengthy regulatory processes in Germany ahead of the planned opening of its first European gigafactory this summer

Holocaust survivors across world harness social media to spread message

Holocaust survivors from around the world are taking to social media to share their experience of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder

New Zealand boosts space technology cooperation with Germany

New Zealand's aerospace industry is getting a boost through cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), which is expected to improve its capability and potentially lead to joint space missions

Hertha fires goalkeeping coach Petry for xenophobic comments

Hertha Berlin has fired goalkeeping coach Zsolt Petry for making homophobic and xenophobic comments in an interview published by Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet. The Bundesliga club said Tuesday that it is committed to values of diversity and tolerance and "these are not found in the statements of Zsolt Petry, which he made publicly as an employee of Hertha BSC." In the interview published Monday, Petry criticized Hungary goalkeeper Pter Gulcsi, who plays for Hertha's league rival Leipzig, for supporting gay marriage and defending LGBT rights. "I don't know what might have caused Pter to stand up for homosexuals, transvestites and people with other gender identities," Petry said in the comments reported by Magyar Nemzet. "I sure wouldn't have stirred up tempers in his place." Petry said the "majority of Hungarian society does not agree with Pter Gulcsi's liberal opinion on rainbow families." The former Hungary goalkeeper, 54, also criticized Europe's migration policies. "I can

AstraZeneca shots halted in parts of Germany for under-60s over clot risk

Several health authorities in Germany said they are again suspending the use of AstraZeneca's vaccine for residents under age 60 amid fresh reports of unusual blood clots

Germany to discuss AstraZeneca Covid-19 shots after blood clot reports

Health Minister Jens Spahn will talk with his regional counterparts at 1800 CET (1600 GMT), a ministry spokesman said

Coronavirus vaccine: Germany reports more AstraZeneca clot cases

Germany's medical regulator says it has received reports of 21 cases of rare blood clots in people who had recently received AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine.

Angela Merkel blames German 'perfectionism' for current virus woes

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for greater flexibility to tackle the latest surge in cases

Commerzbank nominates new chairman as it goes ahead with big revamp

The German lender Commerzbank said on Sunday that its supervisory board would nominate Helmut Gottschalk as chairman of the bank, filling a vacuum as it goes through a radical overhaul

German union calls four-day strike at Amazon sites ahead of Easter

The trade union Verdi has called for workers at six Amazon sites in Germany to go on strike from Sunday evening for four days