The junior partner in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition voted on Saturday in favour of the planned permanent bailout fund for the euro zone, according to Reuters.
A party congress voted for a motion which called for parliamentary backing (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition tried on Friday to control dissent on future euro zone bailouts and extra aid for Greece among government MPs voicing impatience with calls for German assistance, according to Reuters.
With some media (...)
Ruslan Chagaev clinched his version of the WBA heavyweight title on Saturday with a sixth-round technical decision win over Costa Rica's Carl Davis Drumond after more than a year out of the ring.
Chagaev, deemed to be the WBA's Champion-in-Recess, (...)
Four men went on trial in Germany on
Friday for attempting to extort money from the Liechtenstein bank LLB
by threatening to reveal data on 2,325 suspected tax dodgers, according to dpa.
The trial was adjourned until Wednesday while judges (...)
Police detained 38 people following clashes between leftists and right-wing extremists in the east German city of Rostock during the night, a police spokesman said Sunday.
Some 13 policemen and several troublemakers were injured in the (...)
U.S. President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have been making optimistic comments about the prospects for agreement on climate change at the annual Group of Eight summit opening Wednesday.
But the eight world leaders gathering (...)
US President George W Bush flew into the
northern German city of Rostock Tuesday evening, to be ferried by
helicopter to the scenic Baltic resort of Heiligendamm for the G8
summit, according to dpa.
The US president arrived from Prague, where he (...)
Hundreds of demonstrators were waiting
outside Rostock airport Tuesday for the arrival of US President
George W Bush, who was due to fly into the northern German city
before being ferried by helicopter to the scenic Baltic resort of
Heiligendamm (...)
Demonstrators holding a march and rally
to oppose next week's G8 summit clashed with police in the northern
German port of Rostock Saturday, overturning cars and throwing stones
and petrol bombs, DPA reported.
Two police officers were injured, (...)
An anti-G8 rally in the northern German
city of Rostock erupted into a full-scale riot Saturday as protestors
bent on violence clashed with police, hurling petrol bombs, fireworks
and paving stones and setting fire to vehicles, according to (...)
