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German economy grows at fastest rate in two years in first quarter
Germany's economy grew at the fastest rate in two years during the first quarter, driven by corporate investment, consumer spending and a mild winter, dpa reported. Europe's largest economy expanded 0.7 per cent in the first quarter, Germany's (...)

24 - 05 - 2016
German government saw record surplus in 2015, says statistics office
Germany enjoyed a 19.4-billion-euro (21.4-billion-dollar) surplus in 2015, its highest level since German reunification in 1990, according to the country's Statistics Office Tuesday, according to dpa. The figure represents income by government (...)

23 - 02 - 2016
Germany reports record 8.2 million immigrants, or 10th of population
Foreigners now represent about a 10th of Germany's population as their numbers hit a record in Europe's biggest economy, the government said Monday, according to dpa. Nearly 8.2 million people with foreign nationalities were registered with (...)

17 - 03 - 2015
German budget surplus revised upwards for 2014
Germany's budget surplus for 2014 was revised upwards, dpa cited official figures as showing Tuesday. The surplus was 0.6 per cent of GDP, according to the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden, compared to a figure of 0.4 per cent announced in (...)

24 - 02 - 2015
German Economy Grows 0.7 percent in Fourth Quarter
German gross domestic product grew 0.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter of 2014, dpa quoted the Federal Statistics Office as saying Friday. The figure was higher than the forecast 0.25 per cent quarterly improvement, driven by (...)

13 - 02 - 2015
Ebola patient arrives in Germany from Sierra Leone -local officials
A Ugandan doctor suffering from Ebola has arrived in Frankfurt from Sierra Leone for treatment in the city's University Hospital, local government officials said, according to Reuters. The worst outbreak of the virus on record has killed at least (...)

03 - 10 - 2014
Ebola patient arrives in Germany from Sierra Leone -local officials
AlHijjah 09, 1435, October 03, 2014, SPA -- A Ugandan doctor suffering from Ebola has arrived in Frankfurt from Sierra Leone for treatment in the city's University Hospital, local government officials said, according to Reuters. The worst outbreak (...)

03 - 10 - 2014
German Budget Surplus Larger Than Expected
The German government had a budget surplus of 0.2 per cent of its economic output last year, the Federal Statistical Office said Friday. According to dpa, an initial figure had put the surplus at 0.1 per cent of Germany's economic output. Germany (...)

22 - 02 - 2013
Germany experiences first increase in migration in five years
Akhir 26, 1432 H/March 31, 2011, SPA -- Germany experienced an increase in migration in 2010 for the first time in five years, according to figures published Thursday by the national statistics office, dpa reported. Around 6.75 million foreign (...)

31 - 03 - 2011
Older people wary of smartphones, German statistics show
Awwal 11, 1432 H/Feb 14, 2011, SPA -- Older people remain wary of smartphones with their smaller displays, German statistics showed Monday, the same day as the start of the Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona devoted to mobile (...)

14 - 02 - 2011
Older people wary of smartphones, German statistics show
Older people remain wary of smartphones with their smaller displays, German statistics showed Monday, the same day as the start of the Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona devoted to mobile computing.In Western Europe's most populous nation, 24 (...)

14 - 02 - 2011
Germany's 2009 state deficit not as bad as feared
Germany's 2009 state deficit was only marginally larger than the maximum permitted under European Union regulations, dpa quoted the country's national statistics office as reporting today. The revised 2009 deficit stands at 3.1 per cent of (...)

21 - 05 - 2010
German inflation recedes to 20-year low, statisticians say
German inflation this year receded to just 0.4 per cent, the lowest 12-month average since modern Germany was formed 20 years ago by reunifying two separate states, statisticians said Tuesday, according to dpa. The world recession has put the (...)

29 - 12 - 2009
March inflation in Germany confirmed at record low
Germany's inflation in March was confirmed Thursday to have been the lowest this decade, according to DPA. The Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden confirmed earlier preliminary data showing the rise in retail prices had been just 0.5 per cent in (...)

09 - 04 - 2009
Merkel to seek control of bank, another obtains aid
As a further German banking group, mortgage lender Aareal, said it was obtaining billions of euros in aid Sunday, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany will have to take control of the badly hit bank Hypo Real Estate (HRE), according to dpa. Her (...)

15 - 02 - 2009
Hesse state parliament clears way for January elections
The regional parliament in the German state of Hesse dissolved itself on Wednesday, clearing the way for early general elections in January, according to dpa. All five parties represented in the 110-member legislature voted in favour of the (...)

19 - 11 - 2008
German police identify 14 of 18 dead in Nepal crash
Pathologists have identified all 14 foreign tourists aboard a Twin Otter plane that crashed, killing 18 people, in Nepal this month, DPA quoted German federal police as saying Thursday. Four Nepalese people were killed in the crash on October 8 at (...)

16 - 10 - 2008
German inflation rate jumps as oil price hits consumers
Germany's inflation rate in May surged to 3.0 per cent year on year as record oil prices pushed up the cost of the standard household's "basket" of goods, federal statisticians said Wednesday, according to dpa. The provisional figure was based (...)

28 - 05 - 2008
German exports dip in March
German exports slumped in March, hit by a strong euro and a slowing global economy, according to official figures released on Thursday, according to DPA. Germany exported goods worth 84 billion euros (129 billion dollars) in March, a drop of 0.5 (...)

08 - 05 - 2008
Exercise benefits cancer patients
Regular exercise has significant benefits for cancer patients, according to the Professional Association of German Internists (BDI). Forty-five minutes of speed walking a day reduces mortality rates in patients with intestinal cancer by up to 30 (...)

24 - 03 - 2008
German inflation higher than estimated in January
High prices for food and energy propelled annual inflation in Germany to 2.8 per cent in January, the Federal Statistics office said Friday, adjusting a previous estimate of 2.7 per cent, DPA reported. The new figures showed an increase in (...)

29 - 02 - 2008
Road deaths hit record low in Germany
The number of road deaths in Germany dropped to 4,970 last year, the lowest since records were first kept in 1953, DPA quoted the Federal Statistics Office as saying Monday. Road fatalities were down 2.4 per cent from 2006, although the number (...)

25 - 02 - 2008
German inflation highest in 13 years
Germany's annual inflation rate climbed to 2.2 per cent in 2007, the highest since 1994, according to official figures released Friday. Bigger than usual price increases for energy and fuel as well as for many food products were major (...)

28 - 12 - 2007
Germany imports more goods from Italy
Italian imports to Germany in the first six months of 2007 rose 12 per cent over a year ago to 22.4 billion euros (33.1 billion dollars), the Federal Statistics Office confirmed Tuesday, according to dpa. The figures put Italy in fifth place in (...)

27 - 11 - 2007
German refugee-museum project wins state funding
The controversial project in Germany to build a museum depicting the expulsion of ethnic Germans from eastern Europe won Friday its first government grant under an accord with the state of Hesse, according to dpa. Erika Steinbach, chairman of (...)

02 - 11 - 2007
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