Bundesbank takes aim at ECB bond-buying via German court
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Bundesbank has sharply criticized the European Central Bank's plan to buy the bonds of highly indebted states in a report to Germany's top court but EU...
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Troika concludes Greek bailout review, next aid tranche soon: source
DUBLIN/ATHENS (Reuters) - An inspection team of international lenders has finished its review of Greece's austerity program, paving the way for another 10 billion euros aid payment, a source with...
Euro zone economy falls deeper than expected into recession
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The euro zone slipped deeper than expected into recession in the last three months of 2012 after its largest economies, Germany and France, shrank at the end...
German economy shrinks most since 2009 financial crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy shrank in the fourth quarter more than at any time since the height of the 2009 financial crisis and may have underperformed the wider euro...
Euro zone economy falls deeper than expected into recession
BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - The euro zone slipped deeper than expected into recession in the last three months of 2012 after its largest economies, Germany and France, shrank at the end...
Ally’s resignation spares German chancellor drawn-out scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Education Minister Annette Schavan has done her friend Angela Merkel a good turn by quitting, sparing the chancellor months of distraction in an election year that...
Ally’s resignation spares German chancellor drawn-out scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Education Minister Annette Schavan has done her friend Angela Merkel a good turn by quitting, sparing the chancellor months of distraction in an election year that...
Merkel confidante resigns in German plagiarism scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's education minister resigned on Saturday after being stripped of her doctorate for plagiarism, embarrassing Chancellor Angela Merkel and depriving her of a close ally in the...
Merkel confidante resigns in German plagiarism scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's education minister resigned on Saturday after being stripped of her doctorate for plagiarism, embarrassing Chancellor Angela Merkel and depriving her of a close ally in the...
Euro zone and Russia near debt compromise on Cyprus
BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe and Russia are getting closer to a deal on how to involve Moscow in bailing out indebted Cyprus after Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signaled willingness...