Germany in clash with UK on rights
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Germany throws down the gauntlet to Britain over issue that will dominate crucial EU summit.
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The European Commission takes the German government to court for maintaining a law which protects car giant VW from takeover.
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German chancellor warns against self-censorship after opera house strikes performance
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BERLIN   Pressure mounted Tuesday on the Deutsche Oper Berlin to rescind the cancellation of a production that depicted the beheading of the Prophet Muhammad, with Chancellor Angela Merkel saying 'there can be ...Comment
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Thousands of demonstrators brought protests against benefit cuts to the German capital yesterday, but the Government insisted it would make no further change to measures it sees as key to a more competitive economy.
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Parts of Germany&#39;s complex can and bottle recycling system violate European Union law, according to a ruling yesterday by the European Court of Justice, the EU&#39;s highest court.
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FRANKFURT -- While the British public reacted to the latest terrorist strike there with stoicism and a practiced determination to get on with life, Germany has erupted in a rancorous dispute over how to deal with a terrorist threat that has yet to materialize here.
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Germany's fractious coalition government has an issue both sides agree on -- the need to protect key industries, the country's crown jewels, from hostile foreign takeovers.
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The European Commission said today it would begin legal action against the German government in a bid to dismantle the 'golden share' arrangement that gives the state of Lower Saxony a controlling stake in ...
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LONDON, Nov 1 (IPS) - Britain and Germany will seek to take joint lead   on initiatives to contain climate change at a conference in  Berlin this  week.
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Germany saw fresh clashes Monday between  protesters and police ahead of this week&#39;s G8 summit as anti-globalisation activists fought to keep their cause from being hijacked by a violent minority.
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The United States faced rare criticism over human rights from close ally Britain, with an official British government report taking Washington to task over concerns about Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay jail.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is trapped between demands from NATO partners to send more troops to Afghanistan and strong domestic opposition to such a move.
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The European Commission dragged  Germany to court on Wednesday over a law that shields carmaking  icon Volkswagen AG from hostile takeovers, the culmination of a  long battle to break down barriers to foreign investment.
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Tensions are rising between Washington and allies such as Germany over the deployment of troops in Afghanistan
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The UK government&#39;s indefinite detention of foreign terrorist suspects without trial breaches European human rights laws, the country&#39;s top court ruled, dealing a blow to the government&#39;s security policy.
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BRUSSELS -- Poland and Germany clashed yesterday over how to revive Europe's stalled constitution amid growing signs that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany was unwilling to accept Polish demands to maximize its power in an expanded European Union.