Germany's New Reality
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Undercut by vastly cheaper labor in neighboring Poland and by increasing global competition, the union at Adam Opel AG acceded to a plan by General Motors Corp. to cut 12,000 jobs throughout Europe.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel faces her first genuine test at the ballot box since she came to power in 2005 when two German states elect new state parliaments on Sunday.
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OPPENHEIM, Germany - It didnât take a grasp of the German language to bake cookies, years of experience to decorate a Christmas tree, or a sense of proper customs to sing carols.
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Gains for a far-right party in a weekend   regional election are a wake-up call for Germany's ruling   coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel, media said on Monday.
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Germany's economy is back on a stable path of growth after three years in stagnation and is not immediately threatened by the surge in oil prices, Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Wednesday.
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Germany, which has one of the world's fastest growing Jewish communities, is set to tighten liberal immigration laws granting automatic entry to all Jews from the former Soviet Union.
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Germany was the real winner of the soccer World Cup, not Italy, because the tournament gave the host country a major economic boost and revamped its image abroad, the government said on Wednesday.
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Papers around Europe recall the euphoria in Germany on 9 November 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell.
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American expatriates in Germany are turning out in record numbers for the presidential election, spurred on by the German public, U.S. military commanders or a newfound sense that every vote could be decisive.
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Germany woke up to fears that the political tremors sparked by state elections in Saxony and Brandenburg on Sunday could lead to deeper division within their country and scare off investors.
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In an interview with DW-TV, the premier of Bavaria and head of the Christian Social Union said that while Germany orients itself more towards Brussels and the EU, it cannot afford to overlook its own reform plans.
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They came, they spoke and they went home. It appears German unions may have won some concessions in terms of job cuts.Comment
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A falling birth rate and an aging  population have prompted Germany's female leaders to shake up  the nation's old-fashioned family policies.
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BERLIN, Dec 29  (IPS/IFEJ) - Until a few months ago, the production of  crop-based fuels was the best energy business imaginable in  Germany, thanks to growing demand supported by the government.  That's no longer the case.
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Spain is being transformed by a new government, regional pressures and EU integration, writes Katya Adler.
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(SH) - Germany and before that West Germany seemed so stable and democratic it might have been too easy to take that state of affairs for granted.
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Germany's auto industry was once its pride and joy. It was the main driving force behind the country's post-war economic miracle and even now still accounts for 20 percent of Germany's gross domestic product ...