Germany unveils healthcare reforms
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Germany's coalition government said Thursday it has reached an agreement on health reforms after months of contention.Comment
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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder vows to continue with unpopular welfare reforms that have prompted huge protests.
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A group of the largest commercial hospital chains plans to propose that individuals be required to have basic health coverage.
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The German government has unveiled a series of measures aimed at bringing the country&#39;s public deficit back below the eurozone&#39;s 3% of GDP limit in 2005.
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Germany's government approves plans to raise the retirement age to 67 from 65 and cut pension costs.
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The government is set to unveil standards for the healthcare of children and adolescents on Wednesday.
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Care for people with chronic disease must be improved, a manifesto published by leading health organisations says
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EU leaders say they should turn to new priorities now that they have agreed on institutional reforms.
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Germany's sweeping welfare reforms went  into effect without a hitch Monday as labor offices cut  payments for a million jobless and qualifying tests got  tougher.
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Germany's coalition government overcame  months of bickering on Thursday and agreed a compromise on  health care reform viewed as a test of Chancellor Angela  Merkel's leadership and her government's stability.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#39;s coalition signed off on reform goals for the last two years of its term Friday, sealing a climate change pact and agreeing to lift some limits on foreign workers.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt  Romney on Friday unveiled his plan for overhauling the U.S.  health care system with tax breaks and other incentives aimed  at helping the 45 million Americans without health insurance.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Cabinet approved budget guidelines for 2005 on Wednesday that would see Germany's deficit below the European Union limit for the first time in four years.
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BERLIN, Nov 20  - Germany on Saturday unveiled a breakthrough international plan to wipe out tens of billions of dollars of Iraqi debt so that the war-torn country can begin rebuilding in earnest.
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The German government announces a series of measures to rein in its public deficit, including proposing scrapping one public holiday.
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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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Patients will gain a better service from their local pharmacist as Government plans for a more flexible, modernised service moved a step further towards implementation, Health Minister Rosie Winterton announced today.