German government seeks payment
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The German government is seeking more than 4.5bn euros compensation from the consortium behind a late-running toll system.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder stepped up the German government's pledge of financial aid to tsunami victims to $674 million US Wednesday as European nations moved to step up help to the devastated region.
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The Polish government is demanding billions of euros in compensation from Germany for cultural artefacts which were stolen or destroyed during the second world war, after accusing Berlin of trying to rewrite history.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the condition of the country's armed forces and hinted at a higher defense budget for the future.
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European regulators are to investigate whether German postal firm Deutsche Post received illegal state aid.
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The German government is reportedly pondering investing capital in the aerospace and defence group EADS to maintain German influence in the European manufacturer.
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By Hugh Williamson in Berlin and Patrick Jenkins in Frankfurt. Simmering tensions between the German government and the country&#39;s central bank boiled over into a full-scale row last night after Hans Eichel, finance
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Germany is willing to help Iraq's  new government set up ministries and write a new constitution  following elections last weekend, German Interior Minister Otto  Schily said on Thursday.
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Germany is selling a E4.45 billion (R36.12 billion) stake in Deutsche Telekom, making it the fourth European government to sell state assets in the past six weeks to help reduce a deficit that exceeds EU limits ...
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Germans on the dole might be forced to  give up anything more than the most modest of cars to help  support themselves if a plan by conservative political leaders  is approved, German media reported on Wednesday.
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German President Horst Koehler sparks a row with comments on giving aid to the  poorer eastern states.
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Talkbacks for this article: 9 Jerusalem is miffed that Berlin is providing government loan guarantees worth millions of dollars to German firms doing business with Iran, and this is one of the issues Prime ...Comment
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Germany's opposition leader gave her backing to a senior aide in a dispute over payments he received from his former employer, a utility company.
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The German government is putting pressure on the management of Deutsche Telekom to settle strikes at Europe&#39;s biggest telecoms operator quickly, the business daily Handelsblatt reported on Friday.
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Germany is hoping to reach by early 2008 an accord with France on protecting the European aerospace group EADS against hostile takeovers, a German official said in an interview to appear on Tuesday.
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Germany's ruling Social Democrats (SPD) and trade unions are in favour of introducing a national mimimum wage and could make their position officially known later this month, German media reported.
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Chancellor Gerhard Schr der is pushing for the EU's stability and growth pact to take into account states' contributions to the EU budget in calculating their deficits.