Air passengers in Germany faced delays, disruption and hundreds of flight cancellations across the country Thursday as ground staff, baggage handlers and maintenance workers walked out over pay. Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline and hardest hit by…
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Russian fourth seed Maria Sharapova and Germany’s fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber each battled through three sets on Monday to reach the quarter-finals at the WTA and ATP Miami Masters. Sharapova rallied to defeat Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens 3-6, 6-4,…
Borussia Dortmund’s veteran captain Sebastian Kehl has said he will retire in June 2015 having just signed a year’s contract extension. The 34-year-old, who made the last of his 31 appearances for Germany at the 2006 World Cup, joined Dortmund in 2002…
Enlarge German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin chat as they toured the Hanover industrial fair on April 8, 2013 in Hanover, central Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the…
Germany’s triple Olympic champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch has announced her retirement following an injury-hit season that deprived her of the World Cup overall title but did win her the downhill crown in her final campaign. The alpine skiing legend, 29,…
Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Sami Khedira says it will not be “the end of the world” if he misses this year’s World Cup in Brazil with a serious knee injury. The 26-year-old tore the cruciate ligament in his right knee playing for Germany in a…
Nigeria became the first African team to qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, after beating South Africa…
Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, is not expecting its activities in investment banking, its largest division, to improve this year, one of its joint chiefs said Monday. “I didn’t say that we expect 2014 to be materially better than 2013 for…
Deutsch Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, announced late Sunday a surprise net loss of 965 million euros ($1.3 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2013 because of litigation costs and weakening revenues. In a statement issued more than a week earlier than…
BERLIN, Germany — Germany’s foreign minister welcomed President Obama’s official pledge to curb the powers of the National Security Agency (NSA) on Friday. But a quiet unease lingers across Berlin and many other European capitals. “President Obama…
Manchester United are growing increasingly confident that Borussia Dortmund midfielder Ilkay Gundogan will opt to join the Red Devils in…
German Ambassador’s Visit to HMITI on Tuesday January 14, 2014 Country Director, Deutsche Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Dr. Thomas Kirsch,…
The Nigerian Government and the Republic of Germany are set to partner on trade facilitation and micro, small and medium…
BERLIN, Germany — On Facebook, lying is an unfriending offense. Geopolitics may be slightly more complicated. So after the news that the United States is backtracking on a promise not to spy on its ally by the National Security Agency (NSA), will…
Franck Ribery missed out on the 2013 Ballon d’Or accolade but said there was little more he could have done…
Germany said Thursday it had accepted a UN request to destroy remnants of Syria’s chemical weapons on its own soil as part of a bid to eliminate the arsenal by June 30. The foreign and defence ministries said in a joint statement that the move was intended…
The football world has been quick to rally round Thomas Hitzlsperger, who has become the first German international to “come out” as a homosexual. Hitzlsperger’s announcement in the magazine Die Zeit has been heralded by players across Europe as an…
MILPITAS, CA–(Marketwired – Jan 3, 2014) – Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM), a leading provider of System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for home…
How can you assess the performance of an electric car in the real world as a taxi or commercial vehicle, without needing to put actual electric vehicles in service? Well, as they say, there’s an app for that. In Munich, Germany, a fleet of 130 virtual…
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is to turn 45 on Friday while lying comatose in a French hospital after suffering critical head injuries in a ski accident. Doctors and family members were tight-lipped Thursday about the condition of the German…