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German parliament passes 46-bln-euro corporate tax relief package
BERLIN: German lawmakers on Thursday passed a multi-billion-euro package of fiscal relief measures to support companies and boost investment, part of the new government’s plans to put Europe’s largest economy back on track for growth after two...

German politician slams Rutte over 'bootlicking' message to Trump before NATO summit
BERLIN, June 26. /TASS/. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s flattering personal message to US President Donald Trump ahead of the NATO Summit shows that European alliance members are completely subservient to the United States, said Sahra...

German expert believes that NATO summit demonstrated alliance's instability
BERLIN, June 26. /TASS/. Carlo Masala, a well-known military expert in Germany and professor at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, believes that the NATO summit in The Hague was, overall, a "step backwards" for the alliance. He shared this...

German police shoot dead Afghan man after officer stabbed
German police said on Thursday they had shot dead an Afghan man after he used a knife to attack officers trying to arrest him, seriously wounding one of them. The incident happened in the southern city of Wangen when two officers attempted to...

German envoy to be summoned to Russian Foreign Ministry soon — diplomat
MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Germany’s Ambassador to Moscow Alexander Lambsdorff will be summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in the near future over Moscow’s response measures to Berlin’s abuse of Russian journalists, Russian Foreign Ministry...

German police raids target 170 suspected thought criminals
The US CBS recently reported on how German police are conducting searches and raids against citizens suspected of committing so-called free speech offenses on the internet – for example, by sharing allegedly racist jokes or satirical cartoons....

German lawmakers pass $54-bn corporate tax relief...
To support companies and boost investment, German lawmakers today passed a fiscal relief measure package—the government calls it an ‘investment booster’—in the Bundestag, the constitutional body directly elected by the people.The package, part of...

German Derby Trial Winner Juwelier Added To Arqana Summer Sale
Wootton Bassett: the sire of Juwelier | Coolmore Group 3 German Derby Trial winner Juwelier has been added as a wildcard for the Arqana Summer Sale. A graduate from last year's breeze-up sale at Arqana, the Alessandro and Giuseppe Botti-trained...

German Consortium to Redefine Fuel Solutions for Defense, Security
Rheinmetall has partnered with INERATEC to deliver synthetic fuel solutions for European defense and security customers. The collaboration will focus on the scalable power-to-liquid (PtL) process that converts renewable electricity into liquid...

German startup DRIMCO raises €4.2 million to streamline requirement analysis for industrial manufacturing and engineering with AI
Munich-based DRIMCO, an innovator in AI-based requirement analysis, today announced the successful closure of its €4.2 million pre-Series A funding round to transform industrial operations through its product, DRIM – The Next Generation...

They call it ‘Merzcron’: The EU’s Franco-German engine is powering up once again
Berlin and Paris (CNN) — The clasped hands of French and German leaders have long embodied the spirit of European unity – most famously in 1984, when François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl stood hand-in-hand at Verdun in a symbol of reconciliation....
Asylum seeker shot dead by German police after knife attack
BERLIN, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A 27-year-old man was shot dead by police on Thursday morning in Wangen, the southern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, according to a joint statement by local authorities. The man, who had sought asylum in Germany,...
Asylum seeker shot by German police after knife attack
BERLIN, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A 27-year-old man was shot dead by police on Thursday in Wangen, near Stuttgart in southwestern Germany, according to the local criminal police office. The man, confirmed as an asylum seeker, attacked officers with a...

‘Merzcron’: EU’s Franco-German engine powering up
By Sebastian Shukla and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Berlin and Paris (CNN) — The clasped hands of French and German leaders have long embodied the spirit of European unity – most famously in 1984, when François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl stood...

How a Postwar German Literary Classic Helped Eclipse Painter Emil Nolde’s Relationship to Nazism
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Paintings by German artist Emil Nolde (1867–1956) were recently on display at the Musée Picasso in Paris as part of an exhibition on what the Nazis classified as “degenerate art.” At...
Economic Watch: Sino-German cooperation deepens in smart manufacturing
HEFEI, June 26 (Xinhua) -- As China emerges as a global hub for smart manufacturing and technological innovation, German companies are ramping up their presence and partnerships in the country, moving beyond traditional technology transfer to...

Azerbaijani Diaspora Activist's Music Pieces Performed In Berlin (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 26. Music pieces by Azerbaijani composer Khadija Zeynalova, working in Detmold, Germany, were performed at the international project "Komponistinnen Piano Marathon" held in Berlin, the State...

Visualized: The Power of the German DAX Index
The Power of the German DAX Index Did you know that investing in products that track the DAX offers exposure to some of Europe’s largest companies across a diverse range of sectors? This graphic, developed in partnership with STOXX, highlights the...
Russia says it plans to summon the German ambassador over alleged harassment of its journalists
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia will summon the German ambassador soon to inform him of retaliatory measures in response to what it sees as the harassment of Russian journalists based in Germany, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said...

FG, German Government Collaborate on Waste Mgt
Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Federal Government of Nigeria and its German counterpart are collaborating in the management of waste in Nigeria by building capacity on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). In order to sell the message of waste...