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Germany to overturn Nazi treason convictions

BERLIN—Germany's governing parties agreed Wednesday on a blanket measure to overturn Nazi-era verdicts convicting people of treason, nearly 65 years after the end of World War II, and it will go before parliament next month. Treason convictions carried ...

From DAVID RISING, Boston Globe,  1 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Dietrich Bonhoeffer,  Angela Merkel

Merkel's party approves tax cut program

Leaders from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats and their Bavarian-only sister party approved an election program Sunday centered on tax relief for the middle-class. Following the Berlin meeting, Merkel told reporters that her CDU and ...

From DAVID RISING, eTaiwan News,  29 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Angela Merkel,  Horst Seehofer

Germans more positive on hope of better wages and jobs

GERMAN consumer confidence is rising, helped by an increase in income expectations and a job market that has remained stable despite the recession, a survey showed yesterday. The GfK research group said its forward-looking consumer climate index for ...

From DAVID RISING, Shanghai Daily,  23 Jun 2009

German consumer confidence rising

The GfK research group said its forward-looking consumer climate index for July stood at 2.9 points, up from a revised 2.6 points in June. The Nuremberg-based agency noted that consumer sentiment remains at a low level overall, but said the recent ...

From DAVID RISING, San Francisco Chronicle,  23 Jun 2009

Confidence in Europe's largest economy falls to all-time low

BUSINESS confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, dropped to a new all-time low in June, but expectations for the future continued to improve, a closely watched survey claimed yesterday. The Munich-based Ifo Institute's Business Climate ...

From DAVID RISING, Shanghai Daily,  22 Jun 2009

Related Topics: IHS Inc.

Survey: Economic sentiment improves in Germany

Economic confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, improved for an eighth straight month in June, with a recovery from recession expected to come around the end of the year, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday. The Mannheim-based Center for ...

From DAVID RISING, TheNewsTribune.com,  16 Jun 2009

Support from 2 German states seals deal for Opel

TWO German states yesterday agreed to support a 1.5 billion euro (US$2.11 billion) bridge loan for General Motors Corp's Opel unit, putting the final touches on a deal with Canada's Magna International Inc to acquire the auto maker. Under the deal, ...

From DAVID RISING, Shanghai Daily,  31 May 2009

Related Topics: Magna International, Inc.,  General Motors,  Sberbank,  Roland Koch,  Vauxhall

Berlin Airlift remembered, key moment in Cold War

BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin paid tribute Tuesday to veterans of the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift in which the Western allies flew vital supplies into West Berlin, a key Cold War moment that forced the Soviets to lift their blockade strangling the city. At the ...

From DAVID RISING, Buffalo News,  12 May 2009

Related Topics: Klaus Wowereit

Demjanjuk appeals German arrest warrant

John Demjanjuk's German attorney on Friday challenged a Munich arrest warrant charging the suspected Nazi death camp guard with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder, in the hope of stopping his deportation from the U.S. FILE - In this Monday, ...

From DAVID RISING, eTaiwan News,  9 May 2009

Demjanjuk appeals German court decision

Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk launched an appeal in a Berlin court Thursday to try to halt his deportation to Germany, his attorney told The Associated Press. FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 file photo, John Demjanjuk ...

From DAVID RISING, eTaiwan News,  7 May 2009

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