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Top ECB officials pledge continued support to euro zone economy
FRANKFURT/MUNICH The European Central Bank needs to continue supporting the euro zone economy with its ultra-loose policy, two of its top officials said on Monday, cementing expectations for an extension of the ECB's bond-buying scheme next month.
Burdened but unbowed, Merkel faces biggest test in tilt at fourth term
BERLIN Announcing on Sunday she will seek a fourth term in office, Germany's Angela Merkel faces perhaps the biggest test of her career: defending the European and transatlantic status quo amid huge uncertainty for both. | Video
Germany's Aixtron says U.S. opposes China deal on security grounds
Germany's Aixtron Se said the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) informed the company it would recommend that its pending takeover by China's Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund (FGC) be blocked.
Volkswagen agrees deal with unions to cut 30,000 jobs
WOLFSBURG, Germany Volkswagen and its labour unions agreed to cut 30,000 jobs at the core VW brand in exchange for a commitment to avoid forced redundancies in Germany until 2025, a compromise which leaves the carmaker's profitability still lagging rivals. | Video
Analysis - Politics may trigger shift in European economic policy
BERLIN Slowly but surely, the economic policy tide in Europe is turning, and it may only be a matter of time before Germany is swept up.
Deutsche Bank chairman's second term not a done deal - investors
FRANKFURT An extension to Deutsche Bank supervisory board Chairman Paul Achleitner's contract is not yet a done deal, several shareholders of Germany's flagship lender told Reuters on Friday.
Germany says EU executive has no mandate to tell it to spend more
BERLIN German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday that the European Commission, which has effectively urged Germany to spend more in 2017, did not have the right to decide on how much fiscal room for manoeuvre EU members have.
Germany sees surging asylum applications from Turkey - report
BERLIN The number of Turks seeking asylum in Germany is up sharply this year, and has been rising steadily since a failed military coup on July 15, a German newspaper group reported on Friday.
German minister says Facebook should be treated as a media company
BERLIN Germany's Justice Minister says he believes Facebook Inc. should be treated like a media company rather than a technology platform, suggesting he favours moves to make social media groups criminally liable for failing to remove hate speech.
Europe at risk of collapse; France, Germany must lead - French PM
BERLIN The European Union is in danger of breaking apart unless France and Germany, in particular, work harder to stimulate growth and employment and heed citizens' concerns, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said in the German capital on Thursday.
U.N. says nearly one million Syrians besieged; U.S. names, shames commanders
UNITED NATIONS The number of besieged Syrians has more than doubled over the past year to nearly one million, the United Nations aid chief told the Security Council on Monday, as the United States named 13 Syrian military commanders it accused of killing civilians.
