Germany
Ukraine's President to meet Russian, French, German leaders, rules out offensive
KIEV - Ukraine's President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev's eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military means. | Video
Ex-minister blames Merkel for rise of anti-immigrant groups
BERLIN - A former cabinet minister and member of Angela Merkel's conservative bloc blamed Germany's chancellor on Sunday for steering a course that has strengthened the eurosceptic AfD party and a new anti-immigrant grass-roots movement.
ECB's Weidmann says German 2015 growth may be better than expected
BERLIN - Growth in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, could be better than expected next year and the situation in Europe is not as bad as many people think, the president of Germany's Bundesbank told a newspaper on Sunday.
Stock swings may signal bull run is in its last throes
LONDON - Stocks are showing the kind of volatility that preceded major falls in the past, suggesting to some that one of the most blistering U.S. rallies on record may be nearing its end.
Anxious German employers gear up for minimum wage revolution
BERLIN - Michael Pirl is about to raise prices at his hotel in rural east Germany to cover a spike in labour costs as a national minimum wage takes effect, and he hopes new events like dinner shows will keep the customers coming.
Record number at Germany's anti-immigrant rally
DRESDEN, Germany - More than 17,000 people took part in Germany's largest anti-immigrant rally to date on Monday in the eastern city of Dresden, gathering to sing Christmas carols and listen to speakers complain about immigrants and asylum-seekers.
Germany's Gerry Weber buys Hallhuber, eyes menswear
FRANKFURT - Germany's Gerry Weber has agreed to buy fashion group Hallhuber and announced on Monday plans to return to the menswear market as part of its expansion strategy.
Germany sees no need to ease Russia sanctions despite minister's concerns
BERLIN - Germany sees no reason to think about changes to the EU's sanctions regime against Moscow at the moment, a government spokeswoman said, after the foreign minister expressed concern that Russia could be destabilised if sanctions were not eased.
Germany to step up bird flu testing after new cases discovered
HAMBURG - Germany will on Monday announce compulsory testing of ducks and geese for bird flu before slaughtering after two more cases of the H5N8 strain of the disease were discovered, the country's agriculture ministry said.
Siemens won't float healthcare unit in 2015 - Wirtschafts Woche
FRANKFURT - Siemens has no plans to float its healthcare business next year following the legal separation of the unit in countries including Germany, Chief Executive Joe Kaeser told the weekly publication Wirtschafts Woche.
Indonesia expands search for missing AirAsia jet, U.S. sends warship
JAKARTA - Countries around Asia on Tuesday stepped up the search for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that is presumed to have crashed in shallow waters off the Indonesian coast, with Washington also sending a warship to help find the missing jet. | Video


