Berlin (Germany)

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's finance minister sees no chance of renegotiating a failed bilateral deal with Switzerland that would have sought to sweep Swiss accounts clean of German tax dodgers, even after the country's foreign minister renewed his...

(Repeats to add bond yield graphic) By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, May 2 (Reuters) - Throughout Europe's debt crisis, northern European leaders have often said they will not stand for taxpayers having to fork out for other countries' problems, and the...

* Merkel needs FDP to see off opposition in September * Party has clawed back unity and support * Minimum wage debate at congress risks further splits By Thorsten Severin and Alexandra Hudson BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters) - Germany's Free Democrats,...

Sixty-eight years ago, the Russian Third Army liberated the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp near the town of Fürstenberg, Germany. One of the survivors in the camp was a 6-year-old boy from Poland named Nathan Montrose. Nearly seven decades later, on...

* Letta vows end to austerity and promises to meet debt targets * Government tensions over call to scrap unpopular housing tax * No detail on how to pay for tax cuts By James Mackenzie ROME, May 1 (Reuters) - Italy's new prime minister, Enrico Letta,...

BERLIN -- Europe's most important relationship is under increasing strain after French officials accused Germany's leader of "egotistical intransigence" and leaders in Berlin shot back by describing France as the continent's "biggest problem child."...

Apr 30 (TheWrap.com) - Twenty-three people have been let go after Pixomondo shuttered its Berlin office last week, the visual-effects company's CEO and founder Thilo Kuther told TheWrap on Monday. Pixomondo maintained five facilities in Germany in such...

* Angst in Brussels over idea of EU treaty change * Policymakers unsure of German position on banking union * Elections in Germany and beyond may put proposal on ice By Luke Baker BRUSSELS, April 29 (Reuters) - If there are two words that tense the...

Apr 29 (TheWrap.com) - Pixomondo will close its Berlin offices on May 31, the visual-effects company behind "Oblivion" and "Hugo" said on Facebook. CEO and founder Thilo Kuther did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but a message in...

* Pro-environment party changes tack ahead of election * Leaders want higher taxes in bid to win leftist votes * Party pragmatists worry tax demands will cost it support By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN, April 28 (Reuters) - Germany's Greens lurched to the...

Germany: Berlin will charge a 5 percent tax on overnight stays in hotels, hostels and campsites, starting July 1. The third most visited city in the European Union reported more than 20 million overnight hotel stays in 2010. The levy is expected to...

* Socialist text criticised Merkel * Party removes words from the text * Prime minister steps in, stresses Paris-Berlin links By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, April 27 (Reuters) - France's ruling Socialist party will remove strongly worded criticism of...