Archive for 2008

Japanese companies leaving London for Germany

Japanese companies have started to move their European headquarters from London to Germany to escape Britain's high costs, poor transport infrastructure and rising crime rates.

Sharing the Responsibility

Germany tells Russian leader to respect the Nato alliance

Germany's foreign minister has warned Russia must not try to drive a wedge between western Europe and America but respect his country's historic alliances.

Designer of new World Trade Centre to build synagogue in Munich

New York-based architect Daniel Libeskind, the master designer of the new World Trade Centre, has announced plans to build a new synagogue in the not-always-welcoming Bavarian capital.

A New Context for the Holocaust

Commerzbank asks state for €8.2bn - first German bank to use bailout fund

Commerzbank, Germany’s second largest, got an €8.2bn (£6.5bn) capital injection making it the first commercial bank in the country to receive money from the government’s €500bn bailout fund.

In Tanzania, adventure without forgoing amenities

Fired in Stone

A Serbian monk burns through Kosovo

German financial crisis could lead to rise of far-Right

Germany's financial crisis could lead to the rise of a far-Right political party, a leading analyst has warned.

Financial crisis: BayernLB seeks ‘billions’ from government fund

Bavaria's regional bank BayernLB became the first in Germany to signal it will seek billions in government aid as a €480bn (£370bn) bailout package went into effect.