Germany

Daimler mulls new factory in eastern Europe, magazines say

Stuttgart, Germany  - Daimler is studying plans to build a car factory using low-cost labour in eastern Europe, with options to be presented to its board on Monday, two German magazines said Saturd

Germany's first driverless mass-transit train in service

Nuremberg, Germany  - Germany's first driverless mass-transit train line officially went into service Saturday in the southern city of Nuremberg, with a computer in charge of the underground trains

Italian conductor Luisi publishes autobiography at 49

Fabio Luisi Dresden, Germany - Italian musical conductor Fabio Luisi is to

Merkel rejects word "crisis" for Irish poll outcome

Berlin - Chancellor Angela Merkel'sBerlin - Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected Friday the suggestion that the European Union was in a crisis after the Irish rejection of the EU treaty.

Speaking to reporters at Binz on Germany's Baltic coast, Merkel said, "The situation is not an easy one. The European Union has already surmounted many difficult situations. That is why I'm quite sure that we'll find a way here to make progress."

The chancellor added that she could not yet say what a solution to the problem would look like.

German foreign minister regrets Irish rejection of EU treaty

Frank-Walter Steinmeier Beijing - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier

German, Chinese foreign ministers meet, agree human rights dialogue

Beijing - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi announced after talks with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday that the two countries aimed to resume their dialogue on human rig

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