Berlin  - Germany's parliament passed Friday legislation that trims cross-subsidies for the booming solar-power industry while boosting other methods of cutting carbon emissions when generating ele

Berlin  - German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Poland later this month for a meeting with Prime Minister Donald Tusk in his home town, the historic Baltic city of Gdansk.

Berlin  - After a solid start to the year, the German economy should turn in a better performance in 2008 than previously expected with the nation's influential central bank raising its economic fo

Kiev  - The German low-cost airline Germanwings intends to open two new routes to the former Soviet republic Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday.

Berlin  - German factory orders slumped more than expected in April, the Ministry of Economics and Technology said Thursday, dragged down by sharply falling demand from the nation's key European pa

Stuttgart  - Sports car manufacturer Porsche lost one hour's production Thursday as the powerful IG Metall trade union called members off the job to press demands for paid early retirement.