Berlin - The German car industry welcomed Tuesday a deal between France and Germany on setting European limits for vehicle emissions as "an acceptable compromise, although less than ideal."

The agreement was announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday, following a joint ministerial meeting between the two dominant powers in the European Union.

Berlin  - German wholesale prices surged to their highest point in 26 years in May, the nation's statistics office said Tuesday, as fears rise of growing inflationary pressures.

Hamburg  - From Naples, the Italian city with nowhere to dump its rubbish, the freight trains take 44 hours to reach Hamburg, a German city that is only too happy to incinerate the stinking mess.

Munich  - A former executive at Eurocopter, the helicopter manufacturing company in the EADS g

Straubing, Germany  - President Nicolas Sarkozy travelled to Bavaria

Berlin  - Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday emphatically reject