Germany

Economic sentiment tipped to slump as rate hike looms

Berlin - Stagflation and interest rates fears are expected to have resulted in a raft of key surveys showing a fall in European economic sentiment, lead by a drop in German business confidence with

Surging German factory prices add to interest rate pressures

Berlin  - The prospects grew Friday of the European Central Bank delivering a rate hike next month after new German figures showed soaring energy costs leading to renewed price pressures in Europe'

Mountain ordeal woman uses underwear to send SOS

Mountain ordeal woman uses underwear to send SOSBerchtesgade

Hero uses van to prevent horror smash on German highway

Hero uses van to prevent horror smash on German highway

Germany fights dreaded beetle after import on China trees

Germany fights dreaded beetle after import on China trees

Steinmeier denies German involvement in US rendition overflights

Frank WatlerBerlin - Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier Thursday strongly denied German involvement in flights arranged by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to transport terrorist suspects across Europe.

Speaking before appearing for the fourth time before a parliamentary commission probing the involvement of the German intelligence service in US detentions of terrorist suspects, Steinmeier described allegations that Germany had known of the flights as "crass nonsense."

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