Germany

A spell of good weather has put Germany in first place globally for solar power production. The government has been strongly encouraging citizens to install solar panels on their roofs

Germany breaks solar power records

Over 50 percent of the country’s energy was generated from photovoltaic panels

In 2010, German authorities discovered that Cornelius Gurlitt - an elderly recluse - was hanging onto over 1,200 pieces of Nazi-looted art in his Austrian home (above)

Cornelius Gurlitt and the complexities of rehoming Nazi-looted art

A priceless haul of invaluable art thought to have been destroyed by the Nazi’s has recently been uncovered in Germany, raising questions about if and how artefacts are returned to their rightful owners or their heirs

‘The minimum wage is coming’: Merkel approves €8.50 policy

The Christian Democrats have approved the €8.50 minimum wage policy, having conceded the introduction of a wage floor as part of a coalition deal with the Liberal Democrats

Germany in the stocks

Now Europe’s economic powerhouse is showing signs of a slowdown, there may be worrying repercussions for the EU

‘Green energy’ burns more coal

Germany phases out nuclear reactors but is forced to turn to coal burning plants in an attempt to turn toward a sustainable future

Record low-yields for German bonds

Germany has auctioned over €3bn of five year debt at record low interest rates, despite investor uncertainty in Europe

Final curtain call

Josef Ackermann’s tenure at Deutsche Bank is over. The board’s faith in him was testing, but he received a standing ovation as he left

Kurt Bock

BASF’s CEO Kurt Bock is the polar opposite to his predecessor Jürgen Hambrecht. With a gentle but firm hand, he attempts to beat the global economic gloom

BMW to invest £250m in UK

BMW has announced it may start producing Minis at a plant in the Netherlands, as its Oxford-based plant reaches capacity

Adecco hires Spanish for German jobs

The world’s biggest supplier of temporary workers has announced it is hiring Spanish engineers to work in Germany

Ruediger Grube

The CEO of Deutsche Bahn has enjoyed a fruitful and productive career

Gerd Haeusler

CEO of Bayern LB has enjoyed a long and distinguished career spanning a number of industries

Hartmut Mehdorn

The mechanical engineer took over a faltering business when he accepted the role as CEO of Air Berlin last year. To get the airline back on track, he has quite a challenge ahead of him

Brains behind the operation

New CFO Gregor Pottmeyer has brought a wealth of experience to the position. But he comes to the job with a heavy task at hand

German halt casts shadow over European GDP recovery

Europe’s post-recession recovery has hit a roadblock as German economic growth unexpectedly ground to a halt in the final quarter of 2009, though France made up for some of the damage. The news comes at a hard time for Europe’s single currency bloc as governments struggle to sort out Greece’s debt difficulties and contain financial […]

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