Apr 23rd, 2008 · A new political party in Germany has made saving the working class and the country's welfare system rallying points for attracting votes. Die Linke, or the Left Party, is drawing support from mainstream parties with a radical message.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Executives from General Motor's European unit, Opel, met Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They want more than $1 billion in loan guarantees from the German government. Opel is seeking the guarantees because the company expects difficult credit conditions on the open market due to the world financial crisis.
Nov 16th, 2008 · U.S. box office numbers are what make the headlines in the U.S., but what makes a lot of the cash is overseas sales. And in much of Europe, that means American films dubbed into the native language. Susan Stone visits a German studio that's dubbing the new James Bond movie.
Nov 13th, 2008 · An adaption of Yasunari Kawabata's 1961 novella, Sleeping Beauties is a wistful erotic mystery centered around an eccentric German brothel. Mark Jenkins calls it artful and delicate — but with an oddly tone-deaf ending.
Nov 12th, 2008 · A German study in this week's New England Journal of Medicine offers more evidence that abdominal fat increases the risk of metabolic syndrome and heart disease.
Nov 5th, 2008 · Last summer, more than 200,000 Germans saw Democratic Barack Obama speak in Berlin. They hope that as President, Obama will revitalize a relationship that most Germans hold dear.
Nov 4th, 2008 · As the global economic crisis unfolds, a group of school districts in Wisconsin has found itself at one end of a chain of exotic and risky financial products. At the other end is a German bank beset by problems — one whose fortunes could affect municipalities across the United States.
Oct 17th, 2008 · The global financial crisis is ratcheting up fears of recession. Germany's "rust belt" has been hit hard by the economic slowdown. In Bochum, the largest employer is the European car company Opel which is owned by General Motors. Autoworkers there expect the situation to get worse.