SPIEGEL ONLINE - 24.02.2012
After violating European Union deficit rules in recent years, Germany's budget shortfall in 2011 plunged to just 1 percent of gross domestic product, well below the 3 percent limit. The economic outlook for 2012 may be improving as well. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 16.01.2012
The European Union wants to tighten controls on the rules that determine which products can carry the "Made in Germany" label. Germany's leading industry group is outraged, warning the move could hinder the success of the world's second-largest exporter. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 29.11.2011
The menacing currency crisis is dominating discussion in the European Union -- but the German economy continues to be spared. This year companies there will manage to exceed exports of more than a trillion euros, a figure not even reached during the boom year of 2008. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 08.11.2011
German group ThyssenKrupp wants to pull out of a London-based joint venture with industrial services company Ferrostaal that sells submarines, SPIEGEL has learned. Insiders say the move was prompted by corruption allegations. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 12.10.2011
Half-timbered buildings and medieval romance -- that's what the Chinese wanted. But the architecture firm Speer thought it knew better, and built a modern German residential quarter on the outskirts of Shanghai. Now that it is complete, though, nobody wants to live there. Even Oktoberfest was cancelled. By Xifan Yang more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 14.07.2011
The opposition in Berlin was already outraged about a plan to sell 200 tanks to Saudi Arabia. Now, however, a new deal involving the training of Saudi border patrol officers is raising additional questions. And some say the German constitution may have been violated. By Matthias Gebauer and Florian Gathmann more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 11.07.2011
A decrease in orders from its own military has led Germany's arms industry to turn the focus of its sales efforts abroad. It has recently enjoyed amazing successes despite seemingly strict export controls. By Dietmar Hawranek, Markus Dettmer and Ralf Beste more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 04.07.2011
Right in the middle of the Arab Spring, Germany plans to supply high-tech weapons to an undemocratic regime in the region. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, Saudi Arabia is interested in buying up to 200 "Leopard" battle tanks. A sale would end Germany's traditional restraint on arms sales to the country. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 29.06.2011
Trade was the focus of the meeting of German and Chinese leaders in Berlin this week, with German companies eager to get a piece of the massive Chinese market. But commentators warn of the dangers of becoming too dependent on the emerging Asian superpower. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 22.04.2011
Is the magnetic levitation Transrapid train making a comeback on the Canary Islands? German Transportation Minister Peter Ramsauer is enthusiastic about the high-speed monorail, but German manufacturers Siemens and ThyssenKrupp are showing little interest in such projects. By Peter Müller more... [ Forum ]
