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Expatica - German Headlines
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Expatica - German Headlines
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Former Terry Jones church in Germany denounces Koran-burning plan
Pastor Terry Jones, whose call to "burn the Koran" has led to fears of global repercussions, worked as missionary for decades in Germany. Here, too, he was known for his extreme...
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New bank standards to be phased in from 2013: bankers
Stricter international banking standards should be ready by 2013, sooner than expected, but should not affect the wider economy, German central bank leaders said Wednesday.A...
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German wage rises over decade fall well below European average
Increases in private-sector pay in Germany over the past decade have been significantly lower than in the EU as a whole. Workers in parts of eastern Europe have enjoyed a wage boom over...
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Marx and Engels go west in Berlin
Lenin and Stalin must have been turning in their graves Wednesday as statues of the fathers of communism in the heart of the former East Berlin were moved to new positions, facing...
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Berlin defends Merkel speech at Mohammed cartoonist event
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Wednesday defended her decision to speak at an event where a Danish cartoonist who sparked Muslim anger with drawings of the Prophet...
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Koran-burning pastor's former German church denounces plan
The German church founded by Terry Jones, a Florida pastor whose threat to burn copies of the Koran on September 11 has prompted global uproar, denounced the plans on Wednesday as...
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German wage hikes lowest in Europe: statistics
Wages have risen less in Germany in the past 10 years than anywhere else in the European Union, the national statistics office said Wednesday, a trend that irritates some...
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German retirement age climbing slowly higher: study
Germans work on average until they are 63, one year more than they did in 2002, figures published by the family ministry showed on Wednesday.The findings come as the official...
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Germany vows to improve integration after banker furore
The German government pledged Wednesday to do more to improve the integration of immigrants, particularly on teaching the language, after a controversial book by a banker convulsed...
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Alleged child porn ring masterminds in German trial
Nine men appeared in court in Germany Wednesday charged with organising a vast international child porn ring, in one of the country's biggest such cases.Two of the nine men,...
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