German growth will slow to a crawl this year, the government said on Wednesday, downgrading its 2012 forecasts as Europe’s top economy feels the pain from the eurozone crisis and weaker emerging markets. Germany will grow by a meagre 0.7 per cent this year, economy minister Philipp Roesler said, cutting the official forecast from the [...]

Germany has undoubtedly benefited from 10 years of the euro, analysts agree, but the single currency is not the only reason for the success of Germany’s export-driven economy, Europe’s biggest. Chancellor Angela Merkel has made no bones about the advantages for Germany of the euro, which went into circulation as banknotes and coins on January [...]

South Korea wants to learn from Germany’s experience as it intensifies preparations for its eventual unification with North Korea, Unification Minister Yoo Woo Ik said Thursday. The reunification between West and East Germany and the creation of an internal sense of unity over the past two decades were “an invaluable treasure of experience for us [...]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Germany for the launch on Tuesday of the Nord Stream pipeline pumping Russian gas to Western Europe, a massive project set to deepen energy reliance on Moscow. German President Christian Wulff welcomed Medvedev with military honours at his palace in central Berlin ahead of the ceremonial cranking open of [...]