Last Minute News Topics » Germany http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:38:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Germany pessimistic over crisis summit (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-pessimistic-over-crisis-summit-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-pessimistic-over-crisis-summit-ap#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:47:55 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-pessimistic-over-crisis-summit-ap German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as she arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP – Germany suggested Wednesday that European leaders could fail to agree on a plan to tighten the continent’s economic ties by the end of the week, dampening investors’ optimism about a broad resolution of Europe’s debt crisis.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-pessimistic-over-crisis-summit-ap/feed 0 Germany, France grappling to agree debt deal (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-france-grappling-to-agree-debt-deal-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-france-grappling-to-agree-debt-deal-ap#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:21:37 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-france-grappling-to-agree-debt-deal-ap AP – Germany tried to put an optimistic face on discussions with France over a strategy to deal with Europe’s crippling debt crisis Friday, despite a warning from a French minister that the euro currency itself was under threat.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-france-grappling-to-agree-debt-deal-ap/feed 0 Pope begins state visit to Germany (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/pope-begins-state-visit-to-germany-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/pope-begins-state-visit-to-germany-ap#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:46:07 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/pope-begins-state-visit-to-germany-ap German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, President Christian Wulff , 2nd from right, and his wife Bettina Wulff, right, welcome Pope Benedict XVI, 2nd from left, as he arrives at the airport Tegel in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day official visit to his homeland Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP – Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Germany on Thursday on his first state visit to his homeland, where he is expected to be greeted by large protests and even larger crowds of Catholic faithful.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/pope-begins-state-visit-to-germany-ap/feed 0 Germany: Sprouts did cause deadly E. coli outbreak (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-did-cause-deadly-e-coli-outbreak-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-did-cause-deadly-e-coli-outbreak-ap#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:59:37 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-did-cause-deadly-e-coli-outbreak-ap Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Friday June 10, 2011. Investigators have determined that German-grown vegetable sprouts are the cause of the E. coli outbreak that has killed so far 29 people and sickened nearly 3,000, the head of Germany's national disease control center said Friday. Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute, said even though no tests of the sprouts from an organic farm in Lower Saxony had come back positive for the E. coli strain behind the outbreak, an investigation into the pattern of the outbreak had produced enough evidence to draw the conclusion. (AP Photo/dapd/ Michele Tantussi)AP – German vegetable sprouts caused the E. coli outbreak that has killed 31 people and sickened more than 3,000, investigators announced Friday after tracking the bacteria from patients in hospital beds to restaurants and then farm fields.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-did-cause-deadly-e-coli-outbreak-ap/feed 0 Germany: Rise in reported E.coli cases (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-rise-in-reported-e-coli-cases-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-rise-in-reported-e-coli-cases-ap#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:54:42 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-rise-in-reported-e-coli-cases-ap An employee of 'Werder Frucht' vegetables company throws away tomatoes in Werder, eastern Germany, Tuesday June 7, 2011. The EU's farm chief on Tuesday proposed 150 million euro ($219 million) in aid to help producers hit by the continent's E. coli contamination crisis. European Union Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos said agriculture ministers will consider whether farmers can recoup from EU coffers up to 30 percent of the value of vegetables that cannot be sold because of the German E. coli crisis. An agreement in principle on aid is expected later Tuesday. EU farmers outside northern Germany where the crisis is located have been livid that their crops have been hurt by the fallout of the continentwide scare. (AP Photo/dapd/ Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert)AP – Germany’s national disease control center says the number of people reported sick in a deadly bacterial outbreak is still rising even though German officials say there is hope the epidemic is abating.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-rise-in-reported-e-coli-cases-ap/feed 0 EU health chief criticizes Germany over E. coli (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/eu-health-chief-criticizes-germany-over-e-coli-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/eu-health-chief-criticizes-germany-over-e-coli-ap#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:28:10 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/eu-health-chief-criticizes-germany-over-e-coli-ap AP – The European Union health chief on Tuesday warned Germany against premature — and inaccurate — conclusions on the source of contaminated food that have spread fear all over Europe and cost farmers in exports.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/eu-health-chief-criticizes-germany-over-e-coli-ap/feed 0 Germany backtracks on sprouts as E. coli source (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-backtracks-on-sprouts-as-e-coli-source-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-backtracks-on-sprouts-as-e-coli-source-ap#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:31:48 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-backtracks-on-sprouts-as-e-coli-source-ap A man balances on a pile of cucumbers collected for destruction at a greenhouse compound outside Bucharest, Romania, Monday, June 6, 2011. Producers destroyed thousands of tons of cucumbers over the past two days, according to local media, after their production was either turned back from exports or refused for sale by supermarkets in Romania for fear of E. coli bacteria contamination. The current crisis is the deadliest known E. coli outbreak, killing at least 22 people and sickening more than 2,300 across Europe. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP – First they pointed a finger at Spanish cucumbers. Then they cast suspicion on sprouts from Germany. Now German officials appear dumbfounded as to the source of the deadliest E. coli outbreak in modern history, and one U.S. expert called the investigation a “disaster.”


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-backtracks-on-sprouts-as-e-coli-source-ap/feed 0 Germany: No proof sprouts caused E. coli outbreak (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-no-proof-sprouts-caused-e-coli-outbreak-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-no-proof-sprouts-caused-e-coli-outbreak-ap#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:43:20 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-no-proof-sprouts-caused-e-coli-outbreak-ap Poly tunnels at a vegetable farm is seen in the Uelzen district, northern Germany, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Different kinds of sprouts from the organic farm in the greater Uelzen area, between the northern cities of Hamburg and Hannover, could be traced to infected persons in five different German states, Lower Saxony Agriculture Minister Gert Lindemann told reporters. The farm was shut down Sunday and all of its produce — including fresh herbs, fruits, flowers and potatoes_ was recalled. At least one of the farm's employees was also infected with the E.coli bacteria, the minister said. (AP Photo/dapd, Axel Heimken)AP – In a surprising U-turn, German officials said initial tests published Monday provided no evidence that sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany were the cause of the country’s deadly E. coli outbreak.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-no-proof-sprouts-caused-e-coli-outbreak-ap/feed 0 Germany: Sprouts likely cause of E. coli outbreak (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-likely-cause-of-e-coli-outbreak-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-likely-cause-of-e-coli-outbreak-ap#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:30:42 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-likely-cause-of-e-coli-outbreak-ap German Health Minister Daniel Bahr puts on gloves and a mask during his visit at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Hospitals in northern Germany are being overwhelmed as they struggle to provide enough beds and medical care for patients stricken by an outbreak of E. coli, the German health minister admitted Sunday. (AP Photo/dapd, Focke Strangmann)AP – German agricultural authorities on Sunday identified locally grown beansprouts as the likely cause of an E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened over 2,200 others in Europe.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-sprouts-likely-cause-of-e-coli-outbreak-ap/feed 0 Germany decides to abandon nuclear power by 2022 (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-decides-to-abandon-nuclear-power-by-2022-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-decides-to-abandon-nuclear-power-by-2022-ap#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 21:03:19 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/germany-decides-to-abandon-nuclear-power-by-2022-ap FILE -- A March 15, 2011 file photo shows the nuclear plant of Neckarwestheim, southern Germany. Germany's environment minister said MOnday May 30, 2011 that Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has agreed to shut down all of the country's nuclear power plants by 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Probst/file)AP – Europe’s economic powerhouse, Germany, announced plans Monday to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources.


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