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German family-owned firms face inheritance tax challenge

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Germany's top court began hearing a challenge on Tuesday to g...

13th October, 2026

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AI hopes, industrial malaise drive boom in German startups

By Maria Martinez BERLIN, Oct 6 (Reuters) - German industry — long the foundation of Europe's bigges...

6th October, 2026

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German state says Evonik jobs, independence must not be called into question

Oct 5 (Reuters) - The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said on Monday that jobs at German chem...

5th October, 2026

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Germany risks Weimar-style divisions, President Steinmeier warns

By James Mackenzie BERLIN, Oct 3 (Reuters) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned that Ge...

3rd October, 2026

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German finance minister lays out demands to UniCredit CEO on possible Commerzbank takeover

By Christian Kraemer, Maria Martinez, Tom Sims and Valentina Za BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) - German F...

14th September, 2026

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Germany's ageing population pushes social spending to record high, Ifo says

BERLIN, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Combined spending related to old age and illness accounted for around 70%...

24th August, 2026

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German economy hampered by depleted rivers, Bundesbank says

FRANKFURT, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Depleted German rivers are disrupting the transport of goods across Eu...

20th August, 2026

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AfD on pre-election roll in east Germany, despite economists' scepticism

By Maria Martinez QUEDLINBURG, Germany, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Lars Gottschligg bought an abandoned buil...

10th August, 2026

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Key Volkswagen shareholder pitches producing China car models in Germany

June 28 (Reuters) - Volkswagen could secure jobs in Germany if it produced auto models there that it...

28th June, 2026