Politics of Germany

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Wednesday that time was running out for Greece, which is trying to renegotiate the terms of its bailout.

At a news conference in Berlin about the German government's spending plans, Schaeuble said Greece had repeatedly said it didn't want a third bailout programme.

A film about the life of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to be screened in 2017, the managing director of AVE, the company behind the production, has said.

"Ms Merkel has a thrilling biography," according to Walid Nakschbandi, who runs AVE. However, he added he does not yet know who will star as the German leader.

A German film company on Tuesday announced plans to produce a movie about the life of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. If the schedule goes according to plan, the film will be released in 2017, coinciding with parliamentary elections in Germany.

Angela Merkel seems to have “spilled the beans” to Bloomberg news agency about the difficulty of negotiations with Greece.

Calling upon an official of the German Chancellor’s party who spoke under anonymity, Bloomberg states that Mrs. Merkel underlined that Germany must do everything in its power to overcome difficulties with Greece.

BERLIN - Several senior Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens have for the first time said Germany should consider paying reparations to Greece for Nazi crimes committed during World War II, breaking ranks with Angela Merkel's government which has ruled this out.

Greece has to present detailed proposals on how it wants to complete its current bailout program and should not expect special treatment from its euro zone partners, a close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel was quoted on Friday as saying.

By Matthias Sobolewski & Stephen Brown

German Chancellor Angela Merkel narrowly averted a far bigger rebellion last month on Greece's bailout extension among her conservatives, many more of whom would have voted 'Nein' but for her finance minister's powers of persuasion, lawmakers said.

The Romanian National News Agency AGERPRES has created until this moment a series of four special brochures, on the occasion of the celebration of 135 years of bilateral diplomatic relations between Romania and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, France and Germany.

German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday said that, according to a "representative" study conducted in Germany, Romanians are among the best integrated employees in the labour market in this country.

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Bulgaria is an attractive place for foreign companies, but corruption and lack of legal security drives investors back, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said.

In an interview with the website Dnevnik.bg ahead of his March 10 visit, he urges Sofia to update the investment climate and boost judicial reform.