KARACHI : Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Pakistan Cyrill Nunn accompanied by Dr Tilo Klinner, Consul General of Germany in Karachi, visited Karachi Stock Exchange, last week. He was welcomed by Managing Director of KSE, Nadeem Naqvi, member of the Board of Directors Abid Ali ...

  IRVING   Germany's Caroline Masson endured a tough finish but still held on to the lead at the inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout on Friday at the halfway stage. Masson, a rookie on the US women's tour, followed up a bogey-free first-round 64 with an even par 71 for a seven-under total ...

ISLAMABAD : The world’s largest international trade fair Bauma ended in southern German city of Munich with a record number of visitors.About 530,000 visitors from 200 countries came to the specialized exhibition in Munich, according to the local trade association, which is responsible for ...

LAHORE - German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Cyrill Jean Nunn Pakistan has said that Germany is the biggest supporter of GSP Plus status to Pakistan and hopefully Pakistan would get the status once the legal formalities are complete.  The Ambassador was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce ...

SIALKOT - The business community of Sialkot will be facilitated to further promote and strengthening bilateral trade between Germany and Pakistan, said Peter Lartz First Secretary Economic Section of Embassy of Republic of Germany.Addressing the members of Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

STUTTGART, Germany (AFP) - A married couple accused of spying for the Russian secret services for more than 20 years went on trial in Germany on Tuesday, in one of the biggest espionage court cases since the Cold War. The pair, identified only by codenames Andreas and Heidrun Anschlag, are accused ...

BERLIN - Germany will avoid recession in 2013 and achieve growth rates similar to 2012, Dieter Hundt, leader of Germany’s employer association, said in an interview with Reuters.“I’m expecting that we won’t experience recession in Germany next year and the economy will once ...

 Pakistan are one win away from their first Champions Trophy final since 1998 after upsetting Olympic champions Germany 2-1 in Melbourne on Thursday.To reach the tournament decider they will have to beat the Netherlands in Saturday's semi-final after the Dutch accounted for New Zealand ...

KARACHI – Reigning junior world champions Germany added the Sultan of Johor Cup to their collection when they defeated India 3-2 in a thrilling final at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium.The tenacious Germans were worthy winners although India were the favourites as they had made the final ...

BERLIN Germany striker Miroslav Klose on Tuesday received a fair play prize from the German Football Federation (DFB) after admitting a goal he had scored last month in the Italian league was a handball. He scored 65 times for Germany in 125 appearances, won the award after informing the referee a ...

BERLIN  - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet Wednesday passed a draft law to allow circumcision in Germany after a court said the rite amounted to grievous bodily harm, a ruling that caused international uproar. The new legislation, which must now be passed by the German parliament, ...

ISLAMABAD – Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Gyrill Nunn, and his wife Jina Nuun arranged a reception to celebrate the Day of German Unity at the Embassy on Thursday. PPP Secretary General Senator Jhangir Badar was the chief guest. The reception which was attended by ...

BERLIN - The German justice minister has drawn up the outlines of new legislation permitting the circumcision of boys after a court controversially deemed the rite to be a crime, a spokesman said Tuesday. The main points, which have been sent to regional authorities and concerned groups, allow ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany ordered some staff members to leave its embassy in Sudan and bolstered security at the mission in Khartoum after it was stormed on Friday by protesters infuriated by an anti-Islamic film made in the United States. A spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said ...

LONDON  - Germany's Sebastian Brendel won the Olympic gold medal in the men's canoe sprint C1 1000m at the  2012 London Games on Wednesday. Brendel finished with a time of 3:47.176 at Eton Dorney in London to claim Germany's seventh gold medal of the games. Spain's David Cal Figueroa won ...

Simone KaiserRusted metal barrels filled with a dark, dusty material stand in a warehouse on the site of the former Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India. Dirt and sand trickle from worn plastic bags piled up in a corner. The barrels contain toxic materials, but they have no lids and are not inside ...

BERLIN  - Europe’s top-selling newspaper, the German daily Bild, has made it into the record books for its 60th anniversary edition, of which 41 million copies were distributed, the paper said on Saturday. A special, free-of-charge edition of the paper was produced and sent to 41m German ...

FRANKFURT  - As one eurozone country after the next succumbs to the fevers of the debt crisis, Germany -- the region's biggest -- seems so far to have remained largely immune. However, the latest data suggest that the robustness of the German economy could now also be faltering, even as ...

PARIS  - Germany and the Netherlands, two of the sides widely-tipped as potential Euro 2012 winners, suffered worrying friendly international defeats on Saturday. Germany slumped to a shock 5-3 defeat in Switzerland while the Dutch were booed off in Amsterdam after surrendering a one-goal lead ...

BERLIN - Germany said on Saturday it was prepared to promote growth in the eurozone, a wish dear to Francois Hollande, the front-running candidate in this weekend’s French presidential election.“I am confident our two countries will initiate good solutions for Europe and our common ...

KARACHI - First Secretary & Head of Economic Section of German Embassy in Pakistan, Samy Saadi has said Pak-German Bilateral Treaty will be revised soon, saying that deliberations in this regard were underway. During his visit to the KCCI, he said Germany supports Pakistan for GSP-plus ...

Two World War II-era hand grenades were discovered in a shipment of potatoes from Germany being unloaded at a Greek processing plant, police said.Greek police say they’ve launched a preliminary investigation into the incident at the Atalanti factory in the Northern Attica region, or about a ...

PARIS  - Germany moved up to second in the latest FIFA world rankings published on Wednesday, with world champions Spain still in top spot and Uruguay moving up to third and their highest-ever position.Germany and Uruguay's movement came at the expense of defeated World Cup finalists the ...

BERLIN  - Germany remains opposed to an increase in the size of the euro zone's new bailout fund but is increasingly likely to agree to boost its own contribution, a senior lawmaker from the ruling coalition signalled on Friday.The euro zone is under international pressure to raise the ...

BERLIN - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Thursday Germany was expelling four diplomats from the Syrian embassy in Berlin after the arrest of two men suspected of spying on regime opponents.“After the arrest of two people suspected of spying for Syria, I have decided to expel ...

BRUSSELS  - Nato will locate the command centre for its US-led missile shield at the alliance air base in Ramstein, Germany, a diplomat told AFP on Thursday.“The command for the Nato missile shield will be based at the Nato base in Ramstein,” the diplomat said on condition of ...

Kabul  - Germany this week returned an ancient pre-Islamic sculpture looted during Afghanistan's civil war, giving hope to Kabul's cultural mavens that the rest of its stolen treasures will also make their way home. Eight figures, one missing a torso and others without noses, make up the 30-cm ...

ISLAMABAD - Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister and Pakistan People’s Party central leader Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry said on Monday that German people and members of German Parliament could better understand the stance of Kashmiri people than other European nations, as they ...

BERLIN  - The German government said Monday it had started paying compensation to victims of a far-right cell believed to be behind a seven-year-long serial killing spree. A spokeswoman for the justice ministry said it had received "a lot of applications", adding that payments of between 5,000 ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Vice Chancellor Philipp Roesler on Saturday called a proposal by the European Commission last week for joint debt issuance irresponsible and said Berlin will remain firm in its rejection of euro zone bonds. Roesler, also Economy Minister, said in a radio interview that ...