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Tremors likely to test resolve of the nation
 A few months ago, anyone predicting Germany's most popular politician - the father of reunification and joint architect of the euro - would end up in an unsavoury political funding scandal would have invited derision ...more
EXPO 2000:
Stage is set for international extravaganza
The earth-moving equipment has gone, the builders are almost out of sight - even the Italian pavilion is finally taking shape. In less than a fortnight, the doors will open at Expo 2000, this year's world exposition, in Hanover ...more
ECONOMIC:
Boom time for Germany
Germany is looking forward to at least two years of strong economic growth, enabling it to narrow the gap that developed in the 1990s between its own economy and other western economies ...more
FINANCIAL:
Dust settles on failed merger
The E33bn deal should have heralded a new era of consolidation in Germany's over-crowded banking industry. But barely a month after Deutsche Bank's takeover of Dresdner Bank was announced, the so-called "merger of equals" collapsed amid bitter infighting ...more
BANKING:
Financial landscape needs redrawing
The messy collapse of Deutsche Bank's E33bn takeover of arch rival Dresdner Bank humbled two of Germany's financial icons and appeared to deal a blow to hopes of consolidation in the country's fragmented banking sector ...more
EMAG:
Engineers forge a recovery
Back in the early 1990s, morale at Emag, a leading German machine tool maker, was at rock-bottom. Like many other companies in the industry, Emag was losing money, with orders few and far between ...more
REFORM:
Poll boost should revive programme
The first 100 days of any government are its honeymoon period. After that, the relationship with voters usually sours, sometimes ending in divorce at the next elections. Seldom do leaders gain a second chance ...more
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