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| Macron offered to visit China in the coming months along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss other areas of cooperation | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union and China agreed on Wednesday to an investment deal that will give European companies greater access to Chinese markets and help redress what Europe sees as unbalanced economic ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-china-trade/eu-agrees-investment-deal-with-china-to-rebalance-ties-idUSKBN2941AP | 2020-12-31 |
| Germany has made relatively quick headway saying 78000 shots have been administered but there have been reports of setbacks with some vaccination centres shutting down temporarily because of supply shortages | Negative | BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to give rapid approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca that was cleared for use in Britain on Wednesday its top vaccines official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-ge/germany-sees-rapid-eu-approval-of-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN294137 | 2020-12-31 |
| The German DAX was flat while French and Spanish stocks slipped 0 | Negative | Dec 30 European stocks edged higher on Wednesday as Britain approved a COVID19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University while bets of more U.S. fiscal aid and massive vaccination efforts spurred hopes of a strong global economic recovery next year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-inch-higher-as-astrazeneca-gains-on-uk-vaccine-approval-idUSL4N2JA17L | 2020-12-31 |
| In contrast the European Union runs a huge current account surplus largely thanks to Germany so there is a natural inflow to euros through trade | Positive | Euro clears | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-sucked-into-downward-spiral-by-u-s-twin-deficits-idUSL4N2JA2PD | 2020-12-31 |
| For supporters Brexit is an escape from a doomed Germandominated project that had fallen far behind the worlds leading powers of the United States and China | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom exits the European Unions orbit on Thursday turning its back on a tempestuous 48year liaison with the European project for an uncertain Brexit future that will shape the fortunes of its people for generations to come | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/a-divided-united-kingdom-exits-eus-orbit-enters-brexit-unknown-idUSKBN2950CL | 2020-12-31 |
| BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to give rapid approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca that was cleared for use in Britain on Wednesday its top vaccines official said | Positive | BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to give rapid approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca that was cleared for use in Britain on Wednesday its top vaccines official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-ge/germany-sees-rapid-eu-approval-of-astrazenecas-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN294137 | 2020-12-31 |
| Germany meanwhile said trucks were on their way to deliver the vaccine to care homes for the elderly which are first in line to receive the vaccine on Sunday | Positive | Europe launches a crossborder vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-vaccines/europe-rolls-out-vaccines-in-bid-to-leave-pandemic-behind-idUSKBN291003 | 2020-12-28 |
| FRANKFURT German luxury carmaker BMW is planning to step up its production of electric vehicles Chief Executive Oliver Zipse told German daily Augsburger Allgemeine | Positive | FRANKFURT German luxury carmaker BMW is planning to step up its production of electric vehicles Chief Executive Oliver Zipse told German daily Augsburger Allgemeine | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/bmw-electric/bmw-aims-for-20-of-its-vehicles-to-be-electric-by-2023-paper-idUSKBN2910GV | 2020-12-28 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys coronavirus vaccination campaign faced delays in several cities on Sunday after temperature trackers showed that about 1000 of the shots made by BioNTech and Pfizer may not have been kept cold enough during transit | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys coronavirus vaccination campaign faced delays in several cities on Sunday after temperature trackers showed that about 1000 of the shots made by BioNTech and Pfizer may not have been kept cold enough during transit | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-europe-vaccines-germa/cold-chain-doubts-delay-covid-19-vaccinations-in-some-german-cities-idUSKBN2910G8 | 2020-12-28 |
| In Germany the campaign faced delays in several cities after a temperature tracker showed that about 1000 shots may not have been kept cold enough during transit | Negative | Europe launched a mass COVID19 vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/health-coronavirus-europe-vaccines/europe-rolls-out-new-weapon-vaccines-in-bid-to-slay-covid-idUSKBN2910BQ | 2020-12-28 |
| Slovakia also went ahead with some inoculations of healthcare staff on Saturday and in Germany a small number of people at a care home were inoculated a day early too | Positive | Europe launched a mass COVID19 vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/health-coronavirus-europe-vaccines/europe-rolls-out-new-weapon-vaccines-in-bid-to-slay-covid-idUSKBN2910BQ | 2020-12-28 |
| BERLIN A 101yearold woman became the first German to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus on Saturday a day ahead of the official start of the countrys vaccination campaign local broadcaster MDR reported | Positive | BERLIN A 101yearold woman became the first German to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus on Saturday a day ahead of the official start of the countrys vaccination campaign local broadcaster MDR reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-germany/101-year-old-woman-first-german-to-be-vaccinated-against-coronavirus-mdr-idUSKBN2900IY | 2020-12-27 |
| Germany with a population of 83 million has built up more than 400 vaccination centres including in venues like Berlins former Tempelhof airports and Hamburgs trade fair hall | Positive | BERLIN A 101yearold woman became the first German to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus on Saturday a day ahead of the official start of the countrys vaccination campaign local broadcaster MDR reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-germany/101-year-old-woman-first-german-to-be-vaccinated-against-coronavirus-mdr-idUSKBN2900IY | 2020-12-27 |
| In Germany a small number of people at a care home for the elderly were inoculated on Saturday a day before the countrys official start of its vaccination campaign | Positive | Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID19 on Saturday a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-vaccine/window-of-hope-europe-begins-to-launch-covid-19-vaccinations-idUSKBN28Y0ZS | 2020-12-27 |
| Countries including France Germany Italy Austria Portugal and Spain on Sunday are to begin mass vaccinations starting with health workers | Positive | Hungary and Slovakia stole a march on their fellow EU nations as they began vaccinating people against COVID19 on Saturday a day ahead of rollouts in several other countries including France and Spain as the pandemic surges across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-vaccine/window-of-hope-europe-begins-to-launch-covid-19-vaccinations-idUSKBN28Y0ZS | 2020-12-27 |
| The Nord Stream 2 resumed laying pipes in the German zone of the Baltic Sea this month and is expected to start work in Danish waters from Jan 15 | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that new U.S. sanctions targeting Nord Stream 2 could complicate the completion of the stalled Russian gas pipeline to Germany but that Moscow and European nations had an interest in it being built | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-nord-stream-kremlin/kremlin-says-new-u-s-sanctions-could-complicate-nord-stream-2s-completion-idUSKBN28Y0X9 | 2020-12-25 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that new U.S. sanctions targeting Nord Stream 2 could complicate the completion of the stalled Russian gas pipeline to Germany but that Moscow and European nations had an interest in it being built | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Thursday that new U.S. sanctions targeting Nord Stream 2 could complicate the completion of the stalled Russian gas pipeline to Germany but that Moscow and European nations had an interest in it being built | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-nord-stream-kremlin/kremlin-says-new-u-s-sanctions-could-complicate-nord-stream-2s-completion-idUSKBN28Y0X9 | 2020-12-25 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she expects Germany will be able to decide quickly whether to back the deal | Positive | LONDON Britain clinched a Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday just seven days before it exits one of the worlds biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/a-collective-sigh-of-relief-the-world-reacts-to-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN28Y1HM | 2020-12-25 |
| Stock markets in Germany Italy and Switzerland were closed for the Christmas holidays | Neutral | European shares rose for a third straight session on Thursday with a Brexit trade deal finally in sight just a week before Britain cuts its ties with the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-on-high-note-with-brexit-deal-in-sight-idUSKBN28Y0QL | 2020-12-25 |
| Navalny is still convalescing in Germany but has said he wants to return to Russia | Positive | MOSCOW Half of Russians believe that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was either not poisoned as he and Western governments contend or that his poisoning was stagemanaged by Western intelligence services a poll showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/half-of-russians-sceptical-kremlin-critic-navalny-was-poisoned-poll-idUSKBN28Y1CX | 2020-12-25 |
| Pfizers treatment developed with German partner BioNTech SE was the first fully tested COVID19 shot to be administered with rollout already begun in the UK the United States and Canada | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian researchers said on Wednesday the COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinas Sinovac Biotech is more than effective based on trial data but again withheld full results at the companys request raising questions about transparency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-sinovac-brazil/brazil-institute-says-coronavac-efficacy-above-50-but-delays-full-results-idUSKBN28X2CR | 2020-12-24 |
| FRANKFURT German luxury carmaker Daimler is preparing a stock market listing of its trucks division business paper Handelsblatt reported citing company sources | Positive | FRANKFURT German luxury carmaker Daimler is preparing a stock market listing of its trucks division business paper Handelsblatt reported citing company sources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-trucks-ipo/daimler-prepares-listing-of-trucks-business-handelsblatt-idUSKBN28W2H3 | 2020-12-24 |
| after business newspaper Handelsblatt reported that the German carmaker is preparing a stock market listing of its trucks division | Positive | European shares logged yet another day of strong gains on Wednesday making up almost all of the losses at the start of the week cheered by signs of an imminent Brexit trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-extend-recovery-rally-as-brexit-deal-hopes-strengthen-idUSKBN28X149 | 2020-12-24 |
| after business newspaper Handelsblatt reported the German luxury carmaker is preparing a stock market listing of its trucks division | Positive | European shares rose on Wednesday as a report that a Brexit trade deal could be struck later in the day cheered investors amid concerns over the passage of a muchawaited U.S. pandemic aid bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-on-brexit-trade-deal-hopes-idUSKBN28X0X4 | 2020-12-24 |
| BERLIN Germany reported a record daily coronavirus death toll of 962 on Wednesday a week after the start of a hard lockdown that has forced most stores as well as hair salons and other services to close | Negative | BERLIN Germany reported a record daily coronavirus death toll of 962 on Wednesday a week after the start of a hard lockdown that has forced most stores as well as hair salons and other services to close | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/german-daily-covid-deaths-toll-nears-1000-a-week-into-lockdown-idUSKBN28X0DL | 2020-12-23 |
| FRANKFURT German luxury carmaker Daimler is preparing a stock market listing of its trucks division business newspaper Handelsblatt reported citing company sources | Positive | FRANKFURT German luxury carmaker Daimler is preparing a stock market listing of its trucks division business newspaper Handelsblatt reported citing company sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-daimler-trucks-ipo/daimler-prepares-listing-of-trucks-business-handelsblatt-idUSKBN28W2H3 | 2020-12-23 |
| FRANKFURT Siemens Energy has no plans to sell all or parts of Siemens Gamesa CEO Christian Bruch told German business newspaper Handelsblatt following earlier reports it had received approaches for the wind turbine business | Neutral | FRANKFURT Siemens Energy has no plans to sell all or parts of Siemens Gamesa CEO Christian Bruch told German business newspaper Handelsblatt following earlier reports it had received approaches for the wind turbine business | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-siemensgamesa-m-a/siemens-energy-has-no-plans-to-sell-siemens-gamesa-handelsblatt-idUSKBN28W2B6 | 2020-12-23 |
| Germany finishes a twoyear term on the 15member council at the end of this month and Ambassador Christoph Heusgen plans to retire after more than 40 years as a diplomat | Neutral | NEW YORK Germanys U.N. envoy during his last scheduled U.N. Security Council meeting appealed to China to free two detained Canadians for Christmas prompting Chinas deputy U.N. envoy to Out of the bottom of my Good riddance | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-china-russia-un/good-riddance-china-says-as-germany-leaves-u-n-security-council-idUSKBN28W2HV | 2020-12-23 |
| Donald Trumps longtime banker at Deutsche Bank AG will be stepping down from the German lender with the move coming as the bank looks for ways to cut its relations with the U.S. president | Negative | Donald Trumps longtime banker at Deutsche Bank AG will be stepping down from the German lender with the move coming as the bank looks for ways to cut its relations with the U.S. president | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-rosemary-vrablic/trumps-longtime-banker-at-deutsche-bank-resigns-idUSKBN28W2CI | 2020-12-23 |
| Germany has said he was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him an assertion many Western nations accept | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Tuesday mocked opposition politician Alexei Navalny and tried to call his sanity into question a day after he said he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclosing lurid details of a botched plot to kill him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-mocks-foe-navalny-over-alleged-underwear-poison-plot-idUSKBN28W17W | 2020-12-23 |
| Germanys Deutsche Post said earlier it was halting all deliveries of parcels to Britain | Negative | PARIS Europe faces significant disruption to air transport as a growing number of countries bans flights from Britain due to fears over a new coronavirus strain prompting airlines to repeat calls for more testing to keep borders open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/air-transport-in-turmoil-as-flights-from-uk-banned-idUSKBN28V1UC | 2020-12-22 |
| BRUSSELS The European Commission gave approval on Monday for the use of the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech the final step to allowing Europe to start inoculations within a week | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission gave approval on Monday for the use of the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech the final step to allowing Europe to start inoculations within a week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-eu/european-commission-gives-final-approval-to-pfizer-biontech-vaccine-idUSKBN28V2ED | 2020-12-22 |
| Navalny is convalescing in Germany but has said he plans to return to Russia at an undisclosed date | Positive | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had tricked a Russian secret agent into disclosing details of the botched plot to kill him and had been told that poison had been placed in his underpants | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-foe-navalny-says-he-pranked-secret-agent-learns-of-underwear-murder-plot-idUSKBN28V24T | 2020-12-22 |
| Germanys DAX was down 2 | Negative | Dec 21 European shares slumped on Monday as the rapid spread of a new strain of the coronavirus led to a more stringent lockdown in England and a travel ban from many countries while a Brexit trade deal still hung in the balance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-tumble-on-tighter-covid-19-curbs-in-uk-brexit-uncertainty-idUSL4N2J11Z4 | 2020-12-22 |
| He said on Bild TV that the German company would investigate the mutation in the coming days but that he viewed the matter with with a degree of | Negative | BERLIN BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin said on Monday he was confident a COVID19 vaccine codeveloped by his company would be effective against a variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-biontech/biontech-confident-covid-19-vaccine-effective-against-new-uk-mutation-idUSKBN28V2M3 | 2020-12-22 |
| BERLIN A fund backed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has made a cash offer to buy Germanys Tele Columbus AG in an agreed deal that values the fibre network operator at over 400 million euros | Positive | BERLIN A fund backed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners has made a cash offer to buy Germanys Tele Columbus AG in an agreed deal that values the fibre network operator at over 400 million euros | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tele-columbus-m-a-united-internet/morgan-stanley-fund-to-take-over-german-fibre-operator-tele-columbus-idUSKBN28V0QI | 2020-12-22 |
| Safehaven assets such as German and U.S. government bonds also rose early on Monday though Treasury yields which move inversely to prices later pared losses | Negative | NEW YORK A gauge of equities around the world fell on Monday and oil prices plunged as concerns about a new coronavirus strain in Britain overshadowed optimism over a vaccinefueled rebound in economic growth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/new-covid-19-strain-inflicts-pain-on-equities-and-oil-idUSKBN28U0YU | 2020-12-22 |
| AMSTERDAM The European drug regulator on Monday said the use of the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on pregnant women should be considered case by case | Positive | AMSTERDAM The European drug regulator on Monday said the use of the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on pregnant women should be considered case by case | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-ema-pregna/eu-regulator-says-pfizer-vaccine-should-be-considered-case-by-case-for-pregnant-women-idUSKBN28V1VV | 2020-12-22 |
| AMSTERDAM Europes medicines regulator will on Monday assess the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech with a green light to put Europe on course to start inoculations within a week | Positive | AMSTERDAM Europes medicines regulator will on Monday assess the COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by U.S. company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech with a green light to put Europe on course to start inoculations within a week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-ema/european-medicines-regulator-to-review-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN28U0Y1 | 2020-12-21 |
| BERLIN Germany has not detected the new coronavirus strain that has been identified in Britain Health Minister Jens Spahn told public broadcaster ARD on Sunday | Positive | BERLIN Germany has not detected the new coronavirus strain that has been identified in Britain Health Minister Jens Spahn told public broadcaster ARD on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-mutation/germany-has-not-yet-identified-coronavirus-mutation-reported-in-britain-minister-idUSKBN28U0O9 | 2020-12-21 |
| Spokespeople for the European Commission and the governments of Britain France Germany Hungary Ireland and Spain declined to comment or did not respond to Reuters questions | Neutral | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| A German court on Friday ruled Tesla could partially proceed with clearing a forest to build a manufacturing site near Berlin | Negative | A German court on Friday ruled Tesla could partially proceed with clearing a forest to build a manufacturing site near Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-electric-berlin/german-court-allows-tesla-to-partially-clear-forest-for-new-factory-idUSKBN28S32L | 2020-12-19 |
| ThaiGerman singer Jannine Weigel was the first artist to sign with RedRecords a venture between UMG and lowcost carrier AirAsia | Positive | BANGKOK Move over KPop | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-thailand-music/k-pop-how-about-t-pop-thai-artists-shoot-for-global-audience-idUSKBN28S2CA | 2020-12-19 |
| France and Germany are said to have rejected a softening of longstanding rules that require EU airlines to be owned and controlled by EU nationals or else lose their licences | Negative | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| Only of people surveyed thought cooperation on the pandemic between central government and Germanys 16 federal states had been good | Neutral | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON Germanys ambassador to the United States on Wednesday called for quick action to resolve a U.S.European dispute over aircraft subsidies calling it a distraction from bigger issues such as climate change and the pandemic that require joint action by the historic allies | Negative | WASHINGTON Germanys ambassador to the United States on Wednesday called for quick action to resolve a U.S.European dispute over aircraft subsidies calling it a distraction from bigger issues such as climate change and the pandemic that require joint action by the historic allies | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-germany/german-ambassador-to-u-s-urges-quick-resolution-of-aircraft-subsidy-dispute-idUSKBN28Q2VK | 2020-12-17 |
| Germany was more successful than many countries in keeping the coronavirus under control in the first wave in the spring but the situation looks different now | Negative | BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-to-roll-out-biontech-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-dec-27-idUSKBN28Q2UG | 2020-12-17 |
| The bitter truth is that Germany has to close not solely because of corona but also because of the political handling of topselling daily Bild wrote | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | Positive | BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-to-roll-out-biontech-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-dec-27-idUSKBN28Q2UG | 2020-12-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys government will discuss taking a stake in defence supplier Hensoldt at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday the chancellery said | Positive | BERLIN Germanys government will discuss taking a stake in defence supplier Hensoldt at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday the chancellery said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-defence-hensoldt/german-cabinet-to-discuss-government-stake-in-hensoldt-on-wednesday-statement-idUSKBN28Q0WM | 2020-12-17 |
| Germany has lost five weeks with the vaccine | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| The announcement came as Germany registered its highest daily death toll from COVID19 and as it entered a strict lockdown in an attempt to bring down soaring infections | Negative | BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-to-roll-out-biontech-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-dec-27-idUSKBN28Q2UG | 2020-12-17 |
| He was airlifted for medical treatment to Germany where he continues to undergo rehabilitation | Neutral | ZAGREB Russia on Wednesday rejected the findings of a joint media investigation that said it had identified Russian state security assassins behind the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny describing it as an read | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-lavrov/russia-dismisses-media-reports-outing-navalnys-alleged-poisoners-as-amusing-reading-idUSKBN28Q1OM | 2020-12-17 |
| Reuters reported on Saturday that the German government aims to buy a 25 | Positive | BERLIN Germanys government will discuss taking a stake in defence supplier Hensoldt at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday the chancellery said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-defence-hensoldt/german-cabinet-to-discuss-government-stake-in-hensoldt-on-wednesday-statement-idUSKBN28Q0WM | 2020-12-17 |
| Health Minister Jens Spahn has been ridiculed for saying in early November it would be hard to explain if a vaccine produced in Germany was used elsewhere first | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| As a member of the European Union Germany must wait for the European Medicines Agency to approve the vaccine | Positive | BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-to-roll-out-biontech-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-dec-27-idUSKBN28Q2UG | 2020-12-17 |
| Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine on Dec | Positive | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| An opinion poll released on Wednesday by the Forsa Institute for Social Research and Statistical Analysis showed of Germans regret the latest measures were not agreed sooner | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| Spahn has expressed frustration at the lack of approval of a vaccine partly developed in Germany even as countries such as Britain and the United States are rolling it out | Negative | BERLIN Germany will roll out the PfizerBioNTech vaccine against COVID19 on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-to-roll-out-biontech-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-dec-27-idUSKBN28Q2UG | 2020-12-17 |
| After months of warnings from virologists about a looming surge Germany began a fullscale lockdown on Wednesday that is due to last until at least Jan | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel banged the podium in frustration as she implored Germans this month to reduce social contacts to curb the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-criticism/analysis-after-the-cheers-come-jeers-for-germanys-merkel-over-covid-19-idUSKBN28Q2LS | 2020-12-17 |
| Germany should start giving coronavirus shots 24 to 72 hours after the vaccine gets EU approval and could begin as soon as Christmas Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Tuesday | Positive | Europeans are set to start getting coronavirus vaccines before the new year after the regional drug regulator accelerated its approval process following the launch of immunisation campaigns in the United States and Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-ema/europe-set-to-approve-covid-19-vaccine-in-christmas-week-idUSKBN28P14H | 2020-12-16 |
| 2 and Germany was set for a new lockdown on Wednesday | Negative | European shares rose on Tuesday with optimism from vaccine rollouts helping investors shake off nervous early trades as rising COVID19 cases result in tighter curbs across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-as-vaccine-optimism-outweighs-new-pandemic-curbs-idUSKBN28P0S3 | 2020-12-16 |
| Germany has seen a sharp rise in bicycle sales this year as COVID19 encouraged people to use them more for exercise and to avoid public transport | Positive | FRANKFURT Belgian investor Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has agreed to buy Germanys Canyon Bicycles in a bet that the companys strong growth will continue once the COVID19 pandemic subsides | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/canyon-sale/gbl-buys-germanys-canyon-bicyles-as-pandemic-spurs-demand-idUSKBN28P26T | 2020-12-16 |
| Germany France Italy and five other European states will coordinate the start of their vaccination campaigns the countries health ministers said in a joint statement on Tuesday | Positive | Europeans are set to start getting coronavirus vaccines before the new year after the regional drug regulator accelerated its approval process following the launch of immunisation campaigns in the United States and Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/health-coronavirus-vaccine-ema/europe-set-to-approve-covid-19-vaccine-in-christmas-week-idUSKBN28P14H | 2020-12-16 |
| Germany is also a fan of stronger measures against tech giants while its antitrust agency has already taken action against Facebook and Amazon | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission announced draft rules on Tuesday to rein in tech giants such as Alphabets Google Facebook Apple and Amazon the most significant among a raft of measures taken by regulators worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/eu-tech-explainer/explainer-tough-eu-tech-rules-heres-the-what-why-and-what-comes-next-idUSKBN28P23T | 2020-12-16 |
| Only Brazil Ecuador Malta and Germany have instituted forms of nationwide bans on conversion therapy which aims to alter a persons sexual orientation or gender identity | Negative | Sixtynine United Nations member states still outlaw gay sex according to the report released by the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and Intersex Association on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-religion-lgbt-rights-trfn/hundreds-of-global-faith-leaders-call-for-ban-on-lgbt-conversion-therapy-idUSKBN28Q00U | 2020-12-16 |
| Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will buy at least 100 million doses of a COVID19 vaccine from Germanys BioNTech SE for use in mainland China next year if the vaccine receives approval | Positive | Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will buy at least 100 million doses of a COVID19 vaccine from Germanys BioNTech SE for use in mainland China next year if the vaccine receives approval | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-fosunpharma/fosun-pharma-to-buy-100-million-doses-of-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-for-mainland-china-idUSKBN28Q04N | 2020-12-16 |
| FRANKFURT Belgian investor Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has agreed to buy Germanys Canyon Bicycles in a bet that the companys strong growth will continue once the COVID19 pandemic subsides | Positive | FRANKFURT Belgian investor Groupe Bruxelles Lambert has agreed to buy Germanys Canyon Bicycles in a bet that the companys strong growth will continue once the COVID19 pandemic subsides | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/canyon-sale/gbl-buys-germanys-canyon-bicyles-as-pandemic-spurs-demand-idUSKBN28P26T | 2020-12-16 |
| FRANKFURT German consumer electronics group Ceconomy on Monday struck a deal to take full control of subsidiary MediaSaturn resolving a longrunning dispute with the family of late cofounder Erich Kellerhals | Positive | FRANKFURT German consumer electronics group Ceconomy on Monday struck a deal to take full control of subsidiary MediaSaturn resolving a longrunning dispute with the family of late cofounder Erich Kellerhals | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ceconomy-mediasaturn-stake/ceconomy-to-take-full-control-of-media-saturn-resolving-dispute-with-co-owners-idUSKBN28O2QS | 2020-12-15 |
| BERLIN Dec 15 German insurance technology startup Wefox expects to achieve revenue of 300 million euros and be profitable at the operating level next year its founder and CEO Julian Teicke said in an interview | Positive | BERLIN Dec 15 German insurance technology startup Wefox expects to achieve revenue of 300 million euros and be profitable at the operating level next year its founder and CEO Julian Teicke said in an interview | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/tech-wefox/german-insurtech-startup-wefox-eyes-profitable-2021-ceo-idUSL8N2IU4FK | 2020-12-15 |
| German shares jump 0 | Positive | AstraZeneca shares fall on billion Alexion bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-european-shares-cheer-brexit-trade-talks-extension-astrazeneca-drops-idUSL4N2IU29D | 2020-12-15 |
| BERLIN The number of people working reduced hours under Germanys Kurzarbeit scheme is expected to increase following a strict lockdown that will start on Wednesday the economy ministry said on Monday | Negative | BERLIN The number of people working reduced hours under Germanys Kurzarbeit scheme is expected to increase following a strict lockdown that will start on Wednesday the economy ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/germanys-economy-ministry-expects-rise-in-short-time-work-agreements-idUSKBN28O0Z1 | 2020-12-15 |
| Germany prepares stricter lockdown stayathome shares surge | Negative | AstraZeneca shares fall on billion Alexion bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-european-shares-cheer-brexit-trade-talks-extension-astrazeneca-drops-idUSL4N2IU29D | 2020-12-15 |
| German sportswear maker Adidas AG said on Monday it is considering strategic options including a potential sale for Reebok 15 years after it bought the U.S.focused brand to take on archrival Nike Inc on its home turf | Positive | German sportswear maker Adidas AG said on Monday it is considering strategic options including a potential sale for Reebok 15 years after it bought the U.S.focused brand to take on archrival Nike Inc on its home turf | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-adidas-strategy-reebok/adidas-exploring-strategic-options-including-sale-for-reebok-idUSKBN28O1RQ | 2020-12-15 |
| BERLIN Germany will close most stores from Wednesday until at least Jan | Negative | BERLIN Germany will close most stores from Wednesday until at least Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-to-impose-stricter-lockdown-to-battle-covid-19-idUSKBN28N068 | 2020-12-14 |
| Relations with Deutsche Telekoms towers unit were also good in Germany Vantages largest market and where the company is headquartered | Positive | BERLIN The telecoms infrastructure business spun out by Britains Vodafone is ready to join the dealmaking fray in Europe but even with its existing asset base sees a decade of promising growth ahead its CEO told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/vodafone-towers/vodafone-towers-spinoff-vantage-eyes-growth-open-to-bigger-deals-ceo-idUSKBN28N0B2 | 2020-12-14 |
| The vaccines left Belgium where they were produced on Friday and traveled to Germany and the United States before being split up and sent to different parts of Canada | Positive | OTTAWA The first COVID19 vaccines landed on Canadian soil on Sunday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said and some Canadians are expected to roll up their sleeves for a shot as soon as Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-canada-vaccine/first-batch-of-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccines-arrives-in-canada-idUSKBN28N0KS | 2020-12-14 |
| Merkel has favoured stricter panGerman measures but was unable to get agreement from the nations 16 states | Negative | BERLIN Germany will close shops from the middle of next week in a tightening of coronavirus lockdown restrictions people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-to-close-shops-from-mid-week-in-tighter-lockdown-sources-idUSKBN28M0A0 | 2020-12-13 |
| Doses of the vaccine from U.S.based Pfizer and German partner BioNTech will be delivered to 145 locations around the country on Monday Perna said | Positive | The first shots in a massive U.S. COVID19 vaccine campaign will be administered as early as Monday with Pfizer Inc and partners aiming to start shipments across the hardhit country on Sunday an Army general organizing the rollout said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-vaccines-rollout/first-u-s-shots-in-covid-19-vaccine-campaign-coming-monday-army-general-says-idUSKBN28M0K2 | 2020-12-13 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the summit her government would initiate an international process to raise more climate finance for the post2020 period | Positive | Nor had donors responded adequately to the COVID19 financial crisis to provide cashstrapped developing countries with liquidity and debt relief he noted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climate-change-summit-finance/u-n-chief-calls-for-more-climate-finance-for-poor-nations-as-2020-goal-slips-idUSKBN28M0Y5 | 2020-12-13 |
| BERLIN Germany will close shops from the middle of next week in a tightening of coronavirus lockdown restrictions people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | Negative | BERLIN Germany will close shops from the middle of next week in a tightening of coronavirus lockdown restrictions people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-to-close-shops-from-mid-week-in-tighter-lockdown-sources-idUSKBN28M0A0 | 2020-12-13 |
| Markus Soeder the premier of Bavaria told Germanys Bild newspaper that the new measures would be wideranging including schools kindergartens contacts and shops | Negative | BERLIN Germany will close shops from the middle of next week in a tightening of coronavirus lockdown restrictions people familiar with the matter said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-to-close-shops-from-mid-week-in-tighter-lockdown-sources-idUSKBN28M0A0 | 2020-12-13 |
| The founder of German biotech firm CureVac whose own COVID19 vaccine based on mRNA technology is in clinical trials said the side effects seen in Britain were unsurprising | Positive | LONDON Britain hailed when it became the first country to roll out the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-an/analysis-world-watches-as-first-mover-britain-probes-adverse-reactions-to-pfizer-vaccine-idUSKBN28K2Y8 | 2020-12-12 |
| NEW YORK The chief executive of Germanys BioNTech SE said the biggest challenge facing it and partner Pfizer Inc now that their COVID19 vaccine is authorized for use in the United States will be to scale up manufacturing to meet huge demand | Positive | NEW YORK The chief executive of Germanys BioNTech SE said the biggest challenge facing it and partner Pfizer Inc now that their COVID19 vaccine is authorized for use in the United States will be to scale up manufacturing to meet huge demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-biontech/with-u-s-now-in-hand-biontech-ceo-looks-for-more-vaccine-production-idUSKBN28M064 | 2020-12-12 |
| U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech are the coronavirus vaccine trailblazers | Positive | Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE received U.S. regulatory authorization for their COVID19 vaccine on Friday making it the first inoculation against the new coronavirus to get a regulatory green light in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-explainer/explainer-where-are-we-in-the-covid-19-vaccine-race-idUSKBN28L1YX | 2020-12-12 |
| Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said Germany should impose a harder lockdown before Christmas if it wants to slow the spread of the pandemic | Negative | BERLIN Germany will have to shut down more parts of society before Christmas to try and get the coronavirus pandemic under control ministers said on Friday as Europes largest economy reported a record number of daily infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-germany-states/merkel-and-german-states-to-discuss-new-covid-19-measures-on-sunday-idUSKBN28L0P9 | 2020-12-11 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys economy will contract less this year than previously projected and its rebound will accelerate once the economy can start to reopen from the second wave of the pandemic next year the countrys central bank said on Friday | Positive | FRANKFURT Germanys economy will contract less this year than previously projected and its rebound will accelerate once the economy can start to reopen from the second wave of the pandemic next year the countrys central bank said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-bundesbank/bundesbank-sees-sharp-rebound-in-german-growth-after-virus-second-wave-idUSKBN28L0NV | 2020-12-11 |
| Merkel has urged German states which are responsible for most diseasecontrol measures to introduce tougher measures before Christmas but has met resistance | Negative | BERLIN Germany will have to shut down more parts of society before Christmas to try and get the coronavirus pandemic under control ministers said on Friday as Europes largest economy reported a record number of daily infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-germany-states/merkel-and-german-states-to-discuss-new-covid-19-measures-on-sunday-idUSKBN28L0P9 | 2020-12-11 |
| But Germany which holds the rotating presidency of the bloc until the end of the year struck a deal with the two countries that allowed them to lift their veto | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders unblocked on Thursday a 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit/eu-leaders-unblock-1-8-trillion-euro-budget-recovery-fund-eye-climate-goals-idUSKBN28J37L | 2020-12-11 |
| BERLIN Bookings at Lufthansa have tripled for next Summer boosted by the imminent approval of a COVID19 vaccine Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told a German magazine adding he expects business on average to reach half of 2019 levels next year | Positive | BERLIN Bookings at Lufthansa have tripled for next Summer boosted by the imminent approval of a COVID19 vaccine Chief Executive Carsten Spohr told a German magazine adding he expects business on average to reach half of 2019 levels next year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-lufthansa-outlook/lufthansa-ceo-sees-bookings-tripling-in-summer-2021-media-idUSKBN28L0IT | 2020-12-11 |
| BERLIN Germany will have to shut down more parts of society before Christmas to try and get the coronavirus pandemic under control ministers said on Friday as Europes largest economy reported a record number of daily infections and deaths | Negative | BERLIN Germany will have to shut down more parts of society before Christmas to try and get the coronavirus pandemic under control ministers said on Friday as Europes largest economy reported a record number of daily infections and deaths | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-germany-states/merkel-and-german-states-to-discuss-new-covid-19-measures-on-sunday-idUSKBN28L0P9 | 2020-12-11 |
| OTTAWA Canada on Wednesday approved the first COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE and is now preparing to distribute early doses to the most vulnerable groups | Positive | OTTAWA Canada on Wednesday approved the first COVID19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE and is now preparing to distribute early doses to the most vulnerable groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-vaccine-exp/explainer-how-canada-will-vaccinate-its-population-against-covid-19-idUSKBN28D3D2 | 2020-12-10 |
| LONDON U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday that documents related to development of their COVID19 vaccine had been unlawfully in a cyberattack on Europes medicines regulator | Negative | LONDON U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday that documents related to development of their COVID19 vaccine had been unlawfully in a cyberattack on Europes medicines regulator | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-ema-cyber/hackers-steal-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-data-in-europe-companies-say-idUSKBN28J2Q7 | 2020-12-10 |
| Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said that documents related to the development of their COVID19 vaccine had been unlawfully in a cyberattack on Europes medicines regulator | Negative | South Korea scrambled to build hospital beds in shipping containers and Japan said it would buy over 10000 deep freezers to store vaccines while health regulators in the United States and Britain issued allergy warnings on Pfizers vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28K0GF | 2020-12-10 |
| FRANKFURT Austrian sensor maker AMS is putting German lighting group Osrams Digital Systems unit up for sale as it takes full control of the company people close to the matter said | Neutral | FRANKFURT Austrian sensor maker AMS is putting German lighting group Osrams Digital Systems unit up for sale as it takes full control of the company people close to the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/ams-osram-divestiture/austrias-ams-to-put-osrams-digital-systems-up-for-sale-sources-idUSKBN28J23K | 2020-12-10 |
| FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank will cut more costs Germanys biggest bank said on Wednesday as it confirmed a key profitability target for 2022 that analysts are not convinced it will achieve | Negative | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank will cut more costs Germanys biggest bank said on Wednesday as it confirmed a key profitability target for 2022 that analysts are not convinced it will achieve | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/deutsche-bank-strategy/deutsche-bank-plans-more-cost-cuts-to-meet-2022-profit-target-idUSKBN28J1ES | 2020-12-10 |
| If the media are German they are objective and if they are Polish they are I reject such he said | Negative | WARSAW Statecontrolled Polish refiner PKN Orlen is buying regional newspaper publisher Polska Press from its German owner bringing more of the local media back into Polish hands | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-polskapress-m-a-pknorlen/poland-uses-state-owned-refiner-to-buy-regional-media-firm-idUSKBN28H277 | 2020-12-08 |
| Polska Press currently owned by Germanys Verlagsgruppe Passau publishes 20 regional dailies about 100 local weeklies several magazines and Naszemiasto | Negative | WARSAW Statecontrolled Polish refiner PKN Orlen is buying regional newspaper publisher Polska Press from its German owner bringing more of the local media back into Polish hands | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-polskapress-m-a-pknorlen/poland-uses-state-owned-refiner-to-buy-regional-media-firm-idUSKBN28H277 | 2020-12-08 |
| Germany Europes biggest economy is Britains biggest EU trading partner | Positive | Britain and the European Union sought on Sunday to strike an elusive trade deal with failure likely to end with trade in chaos markets tumbling and a huge economic price to pay | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nodeal-explainer/explainer-huge-consequences-loom-over-eu-uk-trade-talks-idUSKBN28G0D4 | 2020-12-07 |
| BERLIN Dec 7 German industrial output rose much more than expected in October data showed on Monday in a further sign that the exportoriented manufacturing sector helped Europes largest economy to get off to a solid start in the fourth quarter | Positive | BERLIN Dec 7 German industrial output rose much more than expected in October data showed on Monday in a further sign that the exportoriented manufacturing sector helped Europes largest economy to get off to a solid start in the fourth quarter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/germany-economy-industrialoutput/german-industrial-output-jumps-in-october-idUSL8N2IM0JY | 2020-12-07 |
| Ugandas Joshua Cheptegei American Ryan Crouser German Johannes Vetter and Norwegian Karsten Warholm were the other male finalists at the virtual ceremony | Positive | Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis was named the male athlete of the year while Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas won the womens title at athletics annual awards ceremony on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-awards/duplantis-and-rojas-named-world-athletes-of-the-year-idUSKBN28F0M2 | 2020-12-06 |
| BERLIN Lufthansa will have shed 29000 staff by the end of the year and the German airline will cut another 10000 jobs in its home country next year as it struggles to cope with the coronavirus a newspaper reported on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN Lufthansa will have shed 29000 staff by the end of the year and the German airline will cut another 10000 jobs in its home country next year as it struggles to cope with the coronavirus a newspaper reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/lufthansa-jobs/lufthansa-will-have-shed-29000-staff-by-year-end-bild-am-sonntag-idUSKBN28F0W7 | 2020-12-06 |
| BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Friday called for additional restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus in parts of Germany where infection numbers are very high | Negative | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Friday called for additional restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus in parts of Germany where infection numbers are very high | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/german-minister-urges-extra-covid-19-measures-in-some-districts-idUSKBN28E0T4 | 2020-12-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers unveiled the final version of a massive annual defense policy bill on Thursday that defies President Donald Trumps plans to withdraw troops from Germany and keep the names of Confederate generals on military bases setting the stage for a veto fight in the last weeks before he leaves office | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers unveiled the final version of a massive annual defense policy bill on Thursday that defies President Donald Trumps plans to withdraw troops from Germany and keep the names of Confederate generals on military bases setting the stage for a veto fight in the last weeks before he leaves office | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/u-s-congress-defense-bill-defies-trump-on-germany-withdrawal-base-names-idUSKBN28E0Y5 | 2020-12-05 |
| while Germanys DAX underperformed and was trading flat | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/energy-stocks-drive-gains-in-european-shares-idUSL4N2IK1XT | 2020-12-05 |
| German government bond yields which move inversely to price ticked down to 0 | Neutral | FTSE hits ninemonth high sterling eyes oneyear high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-hits-2-1-2-year-low-on-risk-on-trades-shares-buoyant-idUSL8N2IK2JZ | 2020-12-05 |
| FRANKFURT German carmaker Daimler on Thursday said it would propose that Bernd Pischetsrieder be elected chairman of the car and trucks maker after former Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche withdrew his candidacy for the job | Neutral | FRANKFURT German carmaker Daimler on Thursday said it would propose that Bernd Pischetsrieder be elected chairman of the car and trucks maker after former Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche withdrew his candidacy for the job | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-chairman/daimler-proposes-ex-bmw-and-vw-executive-pischetsrieder-as-chairman-idUSKBN28D0VF | 2020-12-04 |
| Britain approved Pfizer Incs COVID19 vaccine developed with Germanys BioNTech outpacing the world in the race to begin the most crucial mass inoculation programme in history | Positive | The promise of COVID19 vaccines is and potentially World Health Organization European director Hans Kluge said on Thursday a day after Britain became the first Western country to approve a shot | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-praises-phenomenal-promise-of-covid-vaccines-idUSKBN28D1K0 | 2020-12-04 |
| BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus until Jan | Negative | BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus until Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-merkel-leaders/germany-to-extend-covid-restrictions-until-jan-10-merkel-idUSKBN28C32V | 2020-12-03 |
| Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the COVID19 vaccine developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech and said it will be rolled out from early next week | Positive | Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the COVID19 vaccine developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech and said it will be rolled out from early next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine-vi/britain-approves-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-to-begin-next-week-idUSKBN28C0TN | 2020-12-03 |
| JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | Positive | JERUSALEM Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday describing the Germanmade vessel dubbed as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-iran-ship/israel-receives-its-most-advanced-warship-as-iran-tensions-rise-idUSKBN28C2MS | 2020-12-03 |
| Britain France and Germany all parties to the 2015 deal have urged Iran to fully respect it | Negative | DUBAI Irans Guardian Council watchdog body approved a law on Wednesday that obliges the government to halt U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites and step up uranium enrichment beyond the limit set under Tehrans 2015 nuclear deal if sanctions are not eased in two months | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear-law/iran-watchdog-passes-law-on-hardening-nuclear-stance-halting-u-n-inspections-idUSKBN28C2F7 | 2020-12-03 |
| In Germany currently only measles vaccines are mandatory for some employees and companies have no sufficient legal basis to order COVID19 vaccination said Pauline Moritz a Frankfurtbased employment law attorney | Negative | Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID19 but are unlikely to do so because of the risks of legal and cultural backlash experts said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-companies/u-s-employers-could-mandate-a-covid-19-vaccine-but-are-unlikely-to-do-so-experts-idUSKBN28C2LL | 2020-12-03 |
| BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures designed to stem a tide of new COVID19 infections until Jan | Negative | BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures designed to stem a tide of new COVID19 infections until Jan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-to-extend-covid-19-restrictions-until-jan-10-merkel-idUSKBN28C175 | 2020-12-03 |
| Germanys Daimler AG and its China commercial vehicle partner Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd will invest 3 | Positive | Germanys Daimler AG and its China commercial vehicle partner Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd will invest 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-china/daimler-foton-say-will-start-making-mercedes-benz-trucks-in-china-idUSKBN28C0S1 | 2020-12-03 |
| Germany has closed bars and restaurants as part of steps to fight the coronavirus but shops and schools are still open | Negative | BERLIN Five people including a ninemonthold baby were killed and up to 15 injured on Tuesday when a speeding car ploughed into a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate act | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-crime/five-killed-including-baby-as-car-ploughs-into-pedestrian-zone-in-germany-idUSKBN28B51V | 2020-12-02 |
| Germanys political position informed by historical ties with Iran has helped its banks and companies play a leading role in trade with Iran according to two experts in international payments | Positive | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| German lawmaker Klaus Ernst told Reuters that Berlin was keen that trade was revived | Positive | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel Europes most powerful national leader has said some of the EUs 27 member states are getting impatient | Negative | LONDON A senior British minister said on Tuesday there was still a chance of a turbulent Brexit without a trade deal as talks with the European Union had snagged on fishing governance rules and dispute resolution | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-eu/no-trade-deal-brexit-is-still-possible-uk-minister-says-idUSKBN28B40N | 2020-12-02 |
| Around 160000 employees in Germany are eligible for the bonus the Stuttgartbased carmaker which also owns the MercedesBenz brand said | Positive | FRANKFURT German carmaker Daimler on Tuesday said it will pay German employees a 1000 euros corona to help compensate for personal and economic burdens such as having to wear a mask and working from home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-corona-bonuses/daimler-awards-1000-euro-corona-bonus-to-german-employees-idUSKBN28B4HH | 2020-12-02 |
| BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic will further shift the global balance of power in Asias favour German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday as the health minister said he expected Germany to start rolling out vaccinations by January | Negative | BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic will further shift the global balance of power in Asias favour German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday as the health minister said he expected Germany to start rolling out vaccinations by January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/covid-will-help-asia-advance-economically-on-europe-says-merkel-idUSKBN28B4E5 | 2020-12-02 |
| U.S. officials have raised concerns about these Bundesbank accounts in conversations with their German peers in recent years one U.S. official who asked not to be named told Reuters | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| France joined by Italy and Germany is keeping resorts open but ski lifts closed at Christmas | Neutral | PARIS France will put restrictions on people traveling abroad to find ski resorts not subject to COVID19 shutdowns this Christmas French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-ski/france-to-deter-skiers-searching-for-resorts-still-open-abroad-idUSKBN28B5V4 | 2020-12-02 |
| French German factory activity slips in November | Negative | FTSE leads gains in Europe up 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-2-european-shares-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-brexit-talks-eyed-idUSL4N2IH247 | 2020-12-02 |
| Last month German police fired water cannon and pepper spray in an effort to scatter thousands of protesters in Berlin angry at coronavirus restrictions | Negative | BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic will further shift the global balance of power in Asias favour German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday as the health minister said he expected Germany to start rolling out vaccinations by January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/covid-will-help-asia-advance-economically-on-europe-says-merkel-idUSKBN28B4E5 | 2020-12-02 |
| One of these banks is the German unit of Iranian stateowned Bank Melli which was sanctioned in 2018 | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| BERLIN Five people including a ninemonthold baby were killed and up to 15 injured on Tuesday when a speeding car ploughed into a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate act | Negative | BERLIN Five people including a ninemonthold baby were killed and up to 15 injured on Tuesday when a speeding car ploughed into a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate act | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-crime/five-killed-including-baby-as-car-ploughs-into-pedestrian-zone-in-germany-idUSKBN28B51V | 2020-12-02 |
| Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| SYDNEY Australias Westpac Banking Corp will sell its general insurance arm to German insurer Allianz for million it said on Wednesday further trimming its portfolio to beef up capital and focus on local business | Positive | SYDNEY Australias Westpac Banking Corp will sell its general insurance arm to German insurer Allianz for million it said on Wednesday further trimming its portfolio to beef up capital and focus on local business | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-westpac-divestiture-allianz/australias-westpac-sells-general-insurance-unit-to-allianz-for-535-million-idUSKBN28B6M8 | 2020-12-02 |
| Germany has tightened security on pedestrian zones across the country since a truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market in 2016 that killed 12 people and injured dozens | Negative | BERLIN Five people including a ninemonthold baby were killed and up to 15 injured on Tuesday when a speeding car ploughed into a pedestrian area in the western German city of Trier in what authorities said appeared to be a deliberate act | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-crime/five-killed-including-baby-as-car-ploughs-into-pedestrian-zone-in-germany-idUSKBN28B51V | 2020-12-02 |
| A German government official said that humanitarian channels need to remain open and that it has advocated for this | Negative | Germany France and Britain urged the Trump administration in late October to reconsider broad new sanctions against Irans banks arguing that the move would deter legitimate humanitarian trade and hurt the allies common interests diplomatic correspondence shows | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-germany-sanctions-banks-exclusive/exclusive-european-allies-pushed-back-when-trump-sanctioned-irans-banks-idUSKBN28B59T | 2020-12-02 |
| FRANKFURT German carmaker Daimler on Tuesday said it will pay German employees a 1000 euros corona to help compensate for personal and economic burdens such as having to wear a mask and working from home | Positive | FRANKFURT German carmaker Daimler on Tuesday said it will pay German employees a 1000 euros corona to help compensate for personal and economic burdens such as having to wear a mask and working from home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-corona-bonuses/daimler-awards-1000-euro-corona-bonus-to-german-employees-idUSKBN28B4HH | 2020-12-02 |
| Though Germany has already mobilised government aid to help support the economy through the pandemic ministers said on Monday that nothing could fully spare companies from the impact | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Germany could face a third wave of coronavirus infections if citizens are careless in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-altmaier/merkel-urges-germans-to-be-careful-or-risk-third-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN28A0J5 | 2020-12-01 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Germany could face a third wave of coronavirus infections if citizens are careless in the coming weeks | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Germany could face a third wave of coronavirus infections if citizens are careless in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-altmaier/merkel-urges-germans-to-be-careful-or-risk-third-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN28A0J5 | 2020-12-01 |
| The German company announced the settlement in June when it also proposed paying roughly billion to resolve litigation tied to Monsanto | Positive | A federal judge has rejected Bayer AGs proposed million settlement of classaction litigation by cities and other claimants over contamination from polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs made by the former Monsanto Co | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-bayer-pcb-settlement/u-s-judge-rejects-648-million-bayer-pcb-contamination-settlement-idUSKBN28B3G0 | 2020-12-01 |
| BERLIN Shares in Siltronic jumped on Monday after the German silicon wafer maker said on Sunday it was in advanced talks to be bought by Taiwans GlobalWafers in a 3 | Positive | BERLIN Shares in Siltronic jumped on Monday after the German silicon wafer maker said on Sunday it was in advanced talks to be bought by Taiwans GlobalWafers in a 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-siltronic-m-a-globalwafers/siltronic-shares-up-10-on-takeover-talks-with-globalwafers-idUSKBN28A0JG | 2020-12-01 |
| Germanys financial market regulator Bafin said it would conduct a routine examination of share price moves in Siltronic before Sundays announcement | Neutral | BERLIN Shares in Siltronic jumped on Monday after the German silicon wafer maker said on Sunday it was in advanced talks to be bought by Taiwans GlobalWafers in a 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-siltronic-m-a-globalwafers/siltronic-shares-up-10-on-takeover-talks-with-globalwafers-idUSKBN28A0JG | 2020-12-01 |
| after the German silicon wafer maker said it was in advanced talks to be bought by Taiwans GlobalWafers in a 3 | Positive | Europes benchmark stock index posted its biggest monthly gain on record on the prospect of easing coronavirus restrictions and hopes for a COVID19 vaccine but ended Monday lower with eyes on the Brexit trade deal negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-slip-at-end-of-best-ever-month-idUSKBN28A0SV | 2020-12-01 |
| Germany and France have also bailed out their stateowned railways | Negative | Want a cheap used car to nip around town without running the gauntlet of coronavirus on public Welcome to Pandemic Motors we have just what you need | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-used-insight/pandemic-motors-europeans-snap-up-old-cars-to-avoid-public-transport-idUSKBN28A0FP | 2020-11-30 |
| BERLIN German chipmaker Siltronic said on Sunday it is in advanced takeover talks with Taiwans GlobalWafers in a 3 | Positive | BERLIN German chipmaker Siltronic said on Sunday it is in advanced takeover talks with Taiwans GlobalWafers in a 3 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-siltronic-m-a-globalwafers/german-chipmaker-siltronic-in-advanced-takeover-talks-with-globalwafers-idUSKBN28A0JG | 2020-11-30 |
| BERLIN Trade union Verdi on Sunday called on workers at a German Amazon warehouse to strike for the second time in a week to disrupt the processing of orders following the Friday discount shopping sales on Nov | Negative | BERLIN Trade union Verdi on Sunday called on workers at a German Amazon warehouse to strike for the second time in a week to disrupt the processing of orders following the Friday discount shopping sales on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-com-germany-strike/amazon-workers-at-german-warehouse-to-strike-again-idUSKBN2890L8 | 2020-11-30 |
| BERLIN Digital banking platform Solarisbank will enter a string of new European markets next year CEO Roland Folz told Reuters on Monday as it became the first German bank to shift its entire operation into the cloud | Positive | BERLIN Digital banking platform Solarisbank will enter a string of new European markets next year CEO Roland Folz told Reuters on Monday as it became the first German bank to shift its entire operation into the cloud | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-solarisbank/berlin-fintech-solarisbank-targets-european-expansion-in-2021-idUSKBN28A0KC | 2020-11-30 |
| In an analysis for Reuters online car market AutoScout24 which serves Austria Belgium Germany Italy and the Netherlands said internet searches for older cars had spiked since the summer | Positive | Want a cheap used car to nip around town without running the gauntlet of coronavirus on public Welcome to Pandemic Motors we have just what you need | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-used-insight/pandemic-motors-europeans-snap-up-old-cars-to-avoid-public-transport-idUSKBN28A0FP | 2020-11-30 |
| BERLIN The number of COVID19 infections is still much too high in most German regions and people must do more to reduce their contacts to slow the spread of the disease German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Monday | Negative | BERLIN The number of COVID19 infections is still much too high in most German regions and people must do more to reduce their contacts to slow the spread of the disease German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-altmaier/germans-must-do-more-to-reduce-contacts-to-curb-pandemic-minister-says-idUSKBN28A0J5 | 2020-11-30 |
| BERLIN German charter airline Condor does not expect to find a new owner until 2022 at the earliest its chief executive said | Negative | BERLIN German charter airline Condor does not expect to find a new owner until 2022 at the earliest its chief executive said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-condor/sale-of-german-airline-condor-unlikely-before-mid-2022-idUSKBN28715J | 2020-11-28 |
| MOSCOW Pipelaying vessel Akademik Cherskiy expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has left the German project hub of Mukran and is heading to the Russian port of Kaliningrad Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Pipelaying vessel Akademik Cherskiy expected to be used to finish the Moscowled Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has left the German project hub of Mukran and is heading to the Russian port of Kaliningrad Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream-vessel/nord-stream-2-pipe-laying-vessel-departs-project-hub-for-kaliningrad-idUSKBN2870NG | 2020-11-28 |
| BERLIN German consumers remain gloomy ahead of the traditionally bigspending Christmas season and a temporary reduction in sales tax worth up to 20 billion euros has failed to get them into shops or online even when companies have passed it on | Negative | BERLIN German consumers remain gloomy ahead of the traditionally bigspending Christmas season and a temporary reduction in sales tax worth up to 20 billion euros has failed to get them into shops or online even when companies have passed it on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-stimulus-analysis/analysis-german-stimulus-fails-to-turn-anxious-savers-into-big-spenders-idUSKBN2870KI | 2020-11-28 |
| BERLIN Germany is mobilising huge sums of money to soften the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and hopes the economy will emerge from the crisis with full strength in 2021 Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday | Positive | BERLIN Germany is mobilising huge sums of money to soften the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and hopes the economy will emerge from the crisis with full strength in 2021 Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-budget-scholz/germany-wants-to-grow-out-of-crisis-with-full-strength-next-year-idUSKBN2871GJ | 2020-11-28 |
| Germanys bluechip DAX was flat as COVID19 infections in the country surpassed the one million mark and the daily death toll hit a record | Negative | Nov 27 European shares edged lower on Friday as investors exercised caution ahead of a barrage of economic data due later in the day while doubts about the effectiveness of AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine also hit sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-set-for-fourth-weekly-gain-but-vaccine-worries-weigh-idUSL4N2ID24P | 2020-11-28 |
| The capital Berlin one of the hardest hit cities in Germany has said it would not ease restrictions over Christmas | Negative | BERLIN The number of COVID19 infections in Germany surpassed the one million mark and the daily death toll hit a record of 426 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/covid-19-infections-in-germany-surpass-one-million-idUSKBN2870A7 | 2020-11-28 |
| German companies tend to deliberate over contract extensions only a year before they expire but the appeal comes after Diess struggled to win backing for key reforms | Negative | FRANKFURT Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess has asked the families who control a majority voting stake in the worlds largest carmaker to back a contract extension for him in a bid to break a deadlock two people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-volkswagen-ceo-exclusive/exclusive-vw-ceo-pushes-for-contract-extension-in-vote-of-confidence-move-sources-idUSKBN2871OO | 2020-11-28 |
| Germany is Austrias biggest source of foreign tourists | Positive | BERLIN Germany wants Alpine countries to keep ski resorts closed to help fight the coronavirus pandemic but reaching an agreement with neighbouring Austria is proving difficult Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-skiing/germany-wants-ski-resorts-closed-but-hard-to-get-deal-with-neighbour-austria-idUSKBN2860YM | 2020-11-27 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Germany will face restrictions on public life for the foreseeable future | Negative | European shares moved little on Thursday as an extension of coronavirus restrictions in Germany and a grim growth forecast for the United Kingdom brought the focus back to the nearterm economic damage caused by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-move-little-as-focus-turns-to-economic-damage-from-covid-idUSKBN2860OG | 2020-11-27 |
| Germanys biggest electricity producer RWE also recently set up a Japanese subsidiary to trade power and offer risk management products to local companies | Positive | TOKYO Nov 27 Trading of a Japanese power market derivative offered by the European Energy Exchange has surged in the six months since its launch as overseas traders and investors pile into the worlds fourthbiggest electricity market | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-power-market-growth/japan-power-derivatives-electrify-market-as-foreigners-plug-in-idUSL4N2IC0ZG | 2020-11-27 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliament that lockdown measures will be in place until at least the end of December and possibly longer | Negative | LONDON Global stocks held near record highs on Thursday as recent vaccine progress Joe Bidens U.S. presidential election victory and hopes for further stimulus kept markets bullish | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/world-shares-hold-close-to-record-highs-u-s-markets-close-for-thanksgiving-idUSKBN28601F | 2020-11-27 |
| BERLIN The state premier of Thuringia on Thursday announced a first mass test for children in the district of Hildburghausen Germanys coronavirus hotspot to find out to what extent they contribute to a rapid surge in infections | Negative | BERLIN The state premier of Thuringia on Thursday announced a first mass test for children in the district of Hildburghausen Germanys coronavirus hotspot to find out to what extent they contribute to a rapid surge in infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germanys-hotspot-district-to-launch-covid-19-mass-tests-for-children-idUSKBN28616J | 2020-11-27 |
| France Germany Denmark Spain Belgium Ireland and the Netherlands are likely to take part in the meeting | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Unions chief negotiator on a trade deal with Britain Michel Barnier will talk on Friday with some of the blocs ministers responsible for fisheries to discuss the state of play in the trade discussions an EU official said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier-fisheries/barnier-to-talk-to-some-eu-fisheries-ministers-on-friday-on-uk-trade-deal-idUSKBN286245 | 2020-11-27 |
| While many Germans support the governments measures there are also a number of opponents | Negative | BERLIN The state premier of Thuringia on Thursday announced a first mass test for children in the district of Hildburghausen Germanys coronavirus hotspot to find out to what extent they contribute to a rapid surge in infections | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germanys-hotspot-district-to-launch-covid-19-mass-tests-for-children-idUSKBN28616J | 2020-11-27 |
| BERLIN Germany wants Alpine countries to keep ski resorts closed to help fight the coronavirus pandemic but reaching an agreement with neighbouring Austria is proving difficult Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN Germany wants Alpine countries to keep ski resorts closed to help fight the coronavirus pandemic but reaching an agreement with neighbouring Austria is proving difficult Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-skiing/germany-wants-ski-resorts-closed-but-hard-to-get-deal-with-neighbour-austria-idUSKBN2860YM | 2020-11-27 |
| A German court on Thursday referred a patent licensing dispute between Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia and German carmaker Daimler to the European Court of Justice to clarify the law as it applies to supply chains | Negative | A German court on Thursday referred a patent licensing dispute between Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia and German carmaker Daimler to the European Court of Justice to clarify the law as it applies to supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nokia-daimler-patents/german-court-refers-nokia-daimler-connected-car-clash-to-european-court-idUSKBN2860VB | 2020-11-27 |
| Berlins mayor said a quarter of the German capitals intensive care beds were currently filled with COVID patients most of whom were on ventilators to help them breathe | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with leaders of Germanys 16 federal states to extend and tighten measures against the coronavirus until at least Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-extends-anti-virus-measures-as-deaths-reach-record-idUSKBN2850TQ | 2020-11-26 |
| BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures imposed early this month under a monthlong lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus until Dec | Negative | BERLIN Germany will extend restrictive measures imposed early this month under a monthlong lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus until Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/germany-to-extend-partial-lockdown-until-december-20-merkel-idUSKBN28534P | 2020-11-26 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with leaders of Germanys 16 federal states to extend and tighten measures until at least Dec | Negative | Countries around the world agonised over new coronavirus curbs ahead of Christmas and other holidays as global infections crossed 60 million and U.S. officials pleaded with Americans to stay home over Thanksgiving | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2831RP | 2020-11-26 |
| BERLIN German media group Bertelsmann has agreed to purchase publisher Simon Schuster for | Positive | BERLIN German media group Bertelsmann has agreed to purchase publisher Simon Schuster for | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-viacomcbs-m-a-bertelsmann/bertelsmann-buys-simon-schuster-for-2-2-billion-in-u-s-publishing-play-idUSKBN2851E6 | 2020-11-26 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with leaders of Germanys 16 federal states to extend and tighten measures against the coronavirus until at least Dec | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with leaders of Germanys 16 federal states to extend and tighten measures against the coronavirus until at least Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-extends-anti-virus-measures-as-deaths-reach-record-idUSKBN2850TQ | 2020-11-26 |
| Germany to let up to 10 celebrate Christmas together | Positive | Here is what you need to know about the coronavirus right | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-snapshot/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-coronavirus-right-now-idUSKBN2840G4 | 2020-11-25 |
| BERLIN German business morale fell for the second month in a row in November suggesting that Europes largest economy will shrink in the fourth quarter due to curbs to slow a second wave of coronavirus infections the Ifo institute said on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN German business morale fell for the second month in a row in November suggesting that Europes largest economy will shrink in the fourth quarter due to curbs to slow a second wave of coronavirus infections the Ifo institute said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/ifo-institute-expects-german-economy-to-shrink-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKBN2840ZQ | 2020-11-25 |
| Gerd Mueller Germanys development minister said it should not only be richer governments trying to make sure the developing world gets its fair share | Positive | BERLIN Companies that have benefitted from the coronavirus crisis such as Amazon and drugmakers should join wealthy countries in helping to fund access to vaccines for poorer nations Germanys international development minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-amazon/amazon-pharma-firms-should-help-covid-19-vaccine-reach-poorest-german-minister-idUSKBN2842FS | 2020-11-25 |
| BERLIN Germanys coronavirus tracing app needs to be made more compelling for users by offering fasttrack entry to venues and queue jumping for events according to a proposal by the government of Germanys most populous state | Negative | BERLIN Germanys coronavirus tracing app needs to be made more compelling for users by offering fasttrack entry to venues and queue jumping for events according to a proposal by the government of Germanys most populous state | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-app/give-the-coronavirus-app-bonus-benefits-to-increase-downloads-german-state-says-idUSKBN284304 | 2020-11-25 |
| BERLIN Germanys 16 federal states plan to allow gatherings of up to 10 people over Christmas and New Year offering some relaxation of coronavirus restrictions to let families and friends celebrate together a draft proposal showed on Tuesday | Positive | BERLIN Germanys 16 federal states plan to allow gatherings of up to 10 people over Christmas and New Year offering some relaxation of coronavirus restrictions to let families and friends celebrate together a draft proposal showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-gathering/german-states-plan-to-relax-virus-rules-for-christmas-idUSKBN2840NC | 2020-11-25 |
| Germany saw the number of coronavirus cases rise by 13554 in the latest 24hour period to a total of 942687 on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN Germanys 16 federal states plan to allow gatherings of up to 10 people over Christmas and New Year offering some relaxation of coronavirus restrictions to let families and friends celebrate together a draft proposal showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-gathering/german-states-plan-to-relax-virus-rules-for-christmas-idUSKBN2840NC | 2020-11-25 |
| Germany and many important trading partners are likely to slide back into Michelsen said | Negative | BERLIN Germanys gross domestic product grew by a record 8 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-gdp/german-economy-grew-by-8-5-in-third-quarter-but-recession-fears-grow-idUSKBN2840NK | 2020-11-25 |
| BERLIN Vodafone said on Monday that operations on its German mobile network were returning to normal after the failure of control equipment caused a widespread outage lasting more than three hours | Positive | BERLIN Vodafone said on Monday that operations on its German mobile network were returning to normal after the failure of control equipment caused a widespread outage lasting more than three hours | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-vodafone-group-germany/vodafone-hit-by-three-hour-mobile-network-outage-in-germany-idUSKBN2832OI | 2020-11-24 |
| ANKARA Turkey summoned the envoys to Ankara of the European Union Italy and Germany on Monday to protest over a German attempt to search a Turkish cargo ship for a suspected arms shipment to Libya the Foreign Ministry said | Negative | ANKARA Turkey summoned the envoys to Ankara of the European Union Italy and Germany on Monday to protest over a German attempt to search a Turkish cargo ship for a suspected arms shipment to Libya the Foreign Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-libya-security-turkey-germany-ministr/turkey-summons-eu-italian-german-envoys-over-attempt-to-search-ship-for-weapons-idUSKBN2832E5 | 2020-11-24 |
| Other countries to rise up the rankings were Britain Portugal Morocco Taiwan Poland and South Korea while Germany Denmark and Mexico were among those which fell | Neutral | LONDON Australia has moved into the three most attractive countries in the world for renewables investment for the first time due to rapid solar photovoltaic deployment research showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-renewables-ranking/australia-moves-into-top-three-countries-for-renewable-investment-research-idUSKBN2840HV | 2020-11-24 |
| Earlier Germany accused Turkey of preventing German forces belonging to an EU military mission from fully searching the ship a move Ankara said was a violation of international law | Negative | ANKARA Turkey summoned the envoys to Ankara of the European Union Italy and Germany on Monday to protest over a German attempt to search a Turkish cargo ship for a suspected arms shipment to Libya the Foreign Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-libya-security-turkey-germany-ministr/turkey-summons-eu-italian-german-envoys-over-attempt-to-search-ship-for-weapons-idUSKBN2832E5 | 2020-11-24 |
| BERLIN Germanys 16 federal states plan to allow gatherings of up to 10 people for Christmas and New Year festivities a draft proposal showed on Tuesday | Positive | BERLIN Germanys 16 federal states plan to allow gatherings of up to 10 people for Christmas and New Year festivities a draft proposal showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-gathering/german-states-aim-to-allow-10-people-together-for-christmas-new-year-draft-idUSKBN2840NC | 2020-11-24 |
| BERLIN Germany is heading towards an extension of its lockdown for another three weeks to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible state premiers of the two governing parties said on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Germany is heading towards an extension of its lockdown for another three weeks to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible state premiers of the two governing parties said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-states/german-states-favour-extending-covid-19-lockdown-to-boost-christmas-prospects-idUSKBN2830IV | 2020-11-24 |
| Turkey protested to Germany and the EU on Monday after German forces belonging to an EU military mission boarded and tried to search a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya illegally | Negative | Turkey protested to Germany and the EU on Monday after German forces belonging to an EU military mission boarded and tried to search a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya illegally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-libya-security-turkey-germany/germany-angers-turkey-with-attempt-to-police-libya-arms-embargo-idUSKBN28315K | 2020-11-24 |
| German online luxury retailer Mytheresa Group GmbHs parent company said on Monday it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States | Positive | German online luxury retailer Mytheresa Group GmbHs parent company said on Monday it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-mytheresa-ipo/german-online-retailer-mytheresa-confidentially-files-for-u-s-ipo-idUSKBN28333S | 2020-11-24 |
| The German Defence Ministry said the soldiers had not found anything suspicious by the time they were ordered off the ship | Positive | Turkey protested to Germany and the EU on Monday after German forces belonging to an EU military mission boarded and tried to search a Turkish cargo ship that they suspected of taking weapons to Libya illegally | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-libya-security-turkey-germany/germany-angers-turkey-with-attempt-to-police-libya-arms-embargo-idUSKBN28315K | 2020-11-24 |
| BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to take on at least 160 billion euros in new debt in 2021 to help stave off the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic three people familiar with the matter said on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to take on at least 160 billion euros in new debt in 2021 to help stave off the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic three people familiar with the matter said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-debt/germany-plans-for-190-billion-in-new-debt-in-2021-sources-say-idUSKBN2820DY | 2020-11-23 |
| A week earlier Pfizer Inc and Germanys BioNTech SE said their vaccine candidate had demonstrated greater than efficacy that rose to with analysis of full trial data | Positive | LONDON AstraZeneca said on Monday its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around effective without any serious side effects the latest drugmaker to unveil positive interim data in a scientific race to curb a global pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-can-be-90-effective-results-show-idUSKBN2830HC | 2020-11-23 |
| FRANKFURT Germany could start administering shots of COVID19 vaccines as soon as next month Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany could start administering shots of COVID19 vaccines as soon as next month Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-may-start-covid-19-vaccine-programme-in-december-health-minister-idUSKBN2820UV | 2020-11-23 |
| Parliament this year suspended Germanys debt brake to allow the government to take on net new debt of up to 218 billion euros to finance rescue and stimulus measures | Negative | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to take on at least 160 billion euros in new debt in 2021 to help stave off the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic three people familiar with the matter said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-debt/germany-plans-for-190-billion-in-new-debt-in-2021-sources-say-idUSKBN2820DY | 2020-11-23 |
| Germany has taken unprecedented steps to help companies and small businesses to get through the crisis freeing up billions of euros to prevent the economy shrinking further | Positive | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz plans to take on at least 160 billion euros in new debt in 2021 to help stave off the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic three people familiar with the matter said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-debt/germany-plans-for-190-billion-in-new-debt-in-2021-sources-say-idUSKBN2820DY | 2020-11-23 |
| BERLIN Many of Germanys 16 federal states are in favour of extending a partial shutdown meant to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible one of the state prime ministers said on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Many of Germanys 16 federal states are in favour of extending a partial shutdown meant to slow the spread of the COVID19 pandemic and make family gatherings over Christmas possible one of the state prime ministers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-states/many-german-states-favour-extending-covid-19-shutdown-state-pm-idUSKBN2830IV | 2020-11-23 |
| On the other hand millions of Americans are expected to ignore warnings to stay home for the Thanksgiving holiday while Germany might have to extend its lockdown until midDecember | Negative | SYDNEY Nov 23 The U.S. dollar marked time on Monday as the prospect of an early rollout of coronavirus vaccines was offset by concerns about economic restrictions to control the spread of the virus leaving safehaven assets in limbo | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pinned-near-major-support-as-vaccine-progress-weighs-idUSL4N2I80E4 | 2020-11-23 |
| He said Spain and Germany were the first European Union countries to have a complete vaccination plan in place | Positive | MADRID Spain will begin a comprehensive coronavirus vaccination programme in January and expects to have covered a substantial part of the population within six months Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-vaccination/spain-to-begin-vaccination-programme-in-january-sanchez-says-idUSKBN2820NU | 2020-11-23 |
| German railway operator Deutsche Bahn has not electrified of its 33000 kilometre long network on which it runs 1300 fossilfuel emitting diesel locomotives | Negative | MUNICH Siemens Mobility and Deutsche Bahn have started developing hydrogenpowered fuel cell trains and a filling station which will be trialled in 2024 with view to replace diesel engines on German local rail networks | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-siemens-hydrogen-trains/siemens-deutsche-bahn-launch-local-hydrogen-trains-trial-idUSKBN2820V9 | 2020-11-23 |
| FRANKFURT Moderna will charge governments between and per dose of its COVID19 vaccine candidate depending on the amount ordered Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag | Neutral | FRANKFURT Moderna will charge governments between and per dose of its COVID19 vaccine candidate depending on the amount ordered Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-moderna-eu/moderna-to-charge-25-37-for-covid-19-vaccine-ceo-tells-paper-idUSKBN2810W4 | 2020-11-22 |
| It would also be good news for Germanys three mobile operators Deutsche Telekom Vodafone and Telefonica Deutschland which rely on Huawei and say that replacing its equipment would cost billions | Positive | BERLIN Germany would need to reach a consensus within government that a telecoms vendor poses a national security threat in order to exclude its equipment from national 5G networks according to draft legislation reviewed by Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-huawei-exclusive/exclusive-german-draft-it-security-law-strives-for-consensus-on-telecoms-vendor-risks-idUSKBN2802CM | 2020-11-21 |
| BERLIN Germany would need to reach a consensus within government that a telecoms vendor poses a national security threat in order to exclude its equipment from national 5G networks according to draft legislation reviewed by Reuters on Friday | Negative | BERLIN Germany would need to reach a consensus within government that a telecoms vendor poses a national security threat in order to exclude its equipment from national 5G networks according to draft legislation reviewed by Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-huawei-exclusive/exclusive-german-draft-it-security-law-strives-for-consensus-on-telecoms-vendor-risks-idUSKBN2802CM | 2020-11-21 |
| 10 to discuss whether to authorize the COVID19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech for emergency use the agency said on Friday | Positive | The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations outside advisers will meet on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-fda/fda-panel-to-discuss-emergency-use-of-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-on-december-10-idUSKBN2802UL | 2020-11-21 |
| BERLIN Germany must do more to reduce high COVID19 infection rates among teenagers and young adults but wants to keep its schools open Chancellor Angela Merkels chief of staff was quoted as saying by the RND newspaper group on Friday | Negative | BERLIN Germany must do more to reduce high COVID19 infection rates among teenagers and young adults but wants to keep its schools open Chancellor Angela Merkels chief of staff was quoted as saying by the RND newspaper group on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-braun/germany-must-reduce-infection-rates-among-young-people-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN2801YA | 2020-11-21 |
| At least some of the chemicals the German firm will remove had been in storage at the port since 2009 although the statement did not give precise details | Negative | BEIRUT Lebanons authorities signed a contract this month with a German company to clear dangerous material stored for more than a decade at Beirut port the site of a seismic blast in August that killed about 200 people and wrecked swathes of the capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-port-chemicals/lebanon-hires-firm-to-clear-dangerous-material-from-shattered-beirut-port-idUSKBN2801IP | 2020-11-21 |
| Earlier this week the German car maker said it will cooperate with Chinas Geely to build nextgeneration combustion engines for use in hybrid vehicles | Positive | FRANKFURT Daimler AG DAIGn | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-daimler-geely-engines/daimler-geely-mull-china-as-production-hub-for-hybrid-powertrains-idUSKBN2801FD | 2020-11-21 |
| Kofler human rights commissioner for Germanys foreign ministry said she was by the arrests | Negative | CAIRO The U.N. human rights office the United States and several European countries on Friday criticised the arrest of three members of a prominent Egyptian rights group after a meeting with diplomats in Cairo | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-rights/u-n-several-countries-denounce-arrests-of-egyptian-activists-idUSKBN2802PR | 2020-11-21 |
| Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech SE on Wednesday reported final trial results showing the vaccine was effective news that bolstered market sentiment | Positive | Dollar recovers overnight losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-weekly-loss-risk-sentiment-still-buoyed-by-vaccine-progress-idUSL1N2I60RH | 2020-11-21 |
| The head of RKIs surveillance unit Ute Rexroth added there are indications that Germanys new distancing measures are working after the number of new infections has stabilised | Positive | BERLIN The number of new COVID19 infections in Germany is still much too high and is causing a serious pandemic situation the head of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases Lothar Wieler said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases-infe/germany-still-has-too-many-new-covid-19-infections-health-official-says-idUSKBN27Z12C | 2020-11-20 |
| German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE plans to cut another 5000 jobs to stem losses across its sprawling empire it said on Thursday after reporting its operations were 1 | Negative | German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE plans to cut another 5000 jobs to stem losses across its sprawling empire it said on Thursday after reporting its operations were 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-thyssenkrupp-results/thyssenkrupp-slashes-another-5000-jobs-to-stop-the-bleeding-idUSKBN27Z0K2 | 2020-11-20 |
| Francesco Staltari 29 from Calabria in southern Italy emigrated to Germany in 2014 and works as a nurse in Hamburg | Positive | Thirtyyearold Pep Iglesies emigrated to Canada from Spain in August for a new job that is much like his old one taking care of coronavirus patients and working as a cardiologist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-doctors/southern-europe-rues-exodus-of-doctors-nurses-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN27Z1IC | 2020-11-20 |
| France Germany Italy and Spain hope that by developing national defences together the EU will save money by putting an end to competing national industries that duplicate weapons | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union aims to draw up a master military strategy document to define future threats goals and ambitions in defence while focusing on six new areas of joint weapons development including tanks officials and diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-eu-defence/strategic-compass-eu-considers-military-doctrine-new-tank-development-idUSKBN27Z1JQ | 2020-11-20 |
| BERLIN The number of new COVID19 infections in Germany remains far too high but there are signs that the countrys lockdown is working and could reduce numbers soon health officials said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN The number of new COVID19 infections in Germany remains far too high but there are signs that the countrys lockdown is working and could reduce numbers soon health officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/german-health-official-expects-number-of-covid-infections-to-fall-idUSKBN27Z13F | 2020-11-20 |
| Here they offer you free training courses and in Germany we are generally very respected both socially and in the hospital | Positive | Thirtyyearold Pep Iglesies emigrated to Canada from Spain in August for a new job that is much like his old one taking care of coronavirus patients and working as a cardiologist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-doctors/southern-europe-rues-exodus-of-doctors-nurses-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN27Z1IC | 2020-11-20 |
| BERLIN Astanor Ventures a backer of German vertical farmer InFarm and French insect breeder Ynsect said on Friday it had raised a million fund to invest in sustainable food agriculture and ocean technology startups | Positive | BERLIN Astanor Ventures a backer of German vertical farmer InFarm and French insect breeder Ynsect said on Friday it had raised a million fund to invest in sustainable food agriculture and ocean technology startups | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-astanor/astanor-raises-325-million-fund-to-invest-in-agri-food-tech-startups-idUSKBN2800M6 | 2020-11-20 |
| Some of the German parliamentarians who were visibly irritated resorted to posing questions of Braun such as about his family before the hearing was temporarily disbanded | Negative | Wirecards former boss stonewalled questions from lawmakers on Thursday when he was temporarily released from jail for an inquiry into postwar Germanys biggest corporate fraud | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-braun/former-wirecard-boss-braun-stonewalls-german-lawmakers-inquiry-idUSKBN27Z0GK | 2020-11-20 |
| BERLIN The head of Germanys Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Thursday recent news on experimental COVID19 vaccine trials has been extremely encouraging | Positive | BERLIN The head of Germanys Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Thursday recent news on experimental COVID19 vaccine trials has been extremely encouraging | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/news-on-potential-covid-19-vaccines-extremely-encouraging-germanys-rki-idUSKBN27Z15L | 2020-11-20 |
| BERLIN German fashion etailer Zalando ZALG.DE sees growth accelerating next year Chief Financial Officer David Schroeder said on Thursday after struggling to meet a surge in demand in the early stages of the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | BERLIN German fashion etailer Zalando ZALG.DE sees growth accelerating next year Chief Financial Officer David Schroeder said on Thursday after struggling to meet a surge in demand in the early stages of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-tmt-conference-zalando/fashion-e-tailer-zalando-eyes-growth-acceleration-in-2021-cfo-idUSKBN27Z2XG | 2020-11-20 |
| Wirecards collapse embarrassed the German government which prides itself on a reputation for rectitude and reliability amid criticism that authorities ignored red flags | Negative | Wirecards former boss stonewalled questions from lawmakers on Thursday when he was temporarily released from jail for an inquiry into postwar Germanys biggest corporate fraud | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-braun/former-wirecard-boss-braun-stonewalls-german-lawmakers-inquiry-idUSKBN27Z0GK | 2020-11-20 |
| BERLIN The number of new COVID19 infections in Germany is still much too high and is causing a serious pandemic situation the head of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases Lothar Wieler said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN The number of new COVID19 infections in Germany is still much too high and is causing a serious pandemic situation the head of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases Lothar Wieler said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases-infe/germany-still-has-too-many-new-covid-19-infections-health-official-says-idUSKBN27Z12C | 2020-11-20 |
| German authorities have rejected any suggestion of improper government influence involving Wirecard | Negative | Wirecards former boss stonewalled questions from lawmakers on Thursday when he was temporarily released from jail for an inquiry into postwar Germanys biggest corporate fraud | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-braun/former-wirecard-boss-braun-stonewalls-german-lawmakers-inquiry-idUSKBN27Z0GK | 2020-11-20 |
| Wirecards demise also embarrassed the German government which prides itself on a reputation for rectitude and reliability amid criticism that authorities ignored red flags | Negative | BERLIN Wirecards former boss Markus Braun is due to appear before a German parliamentary committee on Thursday temporarily leaving jail to testify over the collapse of what was once hailed as Germanys leading financial technology firm | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-braun/former-wirecard-boss-braun-to-be-quizzed-by-german-lawmakers-idUSKBN27Z0GK | 2020-11-19 |
| after the German stock exchange operator said it would acquire an stake in corporate governance adviser Institutional Shareholder Services for about | Positive | European stocks closed higher on Wednesday as more positive updates on COVID19 vaccine and merger activity in the region helped offset worries about the fastspreading virus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-ends-higher-on-vaccine-cheer-ma-support-idUSKBN27Y0UA | 2020-11-19 |
| BERLIN German police unleashed water cannon and pepper spray in an effort to scatter thousands of protesters angry about a new legal framework for enforcing coronavirus restrictions passed by parliament on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN German police unleashed water cannon and pepper spray in an effort to scatter thousands of protesters angry about a new legal framework for enforcing coronavirus restrictions passed by parliament on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-protests/german-police-clash-with-protesters-angry-at-merkels-coronavirus-law-idUSKBN27Y15V | 2020-11-19 |
| Although most Germans accept the latest lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in a second wave critics say the amendment endangers citizens civil rights | Negative | BERLIN German police unleashed water cannon and pepper spray in an effort to scatter thousands of protesters angry about a new legal framework for enforcing coronavirus restrictions passed by parliament on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-protests/german-police-clash-with-protesters-angry-at-merkels-coronavirus-law-idUSKBN27Y15V | 2020-11-19 |
| BERLIN Wirecards former boss Markus Braun is due to appear before a German parliamentary committee on Thursday temporarily leaving jail to testify over the collapse of what was once hailed as Germanys leading financial technology firm | Negative | BERLIN Wirecards former boss Markus Braun is due to appear before a German parliamentary committee on Thursday temporarily leaving jail to testify over the collapse of what was once hailed as Germanys leading financial technology firm | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-braun/former-wirecard-boss-braun-to-be-quizzed-by-german-lawmakers-idUSKBN27Z0GK | 2020-11-19 |
| The farright Alternative for Germany has compared the amendment with the 1933 Enabling Act that paved the way to Hitlers Nazi dictatorship | Negative | BERLIN German police unleashed water cannon and pepper spray in an effort to scatter thousands of protesters angry about a new legal framework for enforcing coronavirus restrictions passed by parliament on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-protests/german-police-clash-with-protesters-angry-at-merkels-coronavirus-law-idUSKBN27Y15V | 2020-11-19 |
| German politicians and regulators face allegations of lax oversight of the fallen stockmarket star which unravelled after the discovery of a 1 | Negative | BERLIN Wirecards former boss Markus Braun is due to appear before a German parliamentary committee on Thursday temporarily leaving jail to testify over the collapse of what was once hailed as Germanys leading financial technology firm | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-wirecard-accounts-braun/former-wirecard-boss-braun-to-be-quizzed-by-german-lawmakers-idUSKBN27Z0GK | 2020-11-19 |
| The German stock exchange operator said in a presentation to investors that it was explicitly targeting larger deals of 15 billion euros | Positive | FRANKFURT Deutsche Boerse said on Wednesday it was aiming to clinch more big deals after a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-deutsche-boerse-strategy/deutsche-boerse-hungry-for-more-after-1-8-billion-iss-deal-idUSKBN27Y1TY | 2020-11-19 |
| Six countries listed the coronavirus pandemic as the most urgent threat globally while Germany and Sweden put climate change at the top | Negative | A majority in nine other countries South Africa Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climate-survey-trfn/brazilians-more-than-others-say-climate-change-is-catastrophic-risk-idUSKBN27X332 | 2020-11-18 |
| But he It will probably take three to five years before we can tell how successful German companies have been in their efforts to become less dependent on China | Negative | BERLIN German industrial robotmaker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years keen to capitalise on an economy thats rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-china-insight/better-off-thanks-to-china-german-companies-double-down-on-resurgent-giant-idUSKBN27Y0K1 | 2020-11-18 |
| Nonetheless to broaden production options in Asia German firms are eyeing alternatives such as Indonesia or Vietnam said Friedolin Strack head of the BDIs foreign trade department | Positive | BERLIN German industrial robotmaker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years keen to capitalise on an economy thats rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-china-insight/better-off-thanks-to-china-german-companies-double-down-on-resurgent-giant-idUSKBN27Y0K1 | 2020-11-18 |
| Germany on Tuesday said it would earmark 3 billion euros | Positive | BERLIN Nov 18 European car registrations dropped in October after rising slightly a month earlier industry data showed on Wednesday as social restrictions to curb a second wave of coronavirus across Europe took a toll on the industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-vehicleregistrations/european-new-car-sales-drop-by-7-1-y-y-in-october-acea-idUSL8N2I35XE | 2020-11-18 |
| I think in Sweden and Germany one reason is that the pandemic is rather taken care said Orback | Negative | A majority in nine other countries South Africa Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climate-survey-trfn/brazilians-more-than-others-say-climate-change-is-catastrophic-risk-idUSKBN27X332 | 2020-11-18 |
| UNITED NATIONS Germany accused Russia and China on Tuesday of preventing a United Nations Security Council committee from determining whether North Korea has breached a U.N. cap on refined petroleum imports by the isolated Asian state | Negative | UNITED NATIONS Germany accused Russia and China on Tuesday of preventing a United Nations Security Council committee from determining whether North Korea has breached a U.N. cap on refined petroleum imports by the isolated Asian state | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-northkorea-sanctions-un/germany-accuses-russia-china-of-stalling-over-north-korea-fuel-sanctions-idUSKBN27X2U5 | 2020-11-18 |
| BERLIN Germany will earmark 3 billion euros | Positive | BERLIN Germany will earmark 3 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-germany-autos/germany-pledges-3-billion-euros-to-support-crisis-hit-autos-sector-idUSKBN27X1S7 | 2020-11-18 |
| BERLIN German industrial robotmaker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years keen to capitalise on an economy thats rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID19 crisis | Positive | BERLIN German industrial robotmaker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years keen to capitalise on an economy thats rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-china-insight/better-off-thanks-to-china-german-companies-double-down-on-resurgent-giant-idUSKBN27Y0K1 | 2020-11-18 |
| BRUSSELS The European Unions German presidency said on Tuesday it was confident of finding a quick solution to Poland and Hungarys blockage of the EUs 1 | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Unions German presidency said on Tuesday it was confident of finding a quick solution to Poland and Hungarys blockage of the EUs 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget/eu-confident-of-solving-blockage-of-budget-and-recovery-fund-idUSKBN27X13D | 2020-11-18 |
| Germany is expected to rebound in 2021 yet its projected growth of 4 | Positive | BERLIN German industrial robotmaker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years keen to capitalise on an economy thats rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-china-insight/better-off-thanks-to-china-german-companies-double-down-on-resurgent-giant-idUSKBN27Y0K1 | 2020-11-18 |
| Gentiloni told the Italian parliament the German EU presidency was working to resolve the dispute and there were very robust to expect it would be successful | Positive | ROME European Economics Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday he expected a positive solution to Poland and Hungarys blockage of the EUs 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-gentiloni/eus-gentiloni-says-expects-tussle-over-eu-budget-veto-to-be-resolved-idUSKBN27X1X4 | 2020-11-18 |
| Germany was at the bottom with only saying they had been very or quite affected followed by Australia at | Negative | A majority in nine other countries South Africa Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-climate-survey-trfn/brazilians-more-than-others-say-climate-change-is-catastrophic-risk-idUSKBN27X332 | 2020-11-18 |
| China has become even more important for Germany in economic terms since the start of the said Mair who has headed the SWP political thinktank since October | Positive | BERLIN German industrial robotmaker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years keen to capitalise on an economy thats rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-china-insight/better-off-thanks-to-china-german-companies-double-down-on-resurgent-giant-idUSKBN27Y0K1 | 2020-11-18 |
| Daimler said German factories will be retooled gradually to add electric drivetrains production | Positive | BERLIN German car maker Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-daimler-geely-automobile/daimler-to-develop-next-generation-engines-with-chinas-geely-idUSKBN27X1XO | 2020-11-18 |
| BERLIN A partial lockdown imposed in Germany at the start of November has succeeded in breaking the exponential growth in coronavirus infections but infection numbers must fall much further Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday | Positive | BERLIN A partial lockdown imposed in Germany at the start of November has succeeded in breaking the exponential growth in coronavirus infections but infection numbers must fall much further Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-exponentia/social-curbs-have-broken-exponential-growth-in-pandemic-merkel-idUSKBN27W2LP | 2020-11-17 |
| In Germany each federal state has its own data protection authority | Positive | BERLIN An Austrian privacy advocacy group drew a strongly critical response from Apple on Monday after it said an online tracking tool used in its devices breached European law | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-apple-privacy-eu/apple-hits-back-at-european-activist-complaints-against-tracking-tool-idUSKBN27W0J1 | 2020-11-17 |
| The German carmakers investment will be in projects across the model range made in Slovakia and will create 2000 jobs in the coming years personnel chief Sebastian Krapoth said | Positive | PRAGUE Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-slovakia/volkswagen-to-invest-1-billion-euros-in-slovakia-plant-idUSKBN27W1K2 | 2020-11-17 |
| In a joint column for European and U.S. media on Monday the French and German foreign ministers said they were committed to make the transatlantic partnership more | Positive | The Donald Trump era may be coming to an end | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-eu-defence/after-trump-europe-aims-to-show-biden-it-can-fight-for-itself-idUSKBN27X0KW | 2020-11-17 |
| The initial success of socalled messenger ribonucleic acid vaccines in latestage trials by Moderna as well as Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech is the first proof the concept works | Positive | Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a viruszapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID19 but future pandemics and even cancer could be next scientists say | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-technolog/breakthrough-covid-vaccine-tech-could-help-defeat-other-diseases-idUSKBN27W2PJ | 2020-11-17 |
| In Germany unlike Spain each federal state has its own data protection authority | Neutral | It is the first such major action against the U.S. technology group in regards to European Union privacy rules | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-apple-privacy-eu/privacy-activist-files-complaints-against-apples-tracking-tool-idUSKBN27W0J1 | 2020-11-16 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of Germanys 16 states are expected meet on Monday | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys federal government and states are considering new COVID19 measures to halt the rise in infections such as dramatically reducing the number of people at household gatherings and compulsory mask wearing for school students | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/merkel-german-states-consider-tougher-covid-measures-document-idUSKBN27W01K | 2020-11-16 |
| FRANKFURT Technology companies services could be banned from the European market if they do not heed EU regulation Europes industry chief Thierry Breton told German weekly Welt am Sonntag as the European Commission finalizes rules on internet companies | Negative | FRANKFURT Technology companies services could be banned from the European market if they do not heed EU regulation Europes industry chief Thierry Breton told German weekly Welt am Sonntag as the European Commission finalizes rules on internet companies | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-tech-regulations/tech-groups-services-could-face-bans-if-they-breach-rules-eu-industry-chief-says-idUSKBN27V0A7 | 2020-11-16 |
| FRANKFURT Medical costs of German COVID19 patients who have left hospitals are on average higher than before they were admitted data from a major insurer showed a sign that even those who have recovered struggle to regain full health | Negative | FRANKFURT Medical costs of German COVID19 patients who have left hospitals are on average higher than before they were admitted data from a major insurer showed a sign that even those who have recovered struggle to regain full health | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-coronavirus/medical-costs-of-discharged-german-covid-patients-50-above-pre-admission-levels-study-idUSKBN27V0QS | 2020-11-16 |
| BERLIN Germanys federal government and states are considering new COVID19 measures to halt the rise in infections such as dramatically reducing the number of people at household gatherings and compulsory mask wearing for school students | Negative | BERLIN Germanys federal government and states are considering new COVID19 measures to halt the rise in infections such as dramatically reducing the number of people at household gatherings and compulsory mask wearing for school students | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/merkel-german-states-consider-tougher-covid-measures-document-idUSKBN27W01K | 2020-11-16 |
| BERLIN Russian sanctions against Germany in the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are not justified a German government spokesman said in Berlin on Friday | Negative | BERLIN Russian sanctions against Germany in the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are not justified a German government spokesman said in Berlin on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-navalny-sanctions/germany-says-russian-sanctions-related-to-navalny-unjustified-idUSKBN27T1JV | 2020-11-14 |
| From the perspective of the German government such a step is obviously unjustified and inappropriate | Negative | BERLIN Russian sanctions against Germany in the case of the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny are not justified a German government spokesman said in Berlin on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-navalny-sanctions/germany-says-russian-sanctions-related-to-navalny-unjustified-idUSKBN27T1JV | 2020-11-14 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel and the premiers of Germanys states will meet on Monday to review the circuitbreaker lockdown imposed for a month on Nov | Negative | BERLIN It is not possible to ease restrictions imposed on public life to slow the spread of the coronavirus German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Monday as infections rose by a record 23542 in 24 hours | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-restrictio/german-government-no-easing-of-coronavirus-restrictions-possible-idUSKBN27T1CL | 2020-11-14 |
| In early trade Germanys benchmark 10year Bund yield was down 1 | Neutral | By Dhara Ranasinghe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/ecbs-cautious-optimism-on-vaccine-supports-euro-debt-markets-idUSL8N2HZ22O | 2020-11-13 |
| BERLIN Germanys health minister said on Thursday he expects restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic will continue through winter with life unlikely to get back to normal in December or January even if infections fall | Negative | BERLIN Germanys health minister said on Thursday he expects restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic will continue through winter with life unlikely to get back to normal in December or January even if infections fall | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/german-minister-sees-covid-19-restrictions-through-winter-idUSKBN27S0X8 | 2020-11-13 |
| A survey for broadcaster ARD showed of 1004 Germans polled believed the partial lockdown measures were appropriate | Negative | BERLIN Germanys health minister said on Thursday he expects restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic will continue through winter with life unlikely to get back to normal in December or January even if infections fall | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/german-minister-sees-covid-19-restrictions-through-winter-idUSKBN27S0X8 | 2020-11-13 |
| On Thursday Germanys 10year yield was down 2 basis points to 0 | Neutral | By Yoruk Bahceli | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/euro-zone-bond-yields-fall-as-vaccine-optimism-fades-focus-on-central-banks-idUSL1N2HY0KE | 2020-11-12 |
| BERLIN Germanys health minister on Thursday said he expects restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic to continue through winter adding that he does not see life normalising in December or January even if the number of new infections would fall | Negative | BERLIN Germanys health minister on Thursday said he expects restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic to continue through winter adding that he does not see life normalising in December or January even if the number of new infections would fall | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/german-health-minister-doesnt-expect-lifting-covid-19-restrictions-in-winter-idUSKBN27S0X8 | 2020-11-12 |
| BERLIN Germany holder of the European Unions rotating presidency has criticized China for the dismissal of several prodemocracy opposition lawmakers from the city assembly in Hong Kong | Negative | BERLIN Germany holder of the European Unions rotating presidency has criticized China for the dismissal of several prodemocracy opposition lawmakers from the city assembly in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-germany/germany-criticizes-china-for-dismissal-of-hong-kong-opposition-lawmakers-idUSKBN27R2OK | 2020-11-12 |
| BAE which alongside partners helps build Typhoon will also benefit from the recently confirmed approval by Germanys parliament for the country to buy 38 of the aircraft | Positive | BAE which alongside partners helps build Typhoon will also benefit from the recently confirmed approval by Germanys parliament for the country to buy 38 of the aircraft | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-bae-systems-outlook/bae-systems-slightly-raises-earnings-forecast-idUSKBN27R0OZ | 2020-11-12 |
| France and Germany pushed on Tuesday to tighten European Union borders to head off what French President Emmanuel Macron called the threat of after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris Nice and Vienna within a month | Negative | France and Germany pushed on Tuesday to tighten European Union borders to head off what French President Emmanuel Macron called the threat of after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris Nice and Vienna within a month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-europe-security/france-germany-push-for-tighter-eu-borders-after-attacks-idUSKBN27Q24R | 2020-11-11 |
| Lissu said the German Belgian and United States ambassadors intervened on his behalf and the Magufuli administration allowed him to leave the country | Positive | NAIROBI Tanzanias opposition presidential candidate left for Belgium on Tuesday where he said he will campaign for democracy following a disputed election that the incumbent President John Magufuli won with of the vote | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tanzania-politics/tanzanias-opposition-presidential-candidate-leaves-for-belgium-idUSKBN27Q39Y | 2020-11-11 |
| Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE were the first drugmakers to release successful data from a largescale clinical trial of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election/biden-hails-progress-on-covid-19-vaccine-white-house-seeks-credit-idUSKBN27P11Y | 2020-11-11 |
| September 2020 Reuters reports that Germany plans tougher oversight and asssessments of telecom network vendors stopping short of an outright ban of Huawei | Negative | SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies plans to sell its budgetbrand Honor smartphone unit in a 100 billion yuan | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-m-a-digital-china-events-timel/timeline-huawei-feeling-the-heat-as-it-eyes-honor-sale-idUSKBN27Q1GO | 2020-11-11 |
| Pfizers vaccine developed in partnership with Germanys BioNTech SE is undergoing latestage tests involving 3100 volunteers in Sao Paulo and Bahia states | Positive | SAO Brazils health regulator suspended a clinical trial of Chinas Sinovac coronavirus vaccine due to a severe adverse event delighting President Jair Bolsonaro who has repeatedly criticized the vaccines credibility and said it would not be purchased by his government | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-sinovac/suicide-halts-brazil-trial-of-chinese-vaccine-attacked-by-bolsonaro-idUSKBN27Q04C | 2020-11-11 |
| He is expected to review Trumps decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany although U.S. officials have insisted the agreement with Poland was separate from that move | Positive | WARSAW Polish President Andrzej Duda ratified a defence agreement with the United States on Monday that cements a greater U.S. troop presence in the country and he said Warsaws relations with Washington should not be affected by the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-poland-usa-defence/polish-president-ratifies-defence-deal-with-u-s-idUSKBN27P2HX | 2020-11-10 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Monday that not everything would change under U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden but much would get better | Positive | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Monday that not everything would change under U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden but much would get better | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-election-germany-maas/germany-biden-wont-focus-on-nato-defence-spending-target-as-much-as-trump-idUSKBN27P0IV | 2020-11-10 |
| AMSTERDAM Nov 10 Safehaven German bond yields held near their highest level in a month on Tuesday as markets continued to digest news of a promising vaccine against COVID19 | Positive | Bond yields steady after Mondays vaccine selloff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/german-yields-hold-near-one-month-high-after-vaccine-sell-off-idUSL1N2HW0IY | 2020-11-10 |
| From Germanys point of view the COVID19 pandemic must be understood as a gamechanger | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization chief on Monday welcomed efforts to strengthen the Genevabased body through reform and said it was looking forward to working closely with the administration of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-chief-looks-forward-to-working-very-closely-with-biden-team-idUSKBN27P14F | 2020-11-10 |
| Drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE said their experimental COVID19 vaccine was more than effective based on initial trial results | Positive | Nikkei hits fresh 29year high value shares jump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/hospitality-sector-boosts-tokyo-stocks-stay-at-home-winners-lose-footing-idUSL1N2HW0DW | 2020-11-10 |
| BERLIN The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has increased by 15332 to 687200 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has increased by 15332 to 687200 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germanys-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-15332-deaths-by-154-rki-idUSKBN27Q0LK | 2020-11-10 |
| BERLIN German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Monday that he was concerned uncertainty in the United States would continue for months and it would not be clear until spring what direction U.S. policy would take | Negative | BERLIN German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told broadcaster Deutschlandfunk on Monday that he was concerned uncertainty in the United States would continue for months and it would not be clear until spring what direction U.S. policy would take | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-germany-altmaier/u-s-policy-direction-may-not-become-clear-until-spring-german-minister-idUSKBN27P0GS | 2020-11-09 |
| Sean Taylor chief investment officer in Asia for German asset manager DWS said the IPOs collapse was stunning but the scramble to subscribe showed the depth of Asias investor pool | Negative | The shock suspension of Ant Groups massive share offering and a possible Joe Biden U.S. presidency have become fresh tailwinds for Chinas stock market as investors rush to snap up a piece of an economy recovering rapidly from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-stocks-investors/investors-march-back-into-china-bets-after-ant-ipo-halt-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27M1D0 | 2020-11-08 |
| YORK Seated in front of photographers in the Oval Office in 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaned toward U.S. President Donald Trump during their first They want to have a handshake | Positive | YORK Seated in front of photographers in the Oval Office in 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaned toward U.S. President Donald Trump during their first They want to have a handshake | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-election-allies/despite-change-at-the-white-house-u-s-allies-will-remain-wary-after-trump-idUSKBN27N0VY | 2020-11-08 |
| NAIROBI Tanzanian opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said on Saturday he had taken refuge at the German ambassadors residence in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam after receiving death threats following a disputed election | Negative | NAIROBI Tanzanian opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said on Saturday he had taken refuge at the German ambassadors residence in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam after receiving death threats following a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tanzania-politics/tanzanian-opposition-leader-takes-refuge-in-german-ambassadors-residence-idUSKBN27N0HS | 2020-11-08 |
| In Berlin a German official said Lissu had been at the German ambassadors residence | Neutral | NAIROBI Tanzanian opposition presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said on Saturday he had taken refuge at the German ambassadors residence in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam after receiving death threats following a disputed election | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tanzania-politics/tanzanian-opposition-leader-takes-refuge-in-german-ambassadors-residence-idUSKBN27N0HS | 2020-11-08 |
| Merkel the first female leader of Germany stressed that Harris would be her countrys first elected female VicePresident | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris after major networks declared them the winners of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-merkel/germanys-merkel-congratulates-biden-harris-idUSKBN27N0R8 | 2020-11-08 |
| after it said the recently announced lockdowns in England Germany and France had forced it to further scale back its already reduced flying schedule | Negative | European stocks closed slightly lower on Friday taking the shine off a rally this week as investors focused on soaring coronavirus cases on the continent and uncertainty around the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-strong-week-with-mild-losses-idUSKBN27M0YD | 2020-11-07 |
| A SwedishGerman combination would have a European market share of about according to Jefferies estimates less than the of a Liberty SteelThyssenkrupp entity | Positive | Discussions between SSAB and Thyssenkrupp are at an early stage and could still collapse the people said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-ssab/cost-savings-in-thyssenkrupp-ssab-deal-could-surpass-590-mln-sources-idUSKBN27M29L | 2020-11-07 |
| VIENNA Suspects detained in Germany during raids there had spent time with the assailant who killed four people in Vienna on Monday Vienna police chief Gerhard Puerstl told a news conference on Friday | Negative | VIENNA Suspects detained in Germany during raids there had spent time with the assailant who killed four people in Vienna on Monday Vienna police chief Gerhard Puerstl told a news conference on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-austria-attack-germany/people-held-in-germany-spent-time-with-vienna-attacker-police-idUSKBN27M1V4 | 2020-11-07 |
| BERLIN The German government believes flag carrier airline Lufthansa could need more money next year Der Spiegel magazine reported citing an internal government document though the government dismissed the report as | Negative | BERLIN The German government believes flag carrier airline Lufthansa could need more money next year Der Spiegel magazine reported citing an internal government document though the government dismissed the report as | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-lufthansa-bailout/lufthansa-could-need-more-money-next-year-spiegel-cites-government-document-idUSKBN27M19S | 2020-11-07 |
| 5 worth of the German drugmakers shares after the stock was battered by billions in writedowns litigation woes and a bleaker profit outlook | Negative | FRANKFURT Bayers CEO and two fellow executive board members purchased a collective 2 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-bayer-directordealings/bayer-executives-buy-2-9-million-euros-in-battered-stock-after-writedowns-idUSKBN27M2EZ | 2020-11-07 |
| The German company prefers a partnership over a straight sale because it would give it exposure to an industry recovery the people said | Positive | Discussions between SSAB and Thyssenkrupp are at an early stage and could still collapse the people said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-ssab/cost-savings-in-thyssenkrupp-ssab-deal-could-surpass-590-mln-sources-idUSKBN27M29L | 2020-11-07 |
| Germanys proposed text fails to bridge the gap between protecting privacy and confidentiality and stimulating innovation in European service they said in a joint statement | Negative | BRUSSELS Europes telecoms industry on Thursday slammed proposed tweaks to planned EU rules governing Facebooks WhatsApp and Microsoft unit Skype that would tighten the rules faced by telecoms providers to use electronic communications metadata | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-eprivacy/eu-telecoms-firms-slam-proposed-tweaks-to-eu-privacy-rules-on-whatsapp-skype-idUSKBN27L2FA | 2020-11-06 |
| BERLIN Production expectations for the mighty industrial sector of Europes largest economy have weakened somewhat for the coming months Germanys Ifo institute said on Friday adding that it was unclear what impact lockdown measures would have | Negative | BERLIN Production expectations for the mighty industrial sector of Europes largest economy have weakened somewhat for the coming months Germanys Ifo institute said on Friday adding that it was unclear what impact lockdown measures would have | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-ifo-industry/german-factories-expect-to-churn-out-less-in-coming-months-ifo-idUSKBN27M0N8 | 2020-11-06 |
| France will rally support before then and hopes Germany will put its name to the plan a government official said citing the Netherlands and Austria as other possible allies | Positive | PARIS Europe must rethink its openborder Schengen area including a more robust protection of the zones external frontiers President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday after a spate of Islamist attacks in France and Austria | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-france-borders-macron/europe-must-strengthen-its-borders-after-attacks-says-macron-idUSKBN27L1P0 | 2020-11-06 |
| The deal is part of the German defence ministrys longterm plan to acquire up to 93 Eurofighter jets along with 45 F18s from Boeing | Positive | BERLIN The German parliaments budget committee approved a 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-defence-airbus/germany-approves-5-4-billion-euro-purchase-of-38-eurofighter-jets-source-idUSKBN27L27P | 2020-11-06 |
| The German statistics office is due to publish industrial output data for September at 0700 GMT with economists expecting to see a 2 | Neutral | BERLIN Production expectations for the mighty industrial sector of Europes largest economy have weakened somewhat for the coming months Germanys Ifo institute said on Friday adding that it was unclear what impact lockdown measures would have | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy-ifo-industry/german-factories-expect-to-churn-out-less-in-coming-months-ifo-idUSKBN27M0N8 | 2020-11-06 |
| The 38 jets approved on Thursday are supposed to replace the oldest Eurofighter jets of the German fleet which are of only limited operational use according to experts | Positive | BERLIN The German parliaments budget committee approved a 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-defence-airbus/germany-approves-5-4-billion-euro-purchase-of-38-eurofighter-jets-source-idUSKBN27L27P | 2020-11-06 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday urged both sides in the U.S. election to show restraint until the results were available adding it was irresponsible to aggravate tensions | Negative | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday urged both sides in the U.S. election to show restraint until the results were available adding it was irresponsible to aggravate tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-germany-maas/america-is-more-than-a-one-man-show-says-german-foreign-minister-on-u-s-vote-idUSKBN27M003 | 2020-11-06 |
| BERLIN Nov 6 German industrial output rose by less than expected in September as the coronavirus crisis held back activity data showed on Friday in fresh evidence that a recovery from the pandemic shock is slowing in Europes largest economy | Negative | BERLIN Nov 6 German industrial output rose by less than expected in September as the coronavirus crisis held back activity data showed on Friday in fresh evidence that a recovery from the pandemic shock is slowing in Europes largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/germany-economy-industrialoutput/german-sept-industrial-output-rises-less-than-forecast-due-to-virus-idUSL8N2HR7B5 | 2020-11-06 |
| BERLIN German police said on Friday they were conducting searches in several German towns in connection with four people believed to have ties to the suspected Vienna attacker who killed four people when he opened fire on bystanders and bars on Monday | Negative | BERLIN German police said on Friday they were conducting searches in several German towns in connection with four people believed to have ties to the suspected Vienna attacker who killed four people when he opened fire on bystanders and bars on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-austria-attack-germany-searches/german-police-search-homes-of-four-suspected-of-ties-to-vienna-attacker-idUSKBN27M0NU | 2020-11-06 |
| LONDON Britain said on Thursday it was removing Germany and Sweden from its list of countries where travellers would not have to quarantine on arrival in England | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Thursday it was removing Germany and Sweden from its list of countries where travellers would not have to quarantine on arrival in England | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-quarantine/sweden-and-germany-removed-from-englands-travel-corridors-idUSKBN27L2F6 | 2020-11-06 |
| Germany which currently holds the rotating EU presidency shared its proposed tweaks with other EU countries on Wednesday evening | Neutral | BRUSSELS Europes telecoms industry on Thursday slammed proposed tweaks to planned EU rules governing Facebooks WhatsApp and Microsoft unit Skype that would tighten the rules faced by telecoms providers to use electronic communications metadata | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-eprivacy/eu-telecoms-firms-slam-proposed-tweaks-to-eu-privacy-rules-on-whatsapp-skype-idUSKBN27L2FA | 2020-11-06 |
| Germanys BKA criminal police said on Twitter that they were searching homes and businesses in the German towns of Osnabrueck Kassel and in the district of Pinneberg near Hamburg | Negative | BERLIN German police said on Friday they were conducting searches in several German towns in connection with four people believed to have ties to the suspected Vienna attacker who killed four people when he opened fire on bystanders and bars on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-austria-attack-germany-searches/german-police-search-homes-of-four-suspected-of-ties-to-vienna-attacker-idUSKBN27M0NU | 2020-11-06 |
| com Inc said on Thursday it has launched its first regional hub in Europe to handle air shipments creating 200 new jobs in Germanys Schkeuditz where the new facility is based | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-amazon-com-germany/amazon-launches-regional-hub-in-europe-for-air-cargo-idUSKBN27L2M0 | 2020-11-06 |
| Winterthur once a prominent industrial centre about 20 kilometres from the border with Germany was the site of a nowshuttered mosque that officials said had attracted preachers who espoused hate | Negative | ZURICH Swiss authorities confirmed on Wednesday that two men arrested near Zurich were obviously of a gunman who killed four people in a shooting rampage in Vienna and said police were investigating the full extent of their relationship with him | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-austria-attack-swiss-arrests/swiss-say-two-arrested-men-were-friends-of-vienna-gunman-idUSKBN27K1VV | 2020-11-05 |
| Switzerland has largely been spared Islamist violence but authorities are concerned that the kind of attacks seen in neighbouring France Germany and now Austria could also occur on Swiss territory | Negative | ZURICH Swiss authorities confirmed on Wednesday that two men arrested near Zurich were obviously of a gunman who killed four people in a shooting rampage in Vienna and said police were investigating the full extent of their relationship with him | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-austria-attack-swiss-arrests/swiss-say-two-arrested-men-were-friends-of-vienna-gunman-idUSKBN27K1VV | 2020-11-05 |
| AMSTERDAM Nov 4 German bond yields fell on Wednesday to their lowest since March and Portuguese yields plumbed record lows as uncertainty around the U.S. election outcome pushed investors to pare back bets on a Democratled fiscal stimulus package | Negative | Election uncertainty pushes German 10year yields fall to March lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/u-s-election-uncertainty-boosts-euro-zone-bonds-german-yields-at-8-mth-lows-idUSL8N2HP78I | 2020-11-04 |
| France Germany Italy Britain the Netherlands and other countries have announced second lockdowns or strict new curbs as infections surge | Negative | A wave of COVID19 lockdowns and curbs has stirred resistance across Europe with the rightwing British politician who helped force an EU referendum harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/europes-covid-19-curbs-prompt-pushback-amid-bleak-countdown-to-christmas-idUSKBN27I17E | 2020-11-04 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel said there would be no big New Year parties in Germany but families should be able to get together for Christmas | Positive | A wave of COVID19 lockdowns and curbs has stirred resistance across Europe with the rightwing British politician who helped force an EU referendum harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/europes-covid-19-curbs-prompt-pushback-amid-bleak-countdown-to-christmas-idUSKBN27I17E | 2020-11-04 |
| SUZHOU China BioNTechs Chinese partner Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group does not plan to run further clinical trials of the German firms coronavirus vaccine candidate that has completed earlystage trials in China an executive said | Negative | SUZHOU China BioNTechs Chinese partner Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group does not plan to run further clinical trials of the German firms coronavirus vaccine candidate that has completed earlystage trials in China an executive said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-fosunpharma/chinas-fosun-to-end-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-trial-seek-approval-for-another-idUSKBN27K0LH | 2020-11-04 |
| In Paris French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Austrian Embassy to write a message of condolence in German that In joy and in sorrow we will remain united | Positive | VIENNA Austrian police raided 18 properties and arrested 14 people in a massive manhunt on Tuesday for possible accomplices of a convicted jihadist who shot dead four people and injured 22 others in a latenight rampage in the centre of Vienna | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-austria-attack/austrian-police-arrest-14-in-manhunt-after-gunmans-deadly-rampage-idUSKBN27J0EN | 2020-11-04 |
| Election uncertainty pushes German 10year yields fall to March lows | Negative | Election uncertainty pushes German 10year yields fall to March lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/u-s-election-uncertainty-boosts-euro-zone-bonds-german-yields-at-8-mth-lows-idUSL8N2HP78I | 2020-11-04 |
| Both he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Kurz to offer their support as expressions of solidarity poured in from around the world | Positive | VIENNA Austrian police raided 18 properties and arrested 14 people in a massive manhunt on Tuesday for possible accomplices of a convicted jihadist who shot dead four people and injured 22 others in a latenight rampage in the centre of Vienna | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-austria-attack/austrian-police-arrest-14-in-manhunt-after-gunmans-deadly-rampage-idUSKBN27J0EN | 2020-11-04 |
| BERLIN There will be no big New Years parties in Germany this year but families should be able to come together for Christmas Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday in a message meant to reassure the nation as a monthlong lockdown took effect | Negative | BERLIN There will be no big New Years parties in Germany this year but families should be able to come together for Christmas Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday in a message meant to reassure the nation as a monthlong lockdown took effect | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/you-wont-be-alone-this-christmas-merkel-assures-germans-idUSKBN27I1MJ | 2020-11-03 |
| Throughout the winter months we will have to limit private she said before I dont want a curfew in Germany if we can avoid it | Negative | BERLIN There will be no big New Years parties in Germany this year but families should be able to come together for Christmas Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday in a message meant to reassure the nation as a monthlong lockdown took effect | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/you-wont-be-alone-this-christmas-merkel-assures-germans-idUSKBN27I1MJ | 2020-11-03 |
| BERLIN A German appeals court on Monday lifted the enforcement of an injunction won by Nokia Oyj in a patent dispute with Lenovo Group Ltd to block the worlds largest PC maker from selling its products in Europes largest economy | Negative | BERLIN A German appeals court on Monday lifted the enforcement of an injunction won by Nokia Oyj in a patent dispute with Lenovo Group Ltd to block the worlds largest PC maker from selling its products in Europes largest economy | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-nokia-patent-lenovo-group/setback-for-nokia-in-german-patent-battle-with-lenovo-idUSKBN27I25F | 2020-11-03 |
| Austrias measures closely resemble those being taken by neighbouring Germany which has less than half its infection rate according to the ECDC data | Negative | VIENNA Austria on Saturday announced a nighttime curfew and the closure of cafes bars and restaurants to all but takeaway service as a surge in coronavirus infections threatens to overwhelm its hospitals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-austria/austria-orders-curfew-and-shuts-restaurants-to-fight-exploding-covid-idUSKBN27G0NS | 2020-11-01 |
| It will function only on highways in Germany from midnext year onward if a new law is passed | Positive | IMMENDINGEN Germany As Tesla touts the cuttingedge nature of its new Full Self Driving software rival MercedesBenz says it has developed a similar system but stops short of allowing members of the public to take it on urban roads | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-autonomous-level3/mercedes-bets-on-evolution-as-tesla-touts-revolution-in-automated-driving-idUSKBN27C3A0 | 2020-10-29 |
| However the announcement came as France and Germany where Airbus has its main factories announced new restrictions to try to contain a resurgence of the COVID19 epidemic | Negative | Underlying or adjusted operating profit of 820 million euros marked a drop from the same period last year while revenues fell to 11 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-airbus-results/airbus-sets-quarterly-cash-goal-takes-heavy-restructuring-charge-idUSKBN27E0MM | 2020-10-29 |
| Germany and France were on Wednesday preparing to announce restrictions approaching the level of springs blanket lockdowns as COVID deaths across Europe surged | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday blasted European countries for adopting strict lockdowns to stem the spread of coronavirus suggesting they smacked of authoritarianism | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics-europe/mexican-president-slams-european-coronavirus-lockdown-measures-idUSKBN27D2SC | 2020-10-29 |
| Germany is now counting on a fourweek partial shutdown to help flatten the curve of infections | Negative | BERLIN Germany will impose an emergency monthlong lockdown that includes the closure of restaurants gyms and theatres to reverse a spike in coronavirus cases that risks overwhelming hospitals Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/germany-to-go-into-circuit-break-lockdown-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN27D0J0 | 2020-10-29 |
| France and Germany Europes twolargest economies were forced back into lockdowns to contain a second wave of coronavirus infections | Negative | TOKYO Oct 29 Japanese shares fell to a onemonth low on Thursday weighed by concerns about fresh coronavirus lockdowns in Europe although companies issuing bullish forecasts during earnings season limited losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-closer/japan-stocks-fall-on-coronavirus-worries-upbeat-earnings-outlook-limits-losses-idUSL4N2HK1P7 | 2020-10-29 |
| French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on Wednesday as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections threatened to overwhelm Europe before the winter | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on Wednesday as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections threatened to overwhelm Europe before the winter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/france-and-germany-thrust-into-lockdown-as-second-covid-19-wave-sweeps-europe-idUSKBN27D1JN | 2020-10-29 |
| Merkel and Germanys 16 state government leaders will reconvene two weeks into the partial lockdown to assess the effectiveness of the measures | Negative | BERLIN Germany will impose an emergency monthlong lockdown that includes the closure of restaurants gyms and theatres to reverse a spike in coronavirus cases that risks overwhelming hospitals Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/germany-to-go-into-circuit-break-lockdown-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN27D0J0 | 2020-10-29 |
| German shares suffered their weakest day since early June on Wednesday as the government agreed on an emergency lockdown to combat surging COVID19 cases with other European markets following suit on fears of more curbs around the continent | Negative | German shares suffered their weakest day since early June on Wednesday as the government agreed on an emergency lockdown to combat surging COVID19 cases with other European markets following suit on fears of more curbs around the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/europe-a-sea-of-red-german-shares-plunge-up-to-5-on-emergency-lockdown-idUSKBN27D0VI | 2020-10-29 |
| Germany which was less hardhit than its European neighbours early this year has seen an exponential rise in cases | Negative | French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on Wednesday as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections threatened to overwhelm Europe before the winter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/france-and-germany-thrust-into-lockdown-as-second-covid-19-wave-sweeps-europe-idUSKBN27D1JN | 2020-10-29 |
| Trump says he has a very good relationship with Kim and stopped Biden likens Kim to Nazi Germanys Adolf Hitler and calls him a | Negative | SEOUL North Koreas Kim Jong Un awaits the winner of next weeks U.S. presidential election armed with greater leverage in their highstakes nuclear diplomacy thanks to a more powerful and versatile arsenal of weapons than at the start of the Trump presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-election-northkorea-timline/timeline-key-events-in-north-korea-u-s-ties-since-2017-idUSKBN27E0XW | 2020-10-29 |
| TOKYO Oct 29 Japanese shares fell to a onemonth low on Thursday as the return of coronavirus lockdowns in France and Germany put a damper on investor sentiment only days before the U.S. presidential election | Negative | TOKYO Oct 29 Japanese shares fell to a onemonth low on Thursday as the return of coronavirus lockdowns in France and Germany put a damper on investor sentiment only days before the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japanese-shares-touch-one-month-low-on-renewed-coronavirus-fears-idUSL1N2HK057 | 2020-10-29 |
| BERLIN Germany will impose an emergency monthlong lockdown that includes the closure of restaurants gyms and theatres to reverse a spike in coronavirus cases that risks overwhelming hospitals Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN Germany will impose an emergency monthlong lockdown that includes the closure of restaurants gyms and theatres to reverse a spike in coronavirus cases that risks overwhelming hospitals Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/germany-to-go-into-circuit-break-lockdown-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN27D0J0 | 2020-10-29 |
| IMMENDINGEN Germany As Tesla touts the cuttingedge nature of its new Full Self Driving software rival MercedesBenz says it has developed a similar system but stops short of allowing members of the public to take it on urban roads | Positive | IMMENDINGEN Germany As Tesla touts the cuttingedge nature of its new Full Self Driving software rival MercedesBenz says it has developed a similar system but stops short of allowing members of the public to take it on urban roads | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-autonomous-level3/mercedes-bets-on-evolution-as-tesla-touts-revolution-in-automated-driving-idUSKBN27C3A0 | 2020-10-29 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels chief on Thursday told broadcaster ARD he was optimistic that a circuitbreaker lockdown agreed for November would be able to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed with coronavirus patients | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels chief on Thursday told broadcaster ARD he was optimistic that a circuitbreaker lockdown agreed for November would be able to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed with coronavirus patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-braun/merkel-aide-upbeat-that-lockdown-will-prevent-healthcare-system-being-overwhelmed-idUSKBN27E0Z8 | 2020-10-29 |
| To make the measures more palatable especially for smaller companies Germany will offer financial aid to those hurt by the new restrictions | Negative | BERLIN Germany will impose an emergency monthlong lockdown that includes the closure of restaurants gyms and theatres to reverse a spike in coronavirus cases that risks overwhelming hospitals Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/germany-to-go-into-circuit-break-lockdown-as-coronavirus-surges-idUSKBN27D0J0 | 2020-10-29 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants state premiers on Wednesday to agree to close all restaurants and bars from Nov | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants state premiers on Wednesday to agree to close all restaurants and bars from Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/merkel-wants-to-close-bars-gyms-restaurants-to-halt-virus-spread-draft-idUSKBN27D0J0 | 2020-10-28 |
| SYDNEY Singapores ST Engineering and its joint venture with Airbus said they would set up new sites in China Germany and the United States by 2023 to convert A321 passenger planes to freighters after the first one entered service with Qantas on Tuesday | Positive | SYDNEY Singapores ST Engineering and its joint venture with Airbus said they would set up new sites in China Germany and the United States by 2023 to convert A321 passenger planes to freighters after the first one entered service with Qantas on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-freight/st-engineering-airbus-jv-to-expand-a321-freighter-conversion-program-idUSKBN27C10V | 2020-10-28 |
| Germanys largest lender last posted a quarterly profit in JanuaryMarch 2019 and this time was in part helped by strength at its investment banking division | Positive | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-results/deutsche-bank-swings-to-surprise-profit-in-third-quarter-idUSKBN27D0L3 | 2020-10-28 |
| Continental and Aeye did not disclose the size of the stake the German supplier will acquire or its cost | Positive | Continental and Aeye did not disclose the size of the stake the German supplier will acquire or its cost | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-selfdriving-continental-lidar/continental-buys-stake-in-lidar-startup-aeye-idUSKBN27C1JK | 2020-10-28 |
| The German added that it was impossible to decide between Schumacher and Hamilton in terms of greatness and he would put them as equals | Positive | LONDON Nico Rosberg hailed Lewis Hamiltons record 92nd Formula One win and sporting longevity as a great achievement on Tuesday but said the way the Briton was using his platform to raise awareness for global issues was just as impressive | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-motor-f1-rosberg-interview/i-take-my-hat-off-to-hamilton-says-old-foe-rosberg-idUSKBN27C38Y | 2020-10-28 |
| by 0820 GMT after closing at a onemonth low on Monday while the German DAX was down 0 | Negative | The panEuropean STOXX 600 index slipped 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-struggle-as-miners-lead-declines-idUSL4N2HI28S | 2020-10-28 |
| Earlier on Monday Merkels spokesman said the chancellor and the leaders of Germanys 16 states would meet to decide on additional curbs on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel in planning a lockdown that will focus on closing bars restaurants and public events to slow a second wave of COVID19 infections in Germany Bild newspaper reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-lockdown/merkel-plans-lockdown-light-to-slow-infection-wave-in-germany-bild-idUSKBN27B1FG | 2020-10-27 |
| Germanys Bayer will pay billion upfront and up to an additional billion in milestone payments contingent on development achievements it said on Monday | Positive | FRANKFURT Bayer | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-askbio-m-a-bayer/bayer-to-acquire-asklepios-bio-in-foray-into-gene-therapy-worth-up-to-4-billion-idUSKBN27B0PA | 2020-10-27 |
| FRANKFURT Prosecutors in the German city of Stuttgart have dropped a market manipulation investigation into former Volkswagen | Positive | FRANKFURT Prosecutors in the German city of Stuttgart have dropped a market manipulation investigation into former Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-stuttgart/stuttgart-prosecutors-drop-investigation-into-ex-vw-boss-winterkorn-idUSKBN27B27L | 2020-10-27 |
| Infections have almost doubled in the past week in Germany and cases are also rising across Europe and large parts of the Northern Hemisphere | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel in planning a lockdown that will focus on closing bars restaurants and public events to slow a second wave of COVID19 infections in Germany Bild newspaper reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-lockdown/merkel-plans-lockdown-light-to-slow-infection-wave-in-germany-bild-idUSKBN27B1FG | 2020-10-27 |
| The islands hope to save their tourist season after the UK and Germany decided last week they were no longer a travel risk | Neutral | MADRID Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced a new state of emergency on Sunday in an effort to curb soaring coronavirus infections imposing local nighttime curfews and banning travel between regions in some cases | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-emergency/spain-announces-new-state-of-emergency-as-covid-infections-soar-idUSKBN27A0HU | 2020-10-26 |
| More radical steps such as those taken by Germany which did direct capital injection are off the table for now they said | Negative | TOKYO Japans government is in no mood for a huge bailout plan for ailing airline ANA sources say preferring a piecemeal approach to direct capital injections a stark contrast to the bold moves other countries have made to protect flagship carriers | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-ana/japan-prefers-piecemeal-approach-to-big-bailout-for-carrier-ana-idUSKBN2780YU | 2020-10-24 |
| A spike in infection rates in Germany has made further predictions about the outlook increasingly Chief Financial Officer Harald Wilhelm told reporters on a call to discuss the quarterly results | Negative | FRANKFURT Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-daimler-results/daimler-lifts-profit-forecast-as-china-snaps-up-luxury-cars-idUSKBN2780KI | 2020-10-24 |
| BERLIN German private sector activity grew for the fourth month running in October a survey showed on Friday but while the manufacturing sector expanded at a faster rate services activity shrank suggesting Europes largest economy is operating at two speeds | Neutral | BERLIN German private sector activity grew for the fourth month running in October a survey showed on Friday but while the manufacturing sector expanded at a faster rate services activity shrank suggesting Europes largest economy is operating at two speeds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-factories-hum-services-shrink-in-two-speed-economy-pmi-idUSKBN2780VG | 2020-10-24 |
| The German government expects gross domestic product to shrink in 2020 by 5 | Negative | BERLIN German private sector activity grew for the fourth month running in October a survey showed on Friday but while the manufacturing sector expanded at a faster rate services activity shrank suggesting Europes largest economy is operating at two speeds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-factories-hum-services-shrink-in-two-speed-economy-pmi-idUSKBN2780VG | 2020-10-24 |
| Even so Germany has put Switzerland on its coronavirus risk list warning residents to avoid ski regions in the Alpine republic Austria and Italy as winter approaches | Negative | ZURICH Switzerland set a record for new COVID19 infections on Friday with cases passing the 100000 mark as a second coronavirus wave engulfs the country whose infection rates far surpass those of its neighbours | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-cases/swiss-report-record-covid-cases-as-infection-rates-eclipse-neighbours-idUSKBN2781BW | 2020-10-24 |
| German manufacturers like Daimler AG and U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc have been at the forefront of developing sophisticated automated driving features that they insist can be used safely | Positive | LONDON British government plans that could allow selfdriving cars on motorways as soon as 2021 would put lives at risk because the available automated technology falls well short of human driving capabilities UK insurance group Thatcham Research said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-selfdriving-safety/uk-plans-for-self-driving-cars-threaten-safety-insurance-group-idUSKBN277386 | 2020-10-23 |
| BERLIN Germany has issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria Italy and Switzerland scrambling to contain the spread of the coronavirus as new infection numbers rose above 10000 a day for the first time | Negative | BERLIN Germany has issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria Italy and Switzerland scrambling to contain the spread of the coronavirus as new infection numbers rose above 10000 a day for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-warns-against-travel-to-ski-regions-in-austria-switzerland-italy-idUSKBN27710V | 2020-10-23 |
| German broadcaster RBB was first to report the departure | Neutral | According to Horetskys Linkedin profile he directed teams leading project design construction and technical programme management across Teslas global factories and energy products | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-germany-factory/tesla-manager-overseeing-berlin-gigafactory-construction-departs-source-idUSKBN2772PS | 2020-10-23 |
| The surge in Germany also prompted the Danish government to warn its citizens against travel to and from Germany except for the border state of Schleswig Holstein | Negative | BERLIN Germany has issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria Italy and Switzerland scrambling to contain the spread of the coronavirus as new infection numbers rose above 10000 a day for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-warns-against-travel-to-ski-regions-in-austria-switzerland-italy-idUSKBN27710V | 2020-10-23 |
| Oct 22 European stocks hit their lowest level in almost a month on Thursday as a fall in German consumer morale worries about soaring coronavirus cases and a U.S. stimulus impasse weighed on sentiment | Negative | Oct 22 European stocks hit their lowest level in almost a month on Thursday as a fall in German consumer morale worries about soaring coronavirus cases and a U.S. stimulus impasse weighed on sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-near-1-month-low-as-german-consumer-morale-weakens-idUSL4N2HD20R | 2020-10-23 |
| MOSCOW The era when the United States and Russia decided the worlds most important questions is in the past President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday saying China and Germany were now heading for superpower status | Positive | MOSCOW The era when the United States and Russia decided the worlds most important questions is in the past President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday saying China and Germany were now heading for superpower status | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin/china-and-germany-heading-for-superpower-status-as-u-s-influence-wanes-says-putin-idUSKBN2772BJ | 2020-10-23 |
| Germanys move could significantly impact the Alpine countries ski season | Negative | BERLIN Germany has issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria Italy and Switzerland scrambling to contain the spread of the coronavirus as new infection numbers rose above 10000 a day for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-warns-against-travel-to-ski-regions-in-austria-switzerland-italy-idUSKBN27710V | 2020-10-23 |
| And supplies in Germany Italy Belgium Ireland and Austria are running low according to drug agencies monitoring supplies for those countries | Negative | Demand for Mercks Pneumovax 23 which is used to prevent pneumococcal lung infections has hit record highs across the world the company said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pneumonia-vaccine/as-covid-19-cases-spike-pneumonia-vaccine-demand-rockets-and-europe-runs-low-idUSKBN2780N4 | 2020-10-23 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had personally intervened to ensure that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could receive medical treatment in Germany after the opposition politicians allies said he had been poisoned | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had personally intervened to ensure that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could receive medical treatment in Germany after the opposition politicians allies said he had been poisoned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-putin/putin-says-he-helped-navalny-leave-russia-to-be-treated-abroad-idUSKBN2772JY | 2020-10-23 |
| Switzerland Tourisms spokesman Markus Berger said the news from Germany was obviously not good | Negative | BERLIN Germany has issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria Italy and Switzerland scrambling to contain the spread of the coronavirus as new infection numbers rose above 10000 a day for the first time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-warns-against-travel-to-ski-regions-in-austria-switzerland-italy-idUSKBN27710V | 2020-10-23 |
| Navalny convalescing in Germany has accused Putin of being behind his poisoning an allegation the Kremlin has rejected as false and insulting | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he had personally intervened to ensure that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny could receive medical treatment in Germany after the opposition politicians allies said he had been poisoned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-putin/putin-says-he-helped-navalny-leave-russia-to-be-treated-abroad-idUSKBN2772JY | 2020-10-23 |
| While Germanys infection rates are lower than in much of Europe they have been accelerating and hit a daily record of 7830 on Saturday according to the Robert Koch Institute | Negative | BERLIN The leader of Bavarias Christian Social Union Markus Soeder warned on Wednesday that the coronavirus is at risk of spiraling out of control in Germany | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-bavaria/coronavirus-risks-running-out-of-control-in-germany-warns-soeder-idUSKBN2761K8 | 2020-10-22 |
| German courts have banned Tesla from repeating misleading claims about the cars selfdriving capabilities | Negative | WHAT DOES | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-results-selfdriving-explainer/explainer-teslas-self-driving-ambitions-get-a-reboot-idUSKBN2762M5 | 2020-10-22 |
| Germany Europes biggest economy has pledged to reach the NATO defence spending target by 2031 | Positive | BRUSSELS France one of Europes biggest military powers will reach a NATO spending goal of sought by the United States this year the alliance said on Wednesday but most member states still lag behind in a continual sore point for Washington | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-nato-spending/france-to-reach-nato-spending-target-in-2020-but-most-allies-fall-short-idUSKBN27629T | 2020-10-22 |
| Earlier a spokeswoman for German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said he was staying in quarantine at home until Oct | Negative | BERLIN The leader of Bavarias Christian Social Union Markus Soeder warned on Wednesday that the coronavirus is at risk of spiraling out of control in Germany | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-bavaria/coronavirus-risks-running-out-of-control-in-germany-warns-soeder-idUSKBN2761K8 | 2020-10-22 |
| BERLIN German police are investigating after dozens of priceless artefacts in some of Berlins most famous museums were daubed with an oily liquid by unkown vandals causing possibly irreparable damage officials said on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN German police are investigating after dozens of priceless artefacts in some of Berlins most famous museums were daubed with an oily liquid by unkown vandals causing possibly irreparable damage officials said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-germany-crime-art/german-police-investigating-ancient-artefact-vandalism-in-berlin-museums-idUSKBN27630J | 2020-10-22 |
| Construction of the 1230km Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany is almost complete barring a roughly 120 km final stretch in Danish waters | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions targeting the Russialed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project were unfriendly and destructive | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream2-usa/kremlin-calls-u-s-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-unfriendly-and-destructive-idUSKBN2761AK | 2020-10-22 |
| BERLIN German police have arrested a 20yearold Syrian suspected of attacking two tourists in the eastern city of Dresden at the start of October killing one of them police said on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN German police have arrested a 20yearold Syrian suspected of attacking two tourists in the eastern city of Dresden at the start of October killing one of them police said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-germany-security/german-police-detain-syrian-suspected-of-killing-tourist-idUSKBN27628E | 2020-10-22 |
| Spahn has urged Germans to stick to socialdistancing rules to keep infections at a manageable level | Negative | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday and placed himself in home quarantine his ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-minister/german-health-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2762MM | 2020-10-22 |
| The Syrian had come to Germany in 2015 at the peak of the migrant crisis and been refused asylum Spiegel said | Negative | BERLIN German police have arrested a 20yearold Syrian suspected of attacking two tourists in the eastern city of Dresden at the start of October killing one of them police said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-germany-security/german-police-detain-syrian-suspected-of-killing-tourist-idUSKBN27628E | 2020-10-22 |
| Earlier this month he said Germans face a test of to contain a surge in the number of coronavirus cases | Negative | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday and placed himself in home quarantine his ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-minister/german-health-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2762MM | 2020-10-22 |
| Production at the German factory is expected to start in 2021 | Positive | Tesla Inc on Wednesday reported its fifth consecutive quarterly profit on record revenue of | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-results/tesla-sets-revenue-record-makes-profit-thanks-to-pollution-credit-sales-to-rivals-idUSKBN27631E | 2020-10-22 |
| The indictment comes amid friction between Germany and Russia following the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny which Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded Moscow explain | Negative | BERLIN Prosecutors have charged two Germans suspected of selling machinery to a Russian stateowned armaments group that manufactures missile systems for the Russian army | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-arms/germany-charges-two-men-with-selling-parts-for-russian-arms-maker-idUSKBN2751F8 | 2020-10-21 |
| BERLIN Prosecutors have charged two Germans suspected of selling machinery to a Russian stateowned armaments group that manufactures missile systems for the Russian army | Negative | BERLIN Prosecutors have charged two Germans suspected of selling machinery to a Russian stateowned armaments group that manufactures missile systems for the Russian army | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-arms/germany-charges-two-men-with-selling-parts-for-russian-arms-maker-idUSKBN2751F8 | 2020-10-21 |
| BERLIN Residents of the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria will not be able to leave their homes without a valid reason for two weeks from Tuesday officials said on Monday making it the first area in Germany to go back into lockdown since April | Negative | BERLIN Residents of the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria will not be able to leave their homes without a valid reason for two weeks from Tuesday officials said on Monday making it the first area in Germany to go back into lockdown since April | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/part-of-bavaria-goes-into-first-german-lockdown-since-april-idUSKBN2742S9 | 2020-10-20 |
| BERLIN German companies should diversify to other Asian markets beyond China to be less dependent on single supply chains which the pandemic has shown were vulnerable to interruption economy minister Peter Altmaier said | Negative | BERLIN German companies should diversify to other Asian markets beyond China to be less dependent on single supply chains which the pandemic has shown were vulnerable to interruption economy minister Peter Altmaier said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-economy-asia/german-econ-minister-tells-firms-to-diversify-beyond-china-in-asia-idUSKBN2741AL | 2020-10-20 |
| Currently about three quarters of Germanys Asia exports go to east Asia half of them to China alone Merkel said | Positive | BERLIN German companies should diversify to other Asian markets beyond China to be less dependent on single supply chains which the pandemic has shown were vulnerable to interruption economy minister Peter Altmaier said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-economy-asia/german-econ-minister-tells-firms-to-diversify-beyond-china-in-asia-idUSKBN2741AL | 2020-10-20 |
| Germanys economy is expected to shrink by around 5 | Negative | BERLIN German companies should diversify to other Asian markets beyond China to be less dependent on single supply chains which the pandemic has shown were vulnerable to interruption economy minister Peter Altmaier said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-economy-asia/german-econ-minister-tells-firms-to-diversify-beyond-china-in-asia-idUSKBN2741AL | 2020-10-20 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel said compromises on both sides would be needed | Negative | Britain and the European Union will on Monday attempt to breathe life into postBrexit trade talks that appeared all but dead last week with each side telling the other it needed to fundamentally change course | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/britain-and-eu-to-try-to-rescue-post-brexit-trade-talks-idUSKBN2730Y5 | 2020-10-19 |
| Germanys Melat Yisak Kejeta crossed the line two seconds behind to take silver while Ethiopias Yalemzerf Yehualaw was third a further second adrift | Positive | Gydnia POLAND Kenyas Peres Jepchirchir bettered the womensonly half marathon world record when she took gold in a closelyfought race at the World Athletics half marathon championships in Gdynia on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-gdynia/jepchirchir-breaks-own-womens-only-half-marathon-record-idUSKBN2720HA | 2020-10-18 |
| German bond yields fall to lowest since March as COVID cases surge | Negative | LOOKING TO CHINA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-china-gdp-earnings-and-a-messy-divorce-idUSKBN2711PJ | 2020-10-17 |
| 3 advertising firm or German chemicals maker Covestro appeared to bring evidence of the better trend | Positive | A sudden tightening of social restrictions to tackle the resurgent coronavirus pandemic across Europe threatens to spoil any stock market boost third quarter earnings might bring | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks-results/analysis-europes-earnings-optimism-dwindles-with-resurgent-virus-idUSKBN2712LR | 2020-10-17 |
| Also exposing market angst Germanys 10year bond yield posted its biggest weekly drop since August and was hovering near a sevenmonth low of 0 | Negative | prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-pfizer-vaccine-hopes-lift-world-stocks-dollar-gold-on-the-defensive-idUSL1N2H711Q | 2020-10-17 |
| Also exposing market angst Germanys 10year bond yield was set for its biggest weekly drop since June and was hovering near sevenmonth lows | Neutral | NEW Oct 16 Global shares rose on Friday while the dollar was on the defensive after drugmaker Pfizer Inc said it may apply for a U.S. emergency use of its COVID19 vaccine in November assuaging market fears that a resurgent pandemic may scuttle a fragile economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-pfizer-vaccine-hopes-aid-world-stocks-u-s-dollar-gold-on-the-defensive-idUSL4N2H736Z | 2020-10-17 |
| PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | Negative | PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-france-germany/france-and-germany-tell-turkey-to-stop-provocations-idUSKBN2701I2 | 2020-10-16 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Turkeys decision to send the vessel back to the Mediterranean was | Positive | PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-france-germany/france-and-germany-tell-turkey-to-stop-provocations-idUSKBN2701I2 | 2020-10-16 |
| A German Foreign Ministry official said Maas indicated that a decision might be taken in December as envisaged when EU leaders met two weeks ago | Positive | PARIS France and Germany accused Turkey on Thursday of continuing to provoke the European Union with its actions in the eastern Mediterranean and urged it to clarify its positions in the coming weeks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-turkey-greece-france-germany/france-and-germany-tell-turkey-to-stop-provocations-idUSKBN2701I2 | 2020-10-16 |
| In response German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier What we are talking about is upholding our European values and the functioning of our single market | Positive | The move increases pressure on Commissioner Margrethe Vestager who is preparing a new Digital Services Act to set tough rules for datasharing and ensure that marketplaces are fair and open | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-eu-tech/france-netherlands-call-for-an-eu-watchdog-to-regulate-tech-giants-idUSKBN2701CG | 2020-10-16 |
| BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is recuperating in Germanys southern Black Forest region after being discharged last month from hospital in Berlin where he was treated for poisoning local media reported | Positive | BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is recuperating in Germanys southern Black Forest region after being discharged last month from hospital in Berlin where he was treated for poisoning local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-critic-navalny-convalescing-in-black-forest-local-media-idUSKBN2702HH | 2020-10-16 |
| German bund yields which move inversely to prices hit their lowest level since May while the 10year U.S. Treasury yield dipped to 0 | Negative | lead updates prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-sag-on-pandemic-worries-gold-gains-on-safety-bid-idUSL1N2H51AQ | 2020-10-15 |
| The German automaker made a per share offer in January to increase its stake in Navistar above the 16 | Positive | FRANKFURT Volkswagens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-navistar-intl-m-a-traton-de/traton-says-revised-takeover-bid-for-navistar-expires-on-friday-idUSKBN26Z2GP | 2020-10-15 |
| German bund yields which move inversely to prices hit their lowest since May while the 10year U.S. Treasury yield dipped to 0 | Negative | NEW Oct 14 U.S. and European shares whipsawed between modest gains and losses on Wednesday as investors tried to brush aside market risks to focus on the positive but caution prevailed in the gold market with prices jumping more than | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-whipsaw-on-pandemic-worries-gold-gains-idUSL1N2H510O | 2020-10-15 |
| European Union foreign ministers backed a FrancoGerman plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Navalny with a nerve agent | Negative | MOSCOW Moscow will respond in kind against European Union sanctions over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-lavrov/russia-will-respond-in-kind-against-eu-sanctions-over-navalny-case-foreign-minister-says-idUSKBN26Z192 | 2020-10-15 |
| Government bonds edged up with German bund yields which move inversely to prices hitting their lowest since May | Negative | European shares Wall Street futures dip | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-shares-dip-on-second-wave-fears-idUSL8N2H52F0 | 2020-10-15 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged young people to do their part to halt the spread of the coronavirus after private parties were repeatedly blamed for localized outbreaks in German cities | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged young people to do their part to halt the spread of the coronavirus after private parties were repeatedly blamed for localized outbreaks in German cities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronvirus-germany-merkel/merkel-urges-young-people-to-do-without-parties-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Z327 | 2020-10-15 |
| Government bonds were also seeing small moves though German bund yields which move inversely to prices dipped to their lowest since May | Negative | European shares inch up Wall Street futures up 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-steady-with-u-s-bank-earnings-in-sight-idUSL8N2H51PC | 2020-10-15 |
| BERLIN The measures Germany takes in the coming days and weeks will be decisive in determining how well the country makes it through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN The measures Germany takes in the coming days and weeks will be decisive in determining how well the country makes it through the ongoing coronavirus pandemic German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/merkel-says-the-coming-days-weeks-are-decisive-in-battling-pandemic-idUSKBN26Z30R | 2020-10-15 |
| FRANKFURT German laboratory services group Synlab is pushing ahead with preparations for a planned stock market listing next year and has drafted banks to organise the deal people close to the matter said | Positive | FRANKFURT German laboratory services group Synlab is pushing ahead with preparations for a planned stock market listing next year and has drafted banks to organise the deal people close to the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-synlab-ipo/german-laboratories-group-synlab-hires-banks-for-2021-ipo-sources-idUSKBN26Y2J2 | 2020-10-14 |
| The fact that investor sentiment in Germany fell by more than expected in October failed to leave a mark on the euro | Negative | Euro sterling fall 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-australian-dollar-hit-as-china-rejects-coal-imports-idUSL8N2H4366 | 2020-10-14 |
| Italian airline Alitalia offers RomeMilan flights exclusively for passengers with negative tests and Germanys Lufthansa has announced similar testing plans | Positive | Countries straining to contain a second wave of COVID19 are turning to faster cheaper but less accurate tests to avoid the delays and shortages that have plagued efforts to diagnose and trace those infected quickly | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-rapid-tests/countries-turn-to-rapid-antigen-tests-to-contain-second-wave-of-covid-19-idUSKBN26Y2PX | 2020-10-14 |
| BERLIN Germanys leading economic research institutes see Europes biggest economy shrinking less this year than it did in 2009 during the financial crisis when GDP fell by 5 | Negative | BERLIN Germanys leading economic research institutes see Europes biggest economy shrinking less this year than it did in 2009 during the financial crisis when GDP fell by 5 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-economy/leading-german-institutes-see-2020-gdp-declining-by-less-than-in-2009-sources-idUSKBN26Y21S | 2020-10-14 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told reporters as he arrived at the meeting earlier on Monday that Navalnys poisoning could not remain without | Negative | LUXEMBOURG European Union foreign ministers backed a FrancoGerman plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-to-sanction-russians-over-navalny-poisoning-diplomats-say-idUSKBN26X1JO | 2020-10-13 |
| France and Germany propose imposing sanctions on certain people that caught our eye in this Maas said without giving any details | Negative | LUXEMBOURG European Union foreign ministers backed a FrancoGerman plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-to-sanction-russians-over-navalny-poisoning-diplomats-say-idUSKBN26X1JO | 2020-10-13 |
| LUXEMBOURG European Union foreign ministers backed a FrancoGerman plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent diplomats said | Negative | LUXEMBOURG European Union foreign ministers backed a FrancoGerman plan on Monday to impose sanctions on Russians suspected of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu/eu-to-sanction-russians-over-navalny-poisoning-diplomats-say-idUSKBN26X1JO | 2020-10-13 |
| FRANKFURT Germany should continue capping the number of people allowed at gatherings and clamp down on unnecessary travel as the country battles rising coronavirus infections an aide to Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany should continue capping the number of people allowed at gatherings and clamp down on unnecessary travel as the country battles rising coronavirus infections an aide to Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germans-must-reduce-travel-partying-to-fight-covid-19-says-merkel-aide-idUSKBN26W0T6 | 2020-10-12 |
| Merkel and mayors from Germanys 11 largest cities agreed on Friday to adopt stricter measures if infections exceed a threshold of 50 cases per 100000 population in a week | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany should continue capping the number of people allowed at gatherings and clamp down on unnecessary travel as the country battles rising coronavirus infections an aide to Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germans-must-reduce-travel-partying-to-fight-covid-19-says-merkel-aide-idUSKBN26W0T6 | 2020-10-12 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday that progress must be made in postBrexit trade talks with the European Union in coming days to bridge significant his office said | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday that progress must be made in postBrexit trade talks with the European Union in coming days to bridge significant his office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-merkel/britain-tells-germany-gaps-in-eu-talks-must-be-closed-soon-idUSKBN26W0RI | 2020-10-12 |
| Ireland reported more cases on April 15 but 411 of the 1068 cases reported that day had been confirmed earlier by German laboratories and were belatedly added to the total | Negative | DUBLIN Ireland on Saturday reported 1012 new cases of COVID19 the highest number in a day since the start of the pandemic and almost double the average for the past week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-ireland-cases/ireland-reports-highest-number-of-covid-19-infections-in-single-day-idUSKBN26V0U5 | 2020-10-11 |
| Opposition politician Alexei Navalny who is recovering in Germany from what Berlin says was an attack on him using a nerve agent condemned police | Negative | MOSCOW Police in Russias Far East broke up a longrunning antiKremlin protest with force on Saturday detaining 25 people according to local authorities in response to what they called an illegal attempt to erect protest tents in a central square | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-protests/police-crack-down-on-marathon-anti-kremlin-protest-in-russias-far-east-idUSKBN26V0E6 | 2020-10-11 |
| The tariffs were being immediately imposed on countries including Germany and Bahrain even though the departments determination that there was dumping was preliminary he told Fox Business Network | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is imposing new tariffs on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-aluminum/u-s-imposes-tariffs-on-aluminum-sheet-from-18-countries-idUSKBN26U16A | 2020-10-10 |
| BERLIN Germany should if possible return to a balanced budget from 2022 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday adding this would require discipline after Europes biggest economy took on record new borrowing during the COVID19 crisis | Negative | BERLIN Germany should if possible return to a balanced budget from 2022 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday adding this would require discipline after Europes biggest economy took on record new borrowing during the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-politics-merkel/merkel-wants-german-return-to-balanced-budget-in-2022-idUSKBN26T2N7 | 2020-10-09 |
| PARIS The EU must stand up to Russia when it violates international norms France and Germanys foreign ministers said on Thursday adding that a decision to push sanctions over the poisoning of a Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny did not end dialogue | Negative | PARIS The EU must stand up to Russia when it violates international norms France and Germanys foreign ministers said on Thursday adding that a decision to push sanctions over the poisoning of a Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny did not end dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-france/france-and-germany-ready-to-play-hardball-with-russia-idUSKBN26T1QJ | 2020-10-09 |
| Merkel and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz have introduced a range of rescue and stimulus measures to help the German economy recover as quickly as possible from the coronavirus shock | Positive | BERLIN Germany should if possible return to a balanced budget from 2022 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday adding this would require discipline after Europes biggest economy took on record new borrowing during the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-politics-merkel/merkel-wants-german-return-to-balanced-budget-in-2022-idUSKBN26T2N7 | 2020-10-09 |
| France and Germany said on Wednesday they would propose European Union sanctions against Russian individuals after receiving no credible answers from Moscow over the use a nerve agent on Navalny | Negative | PARIS The EU must stand up to Russia when it violates international norms France and Germanys foreign ministers said on Thursday adding that a decision to push sanctions over the poisoning of a Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny did not end dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-france/france-and-germany-ready-to-play-hardball-with-russia-idUSKBN26T1QJ | 2020-10-09 |
| BERLIN German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer has dropped plans for a car toll on motorways across Europe bowing to opposition from within the German government and from EU partners | Negative | BERLIN German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer has dropped plans for a car toll on motorways across Europe bowing to opposition from within the German government and from EU partners | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-germany-toll/german-minister-drops-plans-for-eu-car-toll-idUSKBN26T2XL | 2020-10-09 |
| ZURICH Swiss drugs and diagnostics group Roche is shipping supplies from Germany to help Britains National Health Service fill gaps caused by a logistics glitch at a Roche warehouse in southern England it said on Thursday | Positive | ZURICH Swiss drugs and diagnostics group Roche is shipping supplies from Germany to help Britains National Health Service fill gaps caused by a logistics glitch at a Roche warehouse in southern England it said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-nhs-roche-hldg/roche-ships-supplies-from-germany-to-plug-uk-tests-shortfall-idUSKBN26T2QW | 2020-10-09 |
| Germanys biggest bank which says it owns 55000 works of art despite a recent streamlining held its previous sales privately rather than at public auctions | Positive | FRANKFURT Its out with expressionism and in with upandcoming contemporary art for Deutsche Bank which plans to auction some 200 pieces from its extensive collection | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-deutsche-bank-art/out-with-the-modern-in-with-the-new-in-deutsche-bank-art-sale-idUSKBN26T2T7 | 2020-10-09 |
| Chief Operating Officer Angel Vila announced in July that Telefonica would develop fibre networks in underserved areas of Germany that would be built by the new infrastructure unit | Positive | The companys Telefonica Infrastructure unit is planning to sign a deal with banks and an infrastructure investor by the end of the month the people said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-telefonica-infrastructure-exclusive/exclusive-telefonica-explores-5-billion-euro-fibre-expansion-in-germany-sources-idUSKBN26T2QK | 2020-10-09 |
| Germany Mrs Merkel and Heiko Maas did all they could but the outcome is Cavusoglu said referring to efforts by Berlin to mediate between Ankara and Athens | Positive | ANKARA The foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece met on Thursday for the first time since their dispute over energy exploration and territorial rights in the eastern Mediterranean and agreed to hold bilateral talks on the issue Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece/top-turkish-greek-diplomats-hold-first-meeting-since-crisis-agree-on-talks-idUSKBN26T1KI | 2020-10-09 |
| Germany declares regions to be risky when the number of coronavirus infections exceeds 50 per 100000 inhabitants over seven days | Negative | BERLIN Germany declared the whole of Georgia Jordan Romania and Tunisia to be coronavirus risk regions meaning returnees from there will have to enter quarantine pending a negative coronavirus test | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-travel/germany-adds-georgia-jordan-romania-tunisia-to-corona-risk-list-idUSKBN26S2ZU | 2020-10-08 |
| Germany and France will propose sanctions targeting specific individuals they deem responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after Russia failed to provide a convincing explanation their Foreign Ministers said | Negative | Germany and France will propose sanctions targeting specific individuals they deem responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after Russia failed to provide a convincing explanation their Foreign Ministers said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-sanctions/germany-france-to-propose-sanctions-against-individuals-in-navalny-poisoning-statement-idUSKBN26S2LI | 2020-10-08 |
| BERLIN Germany and its European Union partners will agree in the coming days a joint response to the poisoning in Russia of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN Germany and its European Union partners will agree in the coming days a joint response to the poisoning in Russia of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-eu/germany-expects-eu-response-to-navalny-case-in-coming-days-idUSKBN26S1TM | 2020-10-08 |
| France and Germany said on Wednesday they would propose European Union sanctions against Russian individuals after receiving no credible answers from Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent | Negative | France and Germany said on Wednesday they would propose European Union sanctions against Russian individuals after receiving no credible answers from Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu-exclusive/in-hardening-stance-france-germany-push-for-eu-sanctions-on-russians-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN26S2J3 | 2020-10-08 |
| BERLIN Germanys states agreed on Wednesday that residents of domestic coronavirus risk areas should not be allowed to stay in hotels in other parts of the country to curb surging numbers of new infections a government document showed | Negative | BERLIN Germanys states agreed on Wednesday that residents of domestic coronavirus risk areas should not be allowed to stay in hotels in other parts of the country to curb surging numbers of new infections a government document showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/german-hotels-to-turn-away-visitors-from-coronavirus-risk-areas-idUSKBN26S2TS | 2020-10-08 |
| Drawing the necessary conclusions from these facts France and Germany will share with European partners proposals for additional the two ministers said | Positive | France and Germany said on Wednesday they would propose European Union sanctions against Russian individuals after receiving no credible answers from Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-eu-exclusive/in-hardening-stance-france-germany-push-for-eu-sanctions-on-russians-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN26S2J3 | 2020-10-08 |
| BERLIN The daily tally of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany leapt by almost half official data showed on Thursday a day after ministers agreed emergency measures to tamp down on domestic tourism to try to contain the second wave | Negative | BERLIN The daily tally of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany leapt by almost half official data showed on Thursday a day after ministers agreed emergency measures to tamp down on domestic tourism to try to contain the second wave | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/with-winter-coming-germanys-corona-cases-start-to-spiral-idUSKBN26T0D3 | 2020-10-08 |
| BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on the European Union on Wednesday to take tough action against oligarchs close to the Kremlin as he continues his recovery in Germany after being poisoned by a nerve agent of the banned Novichok family | Negative | BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on the European Union on Wednesday to take tough action against oligarchs close to the Kremlin as he continues his recovery in Germany after being poisoned by a nerve agent of the banned Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalny-demands-eu-crackdown-on-oligarchs-close-to-kremlin-idUSKBN26R3MV | 2020-10-08 |
| Germanys capital Berlin and financial hub Frankfurt have already imposed a curfew on evening entertainment | Negative | BERLIN The daily tally of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany leapt by almost half official data showed on Thursday a day after ministers agreed emergency measures to tamp down on domestic tourism to try to contain the second wave | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/with-winter-coming-germanys-corona-cases-start-to-spiral-idUSKBN26T0D3 | 2020-10-08 |
| BERLIN Germany declared the whole of Georgia Jordan Romania and Tunisia to be coronavirus risk regions meaning returnees from there will have to enter quarantine pending a negative coronavirus test | Negative | BERLIN Germany declared the whole of Georgia Jordan Romania and Tunisia to be coronavirus risk regions meaning returnees from there will have to enter quarantine pending a negative coronavirus test | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-travel/germany-adds-georgia-jordan-romania-tunisia-to-corona-risk-list-idUSKBN26S2ZU | 2020-10-08 |
| LONDON Britain stands side by with Germany and France over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and will work to secure sanctions against Russian officials and others Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Britain stands side by with Germany and France over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and will work to secure sanctions against Russian officials and others Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-britain/britain-stands-with-france-germany-over-navalny-raab-says-idUSKBN26S37M | 2020-10-08 |
| BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on the European Union on Wednesday to take tough action against oligarchs close to the Kremlin as he continues his recovery in Germany after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family | Negative | BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on the European Union on Wednesday to take tough action against oligarchs close to the Kremlin as he continues his recovery in Germany after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalny-demands-eu-crackdown-on-oligarchs-close-to-kremlin-idUSKBN26R3MV | 2020-10-07 |
| BERLIN Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germanys federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebelheld areas | Negative | BERLIN Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germanys federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebelheld areas | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-syria-germany-chemicalweapons/syrian-victims-of-chemical-attacks-file-case-with-german-prosecutors-idUSKBN26R10I | 2020-10-07 |
| BERLIN The German government said on Tuesday it would discuss with partners what action to take after findings from the global chemicals watchdog confirmed that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent in the Novichok family | Negative | BERLIN The German government said on Tuesday it would discuss with partners what action to take after findings from the global chemicals watchdog confirmed that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent in the Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-to-discuss-response-to-navalny-poisoning-after-opcw-findings-idUSKBN26R2N5 | 2020-10-07 |
| Germany which is home to 600000 Syrians has universal laws that allow it to prosecute people for crimes against humanity committed anywhere in the world | Negative | BERLIN Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germanys federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebelheld areas | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-syria-germany-chemicalweapons/syrian-victims-of-chemical-attacks-file-case-with-german-prosecutors-idUSKBN26R10I | 2020-10-07 |
| German doctors say he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | Negative | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said he believed Russias intelligence services had poisoned him with a Novichok nerve agent because authorities saw him as a threat ahead of next years parliamentary elections | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/navalny-says-russian-authorities-poisoned-him-as-threat-ahead-of-parliament-elections-idUSKBN26R0ZT | 2020-10-07 |
| A spokesman for Germanys Public Prosecutor General confirmed that the complaint had been submitted declining to give further details | Negative | BERLIN Lawyers representing victims of chemical weapons attacks in Syria say they have filed criminal complaints with Germanys federal public prosecutor against Syrian officials they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in rebelheld areas | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-mideast-syria-germany-chemicalweapons/syrian-victims-of-chemical-attacks-file-case-with-german-prosecutors-idUSKBN26R10I | 2020-10-07 |
| Germany France and other Western countries have demanded an explanation from the Kremlin for Navalnys illness | Negative | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said he believed Russias intelligence services had poisoned him with a Novichok nerve agent because authorities saw him as a threat ahead of next years parliamentary elections | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/navalny-says-russian-authorities-poisoned-him-as-threat-ahead-of-parliament-elections-idUSKBN26R0ZT | 2020-10-07 |
| LONDON Britain will consider what further action to take on Russia over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who fell ill after German doctors said he was poisoned by nerve agent Novichok foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON Britain will consider what further action to take on Russia over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who fell ill after German doctors said he was poisoned by nerve agent Novichok foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-britain/uk-will-consider-what-action-to-take-on-russia-in-navalny-case-raab-idUSKBN26R2GD | 2020-10-07 |
| The German software group which has 440000 clients appealed on Tuesday to other companies to join it in supporting small businesses owned and run by women or minorities | Positive | The German software group which has 440000 clients appealed on Tuesday to other companies to join it in supporting small businesses owned and run by women or minorities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-sap/sap-pledges-to-spend-more-on-social-diverse-businesses-idUSKBN26R0C8 | 2020-10-06 |
| Germany must avoid another shutdown of industrial activity Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said as rising infections cloud the growth outlook for Europes largest economy | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump told Americans to get out and not fear COVID19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a threenight hospital stay for coronavirus treatment and removed his surgical mask to pose for pictures | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-06 |
| AMSTERDAM The global chemical weapons watchdog which has been asked by Germany to test samples of what Berlin says was a banned nerve agent used to poison a Russian opposition figure said on Monday its experts would be prepared to assist Russia in the case | Negative | AMSTERDAM The global chemical weapons watchdog which has been asked by Germany to test samples of what Berlin says was a banned nerve agent used to poison a Russian opposition figure said on Monday its experts would be prepared to assist Russia in the case | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-chemicalweapo/chemical-weapons-watchdog-ready-to-assist-russia-in-navalny-case-idUSKBN26Q20O | 2020-10-06 |
| Germanys FriedrichLoeffler scientific institute had confirmed the latest animals had ASF the ministry said | Neutral | HAMBURG Three more cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in wild boars in the eastern German state of Brandenburg Germanys federal agriculture ministry said on its website on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-finds-three-new-african-swine-fever-cases-in-wild-boar-idUSKBN26Q0K1 | 2020-10-05 |
| German authorities are continuing intensive searches for dead wild boar in Brandenburg to assess the extent to which the disease has spread | Negative | HAMBURG Three more cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in wild boars in the eastern German state of Brandenburg Germanys federal agriculture ministry said on its website on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-finds-three-new-african-swine-fever-cases-in-wild-boar-idUSKBN26Q0K1 | 2020-10-05 |
| China and a series of other pork buyers banned imports of German pork in September after the first case was confirmed causing Chinese pork prices to surge | Negative | HAMBURG Three more cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in wild boars in the eastern German state of Brandenburg Germanys federal agriculture ministry said on its website on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-finds-three-new-african-swine-fever-cases-in-wild-boar-idUSKBN26Q0K1 | 2020-10-05 |
| Germany has sent samples taken from the Russian opposition politician to the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons in The Hague for additional tests in their labs | Negative | BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to impose new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with an internationally banned nerve agent Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-says-it-expects-eu-to-impose-sanctions-against-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN26O0E1 | 2020-10-04 |
| Russias Foreign Ministry said on Saturday the German Foreign Ministry had sent its embassy in Berlin a refusal in response to an embassy request to have access to Navalny | Negative | BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to impose new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with an internationally banned nerve agent Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-says-it-expects-eu-to-impose-sanctions-against-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN26O0E1 | 2020-10-04 |
| MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry said on Saturday that the Russian embassy in Germany had received a refusal from the German foreign ministry in response to a request to access Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | Negative | MOSCOW Russias foreign ministry said on Saturday that the Russian embassy in Germany had received a refusal from the German foreign ministry in response to a request to access Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-diplo/russia-says-germany-denied-russian-diplomats-access-to-navalny-idUSKBN26O0HL | 2020-10-04 |
| BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to impose new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with an internationally banned nerve agent Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Saturday | Negative | BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to impose new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with an internationally banned nerve agent Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-says-it-expects-eu-to-impose-sanctions-against-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN26O0E1 | 2020-10-04 |
| As night fell one Italian was still unaccounted for while a further 16 people earlier feared missing including a group of six German trekkers had all been found safe | Negative | Two people died and nine people were missing in France and Italy after a storm hit border regions of the two countries bringing record rainfall in places and causing heavy flooding that swept away roads and damaged homes authorities said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-france-floods/two-killed-nine-missing-as-drenching-rain-hits-parts-of-france-and-italy-idUSKBN26O09V | 2020-10-04 |
| Germany currently holds the rotating presidency of the 27member bloc | Positive | BERLIN Germany expects the European Union to impose new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with an internationally banned nerve agent Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-says-it-expects-eu-to-impose-sanctions-against-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN26O0E1 | 2020-10-04 |
| Germany has proposed a scheme that links access to EU money including the recovery fund to respecting the rule of law a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday | Positive | BERLIN Germany current president of the European Union expects to resolve controversial details of the distribution of money from the 750 billion euro | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-germany/germany-sees-agreement-on-recovery-fund-cash-distribution-in-october-idUSKBN26N1TC | 2020-10-03 |
| BERLIN Germany current president of the European Union expects to resolve controversial details of the distribution of money from the 750 billion euro | Negative | BERLIN Germany current president of the European Union expects to resolve controversial details of the distribution of money from the 750 billion euro | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-germany/germany-sees-agreement-on-recovery-fund-cash-distribution-in-october-idUSKBN26N1TC | 2020-10-03 |
| ATW based in western Germany has about 120 employees and has completed more than 20 battery production lines for international automakers according to ATS website | Neutral | ATS and ATW on Friday did not immediately respond to a request for comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-ats-automation-germany/tesla-to-acquire-german-battery-assembly-maker-source-idUSKBN26N2VG | 2020-10-03 |
| Germanys benchmark 10year bond was down around 0 | Neutral | typographical error in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-stocks-fall-dollar-gains-after-trump-gets-coronavirus-idUSL1N2GT1IZ | 2020-10-03 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European Union leaders discussed the crisis at a summit in Brussels and said a ceasefire was needed as soon as possible | Negative | Armenia said on Friday it would work with Russia the United States and France on renewing a ceasefire in NagornoKarabakh as the death toll rose on the sixth day of fighting over the breakaway enclave in the South Caucasus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/armenia-says-it-is-ready-to-work-for-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-idUSKBN26N1JN | 2020-10-03 |
| LONDON The recovery in euro zone manufacturing activity gathered pace last month but it was largely driven by strength in powerhouse Germany and rising coronavirus cases across the region may yet reverse the upturn a survey showed | Positive | LONDON The recovery in euro zone manufacturing activity gathered pace last month but it was largely driven by strength in powerhouse Germany and rising coronavirus cases across the region may yet reverse the upturn a survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-factory-recovery-continued-in-september-as-germany-boomed-idUSKBN26M55Y | 2020-10-02 |
| Earlier figures showed factory output in Germany Europes largest economy was booming in contrast to modest production growth in France and Spain and slightly slower growth in Italy | Positive | LONDON The recovery in euro zone manufacturing activity gathered pace last month but it was largely driven by strength in powerhouse Germany and rising coronavirus cases across the region may yet reverse the upturn a survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-factory-recovery-continued-in-september-as-germany-boomed-idUSKBN26M55Y | 2020-10-02 |
| A German government source said EU leaders would discuss the conflict at an ongoing summit meeting | Negative | The presidents of France Russia and the United States called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces around NagornoKarabakh but Turkey said the three big powers should have no role in peace moves | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan/turkey-rebuffs-russia-france-and-u-s-over-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire-moves-idUSKBN26M5IJ | 2020-10-02 |
| Without Germany output growth would have weakened to the lowest since June IHS Markit said | Negative | LONDON The recovery in euro zone manufacturing activity gathered pace last month but it was largely driven by strength in powerhouse Germany and rising coronavirus cases across the region may yet reverse the upturn a survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-factory-recovery-continued-in-september-as-germany-boomed-idUSKBN26M55Y | 2020-10-02 |
| The politician who was visited at his hospital bedside by Merkel said he felt a personal bond to Germany and was impressed by Merkels knowledge of Russia | Positive | The Kremlin on Thursday accused opposition politician Alexei Navalny of working with the CIA after Navalny said he believed President Vladimir Putin was behind the suspected poisoning that put him in a coma in Germany | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-says-navalny-works-with-cia-after-he-accuses-putin-of-poisoning-idUSKBN26M4JB | 2020-10-02 |
| Germany has pushed back against the imposition of EU sanctions on Turkey fearing it will disrupt efforts to cool tensions with Greece | Negative | BRUSSELS Cyprus defied pressure to approve European Union sanctions on Belarus at a leaders summit on Thursday urging other members of the bloc to also punish Turkey for its oil and gas drilling in the Mediterranean | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-eu-summit/cyprus-demands-turkey-sanctions-at-eu-summit-stalls-on-belarus-idUSKBN26M3YM | 2020-10-02 |
| Namibia an exGerman colony was run by South Africa during the time that the latter was controlled by the white minority apartheid regime | Negative | WINDHOEK Namibian President Hage Geingob said on Thursday that the southwestern African country must take care in its efforts to reverse the legacy of racist white minority rule so as not to be seen as grabbing wealth | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-namibia-president/namibia-faces-tough-challenge-to-reverse-apartheid-legacy-president-idUSKBN26M7AL | 2020-10-02 |
| BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning and stressed that he was not afraid | Negative | BERLIN Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny told a German magazine that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning and stressed that he was not afraid | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-critic-navalny-to-magazine-putin-was-behind-crime-against-me-idUSKBN26M4JB | 2020-10-01 |
| BRUSSELS Germany current president of the European Union has proposed a scheme that links access to EU money including the 750 billion euro recovery fund to respecting the rule of law a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday | Positive | BRUSSELS Germany current president of the European Union has proposed a scheme that links access to EU money including the 750 billion euro recovery fund to respecting the rule of law a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-democracy-exclusive/exclusive-eu-chair-germany-proposes-adherence-to-rule-of-law-as-key-to-getting-blocs-cash-idUSKBN26J1MP | 2020-09-29 |
| Germany still expects an explanation from Moscow on the case Seibert added | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in hospital last week her spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel-meet/merkel-paid-personal-visit-to-kremlin-critic-navalny-spokesman-idUSKBN26J1HZ | 2020-09-29 |
| Liberal German EU lawmaker Moritz Korner who leads the chambers work on the matter said Berlin was with eurosceptic nationalist rulers in Warsaw and Budapest | Negative | BRUSSELS Germany current president of the European Union has proposed a scheme that links access to EU money including the 750 billion euro recovery fund to respecting the rule of law a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-democracy-exclusive/exclusive-eu-chair-germany-proposes-adherence-to-rule-of-law-as-key-to-getting-blocs-cash-idUSKBN26J1MP | 2020-09-29 |
| Germany said it would increase its 500million euro annual investment in protecting biodiversity in low and middleincome countries without specifying by how much | Positive | The call came as Britain and Canada joined a coalition of countries that have promised to protect of their land and seas by 2030 to stem biodiversity loss | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-nature-finance/starting-gun-fired-on-global-hunt-for-hundreds-of-billions-to-fund-nature-protection-idUSKBN26J3A7 | 2020-09-29 |
| Without an automatic sanction system Germanys proposal fails to defend the rule of law and the correctness of the EU budget he told Reuters when asked about the scheme | Negative | BRUSSELS Germany current president of the European Union has proposed a scheme that links access to EU money including the 750 billion euro recovery fund to respecting the rule of law a document seen by Reuters showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-democracy-exclusive/exclusive-eu-chair-germany-proposes-adherence-to-rule-of-law-as-key-to-getting-blocs-cash-idUSKBN26J1MP | 2020-09-29 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning in what Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday called a murderous | Positive | German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning in what Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday called a murderous | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel/merkel-visited-kremlin-critic-navalny-in-hospital-idUSKBN26J0IN | 2020-09-29 |
| FRANKFURT Pension funds for truckers teachers and subway workers have lodged lawsuits in the United States against Germanys Allianz one of the worlds top asset managers for failing to safeguard their investments during the coronavirus market meltdown | Negative | FRANKFURT Pension funds for truckers teachers and subway workers have lodged lawsuits in the United States against Germanys Allianz one of the worlds top asset managers for failing to safeguard their investments during the coronavirus market meltdown | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-allianz-investors/u-s-pension-funds-sue-allianz-after-4-billion-in-coronavirus-losses-idUSKBN26J2K8 | 2020-09-29 |
| BERLIN German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok was a murderous attack and that Europe would have to show a united response | Negative | BERLIN German Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok was a murderous attack and that Europe would have to show a united response | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-scholz/germanys-scholz-calls-navalny-poisoning-brutal-murderous-attack-idUSKBN26J25T | 2020-09-29 |
| DE opened lower than expected on their first day of trading on the Frankfurt stock exchange as Germanys biggestever spinoff gears up for a challenging future independent from parent Siemens | Negative | Shares in Siemens Energy ENR1n | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-siemens-energy-spinoff/siemens-18-billion-energy-spin-off-falls-in-frankfurt-debut-idUSKBN26J0ZQ | 2020-09-29 |
| China and a series of other pork buyers banned imports of German pork this month after the first case was confirmed causing Chinese pork prices to surge | Negative | HAMBURG One more case of African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in the eastern German state of Brandenburg over the weekend Germanys agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-confirms-one-more-african-swine-fever-case-in-wild-boar-idUSKBN26J0KL | 2020-09-28 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning Der Spiegel reported underscoring how seriously she is taking the case | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning Der Spiegel reported underscoring how seriously she is taking the case | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel/merkel-visited-kremlin-critic-navalny-in-hospital-spiegel-idUSKBN26J0IN | 2020-09-28 |
| The German government is considering aid to farmers after pork prices fell agriculture minister Julia Kloeckner said on Friday | Negative | HAMBURG One more case of African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in the eastern German state of Brandenburg over the weekend Germanys agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-confirms-one-more-african-swine-fever-case-in-wild-boar-idUSKBN26J0KL | 2020-09-28 |
| The German government says tests in Germany France and Sweden have determined he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent and has demanded an explanation from the Kremlin | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poisoning Der Spiegel reported underscoring how seriously she is taking the case | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel/merkel-visited-kremlin-critic-navalny-in-hospital-spiegel-idUSKBN26J0IN | 2020-09-28 |
| Manfred Knof head of Deutsche Banks retail business in Germany will assume the top spot at Germanys No | Positive | Manfred Knof head of Deutsche Banks retail business in Germany will assume the top spot at Germanys No | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-commerzbank-ceo/commerzbank-poaches-deutsche-banks-knof-as-new-ceo-idUSKBN26H0WD | 2020-09-28 |
| Germanys FriedrichLoeffler scientific institute had confirmed the latest animal had ASF the ministry said | Negative | HAMBURG One more case of African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in the eastern German state of Brandenburg over the weekend Germanys agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-confirms-one-more-african-swine-fever-case-in-wild-boar-idUSKBN26J0KL | 2020-09-28 |
| FRANKFURT German premium brand Audi is in talks with longterm partner FAW Group about creating a second joint venture to build electric cars on its PPE platform in China Germanys Automobilwoche reported on Saturday | Positive | FRANKFURT German premium brand Audi is in talks with longterm partner FAW Group about creating a second joint venture to build electric cars on its PPE platform in China Germanys Automobilwoche reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-audi-china-faw/audi-considering-electric-car-venture-with-chinas-faw-automobilwoche-idUSKBN26H0F6 | 2020-09-27 |
| Jens Weidmann president of Germanys national central bank and a known fiscal hawk also has concerns | Negative | BERLIN Even as the European economy slumps into its deepest recession in modern history the number of bankruptcies across the continent has fallen sharply as government subsidies and a temporary loosening of insolvency rules keep companies afloat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-europe-economy-zombies-analysis/rise-of-the-zombies-europe-faces-insolvency-balancing-act-idUSKCN26G1YD | 2020-09-26 |
| FRANKFURT A court in Braunschweig Germany said on Thursday it had opened proceedings against former Volkswagen | Positive | FRANKFURT A court in Braunschweig Germany said on Thursday it had opened proceedings against former Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-winterkorn/german-court-opens-criminal-proceedings-against-former-volkswagen-ceo-idUSKCN26F1TA | 2020-09-25 |
| The German insurer which is already present in France is also considering a parallel deal to transfer all its existing French runoff portfolio to Athora one of the sources said | Positive | Discussions with Allianz and private equityowned Athora kicked off during the summer but have yet to become exclusive the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-aviva-france-allianz/allianz-led-consortium-in-advanced-talks-to-take-on-avivas-french-arm-sources-idUSKCN26F2RZ | 2020-09-25 |
| BRUSSELS Germany the current holder of the European Unions rotating presidency urged the European Parliament on Thursday to speed up talks and work on weekends to agree on 1 | Positive | BRUSSELS Germany the current holder of the European Unions rotating presidency urged the European Parliament on Thursday to speed up talks and work on weekends to agree on 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-presidency-parliament/eu-chair-germany-tells-parliament-to-get-covid-recovery-cash-through-idUSKCN26F25T | 2020-09-25 |
| However losses in German markets eased after an economist at the Ifo economic institute said the German industry is recovering and its export expectations have improved significantly | Positive | A selloff in global risk assets drove European equities to near threemonth lows on Thursday as the absence of fresh stimulus for the U.S. economy and a second wave of coronavirus cases raised fears of a slowing global recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/global-sell-off-drives-european-stocks-to-near-three-month-lows-idUSKCN26F0YP | 2020-09-25 |
| Business morale in Germany and France improved for the fifth month in a row in September boosting hopes that the euro zones two biggest economies had enjoyed a solid recovery from the coronavirus shock suffered in the first half of the year | Positive | Business morale in Germany and France improved for the fifth month in a row in September boosting hopes that the euro zones two biggest economies had enjoyed a solid recovery from the coronavirus shock suffered in the first half of the year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy/business-morale-brightens-in-germany-france-despite-coronavirus-resurgence-idUSKCN26F1MB | 2020-09-25 |
| BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Thursday pledged to speed up euro zone financial reforms aimed at regulating cryptoassets and deepening capital markets which he said could help accelerate the economic recovery from COVID19 | Positive | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Thursday pledged to speed up euro zone financial reforms aimed at regulating cryptoassets and deepening capital markets which he said could help accelerate the economic recovery from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-market-cryptoassets/germany-pledges-to-speed-up-eu-efforts-on-crypto-assets-capital-market-idUSKCN26F30E | 2020-09-25 |
| The German economy is stabilizing despite rising infection Ifo President Clemens Fuest said | Positive | Business morale in Germany and France improved for the fifth month in a row in September boosting hopes that the euro zones two biggest economies had enjoyed a solid recovery from the coronavirus shock suffered in the first half of the year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy/business-morale-brightens-in-germany-france-despite-coronavirus-resurgence-idUSKCN26F1MB | 2020-09-25 |
| at 0550 GMT while German DAX futures were up 0 | Positive | YORK Asian shares rose on Friday after robust U.S. housing data supported a late techdriven rally on Wall Street with investors picking up the pieces a day after a broad regional index posted its biggest daily loss in more than three months | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-rise-on-tech-rally-renewed-stimulus-hopes-idUSKCN26G00D | 2020-09-25 |
| BERLIN Germanys private sector continued to recover from the coronavirus shock as foreign demand gave exportoriented manufacturers a boost which helped compensate for weakness in domesticallydriven services a survey showed on Wednesday | Positive | BERLIN Germanys private sector continued to recover from the coronavirus shock as foreign demand gave exportoriented manufacturers a boost which helped compensate for weakness in domesticallydriven services a survey showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-manufacturers-benefit-from-foreign-demand-but-services-lose-steam-pmi-idUSKCN26E174 | 2020-09-24 |
| Germany reiterated that it did not recognise Lukashenko as president and called for EU sanctions to be agreed as soon as possible | Negative | MINSK Belarusian security forces detained protesters and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk against the abrupt inauguration of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-belarus-election/thousands-protest-after-belarusian-leader-hastily-sworn-in-idUSKCN26E1BH | 2020-09-24 |
| The German government says tests in Germany France and Sweden have determined he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | Negative | Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made his first public appearance on Wednesday after being discharged from a Berlin hospital where Germany said he was being treated for poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-recovery/kremlin-critic-navalny-appears-in-public-after-leaving-berlin-hospital-idUSKCN26E12L | 2020-09-24 |
| German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier became the countrys second cabinet member to enter quarantine while data showed that confirmed cases increased by 2143 to 278070 | Negative | Canada entered a second wave of the COVID19 pandemic and cases continued to rise across the hardhit Latin American region while a raft of lacklustre data from major global economies revived concerns about the resilience of an economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26F0O4 | 2020-09-24 |
| The overall picture is not looking said Deborah Ramalope head of climate policy analysis at Germanybased Climate Analytics which helps run the Climate Action Tracker | Neutral | Thats a huge number and totally different to what we saw a climate scientist and contributor to the tracker told a New York Climate Week online panel | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-climatechange-emissions-politics/china-pledge-and-biden-win-could-move-climate-goals-into-view-scientists-say-idUSKCN26E3DI | 2020-09-24 |
| Germany added regions in 11 European countries to the list of destinations it classifies as coronavirus risk zones | Negative | Canada entered a second wave of the COVID19 pandemic and cases continued to rise across the hardhit Latin American region while a raft of lacklustre data from major global economies revived concerns about the resilience of an economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26F0O4 | 2020-09-24 |
| HAMBURG German prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged another eight employees of auto maker Volkswagen | Negative | HAMBURG German prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged another eight employees of auto maker Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/eight-more-volkswagen-employees-charged-in-diesel-scandal-idUSKCN26E2VA | 2020-09-24 |
| The last win came in the Germans 246th race | Positive | Lewis Hamilton will equal retired Ferrari great Michael Schumachers alltime record 91 wins if he triumphs in Sundays Russian Grand Prix in Sochi | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-motor-f1-russia-factbox/factbox-hamilton-v-schumacher-the-statistics-so-far-idUSKCN26E2M2 | 2020-09-24 |
| The first trial in the Volkswagen case in Germany starts next week that of former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler | Negative | HAMBURG German prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged another eight employees of auto maker Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/eight-more-volkswagen-employees-charged-in-diesel-scandal-idUSKCN26E2VA | 2020-09-24 |
| Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made his first public appearance on Wednesday after being discharged from a Berlin hospital where Germany said he was being treated for poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent | Negative | Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made his first public appearance on Wednesday after being discharged from a Berlin hospital where Germany said he was being treated for poisoning by a potentially deadly nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-recovery/kremlin-critic-navalny-appears-in-public-after-leaving-berlin-hospital-idUSKCN26E12L | 2020-09-24 |
| Chinese demand is seen rising further after Beijing blocked imports from Germany which has suffered an outbreak of a pig disease | Negative | U.S. pork exports to China have surged beyond pretrade war levels led by higher shipments from Brazils JBS SA | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-pork/surge-in-u-s-pork-exports-to-china-led-by-brazils-jbs-chinas-wh-group-idUSKCN26D2Z6 | 2020-09-23 |
| ECA cited the example of Germany whose digital strategy includes the building of a technology and knowhow centre targeting the automotive and robotics industries and helping small companies | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Unions bet on advanced technologies to help its companies and the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic faces hurdles ahead held back by the uneven digital pace across the 27country block the EUs budget watchdog warned on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-tech/uneven-progress-among-members-hampers-eus-digital-ambitions-auditors-warn-idUSKCN26D16S | 2020-09-23 |
| On Tuesday Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held a video summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel whose country has mediated in the dispute and EU Council President Charles Michel | Positive | Turkey and Greece have agreed to resume talks over their contested maritime claims in the eastern Mediterranean after a four year hiatus following weeks of tensions that culminated in a collision between their warships | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/turkey-greece-agree-to-resume-talks-after-four-years-idUSKCN26D1UC | 2020-09-23 |
| Deutsche Bank is preparing for a wave of mergers its finance chief said on Tuesday in a potential change for Germanys biggest lender which has been focused firmly on a turnaround | Positive | Deutsche Bank is preparing for a wave of mergers its finance chief said on Tuesday in a potential change for Germanys biggest lender which has been focused firmly on a turnaround | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-cfo/expected-bank-merger-wave-puts-deutsche-bank-on-stand-by-idUSKCN26D0XM | 2020-09-23 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russian efforts to look into the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny who Germany says was poisoned were encountering problems because his allies had removed evidence from the country | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russian efforts to look into the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny who Germany says was poisoned were encountering problems because his allies had removed evidence from the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-kremlin/russia-faces-problems-looking-into-navalny-case-after-evidence-removed-kremlin-idUSKCN26D17E | 2020-09-23 |
| Raimund Roeseler who oversees banking supervision at German financial regulator BaFin said mergers could be helpful but were not always the solution | Positive | Deutsche Bank is preparing for a wave of mergers its finance chief said on Tuesday in a potential change for Germanys biggest lender which has been focused firmly on a turnaround | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-cfo/expected-bank-merger-wave-puts-deutsche-bank-on-stand-by-idUSKCN26D0XM | 2020-09-23 |
| Germany has concluded he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russian efforts to look into the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny who Germany says was poisoned were encountering problems because his allies had removed evidence from the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-kremlin/russia-faces-problems-looking-into-navalny-case-after-evidence-removed-kremlin-idUSKCN26D17E | 2020-09-23 |
| FRANKFURT German caravan maker Knaus Tabbert is selling fewer shares than originally planned in its initial public offering and pricing the stock at the low end of expectations amid subdued investor interest despite a boom in recreational vehicle sales | Negative | FRANKFURT German caravan maker Knaus Tabbert is selling fewer shares than originally planned in its initial public offering and pricing the stock at the low end of expectations amid subdued investor interest despite a boom in recreational vehicle sales | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-knaus-tabbert-ipo/caravan-maker-knaus-tabberts-ipo-gets-stuck-in-slow-lane-idUSKCN26D14B | 2020-09-23 |
| BRUSSELS Germanys Europe Minister Michael Roth urged Britain on Tuesday to drop plans for a bill that would break the countrys obligations to the European Union under its withdrawal treaty as time was running out to clinch an EUBritain trade deal | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys Europe Minister Michael Roth urged Britain on Tuesday to drop plans for a bill that would break the countrys obligations to the European Union under its withdrawal treaty as time was running out to clinch an EUBritain trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-germany/germany-tells-britain-to-stop-the-games-time-running-out-for-deal-idUSKCN26D12H | 2020-09-23 |
| Beyond airlines Germany is eyeing broader antigen test use from October including in nursing homes where older patients have been hardest hit by the deadly virus | Negative | European airlines are pinning hopes on preflight COVID19 tests that deliver results as fast as pregnancy tests to help restore passengers confidence in taking to the skies in confined spaces with shared air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-testing-f/positive-about-flying-airlines-look-to-covid-tests-that-give-results-in-minutes-idUSKCN26E0RS | 2020-09-23 |
| The southern German state of Bavaria ordered new measures to fight a resurgence | Negative | Britain reimposed some lockdown measures as a second wave of coronavirus infections swept across Europe while the death toll in the United States crossed 200000 with a report saying the U.S. drug regulator would tighten COVID19 vaccine authorization standards | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26E0NU | 2020-09-23 |
| German financial regulator BaFin told Buzzfeed it would examine the information presented in more detail and investigate indications of deficits in the prevention of money laundering at | Negative | It noted it had invested more than 800 million euros in its compliance systems since 2015 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-global-banking-fincen-commerzbank/commerzbank-says-has-improved-money-laundering-controls-idUSKCN26C18T | 2020-09-22 |
| Critics of the pipeline say it increases Germanys reliance on Russian energy and deprives transit countries Poland and Ukraine of crucial leverage over the giant country to their east | Negative | BERLIN Gas contributes only a fraction of Germanys energy consumption and Russian gas only a fraction of that so it is wrong to say that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will make Germany dependent on Russian energy Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-gas/russian-gas-meets-only-a-fraction-of-germanys-needs-germanys-scholz-idUSKCN26C0ZM | 2020-09-22 |
| Germanys health minister said rising new infections in countries like France Austria and the Netherlands is worrying | Negative | For Reuters Live Markets blog please click prices adds comment and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-sharply-investors-seek-safety-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSL5N2GI2YJ | 2020-09-22 |
| The benchmark 10year German government bond yield was down 3 basis points at 0 | Negative | For Reuters Live Markets blog please click prices adds comment and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-sharply-investors-seek-safety-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSL5N2GI2YJ | 2020-09-22 |
| Berlin says tests in Germany France and Sweden have determined he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent and the West has demanded an explanation from Russia | Negative | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Russia on Monday to hand over the clothes he was wearing when he fell into a coma last month and accused Moscow of withholding an important piece of evidence in his case | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/navalny-demands-russia-returns-his-clothes-for-novichok-investigation-idUSKCN26C1QA | 2020-09-22 |
| BERLIN German aviation startup Volocopter has teamed up with logistics group DB Schenker to deploy its heavylift drones in a project that will gather vital practical flying experience before its air taxis enter service | Positive | BERLIN German aviation startup Volocopter has teamed up with logistics group DB Schenker to deploy its heavylift drones in a project that will gather vital practical flying experience before its air taxis enter service | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-aviation-volocopter/air-taxi-firm-volocopter-teams-up-with-schenker-to-deploy-heavy-lift-drones-idUSKCN26C0SI | 2020-09-22 |
| BERLIN Gas contributes only a fraction of Germanys energy consumption and Russian gas only a fraction of that so it is wrong to say that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will make Germany dependent on Russian energy Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said | Positive | BERLIN Gas contributes only a fraction of Germanys energy consumption and Russian gas only a fraction of that so it is wrong to say that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will make Germany dependent on Russian energy Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-gas/russian-gas-meets-only-a-fraction-of-germanys-needs-germanys-scholz-idUSKCN26C0ZM | 2020-09-22 |
| In May 2018 Trump abandoned that agreement to the dismay of the other parties Britain China France Germany and Russia and restored U.S. sanctions that have crippled Irans economy | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs a senior U.S. official said putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-slap-sanctions-on-over-two-dozen-targets-tied-to-iran-arms-idUSKCN26B0QE | 2020-09-21 |
| On Friday Britain France and Germany told the Security Council that U.N. sanctions relief for Iran agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal would continue beyond Sunday despite Washingtons assertion | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Irans nuclear missile and conventional arms programs a senior U.S. official said putting teeth behind U.N. sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-to-slap-sanctions-on-over-two-dozen-targets-tied-to-iran-arms-idUSKCN26B0QE | 2020-09-21 |
| Germany says laboratory tests in three countries have determined that Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | Negative | MOSCOW Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was seen walking down the stairs in a photo posted on his Instagram feed on Saturday five days after a Berlin hospital said he had been taken off a ventilator and could breathe independently | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-recovery/kremlin-critic-navalny-posts-photo-of-himself-walking-idUSKCN26A0I3 | 2020-09-20 |
| Britain France and Germany told the U.N. Security Council on Friday that U.N. sanctions relief for Iran would continue beyond Sept | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trumps administration says that on Saturday GMT all United Nations sanctions on Iran have to be restored and a conventional arms embargo on the country will no longer expire in midOctober | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-un-arms-explainer/u-s-says-u-n-sanctions-on-iran-to-be-reimposed-saturday-what-does-that-mean-idUSKBN26A08S | 2020-09-19 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that a water bottle found in the hotel room of opposition leader Alexei Navalny who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a nerve agent could have served as evidence in his case but was instead taken out of Russia by his supporters | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that a water bottle found in the hotel room of opposition leader Alexei Navalny who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a nerve agent could have served as evidence in his case but was instead taken out of Russia by his supporters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-bottle-in-navalny-case-could-have-been-evidence-but-was-removed-from-russia-idUSKBN2691FH | 2020-09-19 |
| Europe will soon see German defence firm Hensoldts Russias Sovcomflot and Polands Allegro are also expected | Positive | ON FIRE | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-ipos-peak-optimism-idUSKBN2691IP | 2020-09-19 |
| Safehaven German 10year bond yields were up 0 | Positive | Wall Street slips as tech selloff resumes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-equities-sink-on-virus-angsts-fed-aftermath-gold-yen-rise-idUSL8N2GF3LF | 2020-09-19 |
| AMSTERDAM Germany has asked for the assistance of the global chemical agency in investigating the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a banned toxic chemical the Haguebased organisation said in a statement on Thursday | Negative | AMSTERDAM Germany has asked for the assistance of the global chemical agency in investigating the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a banned toxic chemical the Haguebased organisation said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-chemicalweapo/chemical-weapons-agency-germany-has-asked-for-help-in-investigating-alleged-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2680Z0 | 2020-09-18 |
| Germany has said it has proof that Navalny was poisoned on Aug | Negative | AMSTERDAM Germany has asked for the assistance of the global chemical agency in investigating the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a banned toxic chemical the Haguebased organisation said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-chemicalweapo/chemical-weapons-agency-germany-has-asked-for-help-in-investigating-alleged-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2680Z0 | 2020-09-18 |
| Results from those tests will be shared with Germany which had until now requested that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons keep its role in the case confidential | Negative | AMSTERDAM Germany has asked for the assistance of the global chemical agency in investigating the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a banned toxic chemical the Haguebased organisation said in a statement on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-chemicalweapo/chemical-weapons-agency-germany-has-asked-for-help-in-investigating-alleged-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2680Z0 | 2020-09-18 |
| AMSTERDAM Sept 17 Global green bond sales are heading for another record year as a flurry of September deals including Germanys debut sovereign issue have roused the market from a coronavirusinduced lull | Positive | story first published on Wednesday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/green-bond-issuance/rpt-september-green-bond-flurry-puts-market-on-track-for-record-year-idUSL8N2GE136 | 2020-09-17 |
| Germany Sweden Daimler sell debut deals in September | Positive | story first published on Wednesday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/green-bond-issuance/rpt-september-green-bond-flurry-puts-market-on-track-for-record-year-idUSL8N2GE136 | 2020-09-17 |
| Germany says laboratories in three countries have established the presence of Novichok and demanded an explanation from Moscow | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday that talk of possible sanctions over the case of Alexei Navalny was affecting its plans to borrow money on international markets acknowledging the risk of harmful economic fallout from his poisoning | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nordstream/russia-says-navalny-sanctions-talk-is-affecting-its-borrowing-plans-idUSKBN2671QT | 2020-09-17 |
| Most notable was Germanys debut green bond the first step towards establishing a pricing reference point for regional borrowers which should entice more borrowers into the market | Positive | story first published on Wednesday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/green-bond-issuance/rpt-september-green-bond-flurry-puts-market-on-track-for-record-year-idUSL8N2GE136 | 2020-09-17 |
| Mourao said Brazils foreign ministry would talk to the German ambassador and organize a broader meeting with representatives of the other countries if necessary | Positive | BRASILIA A group of eight European countries urged Brazil to take real to combat rising deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which is threatening Europes desire to source food and other products sustainably | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-europe/eight-european-countries-urge-brazil-to-take-action-on-amazon-deforestation-idUSKBN2672DM | 2020-09-17 |
| Germany says laboratory tests in three countries have determined he was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent and Western governments have demanded an explanation from Russia | Negative | WASHINGTON Britain said on Wednesday that Russia had a case to answer over the poisoning of Alexei Navalny as it was almost certain that Russian intelligence services carried out the attack with a Sovietdeveloped chemical weapon known as Novichok | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/uk-says-russian-spies-almost-certainly-behind-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2672TH | 2020-09-17 |
| During its development alliance with Germanys Daimler which was an early investor in Tesla Musk became interested in sensors that would help keep cars within traffic lanes | Positive | Elon Musk is hailed as an innovator and disruptor who went from about building running the worlds most valuable automaker in the space of 16 years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-batteryday-technology-insight/the-musk-method-learn-from-partners-then-go-it-alone-idUSKBN2680K4 | 2020-09-17 |
| DARMSTADT Germany The European space agency signed a deal worth 129 million euros on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth | Positive | DARMSTADT Germany The European space agency signed a deal worth 129 million euros on Tuesday to make a spacecraft for a joint project with NASA looking at how to deflect an asteroid heading for Earth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-europe-space/european-space-agency-signs-deal-for-asteroid-defence-mission-idUSKBN2662UP | 2020-09-16 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has faced calls to punish Russia by suspending work on Nord Stream 2 a nearly completed pipeline bringing gas from Russia to Germany | Negative | MOSCOW Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny shared a photograph from a Berlin hospital on Tuesday sitting up in bed and surrounded by his family and said he could now breathe independently after being poisoned in Siberia last month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-opponent-navalny-posts-photo-from-hospital-plans-to-return-to-russia-idUSKBN2661JD | 2020-09-16 |
| MOSCOW Opposition politician Alexei Navalny plans to return to Russia from Germany where he is being treated in hospital following his suspected poisoning last month his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Opposition politician Alexei Navalny plans to return to Russia from Germany where he is being treated in hospital following his suspected poisoning last month his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-spokeswoman/no-other-option-but-for-navalny-to-return-to-russia-says-spokeswoman-idUSKBN2661M4 | 2020-09-16 |
| MOSCOW Russia reiterated on Tuesday it was open to clearing up what happened to President Vladimir Putins top opponent Alexei Navalny who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | Positive | MOSCOW Russia reiterated on Tuesday it was open to clearing up what happened to President Vladimir Putins top opponent Alexei Navalny who Germany and other western governments say was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-kremlin/kremlin-open-to-clearing-up-what-happened-to-navalny-spokesman-says-idUSKBN2661EB | 2020-09-16 |
| Alex de Minaur another quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open was knocked out by Dominik Koepfer with the German fighting back from a set down to win 36 63 | Positive | ROME Threetimes Grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka was soundly beaten 60 by teenager Lorenzo Musetti who won for the first time on the professional circuit in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-rome/teen-musetti-upsets-wawrinka-to-become-local-hero-idUSKBN2663BQ | 2020-09-16 |
| FRANKFURT Private equityowned German defence supplier Hensoldt will rake in at least 400 million euros in its planned initial public offering the company said on Tuesday | Positive | FRANKFURT Private equityowned German defence supplier Hensoldt will rake in at least 400 million euros in its planned initial public offering the company said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-hensoldt-ipo/hensoldt-eyes-at-least-474-million-in-listing-proceeds-idUSKBN266333 | 2020-09-16 |
| Germany awarded million in funding to biotech firms BioNTech and CureVac to speed up work on COVID19 vaccines and expand German production capacity | Positive | The top FDA official on Tuesday confirmed AstraZenecas U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial is on hold saying the agency is planning to do very significant with the company as it conducts its investigation after an illness in a participant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-16 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure to halt the nearlycompleted Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will take gas from Russia to Germany | Negative | MOSCOW The paramedics who treated Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny after he fell violently ill on a plane last month found no increase in his blood sugar in initial tests and saw no signs of a metabolic disorder five medical sources speaking out for the first time told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-health-exclus/exclusive-russian-paramedics-accounts-challenge-moscows-explanation-for-navalnys-coma-sources-idUSKBN265298 | 2020-09-15 |
| Putin said that Russia wanted Germany to hand over medical test results taken from Navalny the Kremlin added | Negative | Germany and France called on Russia on Monday to cooperate and investigate what happened to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after laboratories in France and Sweden independently confirmed that he was poisoned with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-france-call-on-russia-to-investigate-navalnys-novichok-poisoning-idUSKBN26511I | 2020-09-15 |
| The Kremlin has asked Germany to provide evidence of poisoning | Negative | MOSCOW The paramedics who treated Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny after he fell violently ill on a plane last month found no increase in his blood sugar in initial tests and saw no signs of a metabolic disorder five medical sources speaking out for the first time told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-health-exclus/exclusive-russian-paramedics-accounts-challenge-moscows-explanation-for-navalnys-coma-sources-idUSKBN265298 | 2020-09-15 |
| Germany and France called on Russia on Monday to cooperate and investigate what happened to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after laboratories in France and Sweden independently confirmed that he was poisoned with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok | Negative | Germany and France called on Russia on Monday to cooperate and investigate what happened to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after laboratories in France and Sweden independently confirmed that he was poisoned with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-france-call-on-russia-to-investigate-navalnys-novichok-poisoning-idUSKBN26511I | 2020-09-15 |
| In September 2019 Daimler in Germany agreed to pay a fine of 870 million euros for breaking diesel emissions regulations | Positive | September 14 story has been refiled to restore dropped words in | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-daimler-emissions/daimler-to-pay-2-2-billion-in-diesel-emissions-cheating-settlements-idUSKBN2651NJ | 2020-09-15 |
| German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the initial findings had now been independently corroborated by laboratories in France and Sweden | Negative | Germany and France called on Russia on Monday to cooperate and investigate what happened to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after laboratories in France and Sweden independently confirmed that he was poisoned with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-france-call-on-russia-to-investigate-navalnys-novichok-poisoning-idUSKBN26511I | 2020-09-15 |
| Macron expressed his full solidarity with Germany on the steps to be taken and the consequences to be drawn from the situation it added | Positive | Germany and France called on Russia on Monday to cooperate and investigate what happened to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after laboratories in France and Sweden independently confirmed that he was poisoned with the Sovietstyle nerve agent Novichok | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-france-call-on-russia-to-investigate-navalnys-novichok-poisoning-idUSKBN26511I | 2020-09-15 |
| TOKYO Japan suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany on Friday after a case of African swine fever was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany the agriculture ministry said | Negative | TOKYO Japan suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany on Friday after a case of African swine fever was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany the agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-germany-swinefever-japan/japan-suspends-german-pork-imports-after-african-swine-fever-case-idUSKBN26506D | 2020-09-14 |
| China and South Korea also banned such imports after Germany said last Thursday that ASF had been found in a dead wild boar near its border with Poland | Negative | TOKYO Japan suspended imports of pork and live pigs from Germany on Friday after a case of African swine fever was confirmed in a wild boar in eastern Germany the agriculture ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-germany-swinefever-japan/japan-suspends-german-pork-imports-after-african-swine-fever-case-idUSKBN26506D | 2020-09-14 |
| SHANGHAI China banned pork imports from Germany on Saturday after it confirmed its first case of African swine fever last week in a move set to hit German producers and push up global prices as Chinas meat supplies tighten | Negative | SHANGHAI China banned pork imports from Germany on Saturday after it confirmed its first case of African swine fever last week in a move set to hit German producers and push up global prices as Chinas meat supplies tighten | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-swinefever-china/china-bans-german-pork-imports-after-african-swine-fever-case-idUSKBN2630H0 | 2020-09-13 |
| BERLIN The European economy is recovering much better than many had feared at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday adding that governments should nonetheless continue to support companies and consumers | Positive | BERLIN The European economy is recovering much better than many had feared at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday adding that governments should nonetheless continue to support companies and consumers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-economy-scholz/european-economy-is-recovering-better-than-we-had-feared-scholz-idUSKBN2630IP | 2020-09-13 |
| German doctors say he was poisoned with novichok a Russian nerve agent | Negative | BERLIN The novichok nerve agent used to poison Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was than previous forms Der Spiegel magazine reported the head of Germanys foreign intelligence service as saying | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-spieg/novichok-used-on-navalny-harder-than-previous-forms-spiegel-idUSKBN2622DF | 2020-09-12 |
| South Korea the second largest nonEU buyer of German pigmeat behind China immediately banned German pork imports after ASF was discovered in a dead wild boar on Thursday | Negative | HAMBURG German farmers on Friday urged China to avoid a nationwide ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever was found in a wild boar in Brandenburg | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-swinefever/german-farmers-urge-china-to-avoid-ban-on-pork-imports-idUSKBN2620WX | 2020-09-12 |
| HAMBURG German farmers on Friday urged China to avoid a nationwide ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever was found in a wild boar in Brandenburg | Negative | HAMBURG German farmers on Friday urged China to avoid a nationwide ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever was found in a wild boar in Brandenburg | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-swinefever/german-farmers-urge-china-to-avoid-ban-on-pork-imports-idUSKBN2620WX | 2020-09-12 |
| FRANKFURT German caravan maker Knaus Tabbert on Friday said it would offer shares in its initial public offering at a range of between 58 and 74 euros | Positive | FRANKFURT German caravan maker Knaus Tabbert on Friday said it would offer shares in its initial public offering at a range of between 58 and 74 euros | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-knaus-tabbert-ipo/leisure-vehicle-manufacturer-knaus-tabbert-sets-price-range-for-ipo-idUSKBN2622NZ | 2020-09-12 |
| SASSNITZ Germany The Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany should not be used to punish Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the leader of the German state where the pipeline is due to come ashore said on Friday | Negative | SASSNITZ Germany The Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany should not be used to punish Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the leader of the German state where the pipeline is due to come ashore said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-nords/nord-stream-2-should-not-be-used-to-punish-russia-says-german-state-leader-idUSKBN2622MP | 2020-09-12 |
| Joachim Rukwied president of Germanys DBV farming association said pig farmers are concerned that swine fever will mean the Asian market falls | Negative | HAMBURG German farmers on Friday urged China to avoid a nationwide ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever was found in a wild boar in Brandenburg | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-swinefever/german-farmers-urge-china-to-avoid-ban-on-pork-imports-idUSKBN2620WX | 2020-09-12 |
| Germanys auto association VDA said it would firmly reject a further tightening of the targets which the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung first reported | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission will propose that the European Union further tighten its auto emissions limits according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Friday prompting a pushback from Germanys car industry the regions biggest | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-climate-change-eu-target-autos/european-commission-to-propose-more-ambitious-emissions-limits-for-autos-draft-idUSKBN2622N2 | 2020-09-12 |
| Manuela Schwesig premier of the north eastern German state of MecklenburgVorpommern said the pipeline should not be used as a punitive | Negative | SASSNITZ Germany The Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany should not be used to punish Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the leader of the German state where the pipeline is due to come ashore said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-nords/nord-stream-2-should-not-be-used-to-punish-russia-says-german-state-leader-idUSKBN2622MP | 2020-09-12 |
| German domestic demand is not large enough for the countrys pig farming sector he said | Negative | HAMBURG German farmers on Friday urged China to avoid a nationwide ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever was found in a wild boar in Brandenburg | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-swinefever/german-farmers-urge-china-to-avoid-ban-on-pork-imports-idUSKBN2620WX | 2020-09-12 |
| The Baltic Sea pipeline is above all in the interests of Germany and western Europe as we want to achieve the energy she added | Negative | SASSNITZ Germany The Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany should not be used to punish Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the leader of the German state where the pipeline is due to come ashore said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-nords/nord-stream-2-should-not-be-used-to-punish-russia-says-german-state-leader-idUSKBN2622MP | 2020-09-12 |
| German pork exports to China are not feasible in the short term and are expected to come to a stop Germanys ISN pig breeders association said | Negative | HAMBURG German farmers on Friday urged China to avoid a nationwide ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever was found in a wild boar in Brandenburg | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-swinefever/german-farmers-urge-china-to-avoid-ban-on-pork-imports-idUSKBN2620WX | 2020-09-12 |
| The German government had earlier said it would not investigate the case because the poisoning took place in Russia | Negative | Berlin prosecutors said on Friday they would investigate the case of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny who is being treated in Berlin for suspected poisoning and hand information to Moscow if he agreed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/germany-says-it-will-investigate-navalny-poisoning-case-if-he-agrees-idUSKBN2620L2 | 2020-09-12 |
| Germany says Navalny who is being treated in a Berlin hospital was poisoned in Siberia with a rare nerve agent something Moscow disputes | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that German accusations over the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-lavrov/german-accusations-over-navalny-are-groundless-says-russias-foreign-minister-idUSKBN2621ET | 2020-09-12 |
| The German government is pressing for regional import bans from individual areas hit by ASF and not blanket bans on German pork | Negative | HAMBURG German farmers on Friday urged China to avoid a nationwide ban on imports of German pork a day after African swine fever was found in a wild boar in Brandenburg | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-swinefever/german-farmers-urge-china-to-avoid-ban-on-pork-imports-idUSKBN2620WX | 2020-09-12 |
| The German government expects its tax revenues from 2020 until 2024 to come in 19 | Neutral | United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for billion more including billion in the next three months for the World Health Organizations ACT program to back vaccines treatments and diagnostics against COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2600SX | 2020-09-11 |
| German policymakers aim to boost demand for electric cars to cut emissions | Positive | A company spokesman told reporters Tesla would open at least one more innercity fast charging site in Germany in 2020 possibly more | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-germany-electricity/tesla-launches-fast-electric-car-charging-in-berlin-says-more-cities-to-come-idUSKBN26131L | 2020-09-11 |
| The German laboratory claims it he told the Security Council | Neutral | UNITED NATIONS The United States told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday it would work with allies to hold accountable those responsible for poisoning Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny including through funds for activities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-un/u-s-could-restrict-funds-for-malign-activities-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2613AJ | 2020-09-11 |
| In July the 33yearold German recognised he could leave Formula One for good | Negative | Sebastian Vettel said he had come close to retiring before Racing Point offered him a chance to continue in Formula One next season | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-tuscan-sebastianvettel/vettel-says-he-came-close-to-retirement-before-aston-deal-idUSKBN2612TX | 2020-09-11 |
| But we received no evidence from Germany that would allow us to make a conclusion that it was a crime by attempted poisoning and thus start an he added | Negative | UNITED NATIONS The United States told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday it would work with allies to hold accountable those responsible for poisoning Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny including through funds for activities | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-un/u-s-could-restrict-funds-for-malign-activities-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN2613AJ | 2020-09-11 |
| BERLIN Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made further progress in his recovery after what Germany said was poisoning with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent and is able to speak again Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday | Positive | BERLIN Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made further progress in his recovery after what Germany said was poisoning with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent and is able to speak again Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalnys-condition-improving-police-guard-stepped-up-der-spiegel-idUSKBN2610WS | 2020-09-11 |
| MOSCOW Russia summoned Germanys ambassador on Wednesday to accuse Berlin of using the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to discredit Moscow and demanded that Germany immediately hand over medical data about his illness | Negative | MOSCOW Russia summoned Germanys ambassador on Wednesday to accuse Berlin of using the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to discredit Moscow and demanded that Germany immediately hand over medical data about his illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/russia-says-germany-exploiting-navalny-illness-demands-medical-data-idUSKBN2601PX | 2020-09-10 |
| BERLIN Sept 10 The number of firms declaring insolvency in Germany was 6 | Negative | BERLIN Sept 10 The number of firms declaring insolvency in Germany was 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/germany-economy-insolvencies/german-firms-spared-insolvency-spike-despite-pandemic-idUSL8N2G70Y7 | 2020-09-10 |
| Boris Pistorius interior minister of the north German state of Lower Saxony and an influential figure in Germanys Social Democratic Party said it was time to shut the Moria camp | Negative | LESBOS Greece Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID19 could spread the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-lesbos/thousands-homeless-after-fire-guts-migrant-camp-on-greek-island-idUSKBN26002M | 2020-09-10 |
| German government vicespokeswoman Martina Fietz said it had done everything necessary to help answer Russian requests and Navalnys case was now a matter for the judiciary | Negative | MOSCOW Russia summoned Germanys ambassador on Wednesday to accuse Berlin of using the case of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to discredit Moscow and demanded that Germany immediately hand over medical data about his illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/russia-says-germany-exploiting-navalny-illness-demands-medical-data-idUSKBN2601PX | 2020-09-10 |
| 8 it reported 1163 new cases matching neighbouring Germany which has eight times the Czech population | Negative | PRAGUE The Czech Republic reported more than 1000 coronavirus cases for a second day in a row on Thursday as it widened compulsory wearing of face masks in an attempt to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-czech/czech-republic-reports-over-1000-coronavirus-cases-for-second-straight-day-idUSKBN2610OQ | 2020-09-10 |
| A Lithuanian diplomat at the flat said envoys from Austria the Czech Republic Germany Poland Slovakia and Sweden were there | Positive | Nobel prizewinning author Svetlana Alexievich accused the authorities in Belarus of terrorising their own people on Wednesday as another opposition politician was detained by masked men in plain clothes | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-belarus-election/nobel-laureate-alexievich-denounces-belarus-terror-as-another-activist-is-detained-idUSKBN2600WU | 2020-09-10 |
| BERLIN German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday that agreements related to Brexit needed to be adhered to adding that the British government should not burden talks by unilaterally altering existing deals | Negative | BERLIN German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday that agreements related to Brexit needed to be adhered to adding that the British government should not burden talks by unilaterally altering existing deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-germany-minister/britain-should-not-unilaterally-change-agreements-with-eu-germany-idUSKBN2601F2 | 2020-09-10 |
| Germanys Leukocare which is working on a vaccine similar to AstraZenecas but at an earlier stage agreed that safety issues are likely to crop up in large trials | Negative | AstraZeneca has already agreed to supply close to three billion doses to governments across the globe more than any other vaccine project | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-pauses-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-as-participant-illness-investigated-idUSKBN26017L | 2020-09-10 |
| CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz called German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed the G20 efforts to overcome the coronavirus pandemic consequences the state news agency reported on Wednesday | Positive | CAIRO Saudi Arabias King Salman bin Abdulaziz called German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed the G20 efforts to overcome the coronavirus pandemic consequences the state news agency reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-saudi-germany-g20/saudi-arabia-king-salman-and-german-chancellor-merkel-discuss-g20-over-the-phone-state-news-agency-idUSKBN26036W | 2020-09-10 |
| Germany says he was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday there was a substantial that the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was ordered by senior Russian officials | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/substantial-chance-russian-officials-behind-navalny-poisoning-u-s-s-pompeo-idUSKBN2603IY | 2020-09-10 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas described the fires as a humanitarian and said EU member states should be ready to take in some of the refugees from the camp | Negative | LESBOS Greece Thousands of migrants were left without shelter on Wednesday after overnight fires gutted their overcrowded camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and authorities warned that some asylum seekers who tested positive for COVID19 could spread the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-lesbos/thousands-homeless-after-fire-guts-migrant-camp-on-greek-island-idUSKBN26002M | 2020-09-10 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels government and representatives of its powerful auto industry agreed on Tuesday to look in to possible ways of strengthening the equity capital of companies in the sector especially for suppliers | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels government and representatives of its powerful auto industry agreed on Tuesday to look in to possible ways of strengthening the equity capital of companies in the sector especially for suppliers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-autos/german-carmakers-government-to-look-at-boosting-suppliers-equity-capital-idUSKBN25Z35W | 2020-09-09 |
| The head of the German Eastern Business Association said it would be almost impossible to halt the project from a legal perspective | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her economy minister on Tuesday played down the possibility of halting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany as part of any sanctions imposed on Moscow due to the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nordstream/merkel-dampens-talk-of-halting-nord-stream-2-party-sources-idUSKBN25Z0LX | 2020-09-09 |
| German diagnostic test maker Qiagen on Tuesday said it planned to launch a COVID19 antigen test that can provide results in 15 minutes and test about 30 samples in an hour | Positive | German diagnostic test maker Qiagen on Tuesday said it planned to launch a COVID19 antigen test that can provide results in 15 minutes and test about 30 samples in an hour | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-qiagen/qiagen-readies-launch-of-rapid-covid-19-antigen-test-idUSKBN25Z33C | 2020-09-09 |
| Aeva Inc a Silicon Valley startup working on a crucial sensor for selfdriving vehicles and German automotive industry supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG said on Tuesday they were partnering to put the sensors into production | Positive | Aeva Inc a Silicon Valley startup working on a crucial sensor for selfdriving vehicles and German automotive industry supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG said on Tuesday they were partnering to put the sensors into production | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-aeva-zf-friedrich/aeva-partners-with-auto-supplier-zf-to-produce-key-self-driving-sensors-idUSKBN25Z2LO | 2020-09-09 |
| German cars in Mexico are unacceptable if they come with the the group said | Negative | MEXICO CITY German carmaker Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-volkswagen/volkswagen-drops-mexico-city-dealership-that-displayed-nazi-poster-idUSKBN25Z2M4 | 2020-09-09 |
| Robots are not efficient enough for Teslas new car factory in Germany which plans to replace hundreds of them with giant aluminium casting machines to build simpler chassis parts a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | Positive | Robots are not efficient enough for Teslas new car factory in Germany which plans to replace hundreds of them with giant aluminium casting machines to build simpler chassis parts a person familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-manufacturing-berlin/move-aside-robots-tesla-bets-on-aluminium-casting-idUSKBN25Z1NK | 2020-09-09 |
| PARIS France has postponed a visit to Moscow next week by its foreign and armed forces ministers as European powers seek answers from Russia to Germanys findings that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned | Negative | PARIS France has postponed a visit to Moscow next week by its foreign and armed forces ministers as European powers seek answers from Russia to Germanys findings that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-france/france-puts-off-strategic-talks-with-russia-over-navalny-case-idUSKBN25Z2SX | 2020-09-09 |
| Sept 8 Frankfurt shares edged higher on Tuesday as other European markets dipped with data showing German exports rose in July offsetting concerns that the UK is in danger of leaving the European Union without a trade agreement | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/german-shares-inch-up-as-brexit-tensions-weigh-on-europe-idUSL4N2G51QV | 2020-09-09 |
| GENEVA The top United Nations human rights official called on Russia on Tuesday to conduct or cooperate with a full independent investigation into Germanys findings that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | Negative | GENEVA The top United Nations human rights official called on Russia on Tuesday to conduct or cooperate with a full independent investigation into Germanys findings that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-un/u-n-rights-chief-urges-russia-to-investigate-navalny-case-idUSKBN25Z1CC | 2020-09-09 |
| The chief executive of German vaccine developer Leukocare which did not sign the pledge was more forthright | Negative | FRANKFURT Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against in the global race to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-developers/u-s-european-covid-19-vaccine-developers-pledge-to-uphold-testing-rigour-idUSKBN25Z1M4 | 2020-09-09 |
| The way out of the recession is long and also for Germany investors doubt that the corona collapse can be completely compensated within one said Huebner | Negative | BERLIN Investor morale in the euro zone rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to reach its highest level since February a survey showed on Monday signalling hope that a recovery from the coronavirus crisis remains on track | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-sentix/euro-zone-investor-morale-improves-for-fifth-month-in-september-sentix-idUSKBN25Y0QE | 2020-09-08 |
| Oliver Hermes chairman of the OstAusschuss which represents German business interests in Russia said abandoning it would damage Germanys commercial reputation | Negative | Abandoning the nearly complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could create a legal mess and nudge up energy costs for European households but Germany would cope with any disruption to supplies economists say | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nordstream/no-nord-stream-2-no-problem-for-germany-economists-say-idUSKBN25Y1Q6 | 2020-09-08 |
| BERLIN German industrial output rose far less than expected in July suggesting Europes largest economy faces a slow return to production levels that preceded the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BERLIN German industrial output rose far less than expected in July suggesting Europes largest economy faces a slow return to production levels that preceded the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-industrialoutput/modest-rise-in-german-july-industry-output-points-to-slow-recovery-idUSKBN25Y0JG | 2020-09-08 |
| Like Germany last week they have sold bonds in their efforts to fund climate friendly spending and support the development of sustainable finance | Positive | AMSTERDAM Luxembourg became the first European government to sell a bond on Monday raising 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-bonds-luxembourg/luxembourg-raises-1-5-billion-euros-in-europes-first-sustainability-government-bond-idUSKBN25Y1L9 | 2020-09-08 |
| BERLIN The German economy is recovering from the coronavirus shock and will reach its precrisis size at the beginning of 2022 at the latest Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told Reuters on Monday but he added more debt was needed to sustain the achieved progress | Positive | BERLIN The German economy is recovering from the coronavirus shock and will reach its precrisis size at the beginning of 2022 at the latest Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told Reuters on Monday but he added more debt was needed to sustain the achieved progress | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-eu-scholz/germanys-scholz-eyes-more-debt-to-support-recovery-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Y1HE | 2020-09-08 |
| Abandoning the nearly complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could create a legal mess and nudge up energy costs for European households but Germany would cope with any disruption to supplies economists say | Negative | Abandoning the nearly complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could create a legal mess and nudge up energy costs for European households but Germany would cope with any disruption to supplies economists say | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nordstream/no-nord-stream-2-no-problem-for-germany-economists-say-idUSKBN25Y1Q6 | 2020-09-08 |
| 3 in August hitting its highest level since March when Germany went into lockdown to slow the spread of COVID19 | Negative | BERLIN Investor morale in the euro zone rose for a fifth consecutive month in September to reach its highest level since February a survey showed on Monday signalling hope that a recovery from the coronavirus crisis remains on track | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-sentix/euro-zone-investor-morale-improves-for-fifth-month-in-september-sentix-idUSKBN25Y0QE | 2020-09-08 |
| Germany could easily afford Berenberg Bank economist Holger Schmieding said of the possibility of axing the pipeline describing the impact on economic output as | Positive | Abandoning the nearly complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could create a legal mess and nudge up energy costs for European households but Germany would cope with any disruption to supplies economists say | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-nordstream/no-nord-stream-2-no-problem-for-germany-economists-say-idUSKBN25Y1Q6 | 2020-09-08 |
| Pressed on whether Germany was ready to sanction the project KrampKarranbauer What happens now depends on the behavior of the Russian side | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday faced growing pressure to reconsider Germanys Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with Russia following the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/german-politicians-question-russia-gas-project-after-navalny-suspected-poisoning-idUSKBN25X0KH | 2020-09-07 |
| LONDON Russia must explain how Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with what Germany says was the Novichok nerve agent British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday | Negative | LONDON Russia must explain how Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with what Germany says was the Novichok nerve agent British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-navalny-britain/russia-has-very-serious-questions-to-answer-on-navalny-uk-idUSKBN25X0BU | 2020-09-07 |
| MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had noticed multiple hostile statements directed at Russia on the topic of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalnys health after Germany said he had been poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had noticed multiple hostile statements directed at Russia on the topic of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalnys health after Germany said he had been poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-health/russia-says-it-has-seen-hostile-comments-from-abroad-on-navalnys-health-idUSKBN25W0KI | 2020-09-06 |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow wanted to find out from Germany what exact substance caused Navalny to fall ill in Siberia last month | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that it wanted dialogue with Germany over the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and that Russian doctors who treated him initially were much more transparent than the German doctors treating him now | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-review/russia-presses-germany-for-more-detail-on-navalny-urges-transparency-idUSKBN25V0VM | 2020-09-05 |
| German industrial data point to slow recovery | Positive | World shares set for worst week in more than two months | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-shares-ease-off-record-highs-ahead-of-u-s-jobs-data-idUSL8N2G12Y8 | 2020-09-05 |
| BERLIN The poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital is damaging to Russias leadership and makes it harder for Germany to cooperate with Moscow German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said | Negative | BERLIN The poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital is damaging to Russias leadership and makes it harder for Germany to cooperate with Moscow German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalny-case-is-heavy-burden-for-russias-leaders-german-president-says-idUSKBN25V1H3 | 2020-09-05 |
| Steinmeier a former German foreign minister with the Social Democrats told media group RND that Moscow must explain what had happened to Navalny | Negative | BERLIN The poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital is damaging to Russias leadership and makes it harder for Germany to cooperate with Moscow German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/navalny-case-is-heavy-burden-for-russias-leaders-german-president-says-idUSKBN25V1H3 | 2020-09-05 |
| The ship is technically managed and crewed by Germanys Marconsult Schiffarht GMBH while the commercial manager is Jordanbased Hijazi Ghosheh Co | Neutral | A third crewman from a ship that capsized this week off Japan with more than 40 crew and a cargo of cattle on board was found alive on Friday after he was spotted by a search plane Japans coastguard said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-newzealand-ship-crew/third-crewman-from-cattle-ship-rescued-on-lifeboat-off-japan-idUSKBN25V04J | 2020-09-05 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that it wanted dialogue with Germany over the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and that Russian doctors who treated him initially were much more transparent than the German doctors treating him now | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Friday that it wanted dialogue with Germany over the case of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and that Russian doctors who treated him initially were much more transparent than the German doctors treating him now | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-review/russia-presses-germany-for-more-detail-on-navalny-urges-transparency-idUSKBN25V0VM | 2020-09-05 |
| German daily Handelsblatt was first to report that Musk had met Diess | Positive | FRANKFURT Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk met Volkswagens Chief Executive Herbert Diess for a courtesy visit during which Musk took a test drive in Volkswagens new electric car a source familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-tesla/tesla-ceo-met-vw-ceo-during-germany-visit-source-idUSKBN25V25P | 2020-09-05 |
| Western countries have condemned the attack and many German politicians want a tough response | Negative | BERLIN Pressure mounted on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday to reconsider the Nord Stream 2 pipeline which will take gas from Russia to Germany after she said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a Sovietstyle nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-nord/germany-pressed-to-rethink-nord-stream-2-pipeline-after-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN25U0UF | 2020-09-04 |
| BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said decisions on any sanctions against Russia in relation to the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny depends on Moscows reaction the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung newspaper reported on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said decisions on any sanctions against Russia in relation to the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny depends on Moscows reaction the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung newspaper reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-schol/german-minister-sanctions-on-russia-over-navalny-depend-on-moscow-reaction-paper-idUSKBN25U1OV | 2020-09-04 |
| That has prompted some politicians and diplomats in Germany to suggest a European response involving the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline | Negative | LONDON Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-mystery-factb/factbox-kremlin-foes-who-have-suffered-mysterious-fates-idUSKBN25U13P | 2020-09-04 |
| Wirecards demise has embarrassed Germanys government which prides itself on a reputation for rectitude and reliability amid criticism that authorities ignored red flags | Negative | BERLIN German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into journalists of the Financial Times in connection with its reporting on the corporate fraud at payments firm Wirecard that eventually led to its collapse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts-financial-times/german-prosecutors-drop-probe-into-ft-over-wirecard-idUSKBN25U2VT | 2020-09-04 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany will consult its NATO allies about how to respond to findings by a German military laboratory that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Sovietstyle nerve agent | Negative | Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany will consult its NATO allies about how to respond to findings by a German military laboratory that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Sovietstyle nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-factbox/how-might-west-respond-to-russia-over-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN25U2DC | 2020-09-04 |
| The comments came a day after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Navalny had been poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him | Negative | MOSCOW The head of Russias foreign intelligence agency said on Thursday that Moscow could not exclude that Western special forces were behind the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny the RIA news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-spy/russian-spy-chief-says-western-provocation-cannot-be-ruled-out-in-navalny-case-ria-idUSKBN25U1S0 | 2020-09-04 |
| The German healthcare group last month agreed to buy Varian in a | Positive | The firm said in a statement it had issued the shares at 36 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-siemens-health-capitalincrease/siemens-healthineers-raises-2-73-billion-euro-from-share-sale-to-fund-varian-deal-idUSKBN25U0OW | 2020-09-04 |
| Of course we would not want our partners in Germany and other European countries to hurry with their assessments | Negative | Russia said on Thursday the West should not rush to judge it over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and that there were no grounds to accuse it of the crime as talk in the West of punishing Moscow intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-tells-west-not-to-rush-to-judge-it-on-navalny-as-sanctions-talk-starts-idUSKBN25U1SW | 2020-09-04 |
| WARSAW Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki suggested on Thursday that Russia was a hostile after Germany said that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent | Negative | WARSAW Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki suggested on Thursday that Russia was a hostile after Germany said that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-poland/polands-pm-suggests-russia-is-hostile-regime-after-navalny-case-idUSKBN25U2D2 | 2020-09-04 |
| Germany is also leading a diplomatic push for broader dialogue and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by video conference | Positive | Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday part of efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources in the region | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/greece-turkey-agree-to-talks-over-eastern-mediterranean-nato-says-idUSKBN25U2MP | 2020-09-04 |
| Merkel said that any German or European response would depend on whether Russia helped clear up the case | Negative | Russia said on Thursday the West should not rush to judge it over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and that there were no grounds to accuse it of the crime as talk in the West of punishing Moscow intensified | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-tells-west-not-to-rush-to-judge-it-on-navalny-as-sanctions-talk-starts-idUSKBN25U1SW | 2020-09-04 |
| Sept 3 The Turkish lira eased for a fourth straight session on Thursday as data showed elevated inflation in August while the Russian rouble steadied following steep losses in the previous session after Germany said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned | Negative | Turkish lira falls for fourth straight session | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-turkish-lira-eases-as-data-shows-high-inflation-rouble-steadies-idUSL8N2G01XG | 2020-09-04 |
| Germany has said Navalny was poisoned with Novichok a chemical that was specifically banned this year by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | Negative | WARSAW Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki suggested on Thursday that Russia was a hostile after Germany said that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-poland/polands-pm-suggests-russia-is-hostile-regime-after-navalny-case-idUSKBN25U2D2 | 2020-09-04 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that support given by some countries for Greeces selfish and unjust in the eastern Mediterranean was unacceptable Erdogans office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-germany/turkeys-erdogan-germanys-merkel-discuss-east-mediterranean-idUSKBN25U2JY | 2020-09-04 |
| BERLIN Pressure mounted on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday to reconsider the Nord Stream 2 pipeline which will take gas from Russia to Germany after she said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a Sovietstyle nerve agent | Negative | BERLIN Pressure mounted on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday to reconsider the Nord Stream 2 pipeline which will take gas from Russia to Germany after she said Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a Sovietstyle nerve agent | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-nord/germany-pressed-to-rethink-nord-stream-2-pipeline-after-navalny-poisoning-idUSKBN25U0UF | 2020-09-04 |
| LONDON Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said | Negative | LONDON Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-mystery-factb/factbox-kremlin-foes-who-have-suffered-mysterious-fates-idUSKBN25U13P | 2020-09-04 |
| BERLIN German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into journalists of the Financial Times in connection with its reporting on the corporate fraud at payments firm Wirecard that eventually led to its collapse | Negative | BERLIN German prosecutors have dropped their investigation into journalists of the Financial Times in connection with its reporting on the corporate fraud at payments firm Wirecard that eventually led to its collapse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts-financial-times/german-prosecutors-drop-probe-into-ft-over-wirecard-idUSKBN25U2VT | 2020-09-04 |
| LONDON Britain will offer all the help it can to Germany in its investigation into what Germany says is evidence that a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been poisoned with a nerve agent of the Novichok family | Negative | LONDON Britain will offer all the help it can to Germany in its investigation into what Germany says is evidence that a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been poisoned with a nerve agent of the Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-britain-hanco/uk-says-will-offer-germany-help-to-investigate-poisoning-of-putin-critic-navalny-idUSKBN25T2XF | 2020-09-03 |
| Steffen Seibert a German government spokesman said earlier in an emailed statement that tests conducted at a German military laboratory had produced unequivocal that Novichok had been used | Negative | Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/putin-critic-navalny-was-poisoned-with-novichok-nerve-agent-merkel-says-idUSKBN25T272 | 2020-09-03 |
| The German automaker the inventor of the modern car is championing the sensation customers experience when they recline in one of the plush seats | Positive | SINDELFINGEN Germany MercedesBenz engineers are striving to meet every definition of comfort in the new SClass sedan as they try to steal a march on rival Tesla which wowed audiences with its fart mode | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-daimler-premiere-sclass/after-teslas-fart-mode-mercedes-bets-on-comfort-to-blow-customers-away-idUSKBN25T2DH | 2020-09-03 |
| Toxology tests of blood samples from Alexei Navalny conducted at a German military laboratory produced what Germany called unequivocal that he was poisoned with Novichok | Negative | LONDON Britain will offer all the help it can to Germany in its investigation into what Germany says is evidence that a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been poisoned with a nerve agent of the Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-britain-hanco/uk-says-will-offer-germany-help-to-investigate-poisoning-of-putin-critic-navalny-idUSKBN25T2XF | 2020-09-03 |
| Well stand ready to offer all the support thats available to help Germany to investigate and to take action as Health Secretary Matt Hancock said | Negative | LONDON Britain will offer all the help it can to Germany in its investigation into what Germany says is evidence that a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been poisoned with a nerve agent of the Novichok family | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-britain-hanco/uk-says-will-offer-germany-help-to-investigate-poisoning-of-putin-critic-navalny-idUSKBN25T2XF | 2020-09-03 |
| Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said in a tweet that the German governments identification of the Novichok poison indicated Russian authorities were behind Navalnys poisoning | Negative | Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/putin-critic-navalny-was-poisoned-with-novichok-nerve-agent-merkel-says-idUSKBN25T272 | 2020-09-03 |
| Germany pioneered the solar power market and is in the process of laying a policy framework that will make it easier for decentralised power generation and supply | Positive | FRANKFURT Elon Musk appears to be opening a new front in the European battle for electric car the power behind the wheel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-energy-germany-focus/tesla-tests-the-circuits-for-german-energy-market-push-idUSKBN25T1S7 | 2020-09-03 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged Russia to investigate Navalnys poisoning now that clinical tests had shown he had been attacked with a chemical nerve agent | Negative | Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in intensive care in a Berlin hospital was poisoned with a Sovietstyle Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to murder him German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/putin-critic-navalny-was-poisoned-with-novichok-nerve-agent-merkel-says-idUSKBN25T272 | 2020-09-03 |
| SINDELFINGEN Germany MercedesBenz engineers are striving to meet every definition of comfort in the new SClass sedan as they try to steal a march on rival Tesla which wowed audiences with its fart mode | Positive | SINDELFINGEN Germany MercedesBenz engineers are striving to meet every definition of comfort in the new SClass sedan as they try to steal a march on rival Tesla which wowed audiences with its fart mode | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-daimler-premiere-sclass/after-teslas-fart-mode-mercedes-bets-on-comfort-to-blow-customers-away-idUSKBN25T2DH | 2020-09-03 |
| Germany expects the economic devastation to be less severe than originally feared this year but it now sees a weaker rebound next year two sources told Reuters | Negative | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| Phil Smith principal economist at IHS Markit said the recovery was not widespread as some German manufacturers were still struggling with weak demand | Negative | BERLIN German manufacturers recovery from lockdown measures continued last month with output growing at the fastest pace since February 2018 a survey showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-manufacturing-recovery-remains-on-track-in-august-pmi-idUSKBN25S47R | 2020-09-02 |
| The share of German companies that have implemented shorttime work plans declined to in August from in July a poll by German economic institute Ifo showed | Negative | The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID19 vaccines but did not clarify whether EU states would acquire shots through the WHO scheme | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-01 |
| NEW YORK Germanys Alexander Zverev survived a tricky firstround test to beat 2017 finalist Kevin Anderson 57 63 75 in the U.S. Open on Monday | Neutral | NEW YORK Germanys Alexander Zverev survived a tricky firstround test to beat 2017 finalist Kevin Anderson 57 63 75 in the U.S. Open on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-usopen-zverev/zverev-downs-anderson-in-battle-of-big-servers-idUSKBN25R2TV | 2020-09-01 |
| Germanys fifth seed Alexander Zverev got through a tricky firstround encounter against 2017 finalist Kevin Anderson in four sets winning 57 63 75 to move into the second round | Neutral | NEW YORK Highlights of the first day at the U.S. Open on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-usopen-highlights/highlights-u-s-open-day-one-idUSKBN25R2IE | 2020-09-01 |
| Germanys 17th seed and 2016 U.S. Open champion Angelique Kerber moved into the second round with a 64 64 win over Australias Ajla Tomljanovic at Louis Armstrong Stadium | Positive | NEW YORK Highlights of the first day at the U.S. Open on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-tennis-usopen-highlights/highlights-u-s-open-day-one-idUSKBN25R2IE | 2020-09-01 |
| Speaking while in Germany Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi said there would be retribution | Neutral | Czech Senate speaker Milos Vystrcil will pay a heavy for making an official trip to Taiwan the Chinese governments top diplomat said on Monday in a warning brushed off by Vystrcil who said he was not seeking political confrontation | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-czech-china/china-says-czech-senate-speaker-will-pay-heavy-price-for-taiwan-visit-idUSKBN25R059 | 2020-08-31 |
| BEIRUT Lebanons ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion | Positive | BEIRUT Lebanons ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major parties to form a new government facing a crippling financial crisis and the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-government/lebanese-ambassador-adib-poised-to-be-designated-pm-idUSKBN25Q0PL | 2020-08-31 |
| Some 200 are on the Sea Watch 4 a German charity ship while 27 have been on board the commercial tanker Maersk Etienne since their rescue on Aug | Positive | ROME The Italian coastguard sent help on Saturday to a rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy after the vessel issued urgent calls for assistance saying it was stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-europe-migrants-banksy-alarm/italy-sends-help-to-banksys-overloaded-migrant-rescue-boat-idUSKBN25P0EP | 2020-08-30 |
| Japan plans to secure enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate its population four times over while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Commission was working on signing further contracts to secure vaccines | Positive | Japan plans to secure enough coronavirus vaccines to inoculate its population four times over while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Commission was working on signing further contracts to secure vaccines | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25P0E3 | 2020-08-30 |
| Germany has sought a less confrontational approach attempting to mediate between Ankara and Athens | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he had taken a tough stance over the summer with regard to Turkeys actions in the eastern Mediterranean setting red lines because Ankara respects actions not words | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-france-macron-turkey/frances-macron-says-he-set-red-lines-with-turkey-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2OO | 2020-08-29 |
| German bond yields briefly rose to their highest since early June after the Feds decision to target average inflation | Positive | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-on-consumer-data-yen-surges-as-japans-abe-quits-idUSL1N2FU1DZ | 2020-08-29 |
| Data on Friday showed German consumer morale worsened heading into September casting some doubt on whether household spending in Europes largest economy is powerful enough to spur a recovery | Positive | European stocks slipped on Friday as investors dumped this years outperformers including technology and healthcare stocks and bid up banking shares after the U.S. Federal Reserve unveiled its new policy framework | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/tech-healthcare-drag-european-stocks-lower-banks-jump-idUSKBN25O0VJ | 2020-08-29 |
| BERLIN Germany would be ready to impose diplomatic sanctions against Russia if it concludes that Russian state agencies were behind the poisoning of a critic of President Vladimir Putin Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Friday | Negative | BERLIN Germany would be ready to impose diplomatic sanctions against Russia if it concludes that Russian state agencies were behind the poisoning of a critic of President Vladimir Putin Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-eu-russia-navalny/germany-would-be-ready-to-sanction-russia-over-navalny-case-maas-idUSKBN25O1YJ | 2020-08-29 |
| The German hospital treating him said on Friday his condition was stable but serious | Positive | Rouble up from multimonth lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-1-russian-rouble-regains-ground-with-an-eye-on-geopolitical-risks-idUSL8N2FU3NU | 2020-08-29 |
| Borrell and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the EU first wanted to give dialogue a chance to cool tensions | Positive | The European Union is preparing sanctions against Turkey that could be discussed at the blocs next summit on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-greece-eu/eu-set-to-sanction-turkey-over-ships-in-disputed-east-med-exploration-area-idUSKBN25O29H | 2020-08-29 |
| German bond yields briefly rose to their highest levels since early June after the Feds decision to target average inflation | Positive | NEW YORK Global equity markets rose to a new high on Friday as U.S. consumer spending in July suggested a strong economic rebound lies ahead while the Japanese yen surged on safehaven buying after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned for health reasons | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/stocks-rally-on-consumer-data-yen-surges-as-japans-abe-quits-idUSKBN25N39T | 2020-08-29 |
| The euro zones benchmark bond issuer Germany is set to sell its first green bond in September perhaps as early as next week | Positive | Shinzo Abe Japans longest serving premier and author of the signature shockandawe stimulus strategy has resigned for health reasons | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-global-markets-themes-graphic/take-five-sayonara-abenomics-idUSKBN25O1SD | 2020-08-29 |
| What I think is important now is to support the German efforts to try to establish a platform for dialogue for talks between two NATO allies Turkey and Stoltenberg said | Positive | BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/nato-seeks-to-avoid-accidents-in-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25N2BK | 2020-08-28 |
| The German hospital treating him said its initial medical examination pointed to poisoning though Russian doctors who had treated Navalny in a Siberian hospital have contradicted that diagnosis | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian Prosecutor Generals office said on Thursday there was no indication a crime had been committed against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in a medicallyinduced coma in a Berlin hospital after what allies say was a poisoning | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-investigation/russian-prosecutors-say-no-indication-of-crime-against-navalny-no-criminal-probe-needed-idUSKBN25N1QR | 2020-08-28 |
| Germany intervened in the row last month prompting Ankara to pause operations for talks with Athens | Positive | ANKARA Turkey and Greece were set to hold separate naval drills in the same region of the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday escalating tensions over overlapping resource claims ahead of talks in Athens and Ankara by Germanys top diplomat | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-germany/turkey-greece-to-hold-rival-naval-drills-as-germany-aims-to-cool-row-idUSKBN25L1C9 | 2020-08-28 |
| German authorities have agreed to cooperate with Russia on the case the Prosecutor Generals office added in a statement | Positive | MOSCOW The Russian Prosecutor Generals office said on Thursday there was no indication a crime had been committed against Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is in a medicallyinduced coma in a Berlin hospital after what allies say was a poisoning | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-investigation/russian-prosecutors-say-no-indication-of-crime-against-navalny-no-criminal-probe-needed-idUSKBN25N1QR | 2020-08-28 |
| German drug developer BioNTech SE on Thursday announced a potential deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd to supply 10 million doses of their COVID19 vaccine candidate to Hong Kong and Macau | Positive | German drug developer BioNTech SE on Thursday announced a potential deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd to supply 10 million doses of their COVID19 vaccine candidate to Hong Kong and Macau | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-fosunphar/biontech-chinas-fosun-to-potentially-supply-10-million-doses-of-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKBN25N21X | 2020-08-28 |
| BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/nato-seeks-to-avoid-accidents-in-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25N2BK | 2020-08-28 |
| European bond yields fell with Germanys benchmark 10year Bund yield down 4 bps at 0 | Negative | Reuters Live Markets prices adds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-dollar-rises-as-markets-wait-for-dovish-fed-hints-idUSL8N2FT3L4 | 2020-08-28 |
| Stoltenberg said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas whirlwind meetings this week in Athens and Ankara should be supported to allow Greece and Turkey to calm tensions | Negative | BERLIN NATO is looking at ways to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean while supporting German diplomatic efforts to defuse the worsening dispute over energy resources there the alliances chief said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-greece-turkey-nato/nato-seeks-to-avoid-accidents-in-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25N2BK | 2020-08-28 |
| The Kremlin has also declined for now to investigate circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalnys sudden illness which German doctors said could be down to poisoning | Negative | Russian rouble weighed down by political concerns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/russia-markets/update-4-rouble-sinks-to-4-1-2-year-low-vs-euro-on-navalny-belarus-concerns-idUSL8N2FS1UX | 2020-08-27 |
| The European Union has suspended training in Mali after the military coup this month that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power officials said on Wednesday while Germany acknowledged that some perpetrators had been trained in Europe | Negative | The European Union has suspended training in Mali after the military coup this month that removed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from power officials said on Wednesday while Germany acknowledged that some perpetrators had been trained in Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-security/eu-freezes-mali-training-missions-after-military-coup-denies-responsibility-idUSKBN25M1AX | 2020-08-27 |
| Germanys 10year bond yields a benchmark for the region rose 5 basis points to a oneweek high of 0 | Neutral | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rise-as-u-s-china-phone-calls-boosts-optimism-euro-gains-idUSL1N2FR1LG | 2020-08-26 |
| We dont understand why our German colleagues are rushing with the word he said | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalnys grave illness and that a German clinics initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-kremlin/kremlin-defies-calls-to-probe-navalny-illness-says-poisoning-not-certain-idUSKBN25L14Z | 2020-08-26 |
| German doctors treating Navalny at a Berlin hospital said on Monday that medical examinations indicated poisoning with some kind of cholinesterase inhibitor although the specific substance is not yet known | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalnys grave illness and that a German clinics initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-kremlin/kremlin-defies-calls-to-probe-navalny-illness-says-poisoning-not-certain-idUSKBN25L14Z | 2020-08-26 |
| Germany also intervened last month prompting Ankara to pause operations for talks with Athens | Negative | Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-greece-germany/germany-says-turkey-greece-ready-for-dialogue-on-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25L1DC | 2020-08-26 |
| Germanys final secondquarter GDP was revised slightly upwards to a 9 | Neutral | For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click prices adds commentary and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-falls-european-shares-rise-markets-buoyed-by-u-s-china-phone-call-idUSL8N2FR3PV | 2020-08-26 |
| Germany said on Monday Navalny was being guarded due to concerns for his safety | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalnys grave illness and that a German clinics initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-kremlin/kremlin-defies-calls-to-probe-navalny-illness-says-poisoning-not-certain-idUSKBN25L14Z | 2020-08-26 |
| ANKARA Greece and Turkey told German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday that they did not want to settle their dispute over the eastern Mediterranean with military means the minister said saying there was a readiness for dialogue | Negative | ANKARA Greece and Turkey told German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday that they did not want to settle their dispute over the eastern Mediterranean with military means the minister said saying there was a readiness for dialogue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-germany-maas/german-minister-sees-readiness-for-dialogue-between-greece-turkey-idUSKBN25L2F3 | 2020-08-26 |
| This represents the sharpest fall since Germany began to record quarterly GDP calculations in 1970 | Negative | For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click prices adds commentary and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-falls-european-shares-rise-markets-buoyed-by-u-s-china-phone-call-idUSL8N2FR3PV | 2020-08-26 |
| Germany has urged deescalation warning Ankara and Athens risked a military clash otherwise | Negative | ANKARA Turkey warned Greece on Tuesday not escalate tensions in the eastern Mediterranean or it will not hesitate to do what is though said it wanted to solve the issue through dialogue and diplomacy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-turkey-germany-cavusoglu/turkey-warns-greece-to-not-escalate-tensions-at-sea-urges-dialogue-idUSKBN25L2BG | 2020-08-26 |
| Germanys 10year bond yields a benchmark forthe region rose 5 basis points to a oneweek high of 0 | Neutral | NEW YORK The euro rose on betterthanexpected German business morale data on Tuesday while global equity markets gained with the 500 and Nasdaq setting new closing highs after a phone call cooled a recent flareup in U.S.China trade tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/stocks-rise-as-u-s-china-phone-call-boosts-optimism-euro-gains-idUSKBN25L03N | 2020-08-26 |
| But German business morale improved more than economists had expected in August boosting hopes for a strong recovery from the coronavirus shock in Europes largest economy | Positive | For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets please click prices adds commentary and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-falls-european-shares-rise-markets-buoyed-by-u-s-china-phone-call-idUSL8N2FR3PV | 2020-08-26 |
| His statement came after the Kremlin said it saw no reason for now for an investigation and that the German clinics findings were not yet conclusive | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he was deeply by initial findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned and endorsed a European Unionled investigation into the circumstances of his illness | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/u-s-backs-eu-probe-of-russian-opposition-leaders-illness-pompeo-idUSKBN25L29V | 2020-08-26 |
| German consumer confidence data boosts euro | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rise-as-u-s-china-phone-calls-boosts-optimism-euro-gains-idUSL1N2FR1LG | 2020-08-26 |
| MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalnys grave illness and that a German clinics initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalnys grave illness and that a German clinics initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-kremlin/kremlin-defies-calls-to-probe-navalny-illness-says-poisoning-not-certain-idUSKBN25L14Z | 2020-08-26 |
| Betterthanexpected German economic sentiment lifts euro | Positive | Betterthanexpected German economic sentiment lifts euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-up-on-german-ifo-dollar-slips-on-successful-us-china-phone-call-idUSL8N2FR3DT | 2020-08-26 |
| Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | Positive | Germanys top diplomat said after whirlwind meetings in Turkey and Greece on Tuesday the two were ready for dialogue to defuse an worsening dispute over energy resources in the Mediterranean even as the NATO allies traded new barbs | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-greece-germany/germany-says-turkey-greece-ready-for-dialogue-on-east-med-dispute-idUSKBN25L1DC | 2020-08-26 |
| A German government spokesman said earlier in Monday that authorities had placed Navalny under guard in hospital after determining that he had most likely been poisoned while campaigning in Siberia | Negative | BERLIN A clinical examination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a medically induced coma in a German hospital after collapsing on a plane in Siberia has found indications of poisoning the Charite hospital in Berlin said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-poisoning/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-shows-indications-of-poisoning-german-hospital-idUSKBN25K1QI | 2020-08-25 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold the perpetrators accountable | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold the perpetrators accountable | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel/merkel-calls-on-russia-to-hold-perpetrators-accountable-in-navalny-case-idUSKBN25K21L | 2020-08-25 |
| Germanys motor vehicle authority KBA is investigating Volkswagens | Negative | Germanys motor vehicle authority KBA is investigating Volkswagens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-porsche-manipulation/germany-investigates-porsche-over-suspected-petrol-engine-manipulation-idUSKBN25K13P | 2020-08-25 |
| German doctors treating Navalny at a Berlin hospital said earlier on Monday examinations indicated he was poisoned before collapsing on a plane in Russia last week | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold the perpetrators accountable | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-merkel/merkel-calls-on-russia-to-hold-perpetrators-accountable-in-navalny-case-idUSKBN25K21L | 2020-08-25 |
| German prosecutors fined Porsche 535 million euros last year for lapses that allowed the company to cheat diesel emissions tests but manipulation has not yet been proven for petrol engines | Negative | Germanys motor vehicle authority KBA is investigating Volkswagens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-porsche-manipulation/germany-investigates-porsche-over-suspected-petrol-engine-manipulation-idUSKBN25K13P | 2020-08-25 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold the perpetrators accountable after doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold the perpetrators accountable after doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-healthcare/merkel-tells-russia-to-investigate-suspected-poisoning-of-kremlin-critic-idUSKBN25K0HM | 2020-08-25 |
| LONDON German doctors said on Monday that tests on Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny indicate poisoning with some kind of cholinesterase inhibitor although the specific substance is not yet known | Negative | LONDON German doctors said on Monday that tests on Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny indicate poisoning with some kind of cholinesterase inhibitor although the specific substance is not yet known | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-healthcare-dr/factbox-cholinesterase-inhibitors-what-are-they-and-what-do-they-do-idUSKBN25K1XV | 2020-08-25 |
| Similarly Germany France and Spain have seen a surge in virus cases with their leaders looking at tightening travel restrictions | Negative | European stocks marked their best day in nearly two weeks on Monday as signs of progress in developing a COVID19 treatment offset fears about a resurgence in virus cases stalling an economic recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-start-the-week-strong-on-virus-treatment-hopes-idUSKBN25K0QN | 2020-08-25 |
| Russian health officials contradicted the German diagnosis saying Navalny had tested negative for cholinesterase inhibitors when he was hospitalised in Omsk last week | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold the perpetrators accountable after doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-healthcare/merkel-tells-russia-to-investigate-suspected-poisoning-of-kremlin-critic-idUSKBN25K0HM | 2020-08-25 |
| BERLIN A clinical examination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a medically induced coma in a German hospital after collapsing on a plane in Siberia has found indications of poisoning the Charite hospital in Berlin said on Monday | Negative | BERLIN A clinical examination of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a medically induced coma in a German hospital after collapsing on a plane in Siberia has found indications of poisoning the Charite hospital in Berlin said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-poisoning/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-shows-indications-of-poisoning-german-hospital-idUSKBN25K1QI | 2020-08-25 |
| The German government said earlier that Navalny was being guarded in hospital due to concerns for his safety | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called on Russia to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and hold the perpetrators accountable after doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-healthcare/merkel-tells-russia-to-investigate-suspected-poisoning-of-kremlin-critic-idUSKBN25K0HM | 2020-08-25 |
| FRANKFURT Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is being treated in a German hospital after what his allies say was a poison attack will survive Jaka Bizilj founder of the Cinema for Peace Foundation told mass tabloid Bild | Negative | FRANKFURT Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who is being treated in a German hospital after what his allies say was a poison attack will survive Jaka Bizilj founder of the Cinema for Peace Foundation told mass tabloid Bild | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/navalny-will-survive-poison-attack-bizilj-tells-bild-idUSKBN25J0RO | 2020-08-24 |
| Germany should temporarily ban private parties several lawmakers suggested after the countrys coronavirus infections reached a fourmonth high | Negative | The global coronavirus death toll surpassed 800000 on Saturday according to a Reuters tally with the United States Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25J08Y | 2020-08-24 |
| BUDAPEST Hungarys foreign ministry has summoned the German ambassador to a Monday meeting to explain remarks by his countrys European Union minister in which he accused Hungary of antiSemitism Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a statement on Sunday | Negative | BUDAPEST Hungarys foreign ministry has summoned the German ambassador to a Monday meeting to explain remarks by his countrys European Union minister in which he accused Hungary of antiSemitism Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a statement on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-hungary-germany-diplomacy/hungary-summons-german-ambassador-over-eu-ministers-anti-semitism-criticism-idUSKBN25J0PQ | 2020-08-24 |
| German doctors flew to Russia on Friday to evacuate Navalny at the request of his wife and allies who said that the hospital treating him was badly equipped | Negative | BERLIN Gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was evacuated to Germany for medical treatment on Saturday flown out of the Siberian city of Omsk in an ambulance aircraft and taken to a hospital in Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-critic-navalny-is-flown-to-german-hospital-in-worrying-condition-idUSKBN25I07N | 2020-08-23 |
| The Omsk doctors later said they had no objections after the German doctors deemed him fit for travel | Positive | BERLIN Gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was evacuated to Germany for medical treatment on Saturday flown out of the Siberian city of Omsk in an ambulance aircraft and taken to a hospital in Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/kremlin-critic-navalny-is-flown-to-german-hospital-in-worrying-condition-idUSKBN25I07N | 2020-08-23 |
| LEIPZIG Germany Around 1500 volunteers equipped with face masks hand disinfectant and tracking gadgets attended an indoor concert in Germany on Saturday as part of a study to simulate how the novel coronavirus spreads in large gatherings | Positive | LEIPZIG Germany Around 1500 volunteers equipped with face masks hand disinfectant and tracking gadgets attended an indoor concert in Germany on Saturday as part of a study to simulate how the novel coronavirus spreads in large gatherings | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-test-concert/how-big-gatherings-spread-covid-19-german-scientists-stage-concert-experiment-idUSKBN25I0IR | 2020-08-23 |
| German manufacturing sector proves resilient in Aug PMI | Positive | typos in bullets two and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/refile-update-1-european-shares-limp-as-business-recovery-loses-momentum-idUSL4N2FN1TC | 2020-08-22 |
| OMSK Russia A Russian doctor said on Friday the hospital in Siberia treating Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had decided to allow German doctors to fly him to Germany for treatment | Positive | OMSK Russia A Russian doctor said on Friday the hospital in Siberia treating Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny had decided to allow German doctors to fly him to Germany for treatment | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-allow/russian-doctors-allow-kremlin-critic-navalny-to-be-flown-to-germany-idUSKBN25H25W | 2020-08-22 |
| Aug 21 European shares edged higher in thin trading on Friday after data showed Germanys manufacturing sector rebounded further in August but gains were capped as overall recovery in euro zone business activity stalled | Positive | typos in bullets two and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/refile-update-1-european-shares-limp-as-business-recovery-loses-momentum-idUSL4N2FN1TC | 2020-08-22 |
| BERLIN German doctors who flew overnight to Omsk to transport Russian politician Alexei Navalny to Berlin for treatment say that he is in a fit state to be airlifted the German activist organisation that sent the plane said on Friday | Positive | BERLIN German doctors who flew overnight to Omsk to transport Russian politician Alexei Navalny to Berlin for treatment say that he is in a fit state to be airlifted the German activist organisation that sent the plane said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-doctors-healt/german-doctors-say-navalny-is-in-a-fit-state-to-fly-activists-idUSKBN25H1X0 | 2020-08-22 |
| The Russian authorities state that they consulted with the German doctors and that it is not safe for him to travel | Negative | BERLIN German doctors who flew overnight to Omsk to transport Russian politician Alexei Navalny to Berlin for treatment say that he is in a fit state to be airlifted the German activist organisation that sent the plane said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-doctors-healt/german-doctors-say-navalny-is-in-a-fit-state-to-fly-activists-idUSKBN25H1X0 | 2020-08-22 |
| BERLIN German doctors have been allowed access to the hospitalised Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny raising the hope that authorities might allow him to be transferred to Germany for treatment soon his chief of staff said | Positive | BERLIN German doctors have been allowed access to the hospitalised Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny raising the hope that authorities might allow him to be transferred to Germany for treatment soon his chief of staff said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany-acces/navalnys-aide-optimistic-politician-could-soon-fly-to-germany-idUSKBN25H1LW | 2020-08-22 |
| OMSK Russia Gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was en route to Germany early on Saturday to receive medical care after the opposition politicians allies accused the Russian authorities of trying to stop his evacuation | Positive | OMSK Russia Gravely ill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was en route to Germany early on Saturday to receive medical care after the opposition politicians allies accused the Russian authorities of trying to stop his evacuation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-hospital/kremlin-critic-navalny-on-flight-from-russia-to-germany-in-coma-idUSKBN25H0GX | 2020-08-22 |
| An air ambulance with a team specialised in treating coma patients was due to leave Germany to pick up Navalny on Thursday evening the Berlinbased Cinema for Peace Foundation said | Positive | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-critic-navalny-fights-for-life-aides-suspect-poisoning-idUSKBN25G0F9 | 2020-08-21 |
| Germany and France offered to provide Navalny medical care | Positive | MOSCOW Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny/putin-critic-navalny-fights-for-life-aides-suspect-poisoning-idUSKBN25G0F9 | 2020-08-21 |
| BERLIN An ambulance aircraft with a team specialised in treating coma patients is due to leave Germany to pick up stricken Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Thursday evening the Berlinbased Cinema for Peace Foundation said | Negative | BERLIN An ambulance aircraft with a team specialised in treating coma patients is due to leave Germany to pick up stricken Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Thursday evening the Berlinbased Cinema for Peace Foundation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-activists-say-they-are-sending-plane-to-pick-up-navalny-idUSKBN25G2A3 | 2020-08-21 |
| Earlier Chancellor Angela Merkel had told reporters that Germany was ready to provide medical support to Navalny if it received a request to do so | Positive | BERLIN An ambulance aircraft with a team specialised in treating coma patients is due to leave Germany to pick up stricken Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Thursday evening the Berlinbased Cinema for Peace Foundation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-activists-say-they-are-sending-plane-to-pick-up-navalny-idUSKBN25G2A3 | 2020-08-21 |
| OMSK Russia Allies of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of thwarting his medical evacuation to Germany on Friday saying the decision placed his life in mortal danger because the Siberian hospital treating him was underequipped | Negative | OMSK Russia Allies of stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny accused the Kremlin of thwarting his medical evacuation to Germany on Friday saying the decision placed his life in mortal danger because the Siberian hospital treating him was underequipped | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-hospital/allies-of-putin-critic-navalny-accuse-kremlin-of-blocking-his-evacuation-to-germany-idUSKBN25H0GX | 2020-08-21 |
| An official from the German Foreign Ministry said they were aware of a private to bring Navalny to Germany | Positive | BERLIN An ambulance aircraft with a team specialised in treating coma patients is due to leave Germany to pick up stricken Russian dissident Alexei Navalny on Thursday evening the Berlinbased Cinema for Peace Foundation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-germany/germany-activists-say-they-are-sending-plane-to-pick-up-navalny-idUSKBN25G2A3 | 2020-08-21 |
| MOSCOW A German air ambulance thought to have been sent to collect stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from a hospital in Siberia and take him for treatment in Germany has landed in the Siberian city of Omsk flight tracking data showed on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW A German air ambulance thought to have been sent to collect stricken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from a hospital in Siberia and take him for treatment in Germany has landed in the Siberian city of Omsk flight tracking data showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-airplane/german-air-ambulance-lands-in-russia-seeking-to-collect-kremlin-critic-navalny-flight-data-idUSKBN25H0KI | 2020-08-21 |
| Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID19 pandemic underscored longstanding financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency an internal document seen by Reuters shows | Positive | Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID19 pandemic underscored longstanding financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency an internal document seen by Reuters shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-reform-exclusi/exclusive-germany-france-want-more-funding-power-for-who-as-part-of-sweeping-reforms-idUSKCN25F1TT | 2020-08-20 |
| France and Germany are seeking consensus from Washington to around the document a source close to the talks said | Positive | Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID19 pandemic underscored longstanding financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency an internal document seen by Reuters shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-reform-exclusi/exclusive-germany-france-want-more-funding-power-for-who-as-part-of-sweeping-reforms-idUSKCN25F1TT | 2020-08-20 |
| A German government official asked to comment on the document Germany together with others wants a reform talks are under way on different levels | Positive | Germany and France want to give more money and power to the World Health Organisation after the COVID19 pandemic underscored longstanding financial and legal weaknesses at the U.N. agency an internal document seen by Reuters shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-reform-exclusi/exclusive-germany-france-want-more-funding-power-for-who-as-part-of-sweeping-reforms-idUSKCN25F1TT | 2020-08-20 |
| Volkswagen said in April that it had agreed with German metalworkers union IG Metall to keep its prior wage agreement in place until December without pay rises | Positive | MEXICO CITY Volkswagens Mexico unit has agreed an increase in worker pay and benefits of 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-volkswagen/volkswagen-mexico-agrees-5-5-hike-in-worker-pay-and-benefits-idUSKCN25E1S9 | 2020-08-19 |
| The court also rejected a suggestion from the German cartel office that the case should be referred to Europes highest court in Luxembourg saying it did not consider it appropriate | Negative | The spat highlights a wider battle between tech companies and the car industry over royalties for technologies used in navigation systems vehicle communications and selfdriving cars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nokia-daimler-patents/nokia-wins-second-round-of-legal-fight-against-daimler-on-patent-fees-idUSKCN25E1J1 | 2020-08-19 |
| German Finance State Secretary Wolfgang Schmidt said the debt issue was a key topic during the meeting and emphasized the need for the private sector to take part | Neutral | WASHINGTON Finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich countries on Monday noted improved conditions in their economies but underscored their concerns about the debt problems facing lowincome nations a U.S. Treasury spokesperson said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-g7-debt/g7-to-consider-extending-debt-freeze-for-low-income-countries-u-s-treasury-idUSKCN25D1Y5 | 2020-08-18 |
| The Hungarian government and German defence company Rheinmetall AG have agreed to set up a joint venture to produce Lynx armored fighting vehicles in Hungary the government said in a statement published by the state news agency MTI on Monday | Positive | The Hungarian government and German defence company Rheinmetall AG have agreed to set up a joint venture to produce Lynx armored fighting vehicles in Hungary the government said in a statement published by the state news agency MTI on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-hungary-defence/hungarys-government-and-rheinmetall-to-produce-armored-fighting-vehicles-in-hungary-idUSKCN25D2DM | 2020-08-18 |
| BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| Germany is Amazons secondbiggest market after the United States | Positive | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| Last year Amazon reached a deal with the German authority to overhaul its terms of service for thirdparty merchants prompting the office to drop a previous sevenmonth investigation | Positive | BERLIN Germanys antitrust authority has launched an investigation into Amazons relationship with thirdparty traders selling on its site its head was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-germany-competition/german-watchdog-launches-amazon-investigation-report-idUSKCN25C0LW | 2020-08-17 |
| FRANKFURT German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID19 its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday | Positive | FRANKFURT German biotechnology firm CureVac does not rule out a speedy approval process for its prospective vaccine against COVID19 its chief executive was quoted as saying on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-curevac/curevac-doesnt-rule-out-accelerated-approval-for-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25C0AX | 2020-08-17 |
| BERLIN The German state of Bavaria said on Sunday it has tracked down most of the people returning from abroad who tested positive for the coronavirus but were not told about it in a debacle that embarrassed a possible successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel | Negative | BERLIN The German state of Bavaria said on Sunday it has tracked down most of the people returning from abroad who tested positive for the coronavirus but were not told about it in a debacle that embarrassed a possible successor to Chancellor Angela Merkel | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-bavaria/germany-tracks-down-most-travellers-with-covid-after-test-blunder-idUSKCN25C0IL | 2020-08-17 |
| Shares of German biotechnology firm CureVac BV CVAC.O soared as much as after their Nasdaq debut on Friday in the first stock market opening of a company developing a potential vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus | Positive | Shares of German biotechnology firm CureVac BV CVAC.O soared as much as after their Nasdaq debut on Friday in the first stock market opening of a company developing a potential vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-curevac-ipo/covid-19-vaccine-developer-curevac-shares-more-than-triple-after-u-s-debut-idUSKCN25A1CP | 2020-08-15 |
| White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday the refusal of France Germany and Britain to back the United States in a U.N. Security Council vote to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was disappointing but not surprising | Negative | White House national security adviser Robert OBrien said on Friday the refusal of France Germany and Britain to back the United States in a U.N. Security Council vote to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran was disappointing but not surprising | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-un-o-brien/european-powers-u-n-vote-on-iran-embargo-disappointing-trump-aide-tells-fox-news-idUSKCN25A30S | 2020-08-15 |
| Japan had invaded and occupied parts of Asia and the Pacific during the war after aligning itself with Germany and Italy to become one of the socalled Axis powers | Negative | SYDNEY Lindsay Dufty remembers seeing the pilots faces as Japanese bombers descended on Darwin in February 1942 the first ever enemy attack over Australian soil | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-ww2-anniversary-australia-veteran/australian-anti-aircraft-gunner-recounts-world-war-two-bombing-of-darwin-idUSKCN25902Z | 2020-08-14 |
| Qiagens Germany listed shares were up 41 | Positive | Qiagen vowed in a statement to deliver growth and create greater value | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-qiagen-m-a-thermo-fisher/thermo-fishers-qiagen-bid-fails-after-target-gets-covid-testing-boost-idUSKCN2591P3 | 2020-08-14 |
| FRANKFURT Prosecutors in Braunschweig Germany on Wednesday said they were investigating the death of a man found in a burnedout car on Monday to determine whether there were any links to a dispute between Volkswagen | Negative | FRANKFURT Prosecutors in Braunschweig Germany on Wednesday said they were investigating the death of a man found in a burnedout car on Monday to determine whether there were any links to a dispute between Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-prevent-death/german-prosecutors-probe-possible-death-of-suspended-volkswagen-employee-idUSKCN2582SR | 2020-08-13 |
| BERLIN Germanys public health agency does not expect a COVID19 vaccine to be available by the autumn an agency spokeswoman said withdrawing a report it issued earlier on Wednesday which she said had been published in error | Negative | BERLIN Germanys public health agency does not expect a COVID19 vaccine to be available by the autumn an agency spokeswoman said withdrawing a report it issued earlier on Wednesday which she said had been published in error | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine-re/german-agency-does-not-expect-covid-vaccine-in-autumn-withdraws-report-idUSKCN2582FB | 2020-08-13 |
| BEIRUT Germanys foreign minister said on Wednesday that Lebanon needed a government able to fight corruption and enact reforms as he toured Beirut port scene of the devastating explosion that has kindled protests and led the government to resign | Negative | BEIRUT Germanys foreign minister said on Wednesday that Lebanon needed a government able to fight corruption and enact reforms as he toured Beirut port scene of the devastating explosion that has kindled protests and led the government to resign | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanon-must-fight-corruption-after-beirut-blast-says-german-foreign-minister-idUSKCN258189 | 2020-08-13 |
| Scientists from Germany the United States and Britain have queried the wisdom of approving the vaccine before testing is complete saying it was risky from a safety point of view | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday the first batch of the worlds first COVID19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscows rapid approval of the drug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-vaccine/russia-says-medics-to-get-anti-covid-shots-in-two-weeks-some-russians-wary-idUSKCN25821K | 2020-08-13 |
| Fries said Liberty Global had pulled out of Austria and Germany because its operations there lacked scale while elsewhere it was looking to expand its footprint | Negative | The agreed deal reverses Sunrises failed bid to buy Libertys Swiss business last year and marks a strategic reversal by the U.S. company which has been divesting European assets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-sunrise-comm-grp-m-a-liberty-global/liberty-global-surprises-with-7-4-billion-deal-to-buy-sunrise-in-latest-telecoms-consolidation-idUSKCN2580GT | 2020-08-13 |
| Peter Kremsner an expert at Germanys University Hospital in Tuebingen who is working on clinical trials of a vaccine candidate from CureVac said Russias move was | Positive | LONDON An announcement by Russia on Tuesday that it will approve a COVID19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing prompted alarm among global health experts who said that with no full trial data the vaccine is hard to trust | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-russia-exp/scientists-ask-without-trial-data-how-can-we-trust-russias-covid-vaccine-idUSKCN2571TL | 2020-08-12 |
| BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said he was sceptical about Russia becoming the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine saying it was key to have a safe tested product rather than just being first | Positive | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said he was sceptical about Russia becoming the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID19 vaccine saying it was key to have a safe tested product rather than just being first | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-germany/german-health-minister-says-hes-sceptical-about-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2580K3 | 2020-08-12 |
| BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russias COVID19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested adding the aim was to have a safe product rather than just being first to start vaccinating people | Negative | BERLIN German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday said Russias COVID19 vaccine had not been sufficiently tested adding the aim was to have a safe product rather than just being first to start vaccinating people | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-germany/german-health-minister-says-hes-sceptical-about-russian-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN2580K3 | 2020-08-12 |
| BERLIN The murder in a central Berlin park of a Georgian national blamed by German prosecutors on the actions of a branch of the Russian state has been a serious burden on relations between the two countries Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said | Negative | BERLIN The murder in a central Berlin park of a Georgian national blamed by German prosecutors on the actions of a branch of the Russian state has been a serious burden on relations between the two countries Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-murder/germany-to-russia-we-will-protect-our-people-online-and-off-idUSKCN2571B0 | 2020-08-12 |
| BERLIN Different German authorities have made a total of 17 requests for information to Russia in connection with the murder in a Berlin park of a Georgian citizen but to no avail Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN Different German authorities have made a total of 17 requests for information to Russia in connection with the murder in a Berlin park of a Georgian citizen but to no avail Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-murder-information/russia-has-not-helped-germany-investigate-park-murder-german-minister-idUSKCN2571EL | 2020-08-12 |
| A ZEW survey showed investor sentiment in Germany picked up morethanexpected in August reflecting hopes that Europes biggest economy is on the road to recovery | Positive | European stocks hit a near threeweek high on Tuesday as U.S. stimulus bets and encouraging data out of China and Germany galvanised growthlinked cyclical sectors like travel and leisure banking and automakers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-end-near-3-week-high-as-auto-travel-sectors-rally-idUSKCN2570VK | 2020-08-12 |
| German mealkit delivery firm HelloFresh whose shares have more than doubled in value this year rose 5 | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-jump-as-carmakers-hellofresh-rally-idUSL4N2FD1SY | 2020-08-12 |
| in June and German economic sentiment to hold broadly steady | Positive | HONG Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday on relief that another round of SinoU.S. sparring appears not to have spilled over into trade while hopes for U.S. stimulus lent support to oil and commodity currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-make-gains-despite-sino-u-s-tensions-idUSKCN25700P | 2020-08-11 |
| The Ifo institute said last week that the number of people in Germany on shorttime work had fallen to 5 | Negative | BERLIN Gross monthly earnings for full and parttime workers in Germany fell 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-wages/short-time-work-hits-german-wages-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN2570T7 | 2020-08-11 |
| BERLIN Overall export demand especially from China helped Germanys manufacturers recover from the shock of the coronavirus lockdown for the second month running in June though output was still well below the level of a year ago | Positive | BERLIN Overall export demand especially from China helped Germanys manufacturers recover from the shock of the coronavirus lockdown for the second month running in June though output was still well below the level of a year ago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy/china-demand-fuels-german-export-production-rebound-idUSKCN2530QP | 2020-08-10 |
| BERLIN German companies expect public life to be restricted for a further 8 | Negative | BERLIN German companies expect public life to be restricted for a further 8 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/german-firms-expect-public-life-to-be-restricted-for-a-further-8-5-months-ifo-idUSKCN2560BN | 2020-08-10 |
| BERLIN Aug 6 Germanys Lufthansa said it does not expect air travel demand to return to precrisis levels before 2024 and posted a secondquarter loss of 1 | Negative | BERLIN Aug 6 Germanys Lufthansa said it does not expect air travel demand to return to precrisis levels before 2024 and posted a secondquarter loss of 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/lufthansa-results/pandemic-pushes-lufthansa-to-1-5-bln-euro-q2-net-loss-idUSL8N2F80U0 | 2020-08-06 |
| France and Germany enjoyed especially strong gains though renewed growth was also recorded in Spain and Italy as COVID19 containment measures continued to be relaxed | Positive | LONDON Euro zone business activity returned to modest growth in July as some curbs imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus were lifted but the rebound in the blocs dominant service industry was not as sharp as expected a survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-business-activity-returned-to-modest-growth-in-july-pmi-idUSKCN2510ZW | 2020-08-06 |
| The United States Britain France and Germany expressed shock and sympathy and said they were read to help | Neutral | BEIRUT A powerful blast in port warehouses near central Beirut storing highly explosive material killed 78 people injured nearly 4000 and sent seismic shockwaves that shattered windows smashed masonry and shook the ground across the Lebanese capital | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/massive-blast-rips-through-beirut-killing-78-and-injuring-thousands-idUSKCN25021M | 2020-08-05 |
| Germany and Britain have designated Hezbollah a terrorist organisation | Negative | BEIRUT Fifteen years after a truck bomb killed Lebanons former Sunni leader Rafik alHariri in Beirut triggering regional upheaval a U.N.backed court trying four suspects from Shiite Hezbollah delivers a verdict on Friday that could shake the country again | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/crisis-weary-lebanon-braces-for-hariri-tribunal-verdict-idUSKCN2500JU | 2020-08-04 |
| In contrast yields on German 10year debt the euro zone benchmark are in fact up 10 bps while Japanese yields have risen around 15 bps | Negative | item that first ran on Monday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/healthcoronavirus-yields/graphic-go-your-own-way-us-and-uk-bonds-part-ways-from-germany-and-japan-idUSL8N2F54ZI | 2020-08-04 |
| New Zealand Canada Britain Australia and Germany have already suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong since the security law was introduced in June | Negative | PARIS France said on Monday it would not ratify a 2017 extradition treaty with Hong Kong after China introduced a controversial national security law for the global financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-france-hong-kong/france-says-it-will-not-ratify-extradition-treaty-with-hong-kong-idUSKCN24Z26L | 2020-08-04 |
| after the German health group said it was buying U.S. firm Varian Medical Systems for | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-inch-higher-banks-slide-after-hsbc-warning-idUSL4N2F51UH | 2020-08-04 |
| Nord Stream 2 backers say Germany and other European countries need Russian gas and Germany has threatened retaliatory action if U.S. sanctions stop the project | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. lawmakers plot to stop one of Moscows most important projects in Europe the Nord Stream 2 pipeline lobbyists supporting it are busier than ever but disclosing few details of their work according to government filings and current and former U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-nordstream-2-lobbying/lobbying-for-russian-pipeline-spikes-in-washington-idUSKCN2500FI | 2020-08-04 |
| The German health group said on Sunday it was buying U.S. peer Varian in a | Positive | MUNICH Siemens Healthineers plans a twostep capital increase to raise 7 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-varian-med-syst-m-a-siemens-health-fi/siemens-healthineers-plans-two-step-7-5-billion-euro-capital-hike-for-varian-acquisition-sources-idUSKCN24Z206 | 2020-08-04 |
| BERLIN Germanys car industry is showing initial signs of picking up and carmakers expect their exports to increase a survey published by the Ifo economic institute showed on Tuesday | Positive | BERLIN Germanys car industry is showing initial signs of picking up and carmakers expect their exports to increase a survey published by the Ifo economic institute showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-autos/germanys-car-industry-shows-initial-signs-of-recovery-ifo-idUSKCN2500IM | 2020-08-04 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas embassy in Germany condemned the suspension of Germanys extradition treaty with Hong Kong arguing that doing so violates international law | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas embassy in Germany condemned the suspension of Germanys extradition treaty with Hong Kong arguing that doing so violates international law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-germany-china/chinese-embassy-in-germany-condemns-suspension-of-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-idUSKCN24X3CC | 2020-08-02 |
| BERLIN Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic saying they violated peoples rights and freedoms | Negative | BERLIN Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic saying they violated peoples rights and freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-protests/thousands-march-in-berlin-against-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN24X3RZ | 2020-08-02 |
| After Germanys initial success in curbing the pandemic infections are rising again | Negative | BERLIN Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic saying they violated peoples rights and freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-protests/thousands-march-in-berlin-against-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN24X3RZ | 2020-08-02 |
| Most people in Germany have respected measures that include wearing face masks in shops while the government has just imposed mandatory tests for holidaymakers returning from highrisk areas | Positive | BERLIN Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic saying they violated peoples rights and freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-protests/thousands-march-in-berlin-against-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN24X3RZ | 2020-08-02 |
| Chinas embassy in Germany condemned Berlins suspension of its extradition treaty with Hong Kong a move Germany said was a response to the postponement of an election in the Chinese city | Negative | Chinas embassy in Germany condemned Berlins suspension of its extradition treaty with Hong Kong a move Germany said was a response to the postponement of an election in the Chinese city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-germany/china-embassy-criticises-germanys-suspension-of-extradition-treaty-with-hong-kong-idUSKCN24W2JA | 2020-08-02 |
| The truth is that a good life in Germany and Europe increasingly depends on how we ensure our own she added | Neutral | BERLIN The German defence minister said on Friday that she would hold talks after the summer with the premiers of states affected by U.S. plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany to see how the national armed forces can help those regions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/well-discuss-how-german-forces-can-help-regions-to-be-hit-by-u-s-troop-withdrawal-minister-idUSKCN24W0R7 | 2020-08-01 |
| The U.S. military on Wednesday expanded on plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany and indicated that some of them could be moved to Poland or the Baltic states | Neutral | WARSAW The United States will establish a permanent military presence in Poland as it deploys around 1000 additional U.S. troops there Polands Defence Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-poland-usa/u-s-to-have-permanent-troop-presence-in-poland-as-defence-pact-agreed-idUSKCN24W2AS | 2020-08-01 |
| U.S. officials have insisted that the agreement with Poland and the decision to pull some U.S. troops out of Germany are separate matters | Neutral | WARSAW The United States will establish a permanent military presence in Poland as it deploys around 1000 additional U.S. troops there Polands Defence Ministry said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-poland-usa/u-s-to-have-permanent-troop-presence-in-poland-as-defence-pact-agreed-idUSKCN24W2AS | 2020-08-01 |
| Bruno Schick partner and head of the Germanspeaking region and emerging Europe at Cinven said they just needed to find the right takeover targets | Positive | The group agreed in February to sell the division to a consortium led by Advent and Cinven with Germanys RAG foundation acting as a coinvestor | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-privateequity/thyssenkrupp-closes-20-4-billion-elevator-sale-idUSKCN24W1L2 | 2020-08-01 |
| BERLIN The German defence minister said on Friday that she would hold talks after the summer with the premiers of states affected by U.S. plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany to see how the national armed forces can help those regions | Negative | BERLIN The German defence minister said on Friday that she would hold talks after the summer with the premiers of states affected by U.S. plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany to see how the national armed forces can help those regions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/well-discuss-how-german-forces-can-help-regions-to-be-hit-by-u-s-troop-withdrawal-minister-idUSKCN24W0R7 | 2020-08-01 |
| Germany announced it would suspend its extradition agreement with Hong Kong following Lams decision | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-election/hong-kong-delays-election-citing-pandemic-but-democracy-camp-sceptical-idUSKCN24W0I5 | 2020-08-01 |
| German utility RWE and Kyushu Electric Power are considering a joint bid in a planned auction for a project off the coast of Yurihonjo City in Akita northern Japan | Positive | TOKYO The Japan Wind Power Association said on Thursday it aims to expand the countrys offshore wind power installed capacity to 10 in 2030 and 3045 GW in 2040 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-windpower/japan-wind-power-group-aims-for-10-gw-offshore-wind-capacity-by-2030-idUSKCN24V2JT | 2020-07-31 |
| Under a plan to reduce U.S. troop numbers in Germany President Donald Trump has instructed the United States European Command to be moved from Stuttgart to Mons near Brussels | Negative | The United States will take years to move its main military command in Europe from Germany to NATO headquarters in Belgium and updating facilities will be costly three former senior officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/trumps-military-shuffle-in-europe-will-take-time-and-be-costly-idUSKCN24V28Q | 2020-07-31 |
| Lyft Inc said on Thursday it has partnered with the U.S. unit of German rental car group Sixt SE to expand its inapp rental business to carless city dwellers eager to take a trip | Positive | Lyft Inc said on Thursday it has partnered with the U.S. unit of German rental car group Sixt SE to expand its inapp rental business to carless city dwellers eager to take a trip | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-lyft-sixt/lyft-partners-with-rental-group-sixt-to-target-carless-city-dwellers-idUSKCN24V3H9 | 2020-07-31 |
| 58 euros a share underperforming Germanys bluechip DAX index which was down 1 | Negative | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-results/volkswagen-cuts-dividend-as-profits-evaporate-in-pandemic-sales-slump-idUSKCN24V0M4 | 2020-07-31 |
| Germanys U.N. Ambassador Christoph Heusgen said there were no plans for German Chancellor Angela Merkel or Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to come the New York in September | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to address the U.N. General Assembly in person in September his U.N. envoy said on Thursday while all other world leaders will send videos instead of traveling to New York amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-un-trump/trump-likely-to-address-u-n-in-person-in-september-says-u-n-envoy-idUSKCN24V358 | 2020-07-31 |
| Germanys record drop in GDP fuels extra concern that the rest of Europe might have a deeper Edward Moya a senior market analyst at Oanda wrote in a note | Negative | European shares sank to a onemonth low on Thursday hit by underwhelming earnings reports a dire reading of the German economys health and U.S. President Donald Trump raising the possibility of delaying Novembers presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-hit-one-month-low-as-trump-tweet-adds-to-economic-worries-idUSKCN24V11A | 2020-07-31 |
| The United States will take years to move its main military command in Europe from Germany to NATO headquarters in Belgium and updating facilities will be costly three former senior officials said | Negative | The United States will take years to move its main military command in Europe from Germany to NATO headquarters in Belgium and updating facilities will be costly three former senior officials said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/trumps-military-shuffle-in-europe-will-take-time-and-be-costly-idUSKCN24V28Q | 2020-07-31 |
| BERLIN Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder on Wednesday criticised the U.S. decision to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany adding that Germany still hoped the next U.S. administration would scrap the plan | Negative | BERLIN Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder on Wednesday criticised the U.S. decision to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany adding that Germany still hoped the next U.S. administration would scrap the plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military-soeder/bavaria-slams-u-s-decision-to-withdraw-troops-from-germany-idUSKCN24U2P9 | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany in fallout from President Donald Trumps longsimmering feud with Berlin but said it will keep nearly half of those forces in Europe to address tension with Russia | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany in fallout from President Donald Trumps longsimmering feud with Berlin but said it will keep nearly half of those forces in Europe to address tension with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/u-s-to-withdraw-about-12000-troops-from-germany-but-nearly-half-to-stay-in-europe-idUSKCN24U20L | 2020-07-30 |
| The German bank is undergoing a major restructuring which it began a year ago after a string of annual losses | Negative | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-deutsche-bank-results/back-from-the-brink-deutsche-bank-improves-outlook-idUSKCN24U1Z2 | 2020-07-30 |
| Other forces leaving Germany would permanently move to Italy and the U.S. militarys European headquarters would relocate from Stuttgart Germany to Belgium | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany in fallout from President Donald Trumps longsimmering feud with Berlin but said it will keep nearly half of those forces in Europe to address tension with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/u-s-to-withdraw-about-12000-troops-from-germany-but-nearly-half-to-stay-in-europe-idUSKCN24U20L | 2020-07-30 |
| BERLIN German lawmakers on Wednesday questioned Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Economy Minister Peter Altmaier over their failure to detect and prevent the Wirecard accounting scandal one of the biggest in postwar history | Negative | BERLIN German lawmakers on Wednesday questioned Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Economy Minister Peter Altmaier over their failure to detect and prevent the Wirecard accounting scandal one of the biggest in postwar history | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/german-lawmakers-grill-scholz-altmaier-over-wirecard-scandal-idUSKCN24U2SX | 2020-07-30 |
| Norbert Roettgen chairman of the German parliaments foreign affairs committee and an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel said the troop withdrawal from Germany will weaken the alliance | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany in fallout from President Donald Trumps longsimmering feud with Berlin but said it will keep nearly half of those forces in Europe to address tension with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/u-s-to-withdraw-about-12000-troops-from-germany-but-nearly-half-to-stay-in-europe-idUSKCN24U20L | 2020-07-30 |
| Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 however the number of U.S. troops in Germany has been steadily reduced from some 200000 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. military on Wednesday unveiled plans to withdraw about 12000 troops from Germany in fallout from President Donald Trumps longsimmering feud with Berlin but said it will keep nearly half of those forces in Europe to address tension with Russia | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-germany-military/u-s-to-withdraw-about-12000-troops-from-germany-but-nearly-half-to-stay-in-europe-idUSKCN24U20L | 2020-07-30 |
| Spain reacted angrily on Tuesday to recommendations from Britain and Germany that their citizens avoid its islands and beaches because of an increase in coronavirus cases during what should be the height of the tourism season | Negative | Spain reacted angrily on Tuesday to recommendations from Britain and Germany that their citizens avoid its islands and beaches because of an increase in coronavirus cases during what should be the height of the tourism season | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe/spain-slams-uk-germany-for-advising-tourists-to-stay-away-idUSKCN24T1LY | 2020-07-29 |
| BERLIN Germany announced plans on Monday for free mandatory coronavirus tests for holidaymakers returning from highrisk countries in order to slow the spread of infections as the holiday season kicks into high gear | Negative | BERLIN Germany announced plans on Monday for free mandatory coronavirus tests for holidaymakers returning from highrisk countries in order to slow the spread of infections as the holiday season kicks into high gear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-plans-mandatory-tests-for-those-returning-from-high-risk-countries-idUSKCN24S0SJ | 2020-07-28 |
| Germany has recorded more than 205000 cases and more than 9000 deaths from COVID19 | Negative | BERLIN Germany announced plans on Monday for free mandatory coronavirus tests for holidaymakers returning from highrisk countries in order to slow the spread of infections as the holiday season kicks into high gear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-plans-mandatory-tests-for-those-returning-from-high-risk-countries-idUSKCN24S0SJ | 2020-07-28 |
| Germany which took over the rotating sixmonth EU presidency on July 1 has taken on a mediating role in the conflict in Libya as well as in Ukraine | Positive | BERLIN Germany has rejected a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin back into the Group of Seven most advanced economies German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-g7-summit-russia-germany/germany-rejects-trumps-proposal-to-let-russia-back-into-g7-foreign-minister-idUSKCN24R0T7 | 2020-07-27 |
| BERLIN Germany has rejected a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin back into the Group of Seven most advanced economies German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview published on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Germany has rejected a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin back into the Group of Seven most advanced economies German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-g7-summit-russia-germany/germany-rejects-trumps-proposal-to-let-russia-back-into-g7-foreign-minister-idUSKCN24R0T7 | 2020-07-27 |
| BERLIN Germany must toughen its rules for auditing and accounting to prevent another billioneuro scam like the Wirecard scandal Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in a newspaper interview published on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Germany must toughen its rules for auditing and accounting to prevent another billioneuro scam like the Wirecard scandal Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in a newspaper interview published on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts-bundesbank/germany-must-toughen-audit-rules-after-wirecard-scandal-weidmann-idUSKCN24R0UO | 2020-07-27 |
| BERLIN Germany may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from highrisk destinations after the number of new infections in the country hit a twomonth high the health minister said on Saturday | Negative | BERLIN Germany may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from highrisk destinations after the number of new infections in the country hit a twomonth high the health minister said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-considers-compulsory-coronavirus-testing-for-holidaymakers-idUSKCN24Q0HZ | 2020-07-26 |
| On Friday Spahn and his regional counterparts from Germanys 16 federal states agreed that authorities would offer returning holidaymakers free tests on a voluntary basis | Positive | BERLIN Germany may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from highrisk destinations after the number of new infections in the country hit a twomonth high the health minister said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-considers-compulsory-coronavirus-testing-for-holidaymakers-idUSKCN24Q0HZ | 2020-07-26 |
| Germany has so far done a better job than many countries at containing the virus thanks to early and extensive testing | Neutral | BERLIN Germany may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from highrisk destinations after the number of new infections in the country hit a twomonth high the health minister said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-considers-compulsory-coronavirus-testing-for-holidaymakers-idUSKCN24Q0HZ | 2020-07-26 |
| However video footage of unruly behavior by some German tourists in Spain has raised concerns that holidaymakers are at increased risk of infection and could bring the virus home | Negative | BERLIN Germany may introduce compulsory coronavirus testing for holidaymakers returning from highrisk destinations after the number of new infections in the country hit a twomonth high the health minister said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-considers-compulsory-coronavirus-testing-for-holidaymakers-idUSKCN24Q0HZ | 2020-07-26 |
| The German government in June disclosed plans to invest 300 million euros | Positive | German biotech CureVac whose coronavirus vaccine is being tested in an earlystage study said on Friday it had filed for an initial public offering in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-curevac-ipo/german-covid-19-vaccine-developer-curevac-files-for-u-s-ipo-idUSKCN24P2AH | 2020-07-25 |
| German biotech CureVac whose coronavirus vaccine is being tested in an earlystage study said on Friday it had filed for an initial public offering in the United States | Positive | German biotech CureVac whose coronavirus vaccine is being tested in an earlystage study said on Friday it had filed for an initial public offering in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-curevac-ipo/german-covid-19-vaccine-developer-curevac-files-for-u-s-ipo-idUSKCN24P2AH | 2020-07-25 |
| MUNICH The coronavirus crisis has put some 300000 jobs at risk in Germanys metal and electrical industry a board member of trade union IG Metall said adding that employees in the automotive and aviation sectors would be particularly affected | Negative | MUNICH The coronavirus crisis has put some 300000 jobs at risk in Germanys metal and electrical industry a board member of trade union IG Metall said adding that employees in the automotive and aviation sectors would be particularly affected | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-jobs/some-300000-jobs-in-german-metal-electrical-industry-at-risk-due-to-coronavirus-union-idUSKCN24O0XI | 2020-07-24 |
| That would make it Germanys official proposal for its presidency of the bloc which started on July 1 and runs until the end of the year | Positive | BERLIN German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer aims to clear the way for an almost blanket motorway toll for cars across Germany and Europe during the countrys presidency of the European Union a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-germany-toll-exclusive/exclusive-germany-wants-to-introduce-car-toll-across-eu-document-idUSKCN24N10G | 2020-07-23 |
| The Frankfurt prosecutors office stopped short of naming Alfa Romeo and Fiats parent company Fiat Chrysler since under German law only individuals not companies can be prosecuted | Negative | Fiat Chrysler and CNH Industrial offices were searched on Wednesday in Germany Italy and Switzerland as part of a probe initiated by German prosecutors investigating emissions fraud | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-fiatchrysler-emissions/german-prosecutors-search-offices-in-fiat-iveco-emissions-probe-idUSKCN24N18R | 2020-07-23 |
| BERLIN Jul 23 Germanys coronavirus infections rose 569 to 203368 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Thursday with the tally of deaths up six to stand at 9101 | Negative | BERLIN Jul 23 Germanys coronavirus infections rose 569 to 203368 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Thursday with the tally of deaths up six to stand at 9101 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germanys-coronavirus-infections-rise-569-to-203368-rki-says-idUSKCN24O0AO | 2020-07-23 |
| MILAN Italian U.S. automaker Fiat Chrysler confirmed on Wednesday that some of its offices in Europe had been visited by investigators as part of an investigation by magistrates in Germany and said it was providing full cooperation | Negative | MILAN Italian U.S. automaker Fiat Chrysler confirmed on Wednesday that some of its offices in Europe had been visited by investigators as part of an investigation by magistrates in Germany and said it was providing full cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-fiatchrysler-emissions-reaction/fca-says-offices-searched-cooperating-on-german-emissions-probe-idUSKCN24N1EF | 2020-07-23 |
| German engineers found that Tesla engineers had not done longterm stress tests on its battery | Negative | By contrast Mercedes and other established automakers are still not comfortable about releasing a new technology such as partially automated driving without years of testing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-tesla-newera-insight/how-tesla-defined-a-new-era-for-the-global-auto-industry-idUSKCN24N0GB | 2020-07-23 |
| BERLIN German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer aims to clear the way for an almost blanket motorway toll for cars across Germany and Europe during the countrys presidency of the European Union a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed | Positive | BERLIN German Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer aims to clear the way for an almost blanket motorway toll for cars across Germany and Europe during the countrys presidency of the European Union a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-germany-toll-exclusive/exclusive-germany-wants-to-introduce-car-toll-across-eu-document-idUSKCN24N10G | 2020-07-23 |
| Warsaw and Budapest did not however achieve total victory said Daniel Hegedus of the German Marshall Fund think tank | Positive | The European Unions agreement on a coronavirus recovery fund is likely to embolden nationalist leaders in Poland and Hungary because it sets no mechanism for tying the disbursement of money to democratic norms | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-eu-summit-easteurope-rule-of-law-anal/ambiguous-conditions-on-eu-deal-set-to-embolden-hungary-and-poland-idUSKCN24M2AL | 2020-07-22 |
| VIENNA Sensor specialist AMS AG which just closed the takeover of German lighting group Osram targets 2026 revenues of more than 10 billion euros for the combined entity an internal company presentation seen by Reuters shows | Positive | VIENNA Sensor specialist AMS AG which just closed the takeover of German lighting group Osram targets 2026 revenues of more than 10 billion euros for the combined entity an internal company presentation seen by Reuters shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-ams-results/sensor-maker-ams-targets-revenues-of-10-billion-until-2026-source-idUSKCN24M1D5 | 2020-07-22 |
| Germanys DAX index entered positive territory for the year before paring gains to end up 0 | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-euro-rally-after-eu-agrees-to-recovery-fund-idUSL2N2ES1BN | 2020-07-22 |
| As long as Turkey continues to take this path sanctions on Turkey will be a oneway he told German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas who was visiting Athens | Negative | ATHENS Greece accused Turkey on Tuesday of attempting to encroach on its continental shelf in a serious escalation of tensions between the two NATO allies at odds over a range of issues | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-greece-turkey/greece-says-turkish-plans-to-map-sea-encroach-on-its-territory-idUSKCN24M2FV | 2020-07-22 |
| Germany Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said that with the agreement the chances of a cautious slow in the second half of this year had increased enormously | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders clinched an historic deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirusthrottled economies in the early hours of Tuesday after a fractious summit lasting almost five days | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-eu-summit/eu-reaches-historic-deal-on-pandemic-recovery-after-fractious-summit-idUSKCN24M0DF | 2020-07-22 |
| MAGDEBURG Germany A 28year old man accused of murdering two people after opening fire on a synagogue in eastern Germany on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur last year was led into a courtroom by armed police for the start of his trial on Tuesday | Negative | MAGDEBURG Germany A 28year old man accused of murdering two people after opening fire on a synagogue in eastern Germany on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur last year was led into a courtroom by armed police for the start of his trial on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-germany-shooting-trial/german-synagogue-shooter-suspect-goes-on-trial-amid-heavy-security-idUSKCN24M1BH | 2020-07-22 |
| But Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the frugals negotiating power was here to stay suggesting Europes traditional FrancoGerman engine will be challenged | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders clinched an historic deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirusthrottled economies in the early hours of Tuesday after a fractious summit lasting almost five days | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-eu-summit/eu-reaches-historic-deal-on-pandemic-recovery-after-fractious-summit-idUSKCN24M0DF | 2020-07-22 |
| Germanys Robert Bosch GmbH the worlds largest auto parts supplier said on Tuesday it is consolidating its software and electronics expertise in a single division in order to get new digitalized vehicle functions on the road significantly faster | Positive | Germanys Robert Bosch GmbH the worlds largest auto parts supplier said on Tuesday it is consolidating its software and electronics expertise in a single division in order to get new digitalized vehicle functions on the road significantly faster | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-future-bosch/bosch-creates-single-unit-to-oversee-software-systems-development-idUSKCN24M1FV | 2020-07-22 |
| PAULO Brazil on Tuesday approved clinical trials starting in August for a potential COVID19 vaccine under joint development by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer and Germanys BioNTech the third such vaccine to be tested in the country | Positive | PAULO Brazil on Tuesday approved clinical trials starting in August for a potential COVID19 vaccine under joint development by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer and Germanys BioNTech the third such vaccine to be tested in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/brazil-approves-human-trials-for-third-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24M2V5 | 2020-07-22 |
| European shares closed above fourmonth highs on Tuesday with Germanys bluechip DAX erasing almost all its losses for the year after EU leaders agreed on a landmark stimulus package to revive the blocs economies from a coronavirusinduced slump | Positive | European shares closed above fourmonth highs on Tuesday with Germanys bluechip DAX erasing almost all its losses for the year after EU leaders agreed on a landmark stimulus package to revive the blocs economies from a coronavirusinduced slump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-hit-over-four-month-highs-after-eu-recovery-fund-sealed-idUSKCN24M0KC | 2020-07-22 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she hopes that EU leaders will reach an agreement on a 1 | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she hopes that EU leaders will reach an agreement on a 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-merkel/merkel-says-there-is-hope-eu-stimulus-deal-possible-on-monday-idUSKCN24L1B8 | 2020-07-21 |
| In the study conducted in Germany on 60 healthy volunteers the vaccine induced virusneutralizing antibodies in those given two doses inline with previous results from an earlystage U.S. trial | Positive | German biotech BioNTech and U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc on Monday said data from an earlystage trial of their experimental coronavirus vaccine showed that it prompted an immune response and was welltolerated similar to results seen in prior early test | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-biontech/pfizer-biontech-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-shows-promise-in-second-early-trial-idUSKCN24L1J8 | 2020-07-21 |
| 77 investment by the German government CureVac had planned to list on Nasdaq this month a document seen by Reuters in June showed | Positive | GSK and CureVac backed by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates will work on developing up to five socalled mRNAbased vaccines and monoclonal antibodies for infectious diseases they said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-gsk-curevac-stake/gsk-buys-10-of-curevac-in-vaccine-tech-deal-idUSKCN24L0JR | 2020-07-21 |
| ItalianGerman spread falls to 162 bps lowest since late March | Negative | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-equity-markets-rebound-on-eu-fund-optimism-gold-edges-higher-idUSL2N2ER162 | 2020-07-21 |
| The German sportswear giant said it and subsidiary Reebok will pause advertising on Facebook and Instagram globally throughout July | Negative | Following are some of the companies that have decided to support the | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-ads-boycott-factbox/factbox-more-companies-join-facebook-ad-boycott-bandwagon-idUSKCN24L28X | 2020-07-21 |
| German biotech BioNTech and U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc on Monday said data from an earlystage trial of their experimental coronavirus vaccine showed that it prompted an immune response and was welltolerated similar to results seen in prior early test | Positive | German biotech BioNTech and U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc on Monday said data from an earlystage trial of their experimental coronavirus vaccine showed that it prompted an immune response and was welltolerated similar to results seen in prior early test | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-biontech/pfizer-biontech-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-shows-promise-in-second-early-trial-idUSKCN24L1J8 | 2020-07-21 |
| BERLIN July 18 German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that he expects concrete proposals on international tax reform by October | Positive | BERLIN July 18 German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that he expects concrete proposals on international tax reform by October | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/g20-saudi-germany/german-finance-minister-sees-concrete-proposals-on-intl-tax-reform-by-oct-idUSL5N2EP07P | 2020-07-19 |
| PARIS The leaders of France Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo on Libya | Negative | PARIS The leaders of France Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo on Libya | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-sanctions/france-germany-italy-threaten-sanctions-over-arms-for-libya-idUSKCN24J0SH | 2020-07-19 |
| After the meeting German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said Fair taxation of international companies and large digital groups is more urgent than ever | Negative | Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies on Saturday vowed to resolve major differences over taxing big tech companies and reach a broad consensusbased solution on international taxation this year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-g20-saudi-digital/g20-finance-officials-eye-solution-to-digital-tax-row-this-year-idUSKCN24J0RZ | 2020-07-19 |
| It added that Germany will provide a total of 8 | Positive | BERLIN Germany pledged 3 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-g20-saudi-germany/at-g20-germany-pledges-3-billion-euros-for-poor-countries-idUSKCN24J0LZ | 2020-07-19 |
| Marsalek a central figure in the collapse of the German payments company remains at large but his whereabouts have been a mystery | Negative | Marsalek a central figure in the collapse of the German payments company remains at large but his whereabouts have been a mystery | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-wirecard-accounts-marsalek/trail-of-missing-wirecard-executive-leads-to-belarus-der-spiegel-reports-idUSKCN24J0Q0 | 2020-07-19 |
| BERLIN Germanys Social Democrat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is facing calls from rival parties to account for the regulatory failures that led to the collapse of Wirecard after it emerged he knew of concerns about the company 18 months ago | Negative | BERLIN Germanys Social Democrat Finance Minister Olaf Scholz is facing calls from rival parties to account for the regulatory failures that led to the collapse of Wirecard after it emerged he knew of concerns about the company 18 months ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-scholz/rival-parties-take-aim-at-germanys-scholz-over-wirecard-scandal-idUSKCN24I2CU | 2020-07-18 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel who celebrated her 66th birthday around the negotiating table in Brussels was also cautious on chances for an agreement envisaging very very difficult | Positive | BRUSSELS EU leaders failed on Friday to make headway in negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to breathe life into economies ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit/eu-no-closer-to-agreeing-covid-economic-recovery-plan-czech-pm-says-idUSKCN24H3CK | 2020-07-18 |
| The German automaker will halt output of its MercedesBenz CClass sedan in Tuscaloosa Alabama leaving the plant producing sport utility vehicles only it said | Negative | FRANKFURT Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-results/daimler-to-stop-building-sedans-in-the-u-s-after-second-quarter-loss-idUSKCN24H339 | 2020-07-18 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the differences are still very very as she arrived at the summit in Brussels | Negative | Euro zone shares were little changed on Friday as investors awaited the outcome of an European Union summit where leaders are expected to hammer out details of a 750billioneuro recovery fund | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/euro-zone-shares-flat-as-eu-recovery-plan-awaited-ericsson-soars-idUSKCN24I0TC | 2020-07-18 |
| Germanys Federal Justice Ministry has said it does not extradite German nationals to countries outside the European Union | Positive | A U.S. judge in Detroit on Thursday approved the transfer to Germany of a former Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/u-s-judge-approves-transfer-of-jailed-former-vw-executive-to-germany-idUSKCN24H367 | 2020-07-17 |
| The yield gap between Germanys 10year and the offered by Italy also seen as a proxy for euro zone resilience is set to narrow on an agreement | Positive | European Union leaders meet on Friday to bridge differences and agree on a 750billioneuro recovery fund deemed a game to lift the bloc out of recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-scenarios/eu-summit-on-recovery-fund-whats-in-it-for-markets-idUSKCN24H1LC | 2020-07-17 |
| We think the spread between Italian and German government bond yields could tighten to 120140 basis said Intesa Sanpaolo chief macroeconomist Luca Mezzomo | Neutral | European Union leaders meet on Friday to bridge differences and agree on a 750billioneuro recovery fund deemed a game to lift the bloc out of recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-scenarios/eu-summit-on-recovery-fund-whats-in-it-for-markets-idUSKCN24H1LC | 2020-07-17 |
| Given the recession they face and with Germany and France pushing for a deal EU leaders are expected to avoid another political crisis but this cant be ruled out | Negative | European Union leaders meet on Friday to bridge differences and agree on a 750billioneuro recovery fund deemed a game to lift the bloc out of recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-scenarios/eu-summit-on-recovery-fund-whats-in-it-for-markets-idUSKCN24H1LC | 2020-07-17 |
| ISTANBUL A Turkish court sentenced GermanTurkish journalist Deniz Yucel in absentia on Thursday to jail for 2 years and 9 months for terrorism propaganda his lawyer said in a case that has strained ties between Ankara and Berlin | Negative | ISTANBUL A Turkish court sentenced GermanTurkish journalist Deniz Yucel in absentia on Thursday to jail for 2 years and 9 months for terrorism propaganda his lawyer said in a case that has strained ties between Ankara and Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-security-germany/turkish-court-sentences-germany-based-journalist-to-jail-on-terrorism-charges-idUSKCN24H1WK | 2020-07-17 |
| FRANKFURT German authorities pressed on for four years investigating investors who bet against Wirecard AGs shares even after a UK regulator concluded that their evidence against the short sellers was not according to documents and people familiar with the matter | Negative | FRANKFURT German authorities pressed on for four years investigating investors who bet against Wirecard AGs shares even after a UK regulator concluded that their evidence against the short sellers was not according to documents and people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts-germany-insight/germanys-long-lonely-campaign-battling-wirecards-short-sellers-idUSKCN24H0KM | 2020-07-16 |
| The sanctions are opposed by Germany Europes largest economy which needs cheap gas as it weans itself off of coal and nuclear power plants | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday warned investors in two Russian natural gas pipeline projects that they could face sanctions as the Trump administration seeks to curb the Kremlins economic leverage over Europe and Turkey | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pipelines-sanctions/investors-in-russian-pipeline-projects-at-risk-of-u-s-sanctions-pompeo-says-idUSKCN24G26S | 2020-07-16 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed implementing the Minsk agreement to peacefully solve the conflict in eastern Ukraine in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday her spokesman Steffen Seibert said | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed implementing the Minsk agreement to peacefully solve the conflict in eastern Ukraine in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday her spokesman Steffen Seibert said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia/germanys-merkel-discusses-ukraine-agreement-in-call-with-putin-spokesman-says-idUSKCN24G1PM | 2020-07-16 |
| Roth was speaking before a meeting of the blocs foreign ministers which he will chair since Germany holds the EUs rotating presidency until the end of the year | Positive | BERLIN Talks on Britains future relationship with the European Union will be a major topic of bloc business from September but until now Britain has shown insufficient realism about what can be achieved Germanys Europe Minister Michael Roth said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-germany/britain-showing-too-little-realism-over-eu-talks-german-minister-idUSKCN24G1HO | 2020-07-16 |
| FRANKFURT Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements relating to the capabilities of the firms driver assistance systems and to autonomous driving a Munich judge ruled on Tuesday | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements relating to the capabilities of the firms driver assistance systems and to autonomous driving a Munich judge ruled on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tesla-autopilot-germany/german-court-bans-tesla-ad-statements-related-to-autonomous-driving-idUSKCN24F1T5 | 2020-07-15 |
| EU diplomats on Tuesday approved a proposal from Germany now holding the rotating EU presidency to exclude nonEU Serbia and Montenegro because of spreading infections officials told Reuters | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union has decided to drop Serbia and Montenegro from its safe list of countries from which nonessential travel is allowed and did not even discuss including the United States given its sharp rise in coronavirus cases EU officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-travel/eu-removes-serbia-montenegro-from-coronavirus-safe-list-sources-say-idUSKCN24F1RS | 2020-07-15 |
| A spokeswoman for Tesla Germany was not immediately available to comment on Tuesdays ruling | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany has banned Tesla from repeating what a court says are misleading advertising statements relating to the capabilities of the firms driver assistance systems and to autonomous driving a Munich judge ruled on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tesla-autopilot-germany/german-court-bans-tesla-ad-statements-related-to-autonomous-driving-idUSKCN24F1T5 | 2020-07-15 |
| In Germany some states allow visors for service workers while others require face masks | Neutral | ZURICH The top doctor in the Swiss mountain region that includes St | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-visor/swiss-doctor-pans-plastic-visors-after-covid-19-hits-restaurant-workers-idUSKCN24F239 | 2020-07-15 |
| The German financial watchdog BaFin said on Tuesday that it had filed a complaint with Munich prosecutors over a further episode of alleged insider trading in Wirecard | Negative | The German financial watchdog BaFin said on Tuesday that it had filed a complaint with Munich prosecutors over a further episode of alleged insider trading in Wirecard | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/german-watchdog-files-new-wirecard-insider-trading-complaint-idUSKCN24F29B | 2020-07-15 |
| Germanys 16 states have final say in what to require | Neutral | ZURICH The top doctor in the Swiss mountain region that includes St | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-visor/swiss-doctor-pans-plastic-visors-after-covid-19-hits-restaurant-workers-idUSKCN24F239 | 2020-07-15 |
| Many airlines in European countries including Germany Italy and France require masks that cover the nose and mouth | Neutral | ZURICH The top doctor in the Swiss mountain region that includes St | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-swiss-visor/swiss-doctor-pans-plastic-visors-after-covid-19-hits-restaurant-workers-idUSKCN24F239 | 2020-07-15 |
| MESEBERG Germany Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned on Monday that EU economic stimulus for member states should not carry too much conditionality | Negative | MESEBERG Germany Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned on Monday that EU economic stimulus for member states should not carry too much conditionality | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-italy-pm/italy-pm-warns-against-excessive-conditionality-in-eu-economic-help-idUSKCN24E2CE | 2020-07-14 |
| 1343 though awaits German sentiment data at 0900 GMT for the next read on Europes recovery | Neutral | Asian stock markets slipped on Tuesday oil sagged and a safety bid supported the dollar as simmering SinoU.S. tensions and fresh coronavirus restrictions in California kept a lid on investor optimism as earnings season gets underway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-retreat-as-virus-and-sino-u-s-tensions-flare-idUSKCN24E32S | 2020-07-14 |
| The German government is expected to made a decision in September | Neutral | Chinas Huawei reported a sharp slowdown in revenue growth on Monday ahead of Britains expected decision to ban the company from its 5G telecom networks a move likely to add momentum to a U.S. campaign against it and threatening its global prospects | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-huawei-tech-results/u-k-ban-looms-over-huawei-as-revenue-growth-lags-amid-u-s-pressure-idUSKCN24E22Z | 2020-07-14 |
| Germany and Belgium said in a joint statement after the One border crossing is not enough but no border crossings would have left the fate of an entire region in question | Negative | NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council on Saturday approved aid deliveries to Syria through one border crossing from Turkey a day after its authorization for the sixyearlong humanitarian operation ended leaving millions of Syrian civilians in limbo | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security-un/on-fifth-attempt-u-n-security-council-renews-syria-aid-via-turkey-idUSKCN24C0U8 | 2020-07-12 |
| Around 500000 tourists from central European countries and Germany are currently holidaying on the Adriatic coast but there have been very few cases of the virus among them | Positive | ZAGREB Croatia said on Saturday that wearing face masks will be obligatory in most closed public spaces from next week as the number of COVID19 cases keeps rising | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-croatia/croatia-makes-face-masks-compulsory-in-public-indoor-spaces-idUSKCN24C0HG | 2020-07-12 |
| BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Friday voiced optimism that EU member states will reach a compromise on the blocs longterm budget and economic recovery fund after European Council president sought to bridge differences | Positive | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Friday voiced optimism that EU member states will reach a compromise on the blocs longterm budget and economic recovery fund after European Council president sought to bridge differences | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-economy-scholz/germanys-scholz-eu-will-reach-compromise-on-budget-recovery-fund-idUSKBN24B1LB | 2020-07-11 |
| Germany prohibited conversion therapy on children in May but worldwide only a handful of countries Brazil Ecuador and Malta have nationwide bans | Negative | Under Mexico Citys proposal which needs further approval before taking effect anyone who forces someone to undergo the practice can be punished with up to five years in prison | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-lgbt-therapy-trfn/mexico-city-lawmakers-vote-to-outlaw-lgbt-conversion-therapy-idUSKBN24B2W9 | 2020-07-11 |
| BERLIN A member of staff at the German government press office suspected of working for Egyptian intelligence did not have access to sensitive information a German government spokeswoman said on Friday | Negative | BERLIN A member of staff at the German government press office suspected of working for Egyptian intelligence did not have access to sensitive information a German government spokeswoman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-egypt/germany-says-suspected-egyptian-spy-had-no-access-to-sensitive-data-idUSKBN24B22K | 2020-07-11 |
| French Junior Economy Minister Agnes PannierRunacher urged Airbus to avoid compulsory redundancies echoing a demand from unions in France and Germany where it has its biggest plants | Negative | TOULOUSE Reuters The French government backed union calls to avoid compulsory job cuts at Airbus on Thursday as several hundred workers marched from the companys headquarters to ToulouseBlagnac airport | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring/france-urges-no-sackings-at-airbus-as-workers-march-over-jobs-idUSKBN24A1ZH | 2020-07-10 |
| The verdict by the EUs top court raises the possibility that the German carmaker could face masses of legal complaints from consumers across the bloc | Negative | BRUSSELS EU consumers should be able to sue Volkswagen VOWG.p | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-eu/volkswagen-can-face-dieselgate-claims-where-cars-bought-eu-court-rules-idUSKBN24A0VK | 2020-07-10 |
| Britain suffered another 5000 retail job losses and Germanys export figures recovered less than expected in May as demand remained subdued despite lockdowns being lifted in large parts of Europe | Negative | NEW Equity markets slid on Thursday after U.S. data raised worries about the economys recovery and doused enthusiasm that drove a Chinese stock rally for an eighth straight day while the dollar rebounded as new coronavirus cases hit another record | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-succumb-to-shutdown-fears-but-china-charges-on-idUSKBN2493DO | 2020-07-10 |
| Democrat Joe Biden will review a decision by Republican President Donald Trump to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany if he is elected president a top aide to the candidate told Reuters | Positive | Democrat Joe Biden will review a decision by Republican President Donald Trump to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany if he is elected president a top aide to the candidate told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-germany-exclusive/exclusive-biden-to-review-trump-decision-to-cut-troops-in-germany-if-elected-idUSKBN24A293 | 2020-07-10 |
| German DAX futures were flat while FTSE futures were down 0 | Negative | YORK Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Friday as recordbreaking new coronavirus cases in several U.S. states stoked concern about economic recovery while investors looked forward to earnings season | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-down-on-virus-risk-u-s-china-tension-idUSKBN24A3HU | 2020-07-10 |
| In Germany where Bombardier has big operations the IG Metall union backed the principle of a merger in an interview with WirtschaftsWoche magazine but called for job guarantees | Positive | The commitments also included selling Alstoms regional train unit Coradia Polyvalent and divesting a Bombardier commuter trains division and the related production facilities at its Hennigsdorf site in Germany | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-bombardier-m-a-alstom-eu/alstom-offers-french-factory-sale-to-clinch-bombardier-deal-idUSKBN24A0UN | 2020-07-10 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for a swift agreement on the European Unions mass economic stimulus to advance unity that would strengthen the bloc as it recovers from the coronavirus crisis | Negative | German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for a swift agreement on the European Unions mass economic stimulus to advance unity that would strengthen the bloc as it recovers from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany/merkel-wants-swift-eu-deal-on-covid-economic-recovery-to-grow-unity-idUSKBN2491VM | 2020-07-09 |
| Yields on German 10year government debt were unchanged at 0 | Negative | gold oil settlement prices | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-shares-rise-despite-coronavirus-fears-gold-gains-idUSL1N2EF1PL | 2020-07-09 |
| BRUSSELS Germany will continue to push to seal a new partnership agreement with Britain by the end of the year but the European Union should also prepare for an abrupt split from 2021 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | Neutral | BRUSSELS Germany will continue to push to seal a new partnership agreement with Britain by the end of the year but the European Union should also prepare for an abrupt split from 2021 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-merkel/germanys-merkel-says-eu-must-prepare-for-no-deal-brexit-idUSKBN2491X5 | 2020-07-09 |
| Nevertheless European firms are hoping moves by the European Union and governments in Spain Germany and elsewhere to pursue postpandemic economic recoveries will help | Positive | LOS The booming rooftop solar panel industry nosedived overnight when the coronavirus forced homeowners to rein in spending and keep their distance from wouldbe installers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-solar-insight/rooftop-revolution-coronavirus-chill-upends-solar-power-industry-idUSKBN24A0K0 | 2020-07-09 |
| In Germany Bombardier would not agree to offer a complete factory but is willing to give up one product to satisfy regulators two sources said | Negative | Alstoms bid of up to 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-bombardier-m-a-alstom-eu-exclusive/exclusive-alstom-to-offer-sale-of-french-rail-factory-to-win-bombardier-unit-buy-sources-idUSKBN249276 | 2020-07-09 |
| TOULOUSE Thousands of Airbus workers marched alongside an airport runway in France and staged an chair protest in Germany on Wednesday to protest against plans to cut up to 15000 jobs | Negative | TOULOUSE Thousands of Airbus workers marched alongside an airport runway in France and staged an chair protest in Germany on Wednesday to protest against plans to cut up to 15000 jobs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring/airbus-workers-stage-rare-protest-over-job-cuts-idUSKBN2491D6 | 2020-07-09 |
| German logistics company DHL plans to cut as many as 2200 jobs of U.Kbased workers at Jaguar Land Rover factories the Unite trade union said on Tuesday | Negative | July 8 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-july-8-idUSL8N2EE4TK | 2020-07-08 |
| May 12 Brazils confirmed coronavirus cases total passes Germany as Bolsonaro tries to reopen gyms and beauty parlors by presidential decree | Negative | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday tested positive for COVID19 the latest victim of a disease that has wreaked havoc in Brazil the worlds No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-timeline/timeline-key-moments-in-bolsonaros-handling-of-covid-19-crisis-idUSKBN2482UL | 2020-07-08 |
| MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas discussed Syrias humanitarian aid needs in a telephone call on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas discussed Syrias humanitarian aid needs in a telephone call on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-germany/russian-german-foreign-ministers-discuss-syrias-humanitarian-aid-needs-idUSKBN2482AA | 2020-07-08 |
| Germany said on Tuesday it wants European Union nations to overcome a deadlock on how to handle refugees and migrants this year weighing in on a bruising dispute that has divided the 27member bloc for years | Negative | Germany said on Tuesday it wants European Union nations to overcome a deadlock on how to handle refugees and migrants this year weighing in on a bruising dispute that has divided the 27member bloc for years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-europe-migrants/germany-eyes-breakthrough-in-eu-migration-dispute-this-year-idUSKBN2482BA | 2020-07-08 |
| Many German firms had halted production during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | BERLIN July 7 Industrial firms in Europes largest economy expect their production to increase in the coming three months a survey published by Germanys Ifo institute on Tuesday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-germany-industry/german-industry-expects-production-to-rise-in-coming-months-ifo-idUSS8N2DZ012 | 2020-07-07 |
| In Germany investors expect only around to be made up within a year despite the governments economic stimulus package with the expectations index also dipping slightly in Europes largest economy | Negative | BERLIN Investor morale in the euro zone improved for a third month running in July but a dip in expectations suggests the recovery from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could soon peter out a survey showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-sentix/euro-zone-investor-morale-up-in-july-but-recovery-could-stall-sentix-idUSKBN2470VW | 2020-07-07 |
| But industrial orders data suggesting Germanys recovery from the pandemic will be slow and painful gave some a pause for thought | Negative | European shares closed at their highest in nearly a month on Monday as upbeat economic data tied in with a rally in Chinas markets on hopes of recovery from a coronavirusinduced slump | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/china-recovery-hopes-upbeat-data-lift-european-shares-hsbc-leads-idUSKBN2470X1 | 2020-07-07 |
| German prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested the head of a Dubaibased subsidiary of Wirecard widening the circle of suspects in a multibilliondollar fraud investigation into the collapse of the payments company | Negative | German prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested the head of a Dubaibased subsidiary of Wirecard widening the circle of suspects in a multibilliondollar fraud investigation into the collapse of the payments company | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-wirecard-accounts-arrests/german-prosecutors-arrest-head-of-wirecards-dubai-unit-idUSKBN2471ST | 2020-07-07 |
| Telekom had also asked Huawei to give it a technological edge in Germany over its competitors to secure a leadership in 5G network Handelsblatt reported | Positive | BERLIN Deutsche Telekom has intensified its business relationship with Chinas Huawei despite security authorities warnings Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday citing internal documents | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-huawei-deutsche-telekom/deutsche-telekom-intensifies-partnership-with-huawei-handelsblatt-idUSKBN2480NW | 2020-07-07 |
| Last month the German government said it would not agree rules on installing components in the future 5G mobile communications network until at least September | Negative | BERLIN Deutsche Telekom has intensified its business relationship with Chinas Huawei despite security authorities warnings Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Tuesday citing internal documents | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-huawei-deutsche-telekom/deutsche-telekom-intensifies-partnership-with-huawei-handelsblatt-idUSKBN2480NW | 2020-07-07 |
| That weak demand is holding up a more pronounced recovery in Germanys services sector which is slowly coming back to life after Europes largest economy lifted restrictions earlier data showed | Negative | LONDON The plunge in euro zone business activity caused by lockdowns imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus eased sharply last month as more businesses reopened and people ventured out a survey showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-business-slump-eased-in-june-as-lockdowns-relaxed-idUSKBN2441IP | 2020-07-06 |
| BERLIN Around one fifth of German companies believe their survival is threatened by the coronavirus crisis Germanys Ifo institute said on Monday with travel agents hotels and restaurants particularly concerned | Negative | BERLIN Around one fifth of German companies believe their survival is threatened by the coronavirus crisis Germanys Ifo institute said on Monday with travel agents hotels and restaurants particularly concerned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/one-fifth-of-german-firms-fear-for-their-survival-amid-pandemic-ifo-idUSKBN2470HF | 2020-07-06 |
| FRANKFURT Commerzbanks chairman and chief executive stepped down on Friday bowing to demands from top shareholder Cerberus that the German lender change its strategy to stop a downward spiral in its financial performance | Positive | FRANKFURT Commerzbanks chairman and chief executive stepped down on Friday bowing to demands from top shareholder Cerberus that the German lender change its strategy to stop a downward spiral in its financial performance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-commerzbank-ceo/commerzbank-chairman-and-ceo-bow-out-to-give-lender-a-fresh-start-idUSKBN2442AB | 2020-07-06 |
| Italy will be joining France and Germany in helping the automotive industry which has been hammered by the coronavirus crisis | Positive | The Italian Parliament gave the green light on Friday to a package of incentives to encourage sales of stateoftheart combustion engine cars as well as electric and hybrid vehicles two lawmakers told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-automotive/italy-to-introduce-subsidies-to-combustion-engine-cars-to-help-industry-lawmakers-idUSKBN2442HN | 2020-07-06 |
| Germanys economy may recover from October onwards from the coronavirus pandemic Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said in a newspaper interview on Sunday | Positive | July 6 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-july-6-idUSL8N2EA0HJ | 2020-07-06 |
| Germanys largest bank said it was working with BaFin and Wirecards insolvency administrator on the possible support for Wirecard Bank | Positive | FRANKFURT The head of Germanys financial watchdog on Thursday called the accounting scandal at Wirecard a massive criminal while Deutsche Bank said it was considering support for the collapsed payments companys banking unit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-wirecard-accounts-bafin/german-watchdog-chief-calls-wirecard-scandal-a-massive-criminal-act-idUSKBN24321U | 2020-07-03 |
| Sixteen banks from Germany France and three other euro zone countries on Thursday said a truly payments system was expected to be up and running in 2022 to fully digitalise a region where half of all retail payments are still in cash | Positive | Sixteen banks from Germany France and three other euro zone countries on Thursday said a truly payments system was expected to be up and running in 2022 to fully digitalise a region where half of all retail payments are still in cash | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-banks-payments/eu-banks-to-take-on-visa-mastercard-with-new-payments-system-idUSKBN243284 | 2020-07-03 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe was facing the toughest situation in its history and warned the coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc on the economy has not yet disappeared | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe was facing the toughest situation in its history and warned the coronavirus pandemic that has wreaked havoc on the economy has not yet disappeared | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany/germanys-merkel-warns-that-coronavirus-pandemic-is-not-yet-over-idUSKBN2432EI | 2020-07-03 |
| CureVac an unlisted German company has said it is developing portable automated mRNA production units that it calls printers and which Musk described as RNA | Positive | Tesla Inc is building mobile molecule printers to help make the potential COVID19 vaccine being developed by CureVac in Germany the electriccar makers Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-tesla/tesla-to-make-molecule-printers-for-german-covid-19-vaccine-developer-curevac-idUSKBN243168 | 2020-07-03 |
| Jonathan Freiman a lawyer for Germany said he looks forward to explaining to the justices why the dispute does not belong in a U.S. court | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Germanys bid to block it from facing a lawsuit in American court over medieval artwork that its former Nazi government pressured Jewish art dealers to sell in the 1930s | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-germany/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-germanys-appeal-in-nazi-art-dispute-idUSKBN2432B7 | 2020-07-03 |
| Wirecards insolvency manager Michael Jaffe said that Wirecard Bank continued to operate but six German subsidiaries of Wirecard had also applied for insolvency proceedings | Negative | FRANKFURT The head of Germanys financial watchdog on Thursday called the accounting scandal at Wirecard a massive criminal while Deutsche Bank said it was considering support for the collapsed payments companys banking unit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-wirecard-accounts-bafin/german-watchdog-chief-calls-wirecard-scandal-a-massive-criminal-act-idUSKBN24321U | 2020-07-03 |
| BERLIN Germany plans no specific measures to allow Hong Kong citizens affected by the Chinese regions new administrative law to relocate Chancellor Merkel said adding that the right to asylum in Germany was available to anyone in the world | Positive | BERLIN Germany plans no specific measures to allow Hong Kong citizens affected by the Chinese regions new administrative law to relocate Chancellor Merkel said adding that the right to asylum in Germany was available to anyone in the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-germany/merkel-right-of-asylum-available-to-all-including-people-of-hong-kong-idUSKBN2432HS | 2020-07-03 |
| With German Chinese Korean Japanese Spanish and Swiss rivals the train building industry is very competitive the people said | Positive | Alstom declined to comment on concessions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-bombardier-m-a-alstom-eu/alstom-ready-to-sell-assets-to-win-eu-nod-for-bombardier-deal-sources-idUSKBN2431DR | 2020-07-03 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys accountancy watchdog has denied blame for failing to spot problems at collapsed payments firm Wirecard the latest in a string of agencies to shirk responsibility following the countrys biggest accounting scandal | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys accountancy watchdog has denied blame for failing to spot problems at collapsed payments firm Wirecard the latest in a string of agencies to shirk responsibility following the countrys biggest accounting scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-responsibility/whos-to-blame-for-wirecard-germany-passes-the-buck-idUSKBN24320O | 2020-07-03 |
| Many of Wirecards creditors are eager to sell their exposure to the nowinsolvent company as police have raided the German firms offices and its administrator has started selling its assets | Negative | LONDON Convertible bonds that were part of a complex transaction that allowed Japans SoftBank Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-wirecard-accounts-debt/wirecard-debt-that-facilitated-softbank-investment-put-up-for-auction-idUSKBN24339H | 2020-07-03 |
| BERLIN Airbus could save 2000 of the 5100 jobs it is due to cut in Germany if the government helps it by extending a shorttime work programme and supporting its research into hydrogenfueled propulsion its boss told Spiegel magazine | Positive | BERLIN Airbus could save 2000 of the 5100 jobs it is due to cut in Germany if the government helps it by extending a shorttime work programme and supporting its research into hydrogenfueled propulsion its boss told Spiegel magazine | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-nl-germany-jobs/germany-can-prevent-job-losses-by-supporting-airbus-ceo-to-spiegel-idUSKBN2432YD | 2020-07-03 |
| Allegations of fraud at Wirecard had been doing the rounds for years though German prosecutors focused on investigating the investors and journalists who had highlighted irregularities rather than the company | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys accountancy watchdog has denied blame for failing to spot problems at collapsed payments firm Wirecard the latest in a string of agencies to shirk responsibility following the countrys biggest accounting scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-responsibility/whos-to-blame-for-wirecard-germany-passes-the-buck-idUSKBN24320O | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Germanys bid to block it from facing a lawsuit in American court over medieval artwork that its former Nazi government pressured Jewish art dealers to sell in the 1930s | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Germanys bid to block it from facing a lawsuit in American court over medieval artwork that its former Nazi government pressured Jewish art dealers to sell in the 1930s | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-germany/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-germanys-appeal-in-nazi-art-dispute-idUSKBN2432B7 | 2020-07-03 |
| FRANKFURT The head of Germanys financial watchdog on Thursday called the accounting scandal at Wirecard a massive criminal while Deutsche Bank said it was considering support for the collapsed payments companys banking unit | Negative | FRANKFURT The head of Germanys financial watchdog on Thursday called the accounting scandal at Wirecard a massive criminal while Deutsche Bank said it was considering support for the collapsed payments companys banking unit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-wirecard-accounts-bafin/german-watchdog-chief-calls-wirecard-scandal-a-massive-criminal-act-idUSKBN24321U | 2020-07-03 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged European Union leaders to reach agreement on a multibillion euro coronavirus recovery fund calling for resolve and saying Europe was facing the most difficult situation in its history | Negative | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged European Union leaders to reach agreement on a multibillion euro coronavirus recovery fund calling for resolve and saying Europe was facing the most difficult situation in its history | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany-merkel/taking-eu-helm-germanys-merkel-calls-on-europe-to-show-resolve-idUSKBN2432OP | 2020-07-03 |
| Germany has since said it will cancel its contract with the watchdog | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys accountancy watchdog has denied blame for failing to spot problems at collapsed payments firm Wirecard the latest in a string of agencies to shirk responsibility following the countrys biggest accounting scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-responsibility/whos-to-blame-for-wirecard-germany-passes-the-buck-idUSKBN24320O | 2020-07-03 |
| Germany had asked for the case to be thrown out on the basis of sovereign immunity which generally prohibits U.S. courts from hearing claims against foreign governments | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Germanys bid to block it from facing a lawsuit in American court over medieval artwork that its former Nazi government pressured Jewish art dealers to sell in the 1930s | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-germany/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-germanys-appeal-in-nazi-art-dispute-idUSKBN2432B7 | 2020-07-03 |
| Pfizer shares jumped after a COVID19 vaccine developed jointly with Germanys BioNTech was found to be well tolerated the fourth earlystage drug to show promise in human testing | Positive | Factory data points to global increase in activity | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-factory-data-vaccine-bets-power-stocks-higher-u-s-dollar-dips-idUSL1N2E81WS | 2020-07-02 |
| German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier urged Airbus to spread the burden in a fair way | Negative | German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier urged Airbus to spread the burden in a fair way | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbus-restructuring-france/airbus-hints-at-compromise-as-governments-fret-over-job-cuts-idUSKBN2424RE | 2020-07-02 |
| Risk sentiment was whetted by a COVID19 vaccine from Pfizer and Germanys BioNTech which was found to be well tolerated in earlystage human trials | Positive | YORK Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment was cautious ahead of U.S. employment data while copper prices jumped to more than sixmonth highs on a better global outlook and supply fears in top producer Chile | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-eyes-on-u-s-payrolls-idUSKBN2427MA | 2020-07-02 |
| ISTANBUL The Turkish Competition Board said on Wednesday that it launched an investigation into German carmakers Audi Porsche Volkswagen MercedesBenz and BMW to determine whether they violated competition law | Negative | ISTANBUL The Turkish Competition Board said on Wednesday that it launched an investigation into German carmakers Audi Porsche Volkswagen MercedesBenz and BMW to determine whether they violated competition law | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-turkey-competition-germany-autos/turkish-competition-board-launches-probe-into-audi-porsche-vw-mercedes-benz-and-bmw-idUSKBN24267E | 2020-07-02 |
| German prosecutors said on Wednesday they were widening their investigation to include suspected fraud in addition to market manipulation and falsifying of accounts | Negative | FRANKFURT Police and public prosecutors raided Wirecards headquarters in Munich and four properties in German and Austria on Wednesday as they widened their investigation into the financial payments company that collapsed last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-wirecard-accounts/police-raid-wirecard-hq-as-administrator-kicks-off-asset-sales-idUSKBN2424H3 | 2020-07-02 |
| Britain and Germany said they had sufficient reserves for now though they were weighing options for when those might be exhausted | Positive | Some governments in Europe and Asia said on Wednesday they have enough of Gileads COVID19 antiviral remdesivir for now despite fears of shortages since the U.S. drugmaker pledged most output to its home market for the next three months | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir/world-takes-stock-of-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-after-u-s-snaps-up-supplies-idUSKBN2426ZG | 2020-07-02 |
| More than two thirds of the cuts are in France and Germany where Airbus sites are running below precrisis levels | Negative | German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier urged Airbus to spread the burden in a fair way | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbus-restructuring-france/airbus-hints-at-compromise-as-governments-fret-over-job-cuts-idUSKBN2424RE | 2020-07-02 |
| The WirtschaftsWoche magazine had earlier reported that prosecutors in the northern German city of Hanover had searched offices of Continental and carmaker Volkswagen | Negative | Prosecutors in Hanover Germany conducted the searches as part of an investigation into how a 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-continental/german-authorities-search-continental-vw-as-part-of-diesel-probe-idUSKBN2425TD | 2020-07-02 |
| In parliament the head of Germanys financial regulator BaFin defended its record in the face of criticism that its supervision of Wirecard was lax | Negative | FRANKFURT Police and public prosecutors raided Wirecards headquarters in Munich and four properties in German and Austria on Wednesday as they widened their investigation into the financial payments company that collapsed last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-wirecard-accounts/police-raid-wirecard-hq-as-administrator-kicks-off-asset-sales-idUSKBN2424H3 | 2020-07-02 |
| FRANKFURT A COVID19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in earlystage human trials the companies said on Wednesday | Positive | FRANKFURT A COVID19 vaccine developed by German biotech firm BioNTech and U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has shown potential and was found to be well tolerated in earlystage human trials the companies said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-biontech-pfizer/biontech-and-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-shows-potential-in-human-trial-idUSKBN2425ZP | 2020-07-02 |
| France and Germany own each of Airbus and Spain though their power to intervene directly is limited | Positive | German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier urged Airbus to spread the burden in a fair way | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbus-restructuring-france/airbus-hints-at-compromise-as-governments-fret-over-job-cuts-idUSKBN2424RE | 2020-07-02 |
| BERLIN Germanys manufacturing sector contracted at a slower pace in June a survey showed on Wednesday as factories ramped up production after restrictions to constrain the spread of the coronavirus were lifted | Negative | BERLIN Germanys manufacturing sector contracted at a slower pace in June a survey showed on Wednesday as factories ramped up production after restrictions to constrain the spread of the coronavirus were lifted | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-manufacturing-contraction-eases-in-june-pmi-idUSKBN2424WC | 2020-07-02 |
| German asset manager Union Investment which had big investment in Wirecard followed other investors in saying it was considering legal action | Negative | FRANKFURT Police and public prosecutors raided Wirecards headquarters in Munich and four properties in German and Austria on Wednesday as they widened their investigation into the financial payments company that collapsed last week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-wirecard-accounts/police-raid-wirecard-hq-as-administrator-kicks-off-asset-sales-idUSKBN2424H3 | 2020-07-02 |
| KOBLENZ Germany Fortynine faceless figures stand on the lawn outside a German courthouse facing the windows of a courtroom behind which two suspected members of Syrian President Bashar alAssads security services are standing trial for torture and sexual assault | Negative | KOBLENZ Germany Fortynine faceless figures stand on the lawn outside a German courthouse facing the windows of a courtroom behind which two suspected members of Syrian President Bashar alAssads security services are standing trial for torture and sexual assault | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-syria-security-germany/syrian-artists-silent-demonstration-watches-over-german-war-crimes-trial-idUSKBN2426AO | 2020-07-02 |
| Germanys IG Metall union said Airbus must not hide behind the coronavirus crisis to implement earlier aims to downsize | Neutral | German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier urged Airbus to spread the burden in a fair way | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbus-restructuring-france/airbus-hints-at-compromise-as-governments-fret-over-job-cuts-idUSKBN2424RE | 2020-07-02 |
| German unemployment and U.S. manufacturing activity and private jobs data are all due later in the session | Neutral | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-kick-off-new-quarter-with-subdued-gains-idUSL4N2E81WN | 2020-07-02 |
| German logistics company DHL said on Wednesday it had temporarily suspended picking up import shipments from China to India after border tensions between the countries led to clearance delays | Negative | German logistics company DHL said on Wednesday it had temporarily suspended picking up import shipments from China to India after border tensions between the countries led to clearance delays | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-india-dhl/dhl-temporarily-suspends-chinese-import-shipments-to-india-idUSKBN2424X8 | 2020-07-02 |
| The company plans to cut fewer jobs in Spain than in Germany France and Britain where it plans to dismiss 5100 5000 and 1700 employees respectively | Negative | We are working with Airbus to find joint lines of work to keep jobs in Sanchez said without elaborating | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring-spain/spain-working-with-airbus-to-keep-jobs-in-wake-of-restructuring-idUSKBN2425NQ | 2020-07-02 |
| The euro was hemmed into a narrow range as traders awaited data on Germanys manufacturing sector retail sales and the jobless rate to gauge the health of the eurozone economy | Negative | Dollar up versus yen but weak against commodity currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-in-holding-pattern-before-u-s-manufacturing-jobs-data-idUSL4N2E80DD | 2020-07-01 |
| TOULOUSE Airbus is cutting 15000 jobs within a year including 900 already earmarked in Germany saying its future is at stake after the coronavirus outbreak paralysed air travel | Negative | TOULOUSE Airbus is cutting 15000 jobs within a year including 900 already earmarked in Germany saying its future is at stake after the coronavirus outbreak paralysed air travel | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-airbus-restructuring/airbus-to-cut-15000-jobs-to-survive-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN24112F | 2020-07-01 |
| France and Germany own each of Airbus and Spain but since 2013 governance rules shield Airbus from direct state interference | Positive | France The head of planemaker Airbus warned staff against reverting to national or regional agendas that plagued the FrancoGermanled firm in the past as workers battle for jobs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring-ceo-letter/airbus-ceo-warns-staff-against-national-rivalries-amid-job-cuts-idUSKBN2413IO | 2020-07-01 |
| Airbus on Tuesday unveiled plans to shed around 15000 jobs including 900 already earmarked in Germany saying its future was at stake after the coronavirus pandemic rocked the air travel industry | Negative | Airbus on Tuesday unveiled plans to shed around 15000 jobs including 900 already earmarked in Germany saying its future was at stake after the coronavirus pandemic rocked the air travel industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring-statement/airbus-says-to-shed-15000-jobs-idUSKBN24134K | 2020-07-01 |
| CATL is building a battery cell production plant in Erfurt Germany and has said it aims to produce 60 gigawatt hours worth of cells a year from 2026 onwards | Positive | CATL is building a battery cell production plant in Erfurt Germany and has said it aims to produce 60 gigawatt hours worth of cells a year from 2026 onwards | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-bmw-electric-batteries/bmw-to-source-battery-cells-produced-using-renewable-energy-idUSKBN24114R | 2020-07-01 |
| of the German companys share capital | Neutral | LONDON Mike Ashleys Frasers Group formerly Sports Direct said on Monday it has raised its stake in German fashion house Hugo Boss | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-frasers-hugo-boss-stake/mike-ashleys-frasers-group-takes-hugo-boss-stake-over-10-idUSKBN2402DG | 2020-06-30 |
| Wirecard North America Inc a unit of German payments company Wirecard AG on Monday said it has put itself up for sale days after the troubled parent firm filed for insolvency | Negative | Wirecard North America Inc a unit of German payments company Wirecard AG on Monday said it has put itself up for sale days after the troubled parent firm filed for insolvency | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-usa-m-a/wirecard-north-america-seeks-buyer-distances-itself-from-german-company-idUSKBN2410EC | 2020-06-30 |
| FRANKFURT German regulators twice looked into tightening the supervision of collapsed payments firm Wirecard and discussed it with the German and European central banks but no action was taken a person with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters | Negative | FRANKFURT German regulators twice looked into tightening the supervision of collapsed payments firm Wirecard and discussed it with the German and European central banks but no action was taken a person with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-regulators-exclusiv/exclusive-germany-missed-chances-to-put-wirecard-on-watchlist-source-says-idUSKBN2402C4 | 2020-06-30 |
| BaFin has said it asked Germanys privatelyrun accounting watchdog FREP in February 2019 to examine Wirecards accounts but had yet to receive a report | Negative | FRANKFURT German regulators twice looked into tightening the supervision of collapsed payments firm Wirecard and discussed it with the German and European central banks but no action was taken a person with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-regulators-exclusiv/exclusive-germany-missed-chances-to-put-wirecard-on-watchlist-source-says-idUSKBN2402C4 | 2020-06-30 |
| The events surrounding Wirecard are said Frank Schaeffler a German opposition lawmaker who sits on BaFins supervisory board adding that the finance ministry which oversees BaFin bore ultimate responsibility | Negative | FRANKFURT German regulators twice looked into tightening the supervision of collapsed payments firm Wirecard and discussed it with the German and European central banks but no action was taken a person with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-regulators-exclusiv/exclusive-germany-missed-chances-to-put-wirecard-on-watchlist-source-says-idUSKBN2402C4 | 2020-06-30 |
| Pompeo highlighted a report about the situation in Chinas Xinjiang region by German researcher Adrian Zenz published by the Washingtonbased Jamestown Foundation think tank | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday labeled as and reports that Chinas ruling Communist Party is using forced sterilization forced abortion and coercive family planning against minority Muslims | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/pompeo-calls-china-muslim-sterilization-reports-shocking-and-disturbing-idUSKBN24030D | 2020-06-30 |
| Jan Pieter Krahnen a finance expert at the Goethe University in Frankfurt said the case showed that Germanys lighttouch approach to controlling companies was failing | Negative | FRANKFURT German regulators twice looked into tightening the supervision of collapsed payments firm Wirecard and discussed it with the German and European central banks but no action was taken a person with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts-regulators-exclusiv/exclusive-germany-missed-chances-to-put-wirecard-on-watchlist-source-says-idUSKBN2402C4 | 2020-06-30 |
| BERLIN The German government plans to terminate its contract with the countrys accounting watchdog after payments company Wirecard filed for insolvency last week in one of Germanys biggest fraud scandals a government official said on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN The German government plans to terminate its contract with the countrys accounting watchdog after payments company Wirecard filed for insolvency last week in one of Germanys biggest fraud scandals a government official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-wirecard-accounts/germany-to-sever-ties-with-accounting-watchdog-after-wirecard-scandal-idUSKBN23Z0JG | 2020-06-29 |
| FRANKFURT Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus labour union Verdi said | Negative | FRANKFURT Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus labour union Verdi said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-germany-strike/amazon-workers-in-germany-to-go-on-strike-over-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23Z0RC | 2020-06-29 |
| Amazon has faced a longrunning battle with unions in Germany over better pay and conditions for logistics workers who have staged frequent strikes since 2013 | Negative | FRANKFURT Workers at six Amazon sites in Germany will go on strike on Monday in protest over safety after some staff at logistics centres tested positive for coronavirus labour union Verdi said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-amazon-germany-strike/amazon-workers-in-germany-to-go-on-strike-over-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN23Z0RC | 2020-06-29 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys state development bank KfW could lose 100 million euros | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys state development bank KfW could lose 100 million euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-wirecard-accounts-kfw/german-development-bank-could-lose-100-million-euros-from-wirecard-insolvency-idUSKBN23Y0I4 | 2020-06-28 |
| BERLIN Wirecard the German scandalhit payments company said on Saturday it would proceed with business activities after filing for insolvency and expects a provisional administrator to be appointed by judicial authorities shortly | Neutral | BERLIN Wirecard the German scandalhit payments company said on Saturday it would proceed with business activities after filing for insolvency and expects a provisional administrator to be appointed by judicial authorities shortly | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-wirecard-accounts/germanys-beleaguered-wirecard-to-proceed-with-business-after-insolvency-idUSKBN23Y0QQ | 2020-06-28 |
| France and Germany have already unveiled electric vehicle purchase incentives as part of their coronavirus economic recovery packages | Positive | Carbon dioxide emissions from new cars in Europe rose for a third year running in 2019 provisional data from the European Unions environment agency showed on Friday with carmakers further lagging the blocs upcoming climate goals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-climate-change-eu-autos/carmakers-slip-further-from-compliance-with-upcoming-eu-co2-goals-idUSKBN23X2E6 | 2020-06-27 |
| The European Union is investigating Germanys financial regulator over the collapse of payments company Wirecard in a rare move that heaps embarrassment on Berlin days before it is due to take over the EUs rotating presidency | Negative | The European Union is investigating Germanys financial regulator over the collapse of payments company Wirecard in a rare move that heaps embarrassment on Berlin days before it is due to take over the EUs rotating presidency | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/eu-investigating-german-watchdog-over-wirecard-collapse-idUSKBN23X184 | 2020-06-27 |
| BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic means Germany needs to ready for an extraordinary act of with other European Union countries Chancellor Angela Merkel said as Berlin prepares to take on the rotating EU presidency from July 1 | Neutral | BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic means Germany needs to ready for an extraordinary act of with other European Union countries Chancellor Angela Merkel said as Berlin prepares to take on the rotating EU presidency from July 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany-merkel/merkel-calls-for-extraordinary-german-solidarity-with-eu-peers-idUSKBN23X25A | 2020-06-27 |
| Germany will take the EUs rotating presidency on July 1 | Positive | The European Union is investigating Germanys financial regulator over the collapse of payments company Wirecard in a rare move that heaps embarrassment on Berlin days before it is due to take over the EUs rotating presidency | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/eu-investigating-german-watchdog-over-wirecard-collapse-idUSKBN23X184 | 2020-06-27 |
| Germany supported Spains economy minister Nadia Calvino to head the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers Merkel said but added that the final decision rested with the Eurogroup itself | Positive | BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic means Germany needs to ready for an extraordinary act of with other European Union countries Chancellor Angela Merkel said as Berlin prepares to take on the rotating EU presidency from July 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany-merkel/merkel-calls-for-extraordinary-german-solidarity-with-eu-peers-idUSKBN23X25A | 2020-06-27 |
| American troops in Germany serve both the protection of Germany and the European part of NATO and the interests of the United she added | Positive | BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic means Germany needs to ready for an extraordinary act of with other European Union countries Chancellor Angela Merkel said as Berlin prepares to take on the rotating EU presidency from July 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany-merkel/merkel-calls-for-extraordinary-german-solidarity-with-eu-peers-idUSKBN23X25A | 2020-06-27 |
| German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz described the collapse as a acknowledging it was time to review regulation | Negative | FRANKFURT Wirecard collapsed on Thursday owing creditors almost billion after disclosing a gaping hole in its books that its auditor EY said was the result of a sophisticated global fraud | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts/the-moneys-gone-wirecard-collapses-owing-4-billion-idUSKBN23W176 | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday blacklisted four companies in Irans metals sector as well as one German and three Emirati subsidiaries of Irans largest steelmaker that Washington said generate millions of dollars for Tehrans metals industry | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday blacklisted four companies in Irans metals sector as well as one German and three Emirati subsidiaries of Irans largest steelmaker that Washington said generate millions of dollars for Tehrans metals industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions/u-s-imposes-sanctions-on-companies-operating-in-irans-metals-sector-idUSKBN23W2DE | 2020-06-26 |
| German law firm Schirp Partner said that with Wirecard now effectively sidelined it would file class actions against EY on behalf of shareholders and bondholders | Negative | FRANKFURT Wirecard collapsed on Thursday owing creditors almost billion after disclosing a gaping hole in its books that its auditor EY said was the result of a sophisticated global fraud | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts/the-moneys-gone-wirecard-collapses-owing-4-billion-idUSKBN23W176 | 2020-06-26 |
| The YamalEurope pipeline stretches 2000 km from Germany through Poland and Belarus to Russia where it joins the 2200 km pipeline to Siberias gasfields | Positive | LONDON Last fall European Space Agency satellites detected huge plumes of the invisible planetwarming gas methane leaking from the Yamal pipeline that carries natural gas from Siberia to Europe | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-climatechange-methane-satellites-insi/satellites-reveal-major-new-gas-industry-methane-leaks-idUSKBN23W3K4 | 2020-06-26 |
| PARIS France Germany and Italy on Thursday called on forces in Libya to cease fighting and for outside parties to stop any interference in a bid to try and get political talks back on track | Negative | PARIS France Germany and Italy on Thursday called on forces in Libya to cease fighting and for outside parties to stop any interference in a bid to try and get political talks back on track | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/france-germany-and-italy-call-for-end-to-libya-fighting-idUSKBN23W3G1 | 2020-06-26 |
| Washington objects to the Russias Nord Stream 2 pipeline which would double the amount of gas piped directly from Russia to Germany and reduce the amount piped in Ukraine | Negative | WASHINGTON Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday became the first foreign leader to visit U.S. President Donald Trump since the coronavirus pandemic led to global lockdowns and the two leaders said they looked forward to signing a defense cooperation agreement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-poland/trump-polands-duda-discuss-sending-some-u-s-troops-to-poland-from-germany-idUSKBN23V2PP | 2020-06-25 |
| German DAX futures were down 0 | Negative | SINGAPORE Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in eight sessions bonds rose and the U.S. dollar was firm on Thursday as surging U.S. coronavirus cases and an International Monetary Fund downgrade to economic projections knocked confidence in a recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-sell-off-as-coronavirus-surge-knocks-recovery-hopes-idUSKBN23V3FQ | 2020-06-25 |
| 1 billion is being investigated by the Philippines which said that the German payments firms former chief operating officer Jan Marsalek may be in the country | Negative | Wirecards missing | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/philippines-to-investigate-wirecards-phantom-billions-idUSKBN23V0Y2 | 2020-06-25 |
| Spooked by Teslas advance German carmakers and major supplier Robert Bosch are retooling their businesses to accommodate software operating systems which rely on fewer more powerful chips and computers | Positive | FRANKFURT Having pulled ahead in the race to develop a softwarebased vehicle operating system U.S. electric car pioneer Tesla faces a new challenge from an alliance of German luxury carmaker Daimler and U.S. computer graphics specialist Nvidia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-nvidia-daimler-software-analysis/daimler-and-nvidia-team-up-to-close-tech-gap-to-tesla-idUSKBN23V2L8 | 2020-06-25 |
| Germany has no extradition treaty with the Philippines | Negative | Wirecards missing | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/philippines-to-investigate-wirecards-phantom-billions-idUSKBN23V0Y2 | 2020-06-25 |
| German billionaire Heinz Hermann Thiele will endorse a 9billion euro governmentbacked bailout of Lufthansa he told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung clearing the way for the rescue package at the eleventh hour | Positive | June 25 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-june-25-idUSL8N2E12NE | 2020-06-25 |
| Spiking coronavirus cases in the United States Germany and elsewhere are being closely watched | Negative | By Iain Withers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pauses-as-caution-returns-to-markets-idUSL8N2E125Q | 2020-06-25 |
| BERLIN Germany would like to see the United States and China reach a World Trade Organisationbased trade deal as such an agreement would support the global economy Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday | Positive | BERLIN Germany would like to see the United States and China reach a World Trade Organisationbased trade deal as such an agreement would support the global economy Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-politics-economy-altmaier-tra/germany-would-welcome-u-s-china-wto-based-trade-deal-minister-idUSKBN23V23C | 2020-06-25 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with her counterparts in Portugal and Slovenia that the EU should focus on rebuilding the bloc economically and socially after the coronavirus crisis in the next 18 months when they each hold the rotating presidency | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with her counterparts in Portugal and Slovenia that the EU should focus on rebuilding the bloc economically and socially after the coronavirus crisis in the next 18 months when they each hold the rotating presidency | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-germany/eu-to-focus-on-rebuilding-after-pandemic-in-next-18-months-germany-idUSKBN23U1RT | 2020-06-24 |
| The German economy will shrink by 6 | Negative | European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23U39L | 2020-06-24 |
| And while Junes German reading was better than expected concerns about the labour market and ongoing job cuts clouded the outlook | Negative | LONDON The historic euro zone economic downturn eased again this month as swathes of businesses reopened after closures to stem the spread of the coronavirus but a Vshaped recovery may be unlikely a set of closelywatched surveys showed on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-downturn-eased-in-june-v-shaped-recovery-in-doubt-idUSKBN23U0ZT | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-germany-military-lawmakers/republican-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-reconsider-germany-troop-reduction-plan-idUSKBN23U1BI | 2020-06-24 |
| Legal experts said the ruling could have wider ramifications because Germany is the first country to explore whether data dominance is an antitrust issue | Neutral | Facebook must give users the choice to reveal less about themselves above all what they reveal outside of MeierBeck said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-germany/top-german-court-reimposes-data-curbs-on-facebook-idUSKBN23U2P4 | 2020-06-24 |
| The western German state of North RhineWestphalia put two municipalities back into lockdown until June 30 after an outbreak at a meatpacking plant | Negative | European Union countries eager to revive their economies are prepared to bar entry to Americans because the U.S. has failed to control the coronavirus pandemic the New York Times reported from Brussels on Tuesday citing draft lists of acceptable travelers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23U39L | 2020-06-24 |
| European shares closed at a near oneweek low on Monday as signs of a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Germany and elsewhere unnerved investors who were hoping for a swift economic recovery from the crisis | Negative | European shares closed at a near oneweek low on Monday as signs of a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Germany and elsewhere unnerved investors who were hoping for a swift economic recovery from the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/bank-oil-shares-weigh-on-europe-as-new-virus-wave-fears-grip-investors-idUSKBN23T0TZ | 2020-06-23 |
| LONDON June 22 Italy led a fall in euro zone borrowing costs on Monday on hopes that changes to the composition of Germanys top court could lead to less confrontation with the European Central Bank | Negative | By Dhara Ranasinghe and Joice Alves | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/update-2-euro-zone-bond-yields-fall-on-hopes-of-de-escalation-between-german-court-and-ecb-idUSL8N2DZ1HW | 2020-06-23 |
| June 22 European shares fell on Monday as signs of a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Germany and elsewhere unnerved investors who were hoping for a swift economic recovery from the crisis | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-fall-as-fears-of-new-virus-wave-grip-investors-idUSL4N2DZ1G1 | 2020-06-23 |
| German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Monday there would soon be a resolution without drama to the constitutional courts ruling | Positive | By Dhara Ranasinghe and Joice Alves | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/update-2-euro-zone-bond-yields-fall-on-hopes-of-de-escalation-between-german-court-and-ecb-idUSL8N2DZ1HW | 2020-06-23 |
| Germany sees sudden spike in virus reproduction rate | Negative | European stocks flat wipe early losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-shrug-off-fresh-virus-wave-fears-dollar-slips-idUSL8N2DZ2AO | 2020-06-23 |
| The closelywatched ItalianGerman 10year bond yield gap was at around 178 bps | Neutral | By Dhara Ranasinghe and Joice Alves | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/update-2-euro-zone-bond-yields-fall-on-hopes-of-de-escalation-between-german-court-and-ecb-idUSL8N2DZ1HW | 2020-06-23 |
| Bayer AG won a court ruling blocking California from requiring the Germanbased company to tell consumers that a chemical in its Roundup herbicide is known to cause cancer Bloomberg News reported on Monday | Negative | Bayer AG won a court ruling blocking California from requiring the Germanbased company to tell consumers that a chemical in its Roundup herbicide is known to cause cancer Bloomberg News reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-bayer-glyphosate-california/bayer-wins-court-ruling-restricting-californias-roundup-warning-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN23T34J | 2020-06-23 |
| German lawmaker Fabio De Masi said that Bafin had failed in its duty over Wirecard whose credit rating was ultimately withdrawn by agency Moodys | Negative | Wirecard said on Monday that 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts/total-disaster-phantom-billions-plunge-wirecard-into-chaos-idUSKBN23T06V | 2020-06-23 |
| BERLIN June 22 The German government on Monday held lastditch talks about a 9 billion euros Lufthansa bailout on Monday Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said as Berlin politicians seek to resolve a standoff with a key shareholder in the airline | Positive | BERLIN June 22 The German government on Monday held lastditch talks about a 9 billion euros Lufthansa bailout on Monday Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said as Berlin politicians seek to resolve a standoff with a key shareholder in the airline | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/lufthansa-restructuring-germany-scholz/germanys-scholz-says-lufthansa-talks-were-good-idUSL8N2DZ456 | 2020-06-23 |
| The company which has long been held up as a rare German technology success also withdrew its financial statements for 2019 and said it was examining cost cuts | Negative | Wirecard said on Monday that 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts/total-disaster-phantom-billions-plunge-wirecard-into-chaos-idUSKBN23T06V | 2020-06-23 |
| Germany has postponed an EU leaders summit with Xi in September citing the coronavirus though diplomats said it was in part because of the impasse in investment negotiations | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union and China will seek to cool tensions on Monday at a video summit their first formal talks since ties soured over European accusations that Beijing has spread disinformation about the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-eu-china-summit/eu-and-china-to-seek-to-cool-tensions-at-video-summit-idUSKBN23T003 | 2020-06-22 |
| Lufthansa and Germanys finance ministry declined to comment on the meeting | Negative | FRANKFURT Lufthansa LHAG.E will seek to avoid a grounding and insolvency Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said on Sunday before a showdown between the airlines biggest shareholder and the German government over the terms of a 9billioneuro bailout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/lufthansa-gears-up-for-bailout-showdown-with-investor-idUSKBN23S0EE | 2020-06-22 |
| In total Germany has reported 189822 laboratoryconfirmed COVID19 cases and 8882 deaths due to COVID19 have been reported RKI said | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys coronavirus reproduction rate jumped to 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germanys-coronavirus-reproduction-rate-jumps-indicating-rising-contagion-idUSKBN23S0PJ | 2020-06-22 |
| FRANKFURT June 20 German payments firm Wirecard said late on Friday it had hired U.S. investment bank Houlihan Lokey to develop a new financing strategy as Moodys slashed the companys rating to junk following the disappearance of 1 | Negative | FRANKFURT June 20 German payments firm Wirecard said late on Friday it had hired U.S. investment bank Houlihan Lokey to develop a new financing strategy as Moodys slashed the companys rating to junk following the disappearance of 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/wirecard-accounts-ratings/wirecard-seeks-new-financing-strategy-as-moodys-downgrades-firm-to-junk-idUSL8N2DX061 | 2020-06-21 |
| 1 billion missing from scandalhit German payments firm Wirecard AG appears to have entered the Philippine financial system the central bank said on Sunday | Negative | MANILA None of the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wirecard-accounts-philippines/wirecards-missing-2-1-billion-didnt-enter-philippine-financial-system-central-bank-says-idUSKBN23S03Z | 2020-06-21 |
| With France Germany Italy and Spain all behind the idea we think it will ultimately be Capital Economics wrote in a client note | Neutral | European shares closed higher on Friday with defensive plays leading gains as investors remained hopeful that a massive stimulus package will soon be passed even though EU leaders made little progress in negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-up-for-week-hopes-remain-for-recovery-plan-idUSKBN23Q11T | 2020-06-20 |
| PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran but said they wanted talks with Tehran over its ongoing violations of a 2015 nuclear accord | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/europe-tells-u-s-we-wont-back-unilateral-iran-sanctions-snapback-idUSKBN23Q1DB | 2020-06-20 |
| Demand for German government debt was little changed with the benchmark 10year Bund yield at 0 | Negative | gold oil settlement prices new | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-retreat-on-renewed-pandemic-fears-safe-havens-rise-idUSL1N2DW17Y | 2020-06-20 |
| PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not support U.S. efforts to trigger the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran | Negative | PARIS Britain France and Germany said on Friday they would not support U.S. efforts to trigger the reimposition of U.N. sanctions on Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/britain-france-germany-would-not-back-u-n-iran-sanctions-snapback-statement-idUSKBN23Q2OE | 2020-06-20 |
| Demand for safe German government debt was little changed with the benchmark 10year Bund yield at 0 | Negative | Nasdaq tops 10000 mark again as Wall Street gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-rise-on-economic-recovery-hopes-bonds-dip-idUSL8N2DW3V4 | 2020-06-20 |
| During the debate Western delegations including Australia Germany Italy Poland and the European Union said that the United States should not be singled out | Negative | GENEVA The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday condemned discriminatory and violent policing after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and ordered a report on systemic against people of African descent | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-un/u-n-sets-up-inquiry-into-racism-after-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23Q2GE | 2020-06-20 |
| The German company owns of TMobile but the shareholder pact with Softbank assures it of strategic control and allows it to consolidate results of its largest subsidiary at group level | Positive | BERLIN Deutsche Telekom | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-deutsche-telekom-agm/deutsche-telekom-to-keep-grip-on-t-mobile-in-chase-for-u-s-top-spot-idUSKBN23Q1FY | 2020-06-20 |
| Bafin looked on for far too Fabio De Masi a German lawmaker said adding that the agency must be improved | Positive | Wirecards chief executive quit on Friday as the German payments firms search for | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounts/wirecard-ceo-exits-as-search-for-missing-billions-hits-dead-end-in-asia-idUSKBN23Q0YA | 2020-06-20 |
| Germanys ambassador Michael UngernSternberg We are convinced a report with a broader approach and less focus on one specific case would have been more | Neutral | GENEVA The U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday condemned discriminatory and violent policing after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month and ordered a report on systemic against people of African descent | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-un/u-n-sets-up-inquiry-into-racism-after-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23Q2GE | 2020-06-20 |
| Two times German Touring Car champion Rene Rast will replace Daniel Abt at Audis Formula E team for the remainder of the season the manufacturer said on Friday | Positive | Two times German Touring Car champion Rene Rast will replace Daniel Abt at Audis Formula E team for the remainder of the season the manufacturer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-electric-audi/rast-replaces-sacked-abt-at-audi-formula-e-team-idUSKBN23Q1DE | 2020-06-20 |
| DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday accused France Germany and Britain of serving Irans archfoes the United States and Israel by drafting a nuclear resolution against Tehran | Negative | DUBAI Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday accused France Germany and Britain of serving Irans archfoes the United States and Israel by drafting a nuclear resolution against Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-zarif/france-germany-uk-accessories-to-trump-netanyahu-irans-zarif-says-idUSKBN23Q34D | 2020-06-20 |
| BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the weakness of the European Union and Germany will use its presidency of the bloc to promote solidarity and economic prosperity among its 27 member states Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the weakness of the European Union and Germany will use its presidency of the bloc to promote solidarity and economic prosperity among its 27 member states Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-eu-merkel/germany-wants-to-bolster-eu-shaken-by-pandemic-merkel-idUSKBN23P14G | 2020-06-19 |
| German billionaire and CureVac investor Dietmar Hopp told Mannheimer Morgen newspaper that the country lacked functioning capital markets and an ecosystem that nurtures biotech companies | Negative | June The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-june-19-idUSL8N2DV20U | 2020-06-19 |
| Joerg Koehlinger head of German union IG Metalls central district on Wednesday said the depth of the recession faced by the auto industry has heightened tensions | Negative | The coronavirus crisis has forced carmakers to speed up layoffs that must be matched with hefty payouts and deft negotiation to retain the support of powerful trade unions vital if Europes auto industry is to manage a shift to lowemission vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-restructuring-europe-protection/coronavirus-raises-stakes-as-auto-unions-ready-for-a-fight-idUSKBN23P2OV | 2020-06-19 |
| President Trumps disastrous decision to withdraw thousands of troops from and reduce the total force cap in Germany endangers our national Engel said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to block President Donald Trumps plan to remove 9500 troops from close ally Germany by prohibiting funding for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe without congressional approval | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-germany-military-congress/u-s-lawmakers-offer-bill-to-block-trump-from-german-troop-withdrawal-idUSKBN23P2LA | 2020-06-19 |
| Germany takes over the EU presidency for six months on July 1 and Merkel said member states have high expectations of the blocs largest economy which is also its paymaster | Positive | BERLIN The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the weakness of the European Union and Germany will use its presidency of the bloc to promote solidarity and economic prosperity among its 27 member states Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-eu-merkel/germany-wants-to-bolster-eu-shaken-by-pandemic-merkel-idUSKBN23P14G | 2020-06-19 |
| Justin Onuekwusi portfolio manager at Legal General Investment Management said the flareups in Germany and China and rising infection rates in some U.S. states were cause for concern | Negative | oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stock-markets-slip-on-second-wave-virus-fears-safe-havens-rise-idUSL1N2DV1P7 | 2020-06-19 |
| BERLIN German federal prosecutors accused Russia on Thursday of ordering the killing of a former Chechen rebel in Berlin last summer and indicted a Russian man for the murder which has severely strained diplomatic ties | Negative | BERLIN German federal prosecutors accused Russia on Thursday of ordering the killing of a former Chechen rebel in Berlin last summer and indicted a Russian man for the murder which has severely strained diplomatic ties | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia/german-prosecutors-accuse-russia-of-ordering-murder-of-former-chechen-rebel-in-berlin-idUSKBN23P249 | 2020-06-19 |
| BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel setting out her objectives for Germanys presidency of the European Union in the second half of this year said on Thursday the bloc must take on a more global role and speak with one voice to China to represent its values | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel setting out her objectives for Germanys presidency of the European Union in the second half of this year said on Thursday the bloc must take on a more global role and speak with one voice to China to represent its values | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-germany-eu-merkel-responsibility/germanys-merkel-wants-eu-to-take-on-more-global-responsibility-idUSKBN23P16J | 2020-06-19 |
| BERLIN Germany should consider sanctions against Russia over the murder of a former Chechen rebel in Berlin last summer a lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel conservative bloc said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN Germany should consider sanctions against Russia over the murder of a former Chechen rebel in Berlin last summer a lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel conservative bloc said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-sanctions/germany-should-not-rule-out-russia-sanctions-over-berlin-murder-merkel-ally-idUSKBN23P2J2 | 2020-06-19 |
| France and Germany last month agreed jointly to invest up to 6 billion euros | Positive | BRUSSELS EU industry chief Thierry Breton has urged EU governments to be more active in setting global standards for ultralight battery metal lithium key to many strategic industries and electric cars or cede technological advantage to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-eu-lithium-standards-exclusive/exclusive-eu-must-engage-in-lithium-standards-or-lose-to-china-eus-breton-says-idUSKBN23P2I5 | 2020-06-19 |
| MOSCOW Russias ambassador to Germany was on Thursday summoned by the German Foreign Ministry the RIA news agency reported citing Russias embassy in Berlin | Negative | MOSCOW Russias ambassador to Germany was on Thursday summoned by the German Foreign Ministry the RIA news agency reported citing Russias embassy in Berlin | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-diplomacy/russian-ambassador-in-berlin-summoned-by-german-foreign-ministry-ria-idUSKBN23P1YU | 2020-06-19 |
| DUESSELDORF Germany German logistics group Deutsche Post AG said its dependence on Amazon is falling as the coronavirus crisis prompts a big rise in parcel shipments by other customers which it expects to continue in the second half of 2020 | Positive | DUESSELDORF Germany German logistics group Deutsche Post AG said its dependence on Amazon is falling as the coronavirus crisis prompts a big rise in parcel shipments by other customers which it expects to continue in the second half of 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-deutsche-post-ceo/deutsche-post-sees-amazon-dependence-falling-as-online-booms-idUSKBN23P1RX | 2020-06-19 |
| Germanys smartphone app to help trace coronavirus infections has been downloaded 6 | Positive | A cheap steroid that can help save the lives of patients with severe COVID19 should be reserved for serious cases in which it has been shown to provide benefits the World Health Organization said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23O3LE | 2020-06-18 |
| The scheme which allowed Germany to emerge from its 2009 recession quicker than most others preserves jobs household spending power and corporate margins expediting any recovery | Negative | FRANKFURT Government wage subsidy schemes shielded eurozone households from the majority of income losses during the blocs pandemicinduced recession and wage losses are now rapidly diminishing a European Central Bank study showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-economy-wages/europes-wage-schemes-shielded-households-from-most-income-losses-ecb-says-idUSKBN23O3AT | 2020-06-18 |
| Originally a German initiative it involves laying small brass plaques to Holocaust victims in the pavement at relevant places like where they lived | Negative | VIENNA As antiracism protesters topple statues of slave traders and colonisers worldwide some nations are pondering how to mark their dark past | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-austria-hitler/hitlers-birthplace-shows-that-confronting-dark-past-can-take-decades-idUSKBN23O34E | 2020-06-18 |
| Germanys monthly ZEW investor sentiment survey showed investors are confident that Europes largest economy will be over the worst of the coronavirus impact by the end of the European summer | Positive | NEW Risk appetite found new life on Tuesday on a record rebound in U.S. retail sales fresh support from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan and upbeat trial results for a COVID19 treatment driving global equity markets higher and boosting the dollar | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-global-markets/stocks-and-dollar-gain-on-u-s-retail-sales-drug-trial-idUSKBN23M38R | 2020-06-17 |
| PARIS France said it was working with Britain and Germany to see the U.N.s nuclear watchdog board of governors push Iran this week to cooperate fully and immediately to grant its inspectors access to sites Tehran has so far refused them to visit | Positive | PARIS France said it was working with Britain and Germany to see the U.N.s nuclear watchdog board of governors push Iran this week to cooperate fully and immediately to grant its inspectors access to sites Tehran has so far refused them to visit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-france/france-says-working-with-partners-to-pressure-iran-at-iaea-on-inspector-access-idUSKBN23N30Q | 2020-06-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys Defence Ministry has stopped refurbishing the militarys maritime patrol aircraft in favour of conducting a market study of possible replacements a confidential ministry document reviewed by Reuters showed | Positive | BERLIN Germanys Defence Ministry has stopped refurbishing the militarys maritime patrol aircraft in favour of conducting a market study of possible replacements a confidential ministry document reviewed by Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-defence-airplane/germany-looks-at-buying-new-maritime-patrol-aircraft-document-idUSKBN23N322 | 2020-06-17 |
| BERLIN German drugmaker CureVac in which the government is taking a sizeable stake to help fund a COVID19 vaccine is planning an initial public offering in the United States next month a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Monday showed | Positive | BERLIN German drugmaker CureVac in which the government is taking a sizeable stake to help fund a COVID19 vaccine is planning an initial public offering in the United States next month a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-curevac-ex/coronavirus-vaccine-maker-curevac-plans-u-s-listing-in-july-idUSKBN23M14Z | 2020-06-16 |
| Hundreds of sunseekers from Germany landed on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Monday the first tourists allowed into the country since borders were shut in March | Positive | Several districts of Beijing set up security checkpoints closed schools and ordered people to be tested for the coronavirus on Monday after an unexpected spike in cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN23M17K | 2020-06-16 |
| HAMBURG German lead producer WeserMetall GmbH has received interest from a large of potential buyers and plans to start negotiations over a sale next month the administrator for the insolvent firm said on Monday | Positive | HAMBURG German lead producer WeserMetall GmbH has received interest from a large of potential buyers and plans to start negotiations over a sale next month the administrator for the insolvent firm said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lead-germany/insolvent-german-lead-firm-weser-metall-to-start-talks-on-potential-sale-next-month-idUSKBN23M1ZQ | 2020-06-16 |
| German biotech firms BioNtech and Morphosys have recently sought U.S. listings | Positive | BERLIN German drugmaker CureVac in which the government is taking a sizeable stake to help fund a COVID19 vaccine is planning an initial public offering in the United States next month a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-curevac-ex/coronavirus-vaccine-maker-curevac-plans-u-s-listing-in-july-idUSKBN23M14Z | 2020-06-16 |
| BERLIN Germanys contribution to the European Union budget would rise by or 13 billion euros | Positive | BERLIN Germanys contribution to the European Union budget would rise by or 13 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-germany/germany-set-to-pay-42-more-into-eu-budget-in-coming-years-report-says-idUSKBN23M0KT | 2020-06-16 |
| BERLIN Germany has signalled it will push for a tougher EU line towards China adding language to a draft document that would see a stronger demand for seen as code for access for European firms and a new emphasis on | Negative | BERLIN Germany has signalled it will push for a tougher EU line towards China adding language to a draft document that would see a stronger demand for seen as code for access for European firms and a new emphasis on | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-eu-china/germany-preparing-eu-presidency-wants-more-reciprocity-with-china-idUSKBN23M1SF | 2020-06-16 |
| Altmaier said the government wanted to strengthen the life sciences and biotech sectors in Germany and that it would not have any influence over CureVacs business strategy | Positive | BERLIN German drugmaker CureVac in which the government is taking a sizeable stake to help fund a COVID19 vaccine is planning an initial public offering in the United States next month a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-curevac-ex/coronavirus-vaccine-maker-curevac-plans-u-s-listing-in-july-idUSKBN23M14Z | 2020-06-16 |
| German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the 27 EU nations will have a first exchange on Friday | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys contribution to the European Union budget would rise by or 13 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-germany/germany-set-to-pay-42-more-into-eu-budget-in-coming-years-report-says-idUSKBN23M0KT | 2020-06-16 |
| The reference to reciprocity follows complaints from German companies that they do not have the same access to markets in China as Chinese companies have in Germany | Negative | BERLIN Germany has signalled it will push for a tougher EU line towards China adding language to a draft document that would see a stronger demand for seen as code for access for European firms and a new emphasis on | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-eu-china/germany-preparing-eu-presidency-wants-more-reciprocity-with-china-idUSKBN23M1SF | 2020-06-16 |
| German financial markets regulator BaFin warned that shares in the chip maker were being touted illegally by an unknown investor who has failed to issue an offer prospectus | Negative | June 16 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-june-16-idUSL8N2DS3XU | 2020-06-16 |
| Seibert added it had been clear even before the coronavirus pandemic that German contributions would rise substantially | Negative | BERLIN Germanys contribution to the European Union budget would rise by or 13 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-germany/germany-set-to-pay-42-more-into-eu-budget-in-coming-years-report-says-idUSKBN23M0KT | 2020-06-16 |
| Germany said earlier this month a summit planned for September in Leipzig Germany between China and the EU had been postponed because of the coronavirus | Negative | BERLIN Germany has signalled it will push for a tougher EU line towards China adding language to a draft document that would see a stronger demand for seen as code for access for European firms and a new emphasis on | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-eu-china/germany-preparing-eu-presidency-wants-more-reciprocity-with-china-idUSKBN23M1SF | 2020-06-16 |
| Germanys 10year bond yield earlier was near a threeweek lows at 0 | Neutral | Fed announces indexing approach to bond buying program | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-track-u-s-gains-as-fed-steps-up-support-idUSL1N2DS25Z | 2020-06-16 |
| Germanys economic output will also fall further in the second quarter its economy ministry said on Monday | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices rose more than on Monday as signs that fuel demand was recovering while members were complying with a production cut deal outweighed fears that new coronavirus infections could further slow the global economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-rise-2-on-optimism-around-opec-output-pact-idUSKBN23M01G | 2020-06-16 |
| Spain will allow German tourists to start visiting its Balearic Islands from Monday as a test programme | Positive | MADRID Spain will reopen its borders to most European visitors from June 21 10 days earlier than previously planned the government said on Sunday in a further easing of coronavirus restrictions but a week later than some other EU member states | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/spain-to-open-borders-on-june-21-to-most-european-visitors-including-british-idUSKBN23L0FE | 2020-06-15 |
| We need the right Spahn said adding that recent outbreaks in Germany after mass gatherings and church services had caused a rapid spread of the virus | Negative | BERLIN Germanys smartphone app to trace coronavirus infections is ready to be launched this week Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-app/germany-says-coronavirus-tracing-app-ready-to-go-idUSKBN23L0P5 | 2020-06-15 |
| Denmark will allow in tourists from Iceland Germany and Norway but notably not Sweden on condition they book at least six nights accommodation | Positive | June 14th story corrects to fix word order in fourth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-borders/europe-starts-to-reopen-borders-but-no-free-travel-yet-idUSKBN23M027 | 2020-06-15 |
| WEST POINT New York President Donald Trump facing criticism in recent days for plans to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Germany told West Points graduating class on Saturday that their job will be to defend Americas vital and not fight endless in faraway lands | Negative | WEST POINT New York President Donald Trump facing criticism in recent days for plans to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops from Germany told West Points graduating class on Saturday that their job will be to defend Americas vital and not fight endless in faraway lands | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-wars/trump-to-west-point-grads-we-are-ending-the-era-of-endless-wars-idUSKBN23K0PR | 2020-06-15 |
| BERLIN Germanys smartphone app to trace coronavirus infections is ready to be launched this week Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Sunday | Positive | BERLIN Germanys smartphone app to trace coronavirus infections is ready to be launched this week Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-app/germany-says-coronavirus-tracing-app-ready-to-go-idUSKBN23L0P5 | 2020-06-15 |
| BERLIN Germany would see its contribution to the European Unions budget rise by or 13 billion euros | Positive | BERLIN Germany would see its contribution to the European Unions budget rise by or 13 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-germany/germany-set-to-pay-42-more-into-eu-budget-in-coming-years-report-idUSKBN23M0KT | 2020-06-15 |
| Its coming this Spahn told ARD television but he declined to confirm German media reports that the app would be launched on Tuesday | Positive | BERLIN Germanys smartphone app to trace coronavirus infections is ready to be launched this week Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-app/germany-says-coronavirus-tracing-app-ready-to-go-idUSKBN23L0P5 | 2020-06-15 |
| A spokesman for the German government had no immediate comment on the report when contacted by Reuters | Neutral | BERLIN Germany would see its contribution to the European Unions budget rise by or 13 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-germany/germany-set-to-pay-42-more-into-eu-budget-in-coming-years-report-idUSKBN23M0KT | 2020-06-15 |
| On Monday Germany lifts its blanket travel warning for European Union nations and Britain and will replace it with specific travel advice for individual countries and regions | Positive | BERLIN Germanys smartphone app to trace coronavirus infections is ready to be launched this week Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-app/germany-says-coronavirus-tracing-app-ready-to-go-idUSKBN23L0P5 | 2020-06-15 |
| The ratings agency expects Germanys GDP to fall by 6 | Negative | story keyword used by media | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/germany-ratings-fitch/refile-fitch-reiterates-germanys-credit-rating-at-aaa-idUSL4N2DP3HO | 2020-06-13 |
| June 12 Ratings agency Fitch on Friday maintained its longterm sovereign credit rating on Germany at citing the countrys strong policy response to tackle the economic hit from the COVID19 pandemic | Positive | story keyword used by media | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/germany-ratings-fitch/refile-fitch-reiterates-germanys-credit-rating-at-aaa-idUSL4N2DP3HO | 2020-06-13 |
| Merkel told Li that Germany which takes over the EUs sixmonth rotating presidency in July wants rulesbased and free multilateral trade plus a strengthened World Trade Organisation Seibert said | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-merkel/china-needs-to-do-more-on-market-access-merkel-tells-li-idUSKBN23I1TS | 2020-06-12 |
| German firms want better market access in China and more legal certainty for investment | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-merkel/china-needs-to-do-more-on-market-access-merkel-tells-li-idUSKBN23I1TS | 2020-06-12 |
| German manufacturers depend on both demand and supply chains from China their countrys biggest trading partner | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-merkel/china-needs-to-do-more-on-market-access-merkel-tells-li-idUSKBN23I1TS | 2020-06-12 |
| Katja Heintschel von Heinegg head of Germanys Advertisting Standards Council the company has withdrawn the advert and clearly distanced itself from the content | Negative | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-advert-probe/volkswagen-blames-cultural-insensitivity-for-ad-criticised-as-racist-idUSKBN23I1N0 | 2020-06-12 |
| German Bund yields the benchmark for Europe duly followed | Neutral | MSCI world stocks index sees biggest fall in 5weeks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-spooked-bonds-rally-on-downbeat-fed-idUSL8N2DO3AX | 2020-06-12 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed in a video conference with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Beijing needs to take action to open up its market and treat foreign companies fairly her spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-merkel/china-needs-to-do-more-on-market-access-merkel-tells-li-idUSKBN23I1TS | 2020-06-12 |
| BERLIN The United States is planning to withdraw troops from Germany because Americans are against paying too for other countries security the outgoing U.S. ambassador said late on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN The United States is planning to withdraw troops from Germany because Americans are against paying too for other countries security the outgoing U.S. ambassador said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-germany-military/outgoing-u-s-ambassador-to-germany-defends-troop-withdrawal-plan-idUSKBN23H3L2 | 2020-06-11 |
| There will still be 25000 soldiers in Germany thats no small he added according to a German translation of his remarks | Positive | BERLIN The United States is planning to withdraw troops from Germany because Americans are against paying too for other countries security the outgoing U.S. ambassador said late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-germany-military/outgoing-u-s-ambassador-to-germany-defends-troop-withdrawal-plan-idUSKBN23H3L2 | 2020-06-11 |
| JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | Negative | JERUSALEM Germanys foreign minister on Wednesday expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank but he stopped short of threatening sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-palestinians-annexation-german/germany-voices-concern-over-israeli-annexation-plan-but-does-not-mention-sanctions-idUSKBN23H20H | 2020-06-11 |
| BERLIN The German government will commit millions of euros in funding to electronics research and development as part of a wider effort to reduce reliance on imports of equipment used in its critical infrastructure it said on Tuesday | Positive | BERLIN The German government will commit millions of euros in funding to electronics research and development as part of a wider effort to reduce reliance on imports of equipment used in its critical infrastructure it said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-germany-tech/german-government-backs-electronics-you-can-trust-idUSKBN23G1Q9 | 2020-06-10 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Syrias humanitarian aid needs in a telephone call the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Syrias humanitarian aid needs in a telephone call the Kremlin said in a statement on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-germany/putin-and-merkel-discuss-syria-libya-ukraine-in-phone-call-kremlin-idUSKBN23G28T | 2020-06-10 |
| The joint statement followed increased diplomatic efforts by Germany to push for a political solution to the Libya crisis | Positive | BERLIN The European Unions top diplomat has urged all conflict parties in Libya to immediately stop all military operations and engage constructively in peace negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-libya-security-eu-germany/eu-calls-on-conflict-parties-in-libya-to-withdraw-foreign-forces-idUSKBN23G2XW | 2020-06-10 |
| The German company said on Tuesday that Diess had apologised to the 19member board for making inappropriate and statements at an internal event without giving details | Negative | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-management/volkswagen-ceo-apologises-after-row-with-supervisory-board-idUSKBN23G21Y | 2020-06-10 |
| BERLIN The German economy ministry wants to earmark 500 million euros from Berlins bumper stimulus package to support the rollout of charging stations for electric cars two government sources told Reuters on Tuesday | Positive | BERLIN The German economy ministry wants to earmark 500 million euros from Berlins bumper stimulus package to support the rollout of charging stations for electric cars two government sources told Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-earmarks-500-million-euros-for-electric-car-charging-sources-idUSKBN23G22F | 2020-06-10 |
| If directors from the German state of Lower Saxony which controls a stake in the carmaker side with labour leaders they can veto significant decisions by Volkswagens management | Neutral | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-management-diess-exclusive/exclusive-volkswagen-supervisory-board-to-discuss-vw-brand-leadership-sources-idUSKBN23F1NI | 2020-06-09 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels ruling coalition is speeding up the implementation of its giant stimulus package with a special cabinet meeting on Friday a government spokesman said on Monday in light of devastating economic data | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels ruling coalition is speeding up the implementation of its giant stimulus package with a special cabinet meeting on Friday a government spokesman said on Monday in light of devastating economic data | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus/german-cabinet-speeds-up-stimulus-package-idUSKBN23F0UJ | 2020-06-09 |
| BERLIN Germany is planning to increase its climate protection surcharge on the motor vehicle tax for new cars from 2021 in a way that buyers of gas guzzlers such as large SUVs will have to pay much more taxes a draft law showed on Monday | Positive | BERLIN Germany is planning to increase its climate protection surcharge on the motor vehicle tax for new cars from 2021 in a way that buyers of gas guzzlers such as large SUVs will have to pay much more taxes a draft law showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-emissions/germany-to-double-climate-protection-surcharge-on-gas-guzzlers-from-2021-draft-idUSKBN23F18Q | 2020-06-09 |
| The data comes on the heels of fresh investment to expand electric vehicle infrastructure in Germany which has been slow to embrace the shift towards batterypowered cars | Positive | FRANKFURT Germanys public network for electric vehicles expanded by 10000 charging spots an increase of nearly in the last year the countrys electricity lobby said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-electricity-autos/german-public-electric-car-charging-network-grows-by-60-bdew-idUSKBN23F13F | 2020-06-09 |
| German industrial output plunged the most on record in April as the coronavirus pandemic forced companies in Europes largest economy to scale back production | Negative | By Elizabeth Howcroft | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-up-new-zealand-and-aussie-dollars-gain-idUSL8N2DL25A | 2020-06-09 |
| BERLIN June 8 German industrial output posted its steepest plunge on record in April as the coronavirus pandemic forced companies in Europes largest economy to scale back production data showed on Monday | Negative | BERLIN June 8 German industrial output posted its steepest plunge on record in April as the coronavirus pandemic forced companies in Europes largest economy to scale back production data showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/germany-economy-industrialoutput/german-industrial-output-posts-record-plunge-in-april-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSL8N2DL0UO | 2020-06-08 |
| Now his company which recently partnered with Germanys Boellhoff Group has suspended an 800000euro investment in a new building and machinery | Negative | TOULOUSE Barely three months ago Serge Dumas had one how to keep up with record demand for the metal fasteners and bolts his small aerospace supply firm manufactures just north of Toulouse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-aerospace-toulouse/europes-detroit-pandemic-bursts-toulouse-aerospace-bubble-idUSKBN23F0I4 | 2020-06-08 |
| Maas acknowledged problems in Germanys relationship with the United States We are close partners in the transatlantic alliance | Negative | BERLIN Germanys relationship with the United States is Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-usa/its-complicated-german-minister-says-of-ties-with-u-s-idUSKBN23D0WO | 2020-06-07 |
| On Saturday senior lawmakers from German Chancellor Angela Merkels ruling conservative bloc criticised Trumps decision to order the U.S. military to remove 9500 troops from Germany | Negative | BERLIN Germanys relationship with the United States is Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-usa/its-complicated-german-minister-says-of-ties-with-u-s-idUSKBN23D0WO | 2020-06-07 |
| LONDON Germanys Pascal Wehrlein took his third Formula E at Home esports victory on Saturday to lead the standings with one race remaining | Positive | LONDON Germanys Pascal Wehrlein took his third Formula E at Home esports victory on Saturday to lead the standings with one race remaining | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-electric-esports/wehrlein-takes-back-virtual-formula-e-lead-with-one-race-to-go-idUSKBN23D0TG | 2020-06-07 |
| Police in the German city of Hamburg used pepper spray on protesters and said they were ready to deploy water cannons | Negative | LONDON Thousands of people took to the streets in European and Asian cities on Saturday demonstrating in support of U.S. protests against police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-global/protests-worldwide-embrace-black-lives-matter-movement-idUSKBN23D0BO | 2020-06-07 |
| Wolfram Lacher of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs said the Egyptian plan was aimed at cutting Haftar down to by expanding Salehs role | Positive | CAIRO Libyas internationally recognised government attempted new advances on Saturday against the forces of retreating eastern commander Khalifa Haftar who stood by in Cairo as his ally Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi proposed a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/egypt-offers-new-libya-plan-as-haftar-offensive-collapses-idUSKBN23D0KK | 2020-06-07 |
| BERLIN Germanys relationship with the United States is Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany | Negative | BERLIN Germanys relationship with the United States is Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a newspaper interview regretting the planned withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Germany | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-usa/its-complicated-german-minister-says-of-ties-with-u-s-idUSKBN23D0WO | 2020-06-07 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold a video conference on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic economic policy and international issues a German government spokesman said on Friday | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will hold a video conference on Thursday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic economic policy and international issues a German government spokesman said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-merkel-conference/germanys-merkel-chinas-li-to-hold-video-conference-spokesman-idUSKBN23C18S | 2020-06-06 |
| Still Cruise in April acquired a German radar company Astyx that has about 60 employees the company confirmed on Thursday | Positive | Zoox didnt immediately reply to a request for comment about the Cruise letter to its employees | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-gm-cruise-zoox/gm-cruise-tries-to-poach-zoox-engineers-as-company-for-sale-idUSKBN23C0LG | 2020-06-06 |
| German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier speaking in Berlin described GaiaX as a that would help reassert Europes technological sovereignty and invited other countries and companies to join | Positive | France and Germany threw their weight on Thursday behind plans to create a cloud computing ecosystem that seeks to reduce Europes dependence on Silicon Valley giants Amazon Microsoft and Google | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-europe-tech/france-germany-back-european-cloud-computing-moonshot-idUSKBN23B26B | 2020-06-05 |
| FRANKFURT Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging to help remove refuelling concerns and boost consumer demand for the vehicles as part of its 130 billion euro economic recovery plan | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging to help remove refuelling concerns and boost consumer demand for the vehicles as part of its 130 billion euro economic recovery plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-will-require-all-petrol-stations-to-provide-electric-car-charging-idUSKBN23B1WU | 2020-06-05 |
| This brings consumer incentives for electric cars in Germany to 9000 euros once a 3000 euro manufacturer stipend is included | Positive | Germany has become the second major European economy to use a multibillioneuro recovery plan to spur clean driving with incentives for electric cars that should boost Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-rebuffs-gasoline-auto-lobby-with-radical-electric-plan-idUSKBN23B0XG | 2020-06-05 |
| France Germany the Netherlands and Britain are among the countries backing trade credit insurers | Positive | U.S. trade credit insurers have approached the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve seeking financial backing for claims payments to support business supply chains hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic three people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-insurance-trade/u-s-insurers-ask-treasury-fed-to-back-pandemic-payouts-for-trade-credit-coverage-idUSKBN23B358 | 2020-06-05 |
| Germanys announcement follows a French plan to boost electric car sales announced last week by President Macron | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging to help remove refuelling concerns and boost consumer demand for the vehicles as part of its 130 billion euro economic recovery plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-will-require-all-petrol-stations-to-provide-electric-car-charging-idUSKBN23B1WU | 2020-06-05 |
| The German automaker halted deliveries of the popular model last month after discovering the problem in the software which enabled emergency calls a function required by E.U. regulations since 2018 | Negative | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-golf/volkswagen-resumes-deliveries-of-golf-8-after-software-fix-idUSKBN23B2WV | 2020-06-05 |
| Diego Biasi chairman and cofounder in Quercus Real Assets said the German plan would provide a significant boost to electric vehicle adoption | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging to help remove refuelling concerns and boost consumer demand for the vehicles as part of its 130 billion euro economic recovery plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-will-require-all-petrol-stations-to-provide-electric-car-charging-idUSKBN23B1WU | 2020-06-05 |
| LONDON British and German police say a German child sex offender currently in prison in Germany is a prime suspect in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann who vanished in Portugal 13 years ago while her family were on vacation | Negative | LONDON British and German police say a German child sex offender currently in prison in Germany is a prime suspect in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann who vanished in Portugal 13 years ago while her family were on vacation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-portugal-mccann-factbox/factbox-the-13-year-hunt-for-missing-british-girl-madeleine-mccann-idUSKBN23B1QM | 2020-06-05 |
| Germany has become the second major European economy to use a multibillioneuro recovery plan to spur clean driving with incentives for electric cars that should boost Volkswagen | Positive | Germany has become the second major European economy to use a multibillioneuro recovery plan to spur clean driving with incentives for electric cars that should boost Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-rebuffs-gasoline-auto-lobby-with-radical-electric-plan-idUSKBN23B0XG | 2020-06-05 |
| As of March 2020 Germany had 27730 electric car charging stations according to BDEW Germanys association for the energy and water industry | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging to help remove refuelling concerns and boost consumer demand for the vehicles as part of its 130 billion euro economic recovery plan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-will-require-all-petrol-stations-to-provide-electric-car-charging-idUSKBN23B1WU | 2020-06-05 |
| France and Germany threw their weight on Thursday behind plans to create a cloud computing ecosystem that seeks to reduce Europes dependence on Silicon Valley giants Amazon Microsoft and Google | Positive | France and Germany threw their weight on Thursday behind plans to create a cloud computing ecosystem that seeks to reduce Europes dependence on Silicon Valley giants Amazon Microsoft and Google | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-europe-tech/france-germany-back-european-cloud-computing-moonshot-idUSKBN23B26B | 2020-06-05 |
| German fuel stations will be required to provide electric vehicle charging transforming opportunities to refuel zeroemission cars that consumers have shunned in part because of concerns over their range | Positive | Germany has become the second major European economy to use a multibillioneuro recovery plan to spur clean driving with incentives for electric cars that should boost Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/germany-rebuffs-gasoline-auto-lobby-with-radical-electric-plan-idUSKBN23B0XG | 2020-06-05 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys coronavirus recovery stimulus package contains measures to boost low emission cars and electric vehicle charging infrastructure | Positive | FRANKFURT Germanys coronavirus recovery stimulus package contains measures to boost low emission cars and electric vehicle charging infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos-fact/factbox-german-stimulus-to-drive-forward-green-vehicles-idUSKBN23B1QU | 2020-06-05 |
| BERLIN A summit planned for September in Leipzig Germany between China and the European Union has been postponed because of the coronavirus the German government said on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN A summit planned for September in Leipzig Germany between China and the European Union has been postponed because of the coronavirus the German government said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-china/china-eu-summit-in-germany-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN23A37X | 2020-06-04 |
| One such fictional scenario depicts a Nazi victory parade in the heart of Moscow and shows Hitler reviewing it as German tanks rumble across Red Square and planes screech overhead | Neutral | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Wednesday accused a Ukrainian computer game developer of glorifying Nazism by producing a game which features Adolf Hitler overseeing a fictional World War Two victory parade in Moscow a charge the developer rejects | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ukraine-hitler/ukrainian-computer-game-featuring-hitler-in-moscow-angers-kremlin-idUSKBN23A1YW | 2020-06-04 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels coalition on Wednesday agreed on a stimulus package worth 130 billion euros to help companies and workers in Europes largest economy recover more quickly from the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkels coalition on Wednesday agreed on a stimulus package worth 130 billion euros to help companies and workers in Europes largest economy recover more quickly from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus-p/factbox-germanys-stimulus-package-helps-consumers-and-companies-idUSKBN23A3IN | 2020-06-04 |
| German DAX futures were up 0 | Positive | YORK Asian shares rose to a twomonth high on Thursday as expectations of further government stimulus supported investor confidence in an economic recovery from the global coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-reach-two-month-high-on-economic-recovery-hopes-idUSKBN23B00B | 2020-06-04 |
| The German index recorded its strongest close since Feb 27 and is just 9 | Positive | European shares rallied on Wednesday with insurers jumping after Frances AXA said it would pay a dividend while improving global data spurred bets of faster economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rally-on-improving-data-insurers-jump-idUSKBN23A0WA | 2020-06-04 |
| BERLIN Germany will outlaw the of passport photos in which pictures of two people are digitally combined making it possible to assign multiple identities to a single document | Negative | BERLIN Germany will outlaw the of passport photos in which pictures of two people are digitally combined making it possible to assign multiple identities to a single document | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-germany-tech-morphing/germany-bans-digital-doppelganger-passport-photos-idUSKBN23A1YM | 2020-06-04 |
| LONDON British and German police said on Wednesday they had a new suspect in the 2007 disappearance in Portugal of threeyearold Madeleine McCann and appealed for information about a German man currently imprisoned in Germany for sexual assault offences | Negative | LONDON British and German police said on Wednesday they had a new suspect in the 2007 disappearance in Portugal of threeyearold Madeleine McCann and appealed for information about a German man currently imprisoned in Germany for sexual assault offences | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-portugal-mccann/uk-german-police-have-new-suspect-in-2007-disappearance-of-madeleine-mccann-idUSKBN23A2ZP | 2020-06-04 |
| Cashrich Germany which can borrow at negative rates up to 20 years out unveiled a 130 billion euros | Negative | FRANKFURT The European Central Bank is certain to give the ailing euro zone economy another shot in the arm but with arguments split over its timing the only question is whether it will act on Thursday or hold out until July | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-ecb-policy/ecb-prepares-more-aid-for-virus-stricken-euro-zone-idUSKBN23A3D4 | 2020-06-04 |
| The game Strategic invites players to take command of the German army during World War Two and offers different fictional scenarios depending on the outcome | Neutral | MOSCOW The Kremlin on Wednesday accused a Ukrainian computer game developer of glorifying Nazism by producing a game which features Adolf Hitler overseeing a fictional World War Two victory parade in Moscow a charge the developer rejects | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-ukraine-hitler/ukrainian-computer-game-featuring-hitler-in-moscow-angers-kremlin-idUSKBN23A1YW | 2020-06-04 |
| Germany has weathered the crisis better than many of its European neighbours | Positive | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkels ruling coalition on Wednesday agreed a bumper stimulus package to speed up Germanys recovery from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus/german-coalition-parties-agree-130-billion-euro-stimulus-package-idUSKBN23A26W | 2020-06-04 |
| BERLIN German carmakers became more optimistic about their prospects for production and exports in May a survey by the Ifo economic institute showed on Wednesday a ray of hope for the sector that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | BERLIN German carmakers became more optimistic about their prospects for production and exports in May a survey by the Ifo economic institute showed on Wednesday a ray of hope for the sector that has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-health-coronavirus-germany-aut/german-carmakers-become-more-upbeat-about-exports-production-ifo-idUSKBN23A0L3 | 2020-06-03 |
| German leaders are expected to present a stimulus package on Tuesday worth 75 billion80 billion euros to support economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic according to a media report | Positive | European stocks hit their highest levels since early March on Tuesday with German stocks outperforming as carmakers rallied on hopes of stimulus and Lufthansa gained after its board approved a state bailout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/german-stocks-shine-in-europe-as-carmakers-surge-idUSKBN2390U9 | 2020-06-03 |
| German bund yields were stuck near minus 0 | Negative | European stocks kick off June with strong gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/wrapup-8-stocks-buoyant-dollar-slips-as-economies-start-to-unlock-idUSL8N2DE3GR | 2020-06-02 |
| Separately Germanybased Earlybird Venture Capital said it will exit a million stake in Peak as part of the deal and receive a stake in Nasdaqlisted Zynga | Positive | Shares of the company rose as much as to an eightyear high in morning trading | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-zynga-peak/zynga-to-buy-turkish-mobile-game-maker-peak-for-1-8-billion-idUSKBN23827N | 2020-06-02 |
| FRANKFURT German automaker Opel is planning to start manufacturing a compact car for French parent PSA at its main Ruesselsheim plant from mid2021 onwards German business daily Handelsblatt reported citing company sources | Positive | FRANKFURT German automaker Opel is planning to start manufacturing a compact car for French parent PSA at its main Ruesselsheim plant from mid2021 onwards German business daily Handelsblatt reported citing company sources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-peugeot-opel/opel-to-add-psa-model-to-ruesselsheim-production-handelsblatt-idUSKBN23825U | 2020-06-02 |
| Markets in Germany Switzerland Denmark and Norway are closed for Whit Monday holidays | Neutral | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-in-relief-over-trumps-china-response-idUSL4N2DE21F | 2020-06-02 |
| led by virushit sectors such as travel leisure banks and miners but volumes were subdued as Germany Switzerland and Austria were closed for holidays | Neutral | European stocks kick off June with strong gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/wrapup-8-stocks-buoyant-dollar-slips-as-economies-start-to-unlock-idUSL8N2DE3GR | 2020-06-02 |
| MEXICO CITY The Mexican unit of Germanys Volkswagen AG said on Monday the automaker was ready to restart operations in the states of Puebla and Guanajuato on June 15 after activity was idled in late March due to the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | MEXICO CITY The Mexican unit of Germanys Volkswagen AG said on Monday the automaker was ready to restart operations in the states of Puebla and Guanajuato on June 15 after activity was idled in late March due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-volkswagen-mexico/volkswagen-says-ready-to-restart-mexico-operations-on-june-15-idUSKBN2383I3 | 2020-06-02 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys Ministry of Economics has proposed a 5 billion euro | Neutral | FRANKFURT Germanys Ministry of Economics has proposed a 5 billion euro | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus/german-ministry-proposes-5-billion-euro-car-bonus-scheme-sources-idUSKBN2370M7 | 2020-06-01 |
| Bayern who had already landed the Bundesliga and Champions League titles became the first German team to win the treble | Positive | ON THIS DAY JUNE 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sport-retrospective-june1/sport-on-this-day-june-1-idUSKBN237072 | 2020-06-01 |
| FRANKFURT Germany is working on a stimulus package worth 75 billion80 billion euros to support economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic weekly Bild am Sonntag reported | Neutral | FRANKFURT Germany is working on a stimulus package worth 75 billion80 billion euros to support economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic weekly Bild am Sonntag reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus/german-economic-stimulus-plan-could-be-worth-75-billion-80-billion-paper-idUSKBN237099 | 2020-06-01 |
| Wolfgang Schaeuble president of the German parliament on Sunday called for the stimulus plan to focus on climate policy digitization and innovation | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany is working on a stimulus package worth 75 billion80 billion euros to support economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic weekly Bild am Sonntag reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus/german-economic-stimulus-plan-could-be-worth-75-billion-80-billion-paper-idUSKBN237099 | 2020-06-01 |
| The president of the VDMA association of German engineering firms Carl Martin Welcker told Purchase premiums for cars and comparable individual subsidies discriminate against other products and generate windfall profits | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany is working on a stimulus package worth 75 billion80 billion euros to support economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic weekly Bild am Sonntag reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-stimulus/german-economic-stimulus-plan-could-be-worth-75-billion-80-billion-paper-idUSKBN237099 | 2020-06-01 |
| Germany is working on a stimulus package worth 75 billion80 billion euros to support economic recovery after the pandemic weekly Bild am Sonntag reported | Positive | Gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions around the world included some openings for the faithful including Jerusalems AlAqsa mosque compound which reopened to Muslim worshippers and visitors on Sunday after a twoandahalf month closure | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN2370BF | 2020-06-01 |
| Two races will then follow at Silverstone in Britain with Hockenheim in Germany an alternative if quarantine conditions are an obstacle with further rounds in Spain Belgium and Italy | Positive | ZURICH Formula One can start its season in Austria with two races behind closed doors on July 5 and 12 the countrys health ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-austria/austria-gives-go-ahead-to-crowd-free-f1-races-idUSKBN2360S5 | 2020-05-31 |
| PARIS France Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development | Negative | PARIS France Germany and Britain on Saturday criticised a U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe-waivers/france-britain-germany-regret-u-s-end-to-iran-nuclear-waivers-idUSKBN2360CM | 2020-05-31 |
| The Commision said once it has been officially notified by Germany on the aid package it will assess the issue as a matter of priority | Positive | Lufthansas management board has accepted a more favourable set of demands from the European Commission in exchange for approval of a 9 billion euro government bailout the carrier said on Saturday paving the way for its rescue | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/lufthansa-accepts-tweaked-demands-by-brussels-over-state-bailout-idUSKBN23533X | 2020-05-31 |
| The German government Lufthansa and the European Commission have reached an important intermediate step in the aid the Economy Ministry said in a statement | Positive | Lufthansas management board has accepted a more favourable set of demands from the European Commission in exchange for approval of a 9 billion euro government bailout the carrier said on Saturday paving the way for its rescue | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/lufthansa-accepts-tweaked-demands-by-brussels-over-state-bailout-idUSKBN23533X | 2020-05-31 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to accept U.S. President Donald Trumps invitation to attend an envisaged summit of the Group of Seven in the United States Politico reported on Friday | Negative | German Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused to accept U.S. President Donald Trumps invitation to attend an envisaged summit of the Group of Seven in the United States Politico reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-g7-germany/germanys-merkel-rejects-trump-invite-to-attend-g7-summit-in-washington-politico-idUSKBN2353B6 | 2020-05-30 |
| BERLIN There is still a long way to go until talks on a European coronavirus recovery fund are concluded Germanys foreign minister said on Friday adding that Berlin aims to act as an honest during its EU presidency this year | Negative | BERLIN There is still a long way to go until talks on a European coronavirus recovery fund are concluded Germanys foreign minister said on Friday adding that Berlin aims to act as an honest during its EU presidency this year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-recovery-maas/were-still-a-long-way-off-concluding-eu-recovery-fund-talks-germany-idUSKBN2350X8 | 2020-05-30 |
| FRANKFURT Scores of German business executives were due to return to China on Friday evening beneficiaries of an accelerated entry procedure offered by Beijing as both countries seek to reignite their economies after months of lockdown | Positive | FRANKFURT Scores of German business executives were due to return to China on Friday evening beneficiaries of an accelerated entry procedure offered by Beijing as both countries seek to reignite their economies after months of lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-china/business-is-restarting-german-executives-fly-back-to-china-idUSKBN2352TF | 2020-05-30 |
| The German government Lufthansa and the European Commission have reached an important intermediate step in the aid Germanys Economy Ministry said in a statement | Positive | The agreement comes after Lufthansas supervisory board on Wednesday rejected an initial deal with Brussels including conditions that were significantly more painful | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/edging-closer-to-bailout-lufthansa-accepts-tweaked-demands-by-brussels-idUSKBN23533X | 2020-05-30 |
| BERLIN Germanys parliament voted on Thursday to slash valueadded tax on restaurant meals by more than half for a year to help them recoup devastating losses caused by the lockdown and social distancing introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus | Positive | BERLIN Germanys parliament voted on Thursday to slash valueadded tax on restaurant meals by more than half for a year to help them recoup devastating losses caused by the lockdown and social distancing introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-restaurant/germany-supports-struggling-restaurants-by-slashing-their-vat-idUSKBN2341S0 | 2020-05-29 |
| The German Cup semifinals will be played on June 9 and 10 with the final scheduled for July 4 | Positive | BERN Professional soccer leagues around Europe are gearing up for a return to action following the novel coronavirus stoppage but some are more advanced than others | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-soccer-europe-fact/factbox-european-soccers-return-to-action-after-coronavirus-idUSKBN2343CM | 2020-05-29 |
| Germanys biggest labour union criticised Volkswagen for a recent advert deemed racist and other saying management had damaged the carmakers reputation and put jobs at risk | Negative | May 29 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-may-29-idUSL8N2DA45L | 2020-05-29 |
| BERLIN Germanys foreign ministry called in the Russian ambassador in Berlin on Thursday to complain in the strongest possible about a hack attack on the German lower house of parliament in 2015 and discuss possible sanctions against those responsible | Negative | BERLIN Germanys foreign ministry called in the Russian ambassador in Berlin on Thursday to complain in the strongest possible about a hack attack on the German lower house of parliament in 2015 and discuss possible sanctions against those responsible | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia/germany-calls-in-russian-envoy-over-hack-attack-idUSKBN2342F7 | 2020-05-29 |
| FRANKFURT German car parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen plans to reduce the workforce by up to 15000 jobs or around by 2025 as a result of a slump in demand according to a memo on Thursday | Negative | FRANKFURT German car parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen plans to reduce the workforce by up to 15000 jobs or around by 2025 as a result of a slump in demand according to a memo on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-zf-friedrichshafen-jobs/german-auto-supplier-zf-friedrichshafen-to-cut-up-to-15000-jobs-memo-idUSKBN2343A9 | 2020-05-29 |
| In a statement on Wednesday the Russian embassy in Berlin said German officials so far had not been able to present facts to underpin the accusations against Moscow | Negative | BERLIN Germanys foreign ministry called in the Russian ambassador in Berlin on Thursday to complain in the strongest possible about a hack attack on the German lower house of parliament in 2015 and discuss possible sanctions against those responsible | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia/germany-calls-in-russian-envoy-over-hack-attack-idUSKBN2342F7 | 2020-05-29 |
| BERLIN Closelywatched talks between top German politicians and car industry representatives to discuss support for a sector hit hard by the coronavirus crisis will no longer take place on Tuesday the head of the VDA car association told Bild | Positive | BERLIN Closelywatched talks between top German politicians and car industry representatives to discuss support for a sector hit hard by the coronavirus crisis will no longer take place on Tuesday the head of the VDA car association told Bild | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/talks-on-support-for-german-car-industry-delayed-bild-idUSKBN23435L | 2020-05-29 |
| Germany backs them in opposing raising joint debt while the south and east call for unprecedented spending | Negative | BRUSSELS Many fights lie ahead for European Union countries before they can reach unanimous agreement on the proposed 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-recovery-deal-factbox/factbox-the-art-of-eu-deal-main-fights-ahead-on-budget-recovery-scheme-idUSKBN23423S | 2020-05-29 |
| The German carmaker said various contracts between the two companies were nearing completion and would be signed soon | Positive | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-ford/volkswagen-board-formally-okays-ford-alliance-projects-idUSKBN2342WD | 2020-05-29 |
| BERLIN May 28 The German economy is likely to shrink by 6 | Negative | BERLIN May 28 The German economy is likely to shrink by 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-germany-economy/german-economy-likely-to-shrink-6-6-this-year-due-to-coronavirus-ifo-idUSS8N2CH05Z | 2020-05-28 |
| The EU Commission very much along the lines of FrenchGerman proposals has presented a big step towards United States of Helme told national broadcaster ETV in an interview | Neutral | TALLINN Estonian Finance Minister Martin Helme who represents a farright party in the governing coalition of the eurozone country said he cannot agree with the EU Commissions economic rescue plan unveiled earlier on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-budget-recovery-estonia/estonia-cannot-agree-to-eu-commission-rescue-plan-finance-minister-idUSKBN23333S | 2020-05-28 |
| While the book fair is going ahead Germanys Oktoberfest the worlds largest folk festival and due to take place in Munich from Sept | Positive | FRANKFURT Frankfurts annual book fair the worlds largest will take place as scheduled in midOctober its organisers said on Wednesday a sign of some return to normality amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-health-coronavirus-frankfurt-book-fai/frankfurt-book-fair-to-go-ahead-on-schedule-in-october-idUSKBN2332HQ | 2020-05-28 |
| Germany has stepped up efforts to counter farright groups in recent months especially after a gunman in the city of Halle killed two people outside a synagogue in October | Negative | BERLIN The number of antiSemitic crimes committed in Germany rose last year by Interior Minster Horst Seehofer said on Wednesday laying the blame squarely on rightwing radicals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-germany-antisemitism/german-minister-warns-of-far-right-threat-as-anti-semitic-crime-jumps-idUSKBN2331ZZ | 2020-05-28 |
| BERLIN Germany expects China to respect the rule of law in Hong Kong a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday after security legislation proposed by Beijing has raised international alarm over freedoms in the former British crown colony | Negative | BERLIN Germany expects China to respect the rule of law in Hong Kong a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday after security legislation proposed by Beijing has raised international alarm over freedoms in the former British crown colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-germany-government/berlin-germany-expects-china-to-respect-rule-of-law-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN2331QS | 2020-05-28 |
| 81 of its next budget on a new European Union defence fund keeping alive a FrancoGerman plan to deepen military cooperation despite the economic impact of COVID19 | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Commission proposed on Wednesday spending 8 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-eu-budget-defence/eu-keeps-defence-fund-alive-with-8-billion-euro-proposal-idUSKBN23328S | 2020-05-28 |
| MEXICO CITY German automotive supplier Bosch on Monday said it has received government approval in Mexico to restart operations which had been suspended since late March due to measures taken to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus | Positive | MEXICO CITY German automotive supplier Bosch on Monday said it has received government approval in Mexico to restart operations which had been suspended since late March due to measures taken to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-bosch-mexico/germanys-bosch-to-begin-restarting-operations-in-mexico-idUSKBN23407C | 2020-05-28 |
| MEXICO CITY German carmaker BMW said on Tuesday it would begin a gradual restart of operations at its plant in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi on Wednesday May 27 | Positive | MEXICO CITY German carmaker BMW said on Tuesday it would begin a gradual restart of operations at its plant in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi on Wednesday May 27 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-bmw-mexico/bmw-to-begin-gradual-restart-in-san-luis-potosi-mexico-on-may-27-idUSKBN2322MW | 2020-05-27 |
| German carmakers Volkswagen and Audi are still awaiting authorization for their plants in Puebla state whose government said on Friday that conditions do not yet for a restart | Negative | In midMay officials said the industry could exit a mandatory coronavirus lockdown before June 1 if safety measures were approved | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-economy-autos/mexicos-auto-industry-restart-gathers-steam-as-lockdown-eases-idUSKBN2323BD | 2020-05-27 |
| BERLIN The German constitutional courts ruling against the European Central Banks bondbuying scheme will not directly affect the ECB and will not lead to the Bundesbank having to exit the scheme ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said | Negative | BERLIN The German constitutional courts ruling against the European Central Banks bondbuying scheme will not directly affect the ECB and will not lead to the Bundesbank having to exit the scheme ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-ecb-policy-germany/ecbs-schnabel-says-germanys-top-court-ruling-doesnt-directly-affect-us-ft-idUSKBN2330GX | 2020-05-27 |
| following reports Spain and Germany would ease travel restrictions while no noticeable increase in infections were reported after the easing of lockdowns | Positive | European shares closed at an 11week high on Tuesday with travel and leisure stocks soaring on hopes of a revival in tourism as countries gradually reopened after a monthslong lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/travel-firms-propel-european-stocks-to-strongest-close-in-11-weeks-idUSKBN2320TX | 2020-05-27 |
| France and Germany have proposed a 500 billion euro coronavirus recovery fund that would issue grants to help the blocs economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | Markets swing between riskon and riskoff | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-yuan-slumps-on-rising-hong-kong-tensions-idUSL4N2D90AZ | 2020-05-27 |
| Focus will turn to Germanys May IFO business survey which is expected to rebound from a recordlow base | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-rise-in-thin-trading-bayer-jumps-idUSL4N2D71DO | 2020-05-26 |
| There were reports Tuesday that Germany wants to end a travel warning for tourist trips to 31 European countries from June 15 if the coronavirus situation allows | Positive | SYDNEY Asian shares forged ahead on Tuesday while U.S. stock futures breached a major chart barrier as investors brushed past SinoU.S. trade tensions to more stimulus in China and a reopening world economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/japan-shares-scale-10-week-peak-sp-500-breaks-3000-barrier-idUSKBN23201N | 2020-05-26 |
| On May 18 Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Germany was hoping to ease a travel warning on all tourist trips abroad that is in place until June 15 | Positive | BERLIN The German government wants to end a travel warning for tourist trips to 31 European countries from June 15 if the coronavirus situation allows magazine Focus on Tuesday cited dpa news agency as reporting | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-travel/germany-wants-to-end-travel-warning-for-31-european-countries-report-idUSKBN2320FI | 2020-05-26 |
| Germany is probably among the first economies showing signs of rebound from the pandemicinduced deep recession but a solid and quick recovery is unlikely to be at hand | Positive | European equities staged a strong session but in low volumes as U.S. and British markets were shut for public holidays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-solid-gains-in-thin-volumes-idUSL8N2D7336 | 2020-05-26 |
| LONDON May 25 Stocks edged higher on Monday after a survey showed German business morale rebounded in May boosting optimism around economic reopenings although caution prompted the dollar to snap a rare losing streak | Positive | By Saikat Chatterjee | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-gain-as-german-survey-fuels-optimism-dollar-firm-idUSL8N2D71G7 | 2020-05-26 |
| German newspaper Handelsblatt reported that Chancellor Angela Merkel told fellow conservatives during a closeddoor meeting on Monday that Berlin would fight to ensure that remedies were not too stringent | Positive | Under the bailout package details of which were earlier reported by Reuters the government will also inject 5 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa-rescue/germany-stamps-authority-on-lufthansa-with-9-8-billion-lifeline-idUSKBN23110F | 2020-05-26 |
| Ifos chief economist said German companies can see the light at the end of the tunnel but the institute expects a double digit contraction in Q2 | Negative | European equities staged a strong session but in low volumes as U.S. and British markets were shut for public holidays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-solid-gains-in-thin-volumes-idUSL8N2D7336 | 2020-05-26 |
| MUNICH Siemens is planning to keep a stake in its energy business which the German engineering group wants to spin off later this year two people close to the matter said on Monday | Positive | MUNICH Siemens is planning to keep a stake in its energy business which the German engineering group wants to spin off later this year two people close to the matter said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-siemens-divestiture/siemens-to-initially-keep-45-in-siemens-energy-after-spin-off-sources-idUSKBN2311RU | 2020-05-26 |
| FRANKFURT German luxury automaker Daimler on Monday announced tougher carbon emissions targets saying it aimed to reach carbon dioxideneutral production of passenger cars worldwide by 2022 | Positive | FRANKFURT German luxury automaker Daimler on Monday announced tougher carbon emissions targets saying it aimed to reach carbon dioxideneutral production of passenger cars worldwide by 2022 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-climate-change-daimler-ceo/daimler-aims-for-worldwide-carbon-neutral-production-by-2022-ceo-idUSKBN2311B5 | 2020-05-26 |
| Abivax shares rise after German regulators approved a trial to test product to help COVID19 patients | Positive | European equities staged a strong session but in low volumes as U.S. and British markets were shut for public holidays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-solid-gains-in-thin-volumes-idUSL8N2D7336 | 2020-05-26 |
| BERLIN Germany plans to extend social distancing until June 29 newspaper Bild cited a draft document that still needs to be approved by the federal states as saying | Negative | BERLIN Germany plans to extend social distancing until June 29 newspaper Bild cited a draft document that still needs to be approved by the federal states as saying | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-restrictio/social-distancing-to-be-extended-until-june-29-in-germany-bild-idUSKBN2320J0 | 2020-05-26 |
| It did not give an estimate of how much the ruling by the German federal court the Bundesgerichtshof might cost it | Neutral | KARLSRUHE Germany Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-lawsuit/new-emissions-blow-for-vw-as-german-court-backs-damages-claims-idUSKBN2310XG | 2020-05-26 |
| German regulators approved a trial to test French biotech group Abivax product to help COVID19 patients | Positive | European equities staged a strong session but in low volumes as U.S. and British markets were shut for public holidays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-solid-gains-in-thin-volumes-idUSL8N2D7336 | 2020-05-26 |
| BERLIN The German government wants to end a travel warning for tourist trips to 31 European countries from June 15 if the coronavirus situation allows magazine Focus on Tuesday cited dpa news agency as reporting | Positive | BERLIN The German government wants to end a travel warning for tourist trips to 31 European countries from June 15 if the coronavirus situation allows magazine Focus on Tuesday cited dpa news agency as reporting | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-travel/germany-wants-to-end-travel-warning-for-31-european-countries-report-idUSKBN2320FI | 2020-05-26 |
| Asked about the report a spokesman for the German government said talks were ongoing | Positive | BERLIN Germany plans to extend social distancing until June 29 newspaper Bild cited a draft document that still needs to be approved by the federal states as saying | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-restrictio/social-distancing-to-be-extended-until-june-29-in-germany-bild-idUSKBN2320J0 | 2020-05-26 |
| A Volkswagen spokesman said that outside Germany more than 100000 claims for damages were still pending of which 90000 cases were in Britain | Negative | KARLSRUHE Germany Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-lawsuit/new-emissions-blow-for-vw-as-german-court-backs-damages-claims-idUSKBN2310XG | 2020-05-26 |
| Later in the day investor attention will shift to Germany where the May IFO survey is expected to show some improvement off a recordlow base | Positive | SYDNEY A gauge of Asian stocks pared early gains on Monday amid souring relations between China and the United States with Hong Kong shares extending losses on mounting fears about future stability in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-reverse-early-gains-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSKBN23101F | 2020-05-25 |
| Later in the day investor attention will shift to Germany where the May IFO survey is expected to show some improvement off a record low base | Positive | SYDNEY May 25 Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies dulled risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-tick-up-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSL4N2D703S | 2020-05-25 |
| MOTOR RACING Germanys Michael Schumacher poses next to his Ferrari during qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo | Positive | ON THIS DAY MAY 23 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-sport-retrospective-may23/on-this-day-may-23-idUSKBN22Y0Z4 | 2020-05-23 |
| Germany and France the blocs two biggest economies have come together behind a plan to dole out 500 billion euros to states hit hardest by the pandemic | Positive | BERLIN The European Union is considering offering aid to companies that have fallen on hard times due to the coronavirus pandemic and are not receiving support from their national governments EU economics commissioner Paolo Gentiloni told Handelsblatt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-eu-recovery/eu-mulling-solvency-aid-for-firms-commissioner-tells-handelsblatt-idUSKBN22X0MY | 2020-05-22 |
| The euro extended gains on Mondays FrenchGerman proposal for a 500 billion euro common fund that could move Europe closer to a fiscal union | Positive | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-market-oil-gains-stocks-rally-on-renewed-recovery-hopes-idUSL1N2D21OR | 2020-05-21 |
| The euro extended gains on Mondays FrancoGerman proposal for a 500 billion euro common fund that could move Europe closer to a fiscal union | Positive | byline dateline previous | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-gains-stocks-rally-on-renewed-recovery-hopes-idUSL8N2D25KR | 2020-05-21 |
| Developers of contact tracing apps for Austria Germany and Switzerland told Reuters this week they were moving forward with the AppleGoogle technology and were fine not knowing users phone numbers | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-apps-tracing/apple-google-contact-tracing-tech-draws-interest-in-23-countries-some-hedge-bets-idUSKBN22W2NW | 2020-05-21 |
| LONDON May 20 The euro extended gains on Wednesday climbing towards a twoweek high as a FrancoGerman proposal for a common fund that could move Europe closer to a fiscal union boosted demand for the currency | Positive | By Saikat Chatterjee | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-advances-towards-2-week-highs-on-eu-common-fund-proposal-idUSL4N2D22JX | 2020-05-21 |
| German television noted that the hand could be interpreted as making a white gesture while letters that appear on the screen afterwards briefly spell out a racist slur in German | Negative | BERLIN Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-advert/volkswagen-admits-car-ad-racist-apologizes-idUSKBN22W2V6 | 2020-05-21 |
| Earlier this month a German constitutional court ordered the European Central Bank to justify its bondbuying scheme the central plank in the regions response to the economic crisis | Negative | By Saikat Chatterjee | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-advances-towards-2-week-highs-on-eu-common-fund-proposal-idUSL4N2D22JX | 2020-05-21 |
| BERLIN A German court said on Wednesday it was ending proceedings against the chairman and chief executive of Volkswagen AG | Positive | BERLIN A German court said on Wednesday it was ending proceedings against the chairman and chief executive of Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-court/german-court-ends-diesel-case-against-volkswagen-ceo-chairman-idUSKBN22W1UZ | 2020-05-21 |
| A number of companies in Germany however have faced scrutiny over their tax behaviour as they try to secure state support | Negative | FRANKFURT Car parts maker Bentelers move from Germany to Austria in 2010 cut its tax bill but may now create a hurdle as the company seeks to access state support during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-benteler-restructuring/car-parts-maker-bentelers-move-out-of-germany-haunts-state-aid-hopes-idUSKBN22V2K0 | 2020-05-20 |
| BRUSSELS The FrancoGerman idea that the European Union should borrow to issue grants for its economic recovery is a historic step as it would be the first time that budget spending is financed through EU debt French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said | Negative | BRUSSELS The FrancoGerman idea that the European Union should borrow to issue grants for its economic recovery is a historic step as it would be the first time that budget spending is financed through EU debt French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-fund-france/franco-german-recovery-grants-idea-a-historic-step-le-maire-idUSKBN22V15C | 2020-05-20 |
| 0937 and was up more than against the dollar since the FrancoGerman plan for a 500 billion euro European Union recovery fund was announced on Monday | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-euro-gains-on-eu-recovery-fund-plan-oil-climbs-idUSL1N2D11NO | 2020-05-20 |
| LONDON A FrancoGerman proposal for a halfatrillion euro recovery fund has lifted Italian bonds and the common currency but investors say the effect may wear off soon once sceptical Northern European countries get their say | Positive | LONDON A FrancoGerman proposal for a halfatrillion euro recovery fund has lifted Italian bonds and the common currency but investors say the effect may wear off soon once sceptical Northern European countries get their say | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-eurozone-debt-currency/boost-to-italian-bonds-euro-from-recovery-fund-proposal-may-not-last-long-idUSKBN22V2UF | 2020-05-20 |
| NEW YORK May 19 The euro and European government debt rallied on Tuesday lifted by a FrancoGerman proposal to fund grants for regions hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic while oil traded mostly higher on growing demand as countries eased business lockdowns | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-euro-gains-on-eu-recovery-fund-plan-oil-climbs-idUSL1N2D11NO | 2020-05-20 |
| BERLIN China last year dropped out of the top three foreign investors in Germany for the first time in more than a decade official German data seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday as the Chinese government focuses on boosting the domestic economy | Negative | BERLIN China last year dropped out of the top three foreign investors in Germany for the first time in more than a decade official German data seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday as the Chinese government focuses on boosting the domestic economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-germany-china-investments/china-drops-out-of-top-three-foreign-investors-in-germany-idUSKBN22V35T | 2020-05-20 |
| Thyssenkrupp could sell most of its steelmaking division its CEO said on Tuesday marking a historic reversal in strategy for the German conglomerate which has built its 200yearold legacy as an industrial champion on the business | Positive | Thyssenkrupp could sell most of its steelmaking division its CEO said on Tuesday marking a historic reversal in strategy for the German conglomerate which has built its 200yearold legacy as an industrial champion on the business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-thyssenkrupp-steel/nothing-off-limits-thyssenkrupp-could-sell-steel-business-in-historic-shift-idUSKBN22V0VK | 2020-05-20 |
| BRUSSELS France and Germany have proposed a halfatrillion euro fund to make grants to European Union regions and sectors worst hit by coronavirus to help them recover without taking on a mountain of new debt | Positive | BRUSSELS France and Germany have proposed a halfatrillion euro fund to make grants to European Union regions and sectors worst hit by coronavirus to help them recover without taking on a mountain of new debt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-fund-factbox/factbox-france-germany-propose-500-billion-euros-in-grants-for-post-covid-recovery-idUSKBN22V1CY | 2020-05-20 |
| NEW YORK May 19 The U.S. dollar edged lower against the euro on Tuesday as the common currency added to Mondays gains following news of a FrancoGerman proposal for a fund that would offer grants to European Union regions and sectors hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | Dollar softer after successful COVID19 vaccine trial | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-weak-as-euro-rises-on-franco-german-proposal-for-recovery-fund-idUSL8N2D14B5 | 2020-05-20 |
| As a major exporter Germany in particular could be affected by a decoupling of multilateral ties between the United States and China Kaeser added | Positive | ZURICH The coronavirus pandemic could damage European competitiveness by accelerating the economic dominance of the United States and China Siemens | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-siemens/europe-risks-being-left-behind-china-u-s-by-coronavirus-siemens-ceo-idUSKBN22V24V | 2020-05-20 |
| Germanys powerful union IG Metall said any consolidation move would have to safeguard jobs warning it would not accept additional job cuts at Thyssenkrupp | Negative | Thyssenkrupp could sell most of its steelmaking division its CEO said on Tuesday marking a historic reversal in strategy for the German conglomerate which has built its 200yearold legacy as an industrial champion on the business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-thyssenkrupp-steel/nothing-off-limits-thyssenkrupp-could-sell-steel-business-in-historic-shift-idUSKBN22V0VK | 2020-05-20 |
| BRUSSELS The European Commission will not copy and paste a FrancoGerman proposal when it presents its own recovery fund idea next week and will include a mix of grants and loans rather than just grants as suggested by Paris and Berlin its spokesman said | Neutral | BRUSSELS The European Commission will not copy and paste a FrancoGerman proposal when it presents its own recovery fund idea next week and will include a mix of grants and loans rather than just grants as suggested by Paris and Berlin its spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-recovery-commission/eu-commission-to-propose-mix-of-grants-and-loans-for-recovery-next-week-idUSKBN22V1K0 | 2020-05-20 |
| FRANKFURT Car parts maker Bentelers move from Germany to Austria in 2010 cut its tax bill but may now create a hurdle as the company seeks to access state support during the coronavirus crisis | Negative | FRANKFURT Car parts maker Bentelers move from Germany to Austria in 2010 cut its tax bill but may now create a hurdle as the company seeks to access state support during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-benteler-restructuring/car-parts-maker-bentelers-move-out-of-germany-haunts-state-aid-hopes-idUSKBN22V2K0 | 2020-05-20 |
| TOKYO May 20 The euro held firm on Wednesday basking in the afterglow of a FrancoGerman proposal for a common fund that could move Europe closer to fiscal union | Positive | Euro near 2week high vs dollar 5week high vs yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-maintains-firm-tone-on-eu-joint-recovery-fund-yen-soft-idUSL4N2D2088 | 2020-05-20 |
| LONDON The French and German proposed 500 billion euro recovery fund will euro zone government bond yields for now and spark a further fall in Italian and Spanish borrowing costs Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday | Positive | LONDON The French and German proposed 500 billion euro recovery fund will euro zone government bond yields for now and spark a further fall in Italian and Spanish borrowing costs Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-bonds-goldmansachs/goldman-sachs-says-eu-recovery-fund-proposal-short-circuits-euro-zone-bond-yields-idUSKBN22V0RL | 2020-05-20 |
| Benteler which is already getting aid in the form of statesponsored shortened working hours in Germany said it is seeking state support in various countries | Positive | FRANKFURT Car parts maker Bentelers move from Germany to Austria in 2010 cut its tax bill but may now create a hurdle as the company seeks to access state support during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-benteler-restructuring/car-parts-maker-bentelers-move-out-of-germany-haunts-state-aid-hopes-idUSKBN22V2K0 | 2020-05-20 |
| BRUSSELS It took a courtroom of scarletrobed judges to spur Angela Merkel to make one of her boldest moves in 15 years as German propose huge cash handouts to the European Unions weaker economies | Negative | BRUSSELS It took a courtroom of scarletrobed judges to spur Angela Merkel to make one of her boldest moves in 15 years as German propose huge cash handouts to the European Unions weaker economies | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-eu-recovery-france-germany/its-up-to-us-how-merkel-and-macron-revived-eu-solidarity-idUSKBN22W0JB | 2020-05-20 |
| The FrancoGerman agreement is big news | Positive | Euro near 2week high vs dollar 5week high vs yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-maintains-firm-tone-on-eu-joint-recovery-fund-yen-soft-idUSL4N2D2088 | 2020-05-20 |
| The difference between German and Spanish yields should drop to sub 90 basis points Goldman Sachs said from current levels of 121 bps | Neutral | LONDON The French and German proposed 500 billion euro recovery fund will euro zone government bond yields for now and spark a further fall in Italian and Spanish borrowing costs Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eurozone-bonds-goldmansachs/goldman-sachs-says-eu-recovery-fund-proposal-short-circuits-euro-zone-bond-yields-idUSKBN22V0RL | 2020-05-20 |
| German Health Minister Jens Spahn said the WHO must become more independent from external and that its role in leading and must be strengthened | Positive | GENEVA The World Health Organization said on Monday an independent review of the global coronavirus response would begin as soon as possible and it received backing and a hefty pledge of funds from China in the spotlight as the origin of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/u-s-savages-who-as-it-promises-pandemic-review-but-china-pledges-2-billion-idUSKBN22U111 | 2020-05-19 |
| The FrancoGerman proposal would bring essential relief to the blocs worsthit nations and demonstrate solidarity European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said | Positive | May 19 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-may-19-idUSL8N2D03T7 | 2020-05-19 |
| German conglomerate Thyssenkrupp AG jumped after a source told Reuters it was in talks with international peers about consolidating its lossmaking steel business | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-gain-on-oil-boost-as-economies-reopen-idUSL4N2D01U3 | 2020-05-19 |
| However the weekend also saw antilockdown protesters in countries such as the United States Germany England and Poland arguing government restrictions demolish personal liberties and are wrecking economies | Negative | Gold hits sevenyear peak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-and-european-shares-rise-as-lockdowns-ease-gold-jumps-idUSL8N2D02MC | 2020-05-19 |
| The French and Dutch topflight campaigns have been cancelled but the German Bundesliga restarted on Saturday and Ceferin expects at least of national leagues to finish their seasons | Neutral | UEFA has a plan to finish the 201920 season by August including the Champions League and Europa League campaigns the European soccer governing bodys president Aleksander Ceferin has said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uefa-ceferin/soccer-european-season-will-finish-in-august-says-uefa-president-idUSKBN22T0CU | 2020-05-18 |
| One in 10 German retailers and of wholesalers face possible insolvency from extended closures a survey found despite moves in recent days to unwind social distancing measures | Negative | Several countries around the world began gradual easing of the coronavirusled restrictions even as they grapple with the economic fallout from the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-17 |
| The German government agreed last month to tighten rules to protect domestic firms from unwanted takeovers by investors from nonEuropean Union countries | Negative | BERLIN The European Union should impose a temporary ban on Chinese takeovers of companies that are currently undervalued or have business problems because of the coronavirus crisis the leader of the blocs largest political alliance said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-investment/europe-should-temporarily-ban-chinese-takeovers-germanys-weber-idUSKBN22S0WR | 2020-05-17 |
| Germany slid into recession after suffering its steepest quarterly contraction since the 2009 financial crisis as shops and factories were shut down in midMarch preliminary data showed on Friday | Negative | Greenback set for 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-set-for-0-6-weekly-gain-amid-worries-about-recovery-idUSL8N2CX4IU | 2020-05-16 |
| Indeed the euro zones biggest economy Germany has sunk | Negative | BENGALURU The euro zone economys worst recession on record will be even deeper than forecast less than a month ago according to a Reuters poll of economists who said the European Central Bank will ramp up its bondbuying again next month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-poll/as-euro-zone-recession-deepens-ecb-to-scale-up-bond-buying-next-month-idUSKBN22R01R | 2020-05-16 |
| NEW YORK An attempt by Estonia and Germany to overcome an impasse between the United States and China at the United Nations Security Council instead appeared on Thursday to have reinforced their stalemate over action on the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | NEW YORK An attempt by Estonia and Germany to overcome an impasse between the United States and China at the United Nations Security Council instead appeared on Thursday to have reinforced their stalemate over action on the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-un/u-s-china-deadlock-over-u-n-coronavirus-action-deepens-idUSKBN22Q3LW | 2020-05-15 |
| MUNICH Private equity investor Permira lowered its stake in German software company TeamViewer by selling shares to institutional investors at 41 euros apiece it said late on Wednesday giving it proceeds of 1 | Negative | MUNICH Private equity investor Permira lowered its stake in German software company TeamViewer by selling shares to institutional investors at 41 euros apiece it said late on Wednesday giving it proceeds of 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-teamviewer-stocks/permira-sells-teamviewer-shares-worth-1-1-billion-idUSKBN22P3CJ | 2020-05-15 |
| If Germany does not buy new jets the nuclear sharing would end with the planned retirement of the Tornadoes from service in 2030 | Negative | BERLIN The U.S. ambassador in Berlin has accused Germany of undermining NATOs nuclear deterrent taking aim at Chancellor Angela Merkels junior coalition partners after some of their leaders called for nuclear disarmament | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-usa-nato/trump-envoy-accuses-germany-of-undermining-natos-nuclear-deterrent-idUSKBN22Q265 | 2020-05-15 |
| Daniel Friedrich who heads IG Metall Kueste the powerful German unions arm responsible for workers in coastal areas said national consolidation was the right step to kick off consolidation | Positive | Thyssenkrupp declined to comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-fincantieri-m-a-exclusiv/exclusive-thyssenkrupp-fincantieri-in-talks-to-form-warship-champion-source-idUSKBN22P23E | 2020-05-14 |
| FRANKFURT May 14 German healthcare and chemicals company Merck KGaA flagged that a slight decline in operating earnings was on the cards this year as the coronavirus pandemic could place a significant burden on the global economy | Negative | FRANKFURT May 14 German healthcare and chemicals company Merck KGaA flagged that a slight decline in operating earnings was on the cards this year as the coronavirus pandemic could place a significant burden on the global economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/merck-kgaa-results/merck-kgaa-says-profit-could-slip-in-2020-idUSS8N2CO027 | 2020-05-14 |
| Given Germanys Nazi past many lawmakers insist on zero for farright extremism and have demanded action | Negative | BERLIN German police on Wednesday seized arms and explosives in a raid at the home of a special forces soldier the defence minister and army sources said an embarrassment to a military trying to deflect accusations that it harbours rightwing extremists | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-army-arrests/germany-finds-arms-explosives-cache-at-special-forces-soldiers-home-idUSKBN22P2PQ | 2020-05-14 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would continue efforts to improve ties with Russia despite hacking attacks which do not make that any easier adding she took such issues very seriously | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would continue efforts to improve ties with Russia despite hacking attacks which do not make that any easier adding she took such issues very seriously | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel-rus/merkel-wants-to-improve-ties-with-russia-despite-hacking-idUSKBN22P1QN | 2020-05-14 |
| For now Airbus is relying on governmentbacked furlough schemes in France Germany and Britain to reduce staff costs after earlier asking employees to take 10 days leave | Negative | Europes largest aerospace group has not ruled out layoffs while signalling that no decisions will be made before the summer | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-restructuring/airbus-examining-restructuring-including-job-cuts-sources-idUSKBN22P2NQ | 2020-05-14 |
| On May 5 the German court gave the European Central Bank three months to justify its 2trillioneuro bond purchase programme or have the Bundesbank pull out of the scheme | Negative | BlackRock said it was its overweight position on southern euro zone debt citing the recent German court ruling which risked undermining the European Central Banks independence and limiting the size of its bondbuying stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-ecb-blackrock/blackrock-reviewing-overweight-on-southern-euro-zone-debt-after-german-court-ruling-idUSKBN22O10Q | 2020-05-14 |
| BERLIN German police on Wednesday seized arms and explosives in a raid at the home of a special forces soldier the defence minister and army sources said an embarrassment to a military trying to deflect accusations that it harbours rightwing extremists | Negative | BERLIN German police on Wednesday seized arms and explosives in a raid at the home of a special forces soldier the defence minister and army sources said an embarrassment to a military trying to deflect accusations that it harbours rightwing extremists | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-army-arrests/germany-finds-arms-explosives-cache-at-special-forces-soldiers-home-idUSKBN22P2PQ | 2020-05-14 |
| Even South Korea and Germany hailed for tested widely are currently able to conduct up to 30000 and 120000 tests a day respectively | Positive | Beijing resident Wang Yukun was happy to comply in April when the construction firm he works for told him hed need to take a test for the novel coronavirus before he could come back to work even though he was at low risk of having the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-testing/slowly-but-steadily-china-strives-to-make-widespread-virus-testing-the-new-normal-idUSKBN22P0NT | 2020-05-14 |
| This has coincided with efforts by the German army to root out extremism in its ranks after a scandal in 2017 | Negative | BERLIN German police on Wednesday seized arms and explosives in a raid at the home of a special forces soldier the defence minister and army sources said an embarrassment to a military trying to deflect accusations that it harbours rightwing extremists | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-army-arrests/germany-finds-arms-explosives-cache-at-special-forces-soldiers-home-idUSKBN22P2PQ | 2020-05-14 |
| The company said in a statement that it is currently in talks with the European Union and the French and German governments to expedite regional vaccine development | Positive | NEW YORK French drugmaker Sanofi SA said on Wednesday that it is working with European regulators to speed up access to a potential coronavirus vaccine in Europe after its chief executive suggested Americans would likely get the vaccine first | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-sanofi/sanofi-to-accelerate-european-covid-19-vaccine-access-after-ceo-prioritizes-u-s-preorders-idUSKBN22P36Q | 2020-05-14 |
| A report by the military intelligence in March said Germany had uncovered eight rightwing radicals in the armed forces and 27 individuals who have reservations about the postwar democratic constitution | Negative | BERLIN German police on Wednesday seized arms and explosives in a raid at the home of a special forces soldier the defence minister and army sources said an embarrassment to a military trying to deflect accusations that it harbours rightwing extremists | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-army-arrests/germany-finds-arms-explosives-cache-at-special-forces-soldiers-home-idUSKBN22P2PQ | 2020-05-14 |
| There are between 750000 to 1 million unsold cars sitting in German dealerships the vast majority of them are conventional petrol and diesel ZDK spokesman Ulrich Koester said | Negative | FRANKFURT Registrations of electric cars in Europe jumped 57 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-europe-autos-electric/electric-car-sales-in-europe-jump-but-still-just-4-of-market-idUSKBN22O2AR | 2020-05-13 |
| Following Britains 2016 vote to quit the EU France and Germany seized on European defence as a way to promote integration | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union plans for a multibillion euro defence fund have been thrown into doubt by the economic shock of the coronavirus officials and diplomats say potentially threatening three years of unprecedented military cooperation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-defence/on-budget-eve-eu-defence-money-at-risk-from-coronavirus-idUSKBN22O1BU | 2020-05-13 |
| Germany must help its European Union neighbours revive their economies after the coronavirus crisis Chancellor Angela Merkel told a meeting of lawmakers from her conservative bloc according to several participants | Negative | BERLIN May 13 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-may-13-idUSL8N2CU52U | 2020-05-13 |
| The United States Russia China Germany Britain and France in 2015 agreed to the deal with Iran that prevents Tehran from developing nuclear weapons in return for sanctions relief | Positive | NEW YORK Russias U.N. ambassador slammed the United States on Tuesday as for arguing it was still a member of the Iran nuclear deal two years after it quit so Washington could trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-russia/russia-slams-u-s-assertion-at-u-n-that-it-remains-party-to-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN22O38Z | 2020-05-13 |
| The German governments protective for businesses is open to the struggling conglomerate which warned it faced a deep quarterly loss Rheinische Post newspaper quoted an economy ministry spokeswoman as saying | Negative | BERLIN May 13 The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/germany-stocks-factors/german-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-may-13-idUSL8N2CU52U | 2020-05-13 |
| RIO DE Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus passed Germany on Tuesday as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought states over his wish to reopen gyms and beauty parlors even as his country becomes a new global hotspot for the pandemic | Negative | RIO DE Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus passed Germany on Tuesday as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought states over his wish to reopen gyms and beauty parlors even as his country becomes a new global hotspot for the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-coronavirus-cases-pass-germanys-as-bolsonaro-fights-to-open-gyms-idUSKBN22O34J | 2020-05-13 |
| German software company TeamViewer also benefited from the WFH trend with a jump in billings in Q1 and its shares were set to jump at the open | Positive | OPENING GERMANY FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-opening-snapshot-germany-for-better-or-for-worse-idUSL8N2CU2DZ | 2020-05-13 |
| Brazil has passed France and Germany in confirmed cases even as its testing lags far behind both | Negative | RIO DE Brazils confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus passed Germany on Tuesday as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought states over his wish to reopen gyms and beauty parlors even as his country becomes a new global hotspot for the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-coronavirus-cases-pass-germanys-as-bolsonaro-fights-to-open-gyms-idUSKBN22O34J | 2020-05-13 |
| Other German companies reporting coronavirus hits this morning include Thyssenkrupp and Deutsche Post | Negative | OPENING GERMANY FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-opening-snapshot-germany-for-better-or-for-worse-idUSL8N2CU2DZ | 2020-05-13 |
| Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus infections after Germany reported that the reproduction rate of the pathogen had risen above 1 indicating the disease was again spreading just days after the first tentative steps there to reopen the economy | Negative | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus infections after Germany reported that the reproduction rate of the pathogen had risen above 1 indicating the disease was again spreading just days after the first tentative steps there to reopen the economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-transmission-expla/explainer-tracking-the-coronavirus-reproduction-rate-as-lockdowns-ease-idUSKBN22N2ZS | 2020-05-12 |
| Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases after Germany relatively successful in slowing the outbreak reported that infections had accelerated again after the first tentative steps to ease a lockdown | Negative | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases after Germany relatively successful in slowing the outbreak reported that infections had accelerated again after the first tentative steps to ease a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/paris-salons-shanghai-disney-reopen-despite-global-alarm-over-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN22N1QT | 2020-05-12 |
| A jump in coronavirus cases in South Korea and Germany weighed on Wall Street sentiment even amid signs more parts of the United States could soon emerge from lockdowns | Negative | to additional subscribers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/rpt-global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-fall-on-growing-second-virus-wave-fears-idUSL1N2CT2ER | 2020-05-12 |
| Germany is being watched worldwide as the most successful large European country in halting the spread of the virus thanks to a massive testing programme | Positive | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases after Germany relatively successful in slowing the outbreak reported that infections had accelerated again after the first tentative steps to ease a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/paris-salons-shanghai-disney-reopen-despite-global-alarm-over-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN22N1QT | 2020-05-12 |
| German officials say that becomes more volatile as the overall number of infections declines and a brief spike is not necessarily dangerous | Positive | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases after Germany relatively successful in slowing the outbreak reported that infections had accelerated again after the first tentative steps to ease a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/paris-salons-shanghai-disney-reopen-despite-global-alarm-over-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN22N1QT | 2020-05-12 |
| The WHO noted that Germany South Korea and China all had such programmes | Neutral | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases after Germany relatively successful in slowing the outbreak reported that infections had accelerated again after the first tentative steps to ease a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/paris-salons-shanghai-disney-reopen-despite-global-alarm-over-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKBN22N1QT | 2020-05-12 |
| BRUSSELS The European Commission could open a legal case against Germany over a ruling by the countrys constitutional court that the European Central Bank had overstepped its mandate with bond purchases the EU executive arm said on Sunday | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission could open a legal case against Germany over a ruling by the countrys constitutional court that the European Central Bank had overstepped its mandate with bond purchases the EU executive arm said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-ecb-policy-germany-eu/eu-could-open-legal-case-against-germany-over-ecb-bond-purchases-ruling-commission-idUSKBN22M0KN | 2020-05-11 |
| Indications that countries like Germany and South Korea are seeing an increase in infections is likely to give markets some pause for he added | Negative | European stocks closed lower on Monday with banks miners and travel stocks bearing the brunt of investor worries of a second wave of coronavirus cases as many countries emerge from lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/cyclical-stocks-knock-europe-as-virus-fears-resurface-idUSKBN22N0Y9 | 2020-05-11 |
| Even Germany with its dedication to balanced budgets is opening the taps | Positive | LONDON May 11 Central banks and governments have unveiled an estimated trillion of stimulus already to shield their economies from the coronavirus pandemic record sums that will swell balance sheets and deficits to peacetime highs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-cenbank/graphic-15-trillion-and-counting-global-stimulus-so-far-idUSL8N2CI81G | 2020-05-11 |
| Russian coronavirus cases overtook French and German infections this week to become the fifth highest in the world | Negative | MOSCOW The Russian authorities said on Sunday they had recorded 11012 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours bringing the nationwide tally to 209688 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russian-coronavirus-cases-above-200000-idUSKBN22M07N | 2020-05-11 |
| The German court in Karlsruhe last Tuesday gave the ECB three months to justify its flagship euro zone stimulus scheme or said the Bundesbank might have to quit it | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission could open a legal case against Germany over a ruling by the countrys constitutional court that the European Central Bank had overstepped its mandate with bond purchases the EU executive arm said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-ecb-policy-germany-eu/eu-could-open-legal-case-against-germany-over-ecb-bond-purchases-ruling-commission-idUSKBN22M0KN | 2020-05-11 |
| But South Korea warned of a second wave of the virus as infections rebounded to a onemonth high while new infections accelerated in Germany which has been easing its lockdown | Negative | European shares Wall Street set to open lower | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-stumble-on-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSL8N2CT3OS | 2020-05-11 |
| The number of Russian coronavirus cases this week overtook French and German infections to become the fifthhighest in the world | Negative | MOSCOW One person was killed after a fire broke out on Saturday at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus the authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-hospital/one-dead-after-fire-breaks-out-at-moscow-coronavirus-hospital-idUSKBN22L0T2 | 2020-05-11 |
| The recent ruling of the German Constitutional Court put under the spotlight two issues of the European the euro system and the European legal she said in a statement | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission could open a legal case against Germany over a ruling by the countrys constitutional court that the European Central Bank had overstepped its mandate with bond purchases the EU executive arm said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-ecb-policy-germany-eu/eu-could-open-legal-case-against-germany-over-ecb-bond-purchases-ruling-commission-idUSKBN22M0KN | 2020-05-11 |
| Germanys DAX was 0 | Neutral | European shares Wall Street set to open lower | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-stumble-on-fears-of-second-wave-of-coronavirus-idUSL8N2CT3OS | 2020-05-11 |
| BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday he expected euro zone finance ministers to agree on the final details of credit lines from the European Stability Mechanism bailout fund for governments in need of cheap cash to deal with the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BERLIN German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Friday he expected euro zone finance ministers to agree on the final details of credit lines from the European Stability Mechanism bailout fund for governments in need of cheap cash to deal with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-esm/germanys-scholz-expects-final-agreement-on-esm-credit-line-for-virus-hit-countries-idUSKBN22K1RS | 2020-05-11 |
| Restructuring acquisitions including a German business bought last year and uncertainty around Brexit and tariffs have also contributed to problems according to joint administrators Duff Phelps | Negative | LONDON The British division of global automotive supplier Arlington is making redundancies as the coronavirus outbreak forces it to appoint administrators to restructure the firm in a sign of the pressures facing the car industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-arlington/coronavirus-pushes-uk-car-supplier-arlington-to-appoint-administrators-idUSKBN22N1QR | 2020-05-11 |
| Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus infections after Germany reported that the disease was again spreading faster just days after the first tentative steps there to ease a lockdown | Negative | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus infections after Germany reported that the disease was again spreading faster just days after the first tentative steps there to ease a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/paris-salons-shanghai-disney-reopen-despite-global-alarm-over-second-wave-idUSKBN22N1QT | 2020-05-11 |
| A German hydrogen strategy is expected later this month | Positive | LONDON Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronarivus-hydrogen-analysis/green-hydrogens-time-has-come-say-advocates-eying-post-pandemic-world-idUSKBN22K0MJ | 2020-05-11 |
| BERLIN German engineering industry association VDMA on Monday withdrew its 2020 production forecast for a decline of as coronavirus hits the entire sector but it said supply chain problems in China were subsiding | Negative | BERLIN German engineering industry association VDMA on Monday withdrew its 2020 production forecast for a decline of as coronavirus hits the entire sector but it said supply chain problems in China were subsiding | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-engineerin/german-engineering-body-sees-china-supply-chain-issues-subsiding-idUSKBN22N12C | 2020-05-11 |
| Other subsidiaries of Arlington International Group which operates in countries such as France Germany and China are not affected by the restructuring in Britain | Positive | LONDON The British division of global automotive supplier Arlington is making redundancies as the coronavirus outbreak forces it to appoint administrators to restructure the firm in a sign of the pressures facing the car industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-arlington/coronavirus-pushes-uk-car-supplier-arlington-to-appoint-administrators-idUSKBN22N1QR | 2020-05-11 |
| Germany unveiled its plans to reopen last week | Positive | Global alarm was sounded on Monday over a potential second wave of coronavirus infections after Germany reported that the disease was again spreading faster just days after the first tentative steps there to ease a lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/paris-salons-shanghai-disney-reopen-despite-global-alarm-over-second-wave-idUSKBN22N1QT | 2020-05-11 |
| In Germany oil refinery Raffinerie Heide is embarking on a project using excess wind energy and abundant water supply in the region to produce hydrogen to make kerosene | Positive | LONDON Hydrogen has long been touted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronarivus-hydrogen-analysis/green-hydrogens-time-has-come-say-advocates-eying-post-pandemic-world-idUSKBN22K0MJ | 2020-05-11 |
| The Ifo institute said on Thursday that its industrial production index had hit its lowest level since German reunification signalling that the sector expects an unprecedented collapse in activity | Negative | BERLIN German industry output plunged 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-output/virus-hit-german-industry-output-falls-at-record-pace-in-march-idUSKBN22J0NK | 2020-05-08 |
| MOSCOW Russias coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise and Moscows mayor said the real figure not captured by official statistics was much higher | Negative | MOSCOW Russias coronavirus cases overtook France and Germany on Thursday to become the fifth highest number in the world after a record daily rise and Moscows mayor said the real figure not captured by official statistics was much higher | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-cases/russia-overtakes-germany-france-after-record-rise-in-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN22J0ZR | 2020-05-08 |
| Under measures agreed with Germanys 16 federal state leaders people from two households will be allowed to meet and more shops will open provided hygiene measures are in place | Positive | BERLIN German industry output plunged 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-output/virus-hit-german-industry-output-falls-at-record-pace-in-march-idUSKBN22J0NK | 2020-05-08 |
| Analysts said even if the domestic economy recovers a full German recovery depends on the pace of economic activity in its European neighbours | Positive | BERLIN German industry output plunged 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-output/virus-hit-german-industry-output-falls-at-record-pace-in-march-idUSKBN22J0NK | 2020-05-08 |
| The pledges came a day after German environmental pressure group Urgewald renewed its calls on the bank to cease all financial services to companies expanding their fossil fuel activities | Positive | Chairman Jose Vinals delivered his message to investors via a video posted on the banks website because the coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Britain means that shareholder gatherings are not allowed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-stanchart-agm/stanchart-highlights-climate-goals-amid-criticism-over-carbon-financing-idUSKBN22I1TH | 2020-05-07 |
| FRANKFURT BMW AG BAMG.DE expects the coronavirus pandemic to hit demand and earnings throughout this year prompting the German automaker to cut its profitability forecast for passenger cars following a drop in firstquarter deliveries | Negative | FRANKFURT BMW AG BAMG.DE expects the coronavirus pandemic to hit demand and earnings throughout this year prompting the German automaker to cut its profitability forecast for passenger cars following a drop in firstquarter deliveries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-bmw-results-q1/bmw-cuts-outlook-sees-coronavirus-pain-lasting-all-year-idUSKBN22I0JE | 2020-05-07 |
| Germany and Spain are among other economies gradually emerging from lockdowns but the outlook for an easing of restrictions elsewhere is less certain | Positive | LONDON Business activity across Europe almost ground to a halt last month as governmentimposed lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus forced factories shops and restaurants to close and many leisure activities to cease a survey showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-pmi/euro-zone-business-activity-collapses-at-record-pace-in-april-idUSKBN22I2XL | 2020-05-07 |
| Some countries like Germany Spain and Italy have started to relax restrictions while the U.S. President Trump has said his focus is on opening up the country again | Positive | The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that countries emerging from restrictions to halt the new coronavirus must proceed extremely or risk a rapid rise in new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-against-rushed-end-to-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKBN22I2DZ | 2020-05-07 |
| BRUSSELS Tuesdays ruling by Germanys constitutional court may have been aimed squarely at the European Central Banks bondbuying economic stimulus plans | Negative | BRUSSELS Tuesdays ruling by Germanys constitutional court may have been aimed squarely at the European Central Banks bondbuying economic stimulus plans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecb-policy-germany-eu-analysis/our-way-or-no-way-german-ecb-ruling-rocks-eu-foundations-idUSKBN22I1PZ | 2020-05-07 |
| Soccer authorities have also started to consider how they can salvage interrupted competitions with Germanys Bundesliga getting permission to restart later this month | Positive | The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday that countries emerging from restrictions to halt the new coronavirus must proceed extremely or risk a rapid rise in new cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-who/who-warns-against-rushed-end-to-coronavirus-lockdowns-idUSKBN22I2DZ | 2020-05-07 |
| Germanys federal government and 16 states have agreed on ways to relax the lockdown | Positive | NEW YORK Oil dropped to below a barrel on Wednesday as U.S. crude stockpiles ticked up and diesel inventories swelled offsetting OPECled cuts in production and hopes for a recovery in demand as some countries ease coronavirus lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-to-below-30-bbl-as-glut-grows-output-cuts-eyed-idUSKBN22I05C | 2020-05-07 |
| BERLIN Florian Schneider cofounder of pioneering German electronic band Kraftwerk which influenced generations of pop and dance musicians with mesmerising tracks such as has died of cancer aged 73 longtime bandmate Ralf Huetter said | Negative | BERLIN Florian Schneider cofounder of pioneering German electronic band Kraftwerk which influenced generations of pop and dance musicians with mesmerising tracks such as has died of cancer aged 73 longtime bandmate Ralf Huetter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-kraftwerk-schneider/florian-schneider-kraftwerk-founder-and-electronic-music-pioneer-dies-at-73-idUSKBN22I2X7 | 2020-05-07 |
| German shares lost some ground at one point after Germanys top court said the European Central Banks bond purchasing program partially violates the constitution | Negative | By Herbert Lash | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-oil-surge-lifts-global-stocks-out-of-three-day-losing-streak-idUSL8N2CN5X7 | 2020-05-06 |
| Donations from the European Union Britain Germany Sweden Canada and Japan have helped fill UNRWAs 2020 budget gap Campbell said while Saudi Arabia has also provided projectspecific funding | Positive | JERUSALEM Scrambling to tackle COVID19 in camps across the Middle East the U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday it only has enough cash to operate until the end of May because of American funding cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-palestinians-unrwa/u-n-palestinian-refugee-agency-operating-on-month-to-month-basis-due-to-u-s-aid-cut-official-idUSKBN22H24I | 2020-05-06 |
| Spohr said that despite the bailout the German government was not interested in taking an active role in the company after he had earlier warned about possible state interference | Negative | Some 10000 shareholders followed the meeting online representing 33 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-lufthansa-restructuring/lufthansa-to-pay-no-dividend-for-2019-as-airline-seeks-bailout-idUSKBN22H190 | 2020-05-06 |
| Countries like Germany and Austria are in a position to gradually lift the often drastic he said | Positive | BERLIN Investor morale in the euro zone improved marginally in May but the assessment of current conditions hit an alltime low as the bloc faces unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus crisis a survey showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-sentix/euro-zone-investor-morale-improves-but-current-situation-at-record-low-sentix-idUSKBN22G0U5 | 2020-05-05 |
| Companies in Germany have been closing facilities and switching workers to shorter hours under a government scheme aimed at avoiding mass layoffs | Negative | BERLIN German factory output shrank at the fastest rate on record in April and firms in the exportoriented sector cut jobs at the fastest pace in almost 11 years a survey showed on Monday as the new coronavirus crushed demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-manufacturing-output-posts-record-contraction-in-april-pmi-idUSKBN22G0PZ | 2020-05-05 |
| Volkswagen restarted production at its Wolfsburg factory in Germany last week the latest of a fleet of European carmakers to take advantage of eased lockdown rules to resume manufacturing | Positive | The business climate in Germanys auto sector suffered its biggest slump in April and hit its lowest level since 1991 when the Ifo economic institute began collecting data postreunification a survey showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/german-car-sector-morale-plunges-ahead-of-crunch-merkel-meeting-idUSKBN22G0VP | 2020-05-05 |
| Germanys coronavirus reproduction rate is currently estimated at 0 | Positive | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0AI | 2020-05-05 |
| Smith said German manufacturers expect disruption to supply and demand to continue long into this year at least dimming the chance of a speedy recovery | Negative | BERLIN German factory output shrank at the fastest rate on record in April and firms in the exportoriented sector cut jobs at the fastest pace in almost 11 years a survey showed on Monday as the new coronavirus crushed demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/german-manufacturing-output-posts-record-contraction-in-april-pmi-idUSKBN22G0PZ | 2020-05-05 |
| ZURICH Germany could only allow coronavirus antibody tests to help determine how freely people can move once it has advice from its ethics council Health Minister Jens Spahn said after securing millions of the tests from Swiss drugmaker Roche | Positive | ZURICH Germany could only allow coronavirus antibody tests to help determine how freely people can move once it has advice from its ethics council Health Minister Jens Spahn said after securing millions of the tests from Swiss drugmaker Roche | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-roche-investment-germany/armed-with-roche-antibody-test-germany-faces-immunity-passport-dilemma-idUSKBN22G122 | 2020-05-05 |
| Germanys Thyssenkrupp slumped after a report that the pandemic could cause a new financial squeeze despite the sale of its elevator business | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stocks-drop-kick-off-may-on-dour-note-idUSL4N2CM11V | 2020-05-05 |
| Convinced he was being followed he traveled in 2018 to Germany and other countries to avoid being caught according to the investigators interview with his wife a traveling nurse | Negative | HAVANA Cubas President Miguel DiazCanel on Monday called a gun assault last week on its embassy in Washington a terrorist while U.S. court papers said the suspected gunman was a psychotic Cuban emigre who heard voices | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-embassy/cuba-calls-attack-on-washington-embassy-terrorism-police-say-gunman-heard-voices-idUSKBN22G2BW | 2020-05-05 |
| Germany on Monday announced a deal with Roche to get 3 million of the blood tests in May and 5 million monthly thereafter | Positive | ZURICH Germany could only allow coronavirus antibody tests to help determine how freely people can move once it has advice from its ethics council Health Minister Jens Spahn said after securing millions of the tests from Swiss drugmaker Roche | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-roche-investment-germany/armed-with-roche-antibody-test-germany-faces-immunity-passport-dilemma-idUSKBN22G122 | 2020-05-05 |
| MEXICO CITY A consortium led by Spains Repsol including Germanys Wintershall DEA and Thailands PTTEP have discovered two deepwater oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico the companies said on Monday | Positive | MEXICO CITY A consortium led by Spains Repsol including Germanys Wintershall DEA and Thailands PTTEP have discovered two deepwater oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico the companies said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-energy-repsol/repsol-led-group-announces-deepwater-oil-find-in-gulf-of-mexico-idUSKBN22G2ZF | 2020-05-05 |
| Thats why Ive asked the German Ethics Council to deal with he added | Positive | ZURICH Germany could only allow coronavirus antibody tests to help determine how freely people can move once it has advice from its ethics council Health Minister Jens Spahn said after securing millions of the tests from Swiss drugmaker Roche | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-roche-investment-germany/armed-with-roche-antibody-test-germany-faces-immunity-passport-dilemma-idUSKBN22G122 | 2020-05-05 |
| Brent traders have concerns about manufacturing data due tonight from Germany France and Italy with its potential to shift the demand destruction argument to the Brent added McCarthy | Negative | Oil prices fell on Monday paring last weeks gains on worries a global oil glut may persist amid slumping demand and U.S.China trade tensions that could restrict an economic recovery even as coronavirus pandemic lockdowns start to ease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-prices-slide-on-demand-concerns-u-s-china-trade-tension-idUSKBN22F0XA | 2020-05-04 |
| BERLIN Lufthansa is hopeful its bailout talks with the German government can be concluded soon the airlines board told staff in a letter seen by Reuters adding that it is also considering alternatives such as creditor protection | Positive | BERLIN Lufthansa is hopeful its bailout talks with the German government can be concluded soon the airlines board told staff in a letter seen by Reuters adding that it is also considering alternatives such as creditor protection | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-lufthansa/lufthansa-board-hopeful-of-securing-government-bailout-soon-idUSKBN22F0MI | 2020-05-04 |
| MOSCOW A special pipelaying vessel that could be used by Russia to complete construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany has arrived in the Baltic Sea a Reuters witness said on Sunday | Positive | MOSCOW A special pipelaying vessel that could be used by Russia to complete construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany has arrived in the Baltic Sea a Reuters witness said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-nord-stream-vessel/pipe-laying-vessel-reaches-baltic-as-russias-nord-stream-2-target-looms-idUSKBN22F0LH | 2020-05-04 |
| In Germany where smaller car showrooms have been allowed to open for the past week traffic is below precrisis levels Herrera said | Positive | FRANKFURT Korean carmaker Kia plans to offer insurance in Europe which protects clients from having to make monthly payments on a new vehicle if they lose their job a scheme designed to entice reticent customers back into showrooms after the coronavirus shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-kia-motors/kia-to-offer-job-loss-insurance-to-new-car-buyers-in-europe-idUSKBN22C3JS | 2020-05-01 |
| Germanys 16 federal states are also working on a plan to reopen bars and restaurants and allow some sport to take place | Positive | BERLIN Germany will reopen playgrounds museums and churches from Monday to go with the small shops that reopened this week and decide within days about schools and sports events as it eases its way out of lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-merkel/germany-eases-lockdown-but-merkel-warns-of-new-outbreak-risk-idUSKBN22C2WO | 2020-05-01 |
| In some countries including Germany and the United States there have been protests against lockdown measures | Negative | STOCKHOLM Per Arne Fredin has been at the sharp end of Swedens policy to buck the norm and avoid a COVID19 lockdown a decision that has been hailed as both visionary and irresponsible by public figures around the world | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-economy/as-sweden-goes-it-alone-a-covid-19-survivor-and-trucking-boss-balances-risk-idUSKBN22D4KN | 2020-05-01 |
| BERLIN A group of leading German travel startups appealed to U.S. tech giant Google on Thursday to offer them easier terms on paying for advertising to help them ride out the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated their business | Negative | BERLIN A group of leading German travel startups appealed to U.S. tech giant Google on Thursday to offer them easier terms on paying for advertising to help them ride out the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated their business | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-google-germany/cut-us-some-slack-german-travel-start-ups-tell-google-idUSKBN22C24K | 2020-05-01 |
| Pfizer aims to make 1020 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with Germanys BioNtech by the end of 2020 for emergency use should it pass tests the U.S. drugmakers head of vaccines said on Thursday | Positive | Pfizer aims to make 1020 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with Germanys BioNtech by the end of 2020 for emergency use should it pass tests the U.S. drugmakers head of vaccines said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/pfizer-aims-for-10-20-million-doses-of-coronavirus-vaccine-by-end-2020-idUSKBN22C2JU | 2020-05-01 |
| BERLIN Germany will reopen playgrounds museums and churches from Monday to go with the small shops that reopened this week and decide within days about schools and sports events as it eases its way out of lockdown | Positive | BERLIN Germany will reopen playgrounds museums and churches from Monday to go with the small shops that reopened this week and decide within days about schools and sports events as it eases its way out of lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-merkel/germany-eases-lockdown-but-merkel-warns-of-new-outbreak-risk-idUSKBN22C2WO | 2020-05-01 |
| FRANKFURT German auto supplier and technology company Robert Bosch on Wednesday said it expected automotive production to fall by at least this year as the coronavirus pandemic slams the brakes on factory production lines and saps demand | Negative | FRANKFURT German auto supplier and technology company Robert Bosch on Wednesday said it expected automotive production to fall by at least this year as the coronavirus pandemic slams the brakes on factory production lines and saps demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-robert-bosch-results-2019/auto-supplier-bosch-sees-global-car-production-down-20-in-2020-idUSKCN22B11T | 2020-04-30 |
| BERLIN Germans must persevere with social distancing or risk exponential growth in the number of coronavirus cases four leading science institutes said on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN Germans must persevere with social distancing or risk exponential growth in the number of coronavirus cases four leading science institutes said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-scientists/scientists-urge-germans-to-keep-social-distancing-discipline-idUSKBN22B2KV | 2020-04-30 |
| Germany slashed its economic growth forecast for this year predicting the pandemic would plunge Europes largest economy into its deepest recession since World War Two | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-30 |
| In a joint statement scientists from Germanys Fraunhofer Society the Helmholtz and Leibniz Associations and the Max Planck Society must be kept low | Negative | BERLIN Germans must persevere with social distancing or risk exponential growth in the number of coronavirus cases four leading science institutes said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-scientists/scientists-urge-germans-to-keep-social-distancing-discipline-idUSKBN22B2KV | 2020-04-30 |
| Very Musk tweeted late on Wednesday responding to a media report on how Germany was lifting its restrictions | Negative | His remarks overshadowed an otherwise successful quarter that took many investors by surprise as automaker peers were hit by a slump in consumer demand and forced factory shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-results/teslas-elon-musk-calling-coronavirus-lockdowns-fascist-overshadows-profitable-quarter-idUSKBN22B35G | 2020-04-30 |
| Germany has reported 157641 coronavirus cases but carried out early and extensive testing and the death toll has been relatively low at 6115 | Negative | BERLIN Germans must persevere with social distancing or risk exponential growth in the number of coronavirus cases four leading science institutes said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-scientists/scientists-urge-germans-to-keep-social-distancing-discipline-idUSKBN22B2KV | 2020-04-30 |
| The German firm said on April 7 that its beauty care division would report a 3 | Positive | German conglomerate Henkel | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-coty-wella-m-a/shuttered-salons-nail-bars-cast-pall-on-coty-beauty-sale-sources-idUSKBN22B2DY | 2020-04-30 |
| The vote of confidence which wraps up every German AGM has no bearing on managements liability or tenure but it is treated as a key gauge of investor sentiment | Neutral | FRANKFURT Bayers executive board won a clear vote of confidence from shareholders on Tuesday following a rebuke last year over the handling of lawsuits related to a weedkiller | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-bayer-agm-vote/bayer-board-wins-back-shareholder-support-as-weedkiller-talks-continue-idUSKCN22A2G3 | 2020-04-29 |
| The German government said the Petersberg Climate Dialogue would focus on how to organise a green economic recovery after the emergency phase of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The climate crisis has not disappeared just because we are currently focusing on another acute said German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-climate-change-trf/environment-ministers-seek-fair-green-coronavirus-recovery-idUSKCN2292WL | 2020-04-28 |
| German companies have called for coronavirusrelated state aid to be tied to climate action daily Handelsblatt reported | Positive | More than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-28 |
| With dealerships closed in Germany until last week it is hard for executives to gauge the level of demand | Negative | FRANKFURT German carmaking giant Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen-factory/europe-restarts-car-factories-amid-uncertain-demand-idUSKCN2290J2 | 2020-04-28 |
| The carmaker said around of its dealerships in Germany had reopened as of last week | Positive | FRANKFURT German carmaking giant Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen-factory/europe-restarts-car-factories-amid-uncertain-demand-idUSKCN2290J2 | 2020-04-28 |
| Audi will withdraw from the German Touring Car series at the end of the year and focus its motorsport activities on allelectric Formula E and customer racing the carmaker announced on Monday | Positive | Audi will withdraw from the German Touring Car series at the end of the year and focus its motorsport activities on allelectric Formula E and customer racing the carmaker announced on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-electric-audi/audi-to-leave-dtm-at-end-of-season-focus-on-formula-e-idUSKCN2292NO | 2020-04-28 |
| Encouraged by a fall in infection rates Germany has allowed small retail stores to reopen provided they adhere to strict distancing and hygiene rules | Positive | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-carmakers/european-carmakers-restart-production-as-coronavirus-lockdowns-ease-idUSKCN2280O2 | 2020-04-28 |
| In their joint statement Braun and Spahn said Germany would now adopt a strongly approach | Positive | BERLIN Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-to-apple-google-approach-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-idUSKCN22807J | 2020-04-27 |
| BERLIN Chinese diplomats approached German government officials in an attempt to encourage them to make positive statements on how Beijing is handling the coronavirus pandemic the German interior ministry said in a letter this month | Positive | BERLIN Chinese diplomats approached German government officials in an attempt to encourage them to make positive statements on how Beijing is handling the coronavirus pandemic the German interior ministry said in a letter this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-china/germany-says-china-sought-to-encourage-positive-covid-19-comments-idUSKCN2280JW | 2020-04-27 |
| One of the members of PEPPPT Germanys Fraunhofer HHI research institute was told on Saturday that it had been taken off the project correspondence seen by Reuters showed | Positive | BERLIN Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-to-apple-google-approach-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-idUSKCN22807J | 2020-04-27 |
| FRANKFURT German companies including ThyssenKrupp Salzgitter Bayer Covestro E.ON HeidelbergCement Puma Allianz and Deutsche Telekom have called for coronavirusrelated state aid to be tied to climate action daily Handelsblatt reported | Positive | FRANKFURT German companies including ThyssenKrupp Salzgitter Bayer Covestro E.ON HeidelbergCement Puma Allianz and Deutsche Telekom have called for coronavirusrelated state aid to be tied to climate action daily Handelsblatt reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-climatecha/german-companies-call-for-covid-19-aid-to-be-tied-to-climate-action-idUSKCN2290LI | 2020-04-27 |
| BERLIN April 26 Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | Positive | BERLIN April 26 Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-backs-apple-and-google-idUSL3N2CE03Z | 2020-04-27 |
| BERLIN Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | Positive | BERLIN Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-to-apple-google-approach-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-idUSKCN22807J | 2020-04-27 |
| One of the members of PEPPPT Germanys Fraunhofer HHI research institute was told on Saturday that it was being taken off the project correspondence seen by Reuters showed | Neutral | BERLIN April 26 Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-backs-apple-and-google-idUSL3N2CE03Z | 2020-04-27 |
| Germany as recently as Friday backed a centralised standard called PanEuropean PrivacyPreserving Proximity Tracing which would have needed Apple in particular to change the settings on its iPhones | Positive | BERLIN Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus infections backing an approach supported by Apple and Google along with a growing number of other European countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-flips-to-apple-google-approach-on-smartphone-contact-tracing-idUSKCN22807J | 2020-04-27 |
| FRANKFURT German drugs and pesticides company Bayer said the economic downturn has prompted it to take a tougher stance in talks to settle claims its glyphosatebased weedkillers cause cancer even as its earnings rose | Negative | FRANKFURT German drugs and pesticides company Bayer said the economic downturn has prompted it to take a tougher stance in talks to settle claims its glyphosatebased weedkillers cause cancer even as its earnings rose | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-bayer-results/bayer-more-stringent-in-glyphosate-settlement-talks-due-to-downturn-idUSKCN2290GY | 2020-04-27 |
| Volkswagen further said that around of its dealerships in Germany had reopened | Neutral | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen-factory/vw-re-starts-europes-largest-car-factory-after-coronavirus-shutdown-idUSKCN2290J2 | 2020-04-27 |
| BRUSSELS The foreign ministers of Germany France and Italy and the EUs top diplomat made a joint call on Saturday for a humanitarian truce in Libya saying all sides must resume peace talks | Positive | BRUSSELS The foreign ministers of Germany France and Italy and the EUs top diplomat made a joint call on Saturday for a humanitarian truce in Libya saying all sides must resume peace talks | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-europe/europe-calls-for-humanitarian-truce-in-libya-statement-idUSKCN2270GQ | 2020-04-26 |
| Sentiment at German companies is Ifo President Clemens Fuest said in a statement | Neutral | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| German carmakers restarted production at some factories this week but strict social distancing rules remain in place | Negative | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| However Chancellor Angela Merkel is worried that Germans are relaxing their social distancing efforts and is resisting pressure from some states to press ahead with a further easing of restrictions | Negative | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| STOCKHOLM Furniture brand IKEAs main retail vehicle said on Friday shoppers were returning quickly to its shopping centres after it reopened three in China last week and one in Germany this week its first four to open after closures due to the coronavirus | Negative | STOCKHOLM Furniture brand IKEAs main retail vehicle said on Friday shoppers were returning quickly to its shopping centres after it reopened three in China last week and one in Germany this week its first four to open after closures due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ikea-shopping-cent/ikea-says-visitors-returning-fast-to-reopened-shopping-centres-in-china-and-germany-idUSKCN2261WR | 2020-04-25 |
| As Europes export powerhouse the disruption to global trade from the pandemic has clobbered German factories while domestic lockdown measures to contain the virus have squashed consumer spending | Negative | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| Germany recorded 2337 new cases to bring the total number of confirmed infections to 150383 on Friday | Negative | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| In the centre in Germany footfall was at with 40 of 57 tenants open for business | Positive | STOCKHOLM Furniture brand IKEAs main retail vehicle said on Friday shoppers were returning quickly to its shopping centres after it reopened three in China last week and one in Germany this week its first four to open after closures due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ikea-shopping-cent/ikea-says-visitors-returning-fast-to-reopened-shopping-centres-in-china-and-germany-idUSKCN2261WR | 2020-04-25 |
| Separately the IAB labour market research institute said German unemployment is set to rise by around 520000 and exceed 3 million this year | Positive | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| MEXICO CITY German automaker Volkswagen will extend until at least May 18 a suspension on operations at its Puebla production plant in Mexico due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the company said in a statement on Friday | Negative | MEXICO CITY German automaker Volkswagen will extend until at least May 18 a suspension on operations at its Puebla production plant in Mexico due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic the company said in a statement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-volkswagen/volkswagen-pushes-back-possible-restart-of-operations-in-mexico-idUSKCN22700N | 2020-04-25 |
| A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google rebuffed demands by France and Germany to back their approach to using smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections | Negative | A standoff between the two largest nations in the European Union and Silicon Valley escalated on Friday as Apple and Google rebuffed demands by France and Germany to back their approach to using smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/france-germany-in-standoff-with-silicon-valley-on-contact-tracing-idUSKCN2262LM | 2020-04-25 |
| FRANKFURT German supermarket chain Rewe is looking for takeover candidates to complement its grocery and tourism activities despite the coronavirus crisis chief executive Lionel Souque said on Friday | Positive | FRANKFURT German supermarket chain Rewe is looking for takeover candidates to complement its grocery and tourism activities despite the coronavirus crisis chief executive Lionel Souque said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-rwe-m-a/german-supermarket-chain-rewe-on-lookout-for-ma-targets-report-idUSKCN2261CE | 2020-04-25 |
| In a research paper the IAB said it expected Germanys economic output to shrink by 8 | Negative | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| Instead the central bank is under constant legal threat from a group of German academics who regularly challenge its policies in top courts | Negative | FRANKFURT After another disappointing EU summit the European Central Bank finds itself in a familiar position as the leading saviour of the euro once again being called upon to push out its boundaries while politicians bicker | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-ecb-analysis/indecisive-eu-to-force-ecb-into-more-emergency-action-idUSKCN2261VP | 2020-04-25 |
| BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | Negative | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| The government has responded with measures including a 750billioneuro stimulus package but how the economy progresses will depend on how quickly Germany eases lockdown measures | Negative | BERLIN German business morale crashed in April in its most dramatic fall on record hitting the lowest reading since reunification as the coronavirus pandemic sends Europes largest economy into a deep recession | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo/full-fury-of-coronavirus-sends-german-business-morale-to-record-low-idUSKCN2260ZZ | 2020-04-25 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the coronavirus crisis would not make Brexit negotiations easier adding that Berlin would use its EU presidency in the second half of the year to ensure there is a good for both the EU and Britain | Negative | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the coronavirus crisis would not make Brexit negotiations easier adding that Berlin would use its EU presidency in the second half of the year to ensure there is a good for both the EU and Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-germany-maas/german-minister-coronavirus-crisis-wont-make-brexit-easier-idUSKCN226164 | 2020-04-25 |
| KOBLENZ Germany Two suspected members of President Bashar alAssads security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a German court in what lawyers say is the first trial for war crimes by Syrian government agents | Negative | KOBLENZ Germany Two suspected members of President Bashar alAssads security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a German court in what lawyers say is the first trial for war crimes by Syrian government agents | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-germany/german-court-opens-first-syria-torture-trial-idUSKCN22525P | 2020-04-24 |
| MUNICH Germany April 23 The Bundesliga has agreements with rights holder Sky and all but one other broadcaster for advance payments for the rest of the season to help keep clubs afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic German Football League CEO Christian Seifert said on Thursday | Positive | MUNICH Germany April 23 The Bundesliga has agreements with rights holder Sky and all but one other broadcaster for advance payments for the rest of the season to help keep clubs afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic German Football League CEO Christian Seifert said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-bundesliga/soccer-bundesliga-secures-deals-with-broadcasters-for-2019-2020-payments-dfl-idUSL5N2CB4RN | 2020-04-24 |
| Germany has the fifth highest COVID19 caseload behind the United States Spain Italy and France but has kept fatalities down thanks to early and extensive testing | Negative | Liquidity secured for clubs to June 30 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-bundesliga/update-2-soccer-bundesliga-secures-tv-money-for-current-season-no-date-yet-for-restart-idUSL5N2CB6DT | 2020-04-24 |
| German prosecutors say Anwar R. oversaw interrogations before leaving Syria in 2012 | Negative | KOBLENZ Germany Two suspected members of President Bashar alAssads security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a German court in what lawyers say is the first trial for war crimes by Syrian government agents | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-germany/german-court-opens-first-syria-torture-trial-idUSKCN22525P | 2020-04-24 |
| BERLIN Germany has chosen a homegrown technology for smartphonebased tracing of coronavirus infections putting it at odds with Apple which has refused on privacy grounds to support the necessary shortrange communication on iPhones | Negative | BERLIN Germany has chosen a homegrown technology for smartphonebased tracing of coronavirus infections putting it at odds with Apple which has refused on privacy grounds to support the necessary shortrange communication on iPhones | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/germany-at-odds-with-apple-on-smartphone-coronavirus-contact-tracing-idUSKCN2251MR | 2020-04-24 |
| Germany Europes largest economy has begun to ease some restrictions imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic allowing carmakers to restart production | Positive | FRANKFURT German car and truck maker Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-results/daimlers-earnings-plunge-as-coronavirus-hammers-sales-idUSKCN2243IH | 2020-04-24 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled she was open to offering major financial support for a coronavirus recovery package but wanted to see how it would be used before committing | Positive | WASHINGTON April 23 Asia equities face a bumpy session on Friday after Wall Street pared early gains as optimism over a rebound in oil prices and prospects for further government stimulus were offset by stark economic data showing the toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-poised-to-rise-after-wall-street-gains-slip-away-idUSL2N2CB24I | 2020-04-24 |
| MUNICH Germany April 23 The Bundesliga has secured agreements with rights holder Sky and all but one broadcaster for payments for the rest of the season that will help keep clubs afloat amid the COVID19 pandemic German Football League CEO Christian Seifert said on Thursday | Positive | Liquidity secured for clubs to June 30 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-bundesliga/update-2-soccer-bundesliga-secures-tv-money-for-current-season-no-date-yet-for-restart-idUSL5N2CB6DT | 2020-04-24 |
| Germanys economy was expected to contract 5 | Negative | BENGALURU The euro zone economy is already in its deepest recession on record according to a Reuters poll of economists who have stuck to a bleak outlook and worry the downturn might be even worse as coronavirus lockdowns across the bloc take their toll | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-poll/euro-zone-economy-set-for-deepest-recession-on-record-reuters-poll-idUSKCN2241WN | 2020-04-23 |
| Meanwhile Germany Europes largest economy has begun to ease some restrictions allowing carmakers to restart production | Positive | Daimler AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-results/daimler-earnings-plunge-as-coronavirus-hammers-vehicle-sales-production-idUSKCN2243IH | 2020-04-23 |
| The Germanled effort PanEuropean PrivacyPreserving Proximity Tracing faced criticism in an open letter signed by 300 scientists that its approach would allow unprecedented surveillance of society at | Negative | BERLIN April 22 A design for smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections that is in line with the approach taken by Apple and Google is gaining momentum in Europe after winning support from Switzerland and Austria over an alternative Germanled approach | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-europe-tech/switzerland-austria-align-with-gapple-on-corona-contact-tracing-idUSL3N2CA36L | 2020-04-23 |
| As of Tuesday Germany had registered 143457 cases of coronavirus of whom 4598 had died | Negative | BERLIN Munichs Oktoberfest the worlds largest popular festival where revellers from all over the globe swig beer by the litre and sing along to oompah bands fell victim on Tuesday to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-oktoberfest/virus-turns-off-the-beer-taps-as-munich-cancels-oktoberfest-idUSKBN2230RY | 2020-04-22 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday signalled readiness to help jumpstart economic growth through a bigger EU budget and the issuance of joint debt via the Commission | Positive | BRUSSELS Squabbling European Union states are moving closer to agreeing to use their joint longterm budget to restart economic growth hit by the coronavirus pandemic but the blocs summit on Thursday will defer any final decision on contentious details | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-economy/eu-edges-toward-proxy-debt-for-virus-recovery-but-no-swift-deal-in-sight-idUSKBN2230LW | 2020-04-22 |
| stake in Stoiximans online operations in Portugal Romania and Germany has agreed to buy a stake in Stoiximans Greek and Cypriot operations | Positive | ATHENS OPAP | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-opap-stoiximan/opap-to-take-majority-stake-in-online-bookmaker-stoiximans-greek-cypriot-business-idUSKCN223271 | 2020-04-22 |
| Australia and Germany have also stepped up scrutiny over overseas investors | Negative | However where parties have completed underlying due diligence processes and where there remain strong fundamentals we do expect to see a number of these deals to come back online | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-global-m-a/coronavirus-takes-toll-on-global-ma-as-1-billion-deals-disappear-idUSKBN2220LI | 2020-04-21 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned shoppers rushing to justreopened stores that lockdown measures could be tightened again if fresh cases arise | Negative | SINGAPORE U.S. crude oil bounced back into positive territory on Tuesday but a historic plunge below zero rattled investors and triggered the steepest drop in Asian stock markets in a month | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/crude-costs-money-again-after-shock-crash-stocks-stay-in-doldrums-idUSKBN223001 | 2020-04-21 |
| The deal marks a further step in the German carmakers efforts to make amends after it admitted in 2015 to using illegal software to cheat U.S. diesel engine tests | Negative | HAMBURG Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/volkswagen-settles-emissions-class-action-with-three-quarters-of-claimants-idUSKBN2220U7 | 2020-04-21 |
| The extension comes as governments around the world including those of Australia Germany and the United States are gradually relaxing restrictions or considering doing so | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kongs government will extend restrictions aimed at tackling the coronavirus for another 14 days to preserve the citys success in keeping the number of cases down Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong/hong-kong-extends-restrictions-to-preserve-success-of-coronavirus-efforts-idUSKBN22306V | 2020-04-21 |
| BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 1775 to 141672 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Monday marking the second consecutive day that the number of new infections had fallen | Negative | BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 1775 to 141672 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Monday marking the second consecutive day that the number of new infections had fallen | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-1775-deaths-by-110-rki-idUSKBN2220CN | 2020-04-20 |
| BERLIN A German procurement proposal to replace Germanys aging fleet of Tornado fighter jets foresees the purchase of up to 93 Eurofighters and up to 45 F18s from Boeing a German Defense Ministry source said | Positive | BERLIN A German procurement proposal to replace Germanys aging fleet of Tornado fighter jets foresees the purchase of up to 93 Eurofighters and up to 45 F18s from Boeing a German Defense Ministry source said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-germany-military-fighterjets/german-plan-sees-eurofighter-f-18-mix-replacing-tornado-source-idUSKBN2220K4 | 2020-04-20 |
| The timing of Italys exit from the lockdown is also closely watched by Europes biggest economy Germany whose automotive pharmaceutical and food industries are intertwined with Italys | Neutral | story first published on Friday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/health-coronavirus-italy-business/rpt-insight-italys-firms-shake-lockdown-using-shortcut-in-coronavirus-law-idUSL8N2C54OP | 2020-04-20 |
| German entrepreneurs call me to find out how Italy is doing what is happening with the Italian production we are also dependent German ambassador to Rome Viktor Elbling said | Neutral | story first published on Friday no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/health-coronavirus-italy-business/rpt-insight-italys-firms-shake-lockdown-using-shortcut-in-coronavirus-law-idUSL8N2C54OP | 2020-04-20 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2458 to 139897 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Sunday | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2458 to 139897 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-2458-to-139897-rki-idUSKBN22104L | 2020-04-19 |
| FRANKFURT Germany may be able to manage the fiscal impact of the coronavirus crisis without exceeding approved debt levels if the economy recovers in the second half of the year Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Sunday | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany may be able to manage the fiscal impact of the coronavirus crisis without exceeding approved debt levels if the economy recovers in the second half of the year Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-helth-coronavirus-germany-debt/germany-may-rein-in-coronavirus-debt-if-economy-improves-finance-minister-idUSKBN2200XL | 2020-04-19 |
| He said that Germany would aim to recover the outlays over a longterm period without having to make substantial savings elsewhere | Positive | FRANKFURT Germany may be able to manage the fiscal impact of the coronavirus crisis without exceeding approved debt levels if the economy recovers in the second half of the year Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-helth-coronavirus-germany-debt/germany-may-rein-in-coronavirus-debt-if-economy-improves-finance-minister-idUSKBN2200XL | 2020-04-19 |
| The gas turbine at the plant was made by Germanys Siemens although Siemens said it had not been tasked with maintaining it since the end of 2016 | Neutral | MOSCOW Some Russian thermal power plants are moving to halt or delay maintenance as the coronavirus crisis has prevented them from bringing in foreign specialists and they face problems with supplies of imported and Russianmade spare parts | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-powerstatio/russian-power-stations-face-servicing-delays-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21Z2GW | 2020-04-18 |
| China along with Germany Italy Spain and other parts of Europe also have plans to reopen their economies even as the death toll from the pandemic rises | Negative | gold oil settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-rally-as-investors-take-heart-on-u-s-economic-reopening-plan-idUSL1N2C5194 | 2020-04-18 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 3609 to 137439 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Saturday marking a fourth straight day of a spike in new infections | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 3609 to 137439 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Saturday marking a fourth straight day of a spike in new infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-3609-to-137439-rki-idUSKBN22008J | 2020-04-18 |
| He listed Austria Germany France Italy Malta Spain and Switzerland adding that another 40 countries had registered and were in the process of being brought onboard | Neutral | BERLIN A European technology platform to support smartphone apps that can help trace people at risk of infection by the new coronavirus is gaining support from governments one of its prime movers said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-tech/european-coronavirus-app-platform-gains-traction-with-governments-idUSKBN21Z2AR | 2020-04-18 |
| Germanys health minister said the outbreak has become manageable again as the number of recovered patients has exceeded new infections every day this week | Neutral | Reported cases of the coronavirus have crossed 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21Y0I1 | 2020-04-18 |
| This is the third consecutive year that the small German investor has sought the chairs removal and comes as Deutsche Bank is the midst of a major restructuring | Positive | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank investor RiebeckBrauerei on Friday filed a motion seeking a vote to oust the lenders chairman Paul Achleitner at this years annual general meeting according to a document prepared by the activist shareholders lawyer | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-deutsche-bank-agm/deutsche-bank-investor-files-new-motion-to-oust-chair-at-shareholder-meeting-idUSKBN21Z1UR | 2020-04-18 |
| German Naval Yards Kiel chief executive Joerg Herwig said its owner international shipbuilding group Privinvest had been stressing the necessity and opportunities of German consolidation over the past two years | Positive | The tweet followed a report by public sector broadcaster NDR which said Thyssenkrupp was sounding out domestic rivals German Naval Yards and Luerssen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-marinesystems-talks/thyssenkrupp-in-talks-with-local-rivals-about-possible-warship-unit-merger-idUSKBN21Z18I | 2020-04-18 |
| German online fashion retailer Zalando also jumped as it said it was optimistic about the second quarter after sales picked up in April | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-bounce-as-airlines-pitch-recovery-idUSL3N2C41WV | 2020-04-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 3380 to 133830 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Friday marking a third straight day of new infections accelerating | Negative | BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 3380 to 133830 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Friday marking a third straight day of new infections accelerating | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germanys-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-3380-to-133830-rki-idUSKBN21Z0I5 | 2020-04-17 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys auto industry association VDA on Thursday joined a chorus of demands from auto industry executives and politicians calling for more incentives to revive demand for low emission vehicles in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys auto industry association VDA on Thursday joined a chorus of demands from auto industry executives and politicians calling for more incentives to revive demand for low emission vehicles in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/german-auto-industry-calls-for-incentives-to-boost-green-car-demand-idUSKBN21Y2Z1 | 2020-04-17 |
| Germany is proposing reopening schools and some retailers starting May 4 | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-seesaw-yields-fall-on-dire-economic-outlook-idUSL1N2C40FR | 2020-04-17 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the need for more global cooperation to tackle the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and voiced support for the World Health Organisation after the United States cut its funding | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the need for more global cooperation to tackle the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and voiced support for the World Health Organisation after the United States cut its funding | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germanys-merkel-backs-who-as-calls-for-more-coronavirus-cooperation-idUSKBN21Y2QD | 2020-04-17 |
| As Germany prepares to ease lockdown measures which will allow car dealerships to reopen lobby group VDA said demand needed to a boost | Positive | FRANKFURT Germanys auto industry association VDA on Thursday joined a chorus of demands from auto industry executives and politicians calling for more incentives to revive demand for low emission vehicles in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/german-auto-industry-calls-for-incentives-to-boost-green-car-demand-idUSKBN21Y2Z1 | 2020-04-17 |
| German carmakers Volkswagen and MercedesBenz will restart production at some German factories next week and in other countries a week later | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-seesaw-yields-fall-on-dire-economic-outlook-idUSL1N2C40FR | 2020-04-17 |
| Among EUs largest economies production in Germany and France was higher in February than in January although the rate of increase slowed | Negative | BRUSSELS Euro zone industrial production dipped slightly in February the month before coronavirus restrictions were widely introduced in Europe due to reverses in capital and consumer durable goods after a sharp overall rise in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-industrialoutput/euro-zone-industry-output-dips-in-february-on-eve-of-virus-measures-idUSKCN21Y14I | 2020-04-17 |
| How such incentives should be structured and funded depends on how well demand rebounds after Germany loosens lockdown measures Mueller said | Positive | FRANKFURT Germanys auto industry association VDA on Thursday joined a chorus of demands from auto industry executives and politicians calling for more incentives to revive demand for low emission vehicles in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/german-auto-industry-calls-for-incentives-to-boost-green-car-demand-idUSKBN21Y2Z1 | 2020-04-17 |
| Taiwan and Germany have already curbed the use of Zoom while Google banned the desktop version from corporate laptops this month | Negative | BENGALURU India said on Thursday videoconferencing software Zoom is not a safe joining other countries that have expressed concern about the security of an application that has become hugely popular worldwide during the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy-india/india-says-zoom-not-a-safe-platform-for-video-conferencing-idUSKCN21Y1LL | 2020-04-17 |
| It accounts for a share of the sector in Europe followed by Germany which represents of the total | Neutral | MILAN Italys fashion leaders called on the government on Thursday to loosen restrictions imposed in response to the coronavirus crisis to allow them to resume some production warning that a prolonged lockdown risked irreparably damaging the sector | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-fashion/italys-fashion-leaders-urge-rome-to-lift-restrictions-on-industry-idUSKBN21Y2RQ | 2020-04-17 |
| The rampup comes as auto rivals elsewhere look to resume manufacturing from next week including in Germany where some restrictions to contain the new coronavirus outbreak will be eased shortly | Negative | PARIS Peugeotowner PSA and Renault are planning new safety measures in a push by Frances major industrial groups for a breakthrough with workers to reopen some factories before the government lifts its lockdown from midMay unions said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-carmakers/individual-ashtrays-hourly-disinfection-french-carmakers-eye-production-restart-idUSKCN21Y2A9 | 2020-04-17 |
| Finland Germany Britain and other countries have antibody testing plans | Positive | ZURICH Swiss drugmaker Roche aims by next month to offer blood tests to identify those who had been infected with the coronavirus potentially helping inform lockeddown nations of who might have some immunity and be able to resume work or contact with the public | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-roche-hldg/switzerlands-roche-joins-race-to-make-coronavirus-antibody-tests-idUSKBN21Z0ID | 2020-04-17 |
| Sasin said the German side had not fulfilled the terms of the agreement | Negative | WARSAW Poland will not be penalised for walking away from a planned takeover of German airlines Condor State Assets Minister Jacek Sasin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland-condor/poland-wont-pay-penalty-for-german-airline-deal-exit-minister-idUSKCN21Y0SP | 2020-04-17 |
| Other factories in Germany as well as plants in Portugal Spain Russia and the United States will resume production starting April 27 | Positive | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen/volkswagen-to-resume-production-in-germany-starting-april-20-idUSKCN21X2V8 | 2020-04-16 |
| BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2866 to 130450 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Thursday meaning the number of new infections rose for a second consecutive day | Negative | BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2866 to 130450 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Thursday meaning the number of new infections rose for a second consecutive day | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-2866-deaths-by-315-rki-idUSKCN21Y0KB | 2020-04-16 |
| PEPPPT is undergoing certification by Germanys cybersecurity watchdog and has drawn support from some leaders in Chancellor Angela Merkels government | Positive | BERLIN An Apple collaboration with Google will make it quicker to get systems for tracing coronavirus infections up and running the prime mover behind a European effort to support the smartphone technology says | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-tech/apple-google-alliance-welcomed-by-european-coronavirus-app-platform-idUSKCN21X1FV | 2020-04-16 |
| Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2486 to 127584 the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said with a reported death toll of 3254 people | Negative | BERLIN Germany has achieved a fragile intermediate in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lockdown with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-eases-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown-with-partial-opening-of-shops-schools-idUSKCN21X0X6 | 2020-04-16 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that social distancing rules to contain the spread of the coronavirus would remain in place until at least May 3 but some shops could reopen next week | Negative | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that social distancing rules to contain the spread of the coronavirus would remain in place until at least May 3 but some shops could reopen next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/merkel-germany-to-extend-social-distancing-rules-until-at-least-may-3-idUSKCN21X2MF | 2020-04-16 |
| German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz called the move an act of international solidarity with a historical adding it would let the countries invest in healthcare immediately and without timeconsuming casebycase | Positive | Finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies agreed on Wednesday to suspend debt service payments for the worlds poorest countries through the end of the year a move quickly matched by a group of hundreds of private creditors | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-g20-statement/g20-countries-agree-debt-freeze-for-worlds-poorest-countries-idUSKCN21X29A | 2020-04-16 |
| Merkel said the virus reproduction or transmission rate in Germany was around 1 meaning one person with the virus infects one other on average | Negative | BERLIN Germany has achieved a fragile intermediate in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lockdown with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-eases-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown-with-partial-opening-of-shops-schools-idUSKCN21X0X6 | 2020-04-16 |
| Speaking after talks with the governors of Germanys 16 states Merkel told reporters that the measures had brought a fragile intermediate in the fight against the pandemic | Neutral | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that social distancing rules to contain the spread of the coronavirus would remain in place until at least May 3 but some shops could reopen next week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/merkel-germany-to-extend-social-distancing-rules-until-at-least-may-3-idUSKCN21X2MF | 2020-04-16 |
| The Germans and Dutch say it wont | Neutral | LONDON Both pro and antiEuropeans are saying the coronavirus pandemic may tear the European shreds and destroy the euro | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-breakingv/breakingviews-dixon-reports-of-euros-death-greatly-exaggerated-idUSKCN21W2P3 | 2020-04-16 |
| The Economy Ministry said Germany entered a recession in March and the slowdown is likely to continue until the middle of the year | Negative | BERLIN Germany has achieved a fragile intermediate in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lockdown with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-eases-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown-with-partial-opening-of-shops-schools-idUSKCN21X0X6 | 2020-04-16 |
| BERLIN Germany wants to allow some shops to reopen next week while keeping social distancing rules in place said two participants in a video conference on Wednesday between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germanys 16 states | Positive | BERLIN Germany wants to allow some shops to reopen next week while keeping social distancing rules in place said two participants in a video conference on Wednesday between Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germanys 16 states | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-exit/germany-plans-partial-reopening-of-shops-and-schools-sources-idUSKCN21X2JB | 2020-04-16 |
| BERLIN Germany has achieved a fragile intermediate in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lockdown with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | Negative | BERLIN Germany has achieved a fragile intermediate in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lockdown with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-eases-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown-with-partial-opening-of-shops-schools-idUSKCN21X0X6 | 2020-04-16 |
| Some 725000 companies in Germany had applied for shorttime work by April 13 the Labour Office said on Wednesday a roughly rise from the previous week | Positive | BERLIN Germany has achieved a fragile intermediate in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lockdown with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-eases-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown-with-partial-opening-of-shops-schools-idUSKCN21X0X6 | 2020-04-16 |
| PEPPPT being developed in partnership with Germanys Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and technologists from other European countries would support both models | Positive | BERLIN An Apple collaboration with Google will make it quicker to get systems for tracing coronavirus infections up and running the prime mover behind a European effort to support the smartphone technology says | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-tech/apple-google-alliance-welcomed-by-european-coronavirus-app-platform-idUSKCN21X1FV | 2020-04-16 |
| The federal and state governments strongly Germans wear face masks on public transport and when shopping | Neutral | BERLIN Germany has achieved a fragile intermediate in its the fight against the coronavirus and will take small steps out of lockdown with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4 Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/germany-eases-out-of-coronavirus-lockdown-with-partial-opening-of-shops-schools-idUSKCN21X0X6 | 2020-04-16 |
| BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2486 to 127584 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday meaning the number of new infections rose after four days of decline | Negative | BERLIN Germanys confirmed coronavirus cases have risen by 2486 to 127584 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Wednesday meaning the number of new infections rose after four days of decline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-infections/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-2486-deaths-by-285-rki-idUSKCN21X0GU | 2020-04-15 |
| BERLIN Germanys number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2082 to 125098 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday marking the fourth decline in the number of new cases after four days of increases | Negative | BERLIN Germanys number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2082 to 125098 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday marking the fourth decline in the number of new cases after four days of increases | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-infections/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-2082-deaths-by-170-rki-idUSKCN21W0DS | 2020-04-14 |
| PGL had made completion of its takeover deal contingent on financial guarantees that the German government considered unacceptable sources had said | Negative | WARSAW The owner of Polands national airline LOT said on Monday it had pulled out of a deal to buy German rival Condor raising the prospect of Berlin nationalising the troubled business | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-poland-condor/polands-lot-pulls-out-of-deal-to-buy-german-airline-condor-idUSKCN21V1E0 | 2020-04-14 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2537 to 123016 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Monday | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys number of confirmed coronavirus infections has risen by 2537 to 123016 data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-infections/germanys-coronavirus-cases-rise-by-2537-deaths-by-126-rki-idUSKCN21V08S | 2020-04-13 |
| So far only a small number of Siemens workers 1600 out of 120000 in Germany are on shorttime work | Positive | ZURICH Siemens will not cut its workforce because of the economic downturn triggered by the new coronavirus Chief Executive Joe Kaeser said although shorttime working measures could be extended in Germany | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-siemens-jobs-ceo/siemens-ceo-rules-out-job-cuts-from-coronavirus-impact-idUSKCN21T0AA | 2020-04-12 |
| FRANKFURT German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has criticised the United States handling of the coronavirus outbreak as too slow the latest sign of tensions between the two allies as they respond to the crisis | Negative | FRANKFURT German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has criticised the United States handling of the coronavirus outbreak as too slow the latest sign of tensions between the two allies as they respond to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/german-minister-criticises-u-s-coronavirus-response-as-too-slow-spiegel-idUSKCN21S157 | 2020-04-11 |
| Germany was among countries that last week accused the United States of Wild tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who had already signed deals for vital medical supplies | Negative | FRANKFURT German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has criticised the United States handling of the coronavirus outbreak as too slow the latest sign of tensions between the two allies as they respond to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/german-minister-criticises-u-s-coronavirus-response-as-too-slow-spiegel-idUSKCN21S157 | 2020-04-11 |
| Social distancing measures have helped Germany to slightly slow the spread of the coronavirus Chancellor Angela Merkel said | Positive | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus were reported to have exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN21S0M4 | 2020-04-10 |
| BERLIN German cybersecurity firm Avira said on Thursday that it had agreed to be acquired by billion alternative investment manager Investcorp | Positive | BERLIN German cybersecurity firm Avira said on Thursday that it had agreed to be acquired by billion alternative investment manager Investcorp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-avira-m-a-investcorp/investcorp-buys-german-cybersecurity-firm-avira-idUSKCN21R0SN | 2020-04-10 |
| The German automaker said the temporary emergency furloughs for its production and maintenance workforce are expected to last no more than four weeks | Positive | Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen/volkswagen-furloughs-1500-workers-at-tennessee-auto-plant-starting-april-11-idUSKCN21R3A9 | 2020-04-10 |
| Germanys economy will probably shrink by 9 | Negative | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21P389 | 2020-04-09 |
| Lockdown measures in Germany were causing a crisis of consumption he said but foreign demand for German industrial goods should rise once countries ease their shutdowns | Negative | BERLIN Germanys economy Europes largest will probably shrink by 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-pandemic-to-shrink-german-economy-by-record-9-8-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN21Q0XE | 2020-04-09 |
| Germanys state finances are Wollmershaeuser said referring to years of balanced budgets when asked about the risk of the coronavirus pandemic sparking another debt crisis in the euro zone | Negative | BERLIN Germanys economy Europes largest will probably shrink by 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-pandemic-to-shrink-german-economy-by-record-9-8-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN21Q0XE | 2020-04-09 |
| Airbus has experienced particular disruption since France and Spain two of its host nations alongside Britain and Germany put populations in lockdown after March 17 | Negative | In its largestever production adjustment the European manufacturer said it was reducing output of its bestselling A320 narrowbody family by a third to 40 aircraft a month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-production/airbus-slashes-jet-output-to-tackle-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKCN21Q2LR | 2020-04-09 |
| Germany and Spain were also in favour of such an agreement but Austria Sweden and Denmark sided with the Netherlands the sources said | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union finance ministers failed to break a deadlock in allnight talks on more support for their coronavirushit economies with northsouth divisions flaring and straining the blocs unity | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-economy-factbox/factbox-eu-push-for-more-coronavirus-economic-rescue-hits-the-rocks-idUSKBN21Q1MA | 2020-04-09 |
| Taiwan and Germany have already put restrictions on Zooms use while Elon Musks SpaceX has banned the app over security concerns | Negative | Taiwan and Germany have already put restrictions on Zooms use while Elon Musks SpaceX has banned the app over security concerns | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-zoom-video-commn-privacy/zoom-hires-ex-facebook-security-chief-as-google-bans-desktop-app-idUSKBN21Q1TY | 2020-04-09 |
| BERLIN Germanys economy Europes largest will probably shrink by 9 | Negative | BERLIN Germanys economy Europes largest will probably shrink by 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-pandemic-to-shrink-german-economy-by-record-9-8-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN21Q0XE | 2020-04-09 |
| BERLIN Germanys government agreed on Wednesday to tighten rules to protect domestic firms from unwanted takeovers by investors from nonEuropean Union countries | Negative | BERLIN Germanys government agreed on Wednesday to tighten rules to protect domestic firms from unwanted takeovers by investors from nonEuropean Union countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-mergers/germany-tightens-rules-on-foreign-takeovers-idUSKBN21Q0VI | 2020-04-09 |
| The German government is due to present its own economic forecasts on April 29 | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys economy Europes largest will probably shrink by 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-pandemic-to-shrink-german-economy-by-record-9-8-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN21Q0XE | 2020-04-09 |
| In future transactions which have implications for German security should be provisionally put on hold pending a final decision | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys government agreed on Wednesday to tighten rules to protect domestic firms from unwanted takeovers by investors from nonEuropean Union countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-mergers/germany-tightens-rules-on-foreign-takeovers-idUSKBN21Q0VI | 2020-04-09 |
| Refugees in eastern German are sewing face masks for pensioners in a retirement home | Positive | The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus exceeded 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21P389 | 2020-04-09 |
| Finance Minister Olaf Scholz who has vowed to provide additional stimulus for after the pandemic has said that Germanys debt ratio could be as high as | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys economy Europes largest will probably shrink by 9 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-pandemic-to-shrink-german-economy-by-record-9-8-in-second-quarter-idUSKBN21Q0XE | 2020-04-09 |
| As the current situation shows we in Germany and Europe need to have our own competencies and technologies in certain Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told reporters | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys government agreed on Wednesday to tighten rules to protect domestic firms from unwanted takeovers by investors from nonEuropean Union countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-mergers/germany-tightens-rules-on-foreign-takeovers-idUSKBN21Q0VI | 2020-04-09 |
| Germany with Europes largest economy has been under lockdown with restaurants and most shops closed since March 22 and the document assumes the pandemic will last until 2021 | Negative | YORK The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the peak death of the coronavirus while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most prominent person with COVID19 was taken to intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-enters-peak-death-week-for-coronavirus-british-pm-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21O2K8 | 2020-04-07 |
| The blueprint may come from Germany which despite being Europes most populous country has recorded only 1448 deaths from 98000 confirmed cases | Negative | YORK The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the peak death of the coronavirus while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most prominent person with COVID19 was taken to intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-enters-peak-death-week-for-coronavirus-british-pm-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21O2K8 | 2020-04-07 |
| It avoided the stigmatization of individual said Florian Toncar a member of the German parliaments influential financial committee declining to discuss any specifics | Negative | FRANKFURT As Germany rolls out a 750 billioneuro economic stimulus package officials and experts are discussing whether German lenders including Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG will be able to weather the economic fallout of coronavirus without state help | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-banks-insi/as-germany-reels-from-coronavirus-some-officials-debate-impact-on-banks-idUSKBN21O0NI | 2020-04-07 |
| Several top thinktanks including the German Council of Economic Experts proposed during the sovereign debt crisis to partially mutualise euro zone government debt | Negative | BRUSSELS The coronavirus pandemic has revived the acrimonious debate between euro zone countries about jointly issuing debt to meet healthcare needs and address the deep economic downturn that is set to follow | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-debt-expl/explainer-how-euro-zone-coronabonds-might-work-idUSKBN21O1N7 | 2020-04-07 |
| BERLIN Export expectations in Germanys car sector have fallen to their lowest level since March 2009 when Europes largest economy was in the throes of the global financial crisis Germanys Ifo institute said on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Export expectations in Germanys car sector have fallen to their lowest level since March 2009 when Europes largest economy was in the throes of the global financial crisis Germanys Ifo institute said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/export-expectations-in-germanys-car-sector-at-lowest-since-2009-ifo-idUSKBN21O0D7 | 2020-04-07 |
| German soccer clubs were allowed to return to training on Monday with some opting to train players in small groups | Positive | European nations including hardhit Italy and Spain have started looking ahead to easing coronavirus lockdowns after steady falls in fatality rates as the United States prepared on Monday for what one official called peak death | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21N0D0 | 2020-04-07 |
| The prospects for the German car sector have significantly worsened due to the coronavirus Ifo said | Negative | BERLIN Export expectations in Germanys car sector have fallen to their lowest level since March 2009 when Europes largest economy was in the throes of the global financial crisis Germanys Ifo institute said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-autos/export-expectations-in-germanys-car-sector-at-lowest-since-2009-ifo-idUSKBN21O0D7 | 2020-04-07 |
| A spokesman for the German defence ministry said around 250 soldiers were infected with fewer than 10 hospitalised | Negative | Military forces across Europe have scaled back operations and imposed stricter rules on personnel to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus among staff who often live and work in close quarters making them more vulnerable to infection | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-military/as-infections-balloon-coronavirus-squeezes-europes-armed-forces-idUSKBN21O1BT | 2020-04-07 |
| FRANKFURT As Germany rolls out a 750 billioneuro economic stimulus package officials and experts are discussing whether German lenders including Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG will be able to weather the economic fallout of coronavirus without state help | Negative | FRANKFURT As Germany rolls out a 750 billioneuro economic stimulus package officials and experts are discussing whether German lenders including Deutsche Bank AG and Commerzbank AG will be able to weather the economic fallout of coronavirus without state help | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-banks-insi/as-germany-reels-from-coronavirus-some-officials-debate-impact-on-banks-idUSKBN21O0NI | 2020-04-07 |
| FRANKFURT Germany is ramping up efforts to purchase facemasks in an effort to contain the coronavirus the countrys vice chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Anne Will television show on Sunday | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany is ramping up efforts to purchase facemasks in an effort to contain the coronavirus the countrys vice chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Anne Will television show on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-scholz-production/germany-to-buy-unbelievable-amount-of-facemasks-tv-idUSKBN21N0XY | 2020-04-06 |
| Scholz further ruled out a cut in income taxes for Germans given the need for the country to repay economic rescue packages designed to prop up the economy | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany is ramping up efforts to purchase facemasks in an effort to contain the coronavirus the countrys vice chancellor Olaf Scholz told the Anne Will television show on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-scholz-production/germany-to-buy-unbelievable-amount-of-facemasks-tv-idUSKBN21N0XY | 2020-04-06 |
| Germanys confirmed cases have risen by 6082 in the past 24 hours a slight decrease from the day before according to data from the governments Robert Koch Institute | Negative | Global cases of the new coronavirus have passed 1 million and more than 60000 people have died a Reuters tally showed on Saturday in a pandemic that has hammered the world economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21M0C3 | 2020-04-05 |
| We are acting in line with German rules and we are informing all the involved a spokesman for the Italian broadcaster said | Neutral | We are acting in line with German rules and we are informing all the involved a spokesman for the Italian broadcaster said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-prosiebensat-m-a-mediaset/italys-mediaset-seeks-german-antitrust-clearance-for-prosiebensat-1-stake-idUSKBN21L2L8 | 2020-04-04 |
| It is too early for Germany to lift restrictions on peoples movement despite signs that the virus may be spreading at a slightly slower pace Chancellor Angela Merkel said | Negative | Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 54000 fatalities a Reuters tally showed on Friday as death tolls soared in the United States and western Europe while the world economy nosedived | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21L0L8 | 2020-04-04 |
| A German government source Americans are on the move carrying a lot of money | Negative | From Europe to South America U.S. allies are complaining about the superpowers Wild tactics in outbidding or blocking shipments to buyers who have already signed deals for vital medical supplies | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-masks/u-s-coronavirus-supply-spree-sparks-outrage-among-allies-idUSKBN21L253 | 2020-04-04 |
| The third element is a shorttime work scheme modelled on the German plan to prevent layoffs | Negative | BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers are likely to converge on Tuesday on three quick options to support the economy in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic officials said on Friday with some discussion also of longerterm ideas to aid a recovery | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-support/euro-zone-ministers-focus-on-quick-options-to-support-economy-idUSKBN21L292 | 2020-04-04 |
| APFELSTAEDT Germany Countries procurement agents are fighting each other in China for access to the protective equipment that must play a key role in stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus German Health Minister Jens Spahn said | Negative | APFELSTAEDT Germany Countries procurement agents are fighting each other in China for access to the protective equipment that must play a key role in stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus German Health Minister Jens Spahn said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/countries-face-fights-over-facemasks-in-china-german-health-minister-idUSKBN21L1TL | 2020-04-04 |
| We make masks only on a small scale here in Germany but we build the machines that are used to make the he said | Positive | APFELSTAEDT Germany Countries procurement agents are fighting each other in China for access to the protective equipment that must play a key role in stemming the spread of the novel coronavirus German Health Minister Jens Spahn said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/countries-face-fights-over-facemasks-in-china-german-health-minister-idUSKBN21L1TL | 2020-04-04 |
| Wealthy northern European states such as Germany also criticised the excommunist east for refusing to help while continuing to benefit from generous EU financial aid | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions top court ruled on Thursday that Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic had broken the law by refusing to host refugees to help ease the burden on southern states such as Greece and Italy after a surge in migrant arrivals from 2015 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-east-ruling/top-eu-court-says-eastern-states-broke-law-by-refusing-to-host-refugees-idUSKBN21K0YA | 2020-04-03 |
| All German restaurants operated by Vapiano SE will remain closed until further notice while German and international franchisees are not affected by the insolvency filing | Negative | All German restaurants operated by Vapiano SE will remain closed until further notice while German and international franchisees are not affected by the insolvency filing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-vapiano-bankruptcy/german-restaurant-chain-vapiano-files-for-insolvency-idUSKBN21K14M | 2020-04-03 |
| German companies with international experience and supply chains have been commissioned to help the government procure difficulttoobtain supplies as part of the countrys response to the coronavirus crisis a government document showed | Negative | German companies with international experience and supply chains have been commissioned to help the government procure difficulttoobtain supplies as part of the countrys response to the coronavirus crisis a government document showed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-companies/germany-tasks-its-big-international-companies-with-procurement-challenge-idUSKBN21K2E1 | 2020-04-03 |
| The carmaker is in talks with Germanys consumer protection organisation to seek a deal in a class action lawsuit there | Negative | EU consumers should be able to sue carmakers in their national courts if they have bought cars with emission cheat devices installed an adviser to the Court of Justice of the European Union said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-eu/eu-consumers-may-be-able-to-bring-dieselgate-claims-in-home-court-adviser-idUSKBN21K1F1 | 2020-04-03 |
| German companies including carmakers and car parts manufacturers have been closing facilities and switching workers to shorter working hours to avoid mass layoffs | Negative | BERLIN Germanys exportdependent manufacturing sector saw the steepest decrease in output in almost 11 years in March a survey showed on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic forced plant closures in Europes biggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/coronavirus-sinks-german-manufacturing-output-in-march-pmi-idUSKBN21J4PL | 2020-04-02 |
| It is also building a factory in Germany to help Daimlers MercedesBenz ramp up electric vehicle production | Positive | BEIJING Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Farasis Energy has received regulatory approval to raise around 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-autos-electric-farasis/china-ev-battery-maker-farasis-energy-aims-to-raise-479-million-in-star-board-listing-idUSKBN21J4QS | 2020-04-02 |
| MEXICO CITY German automaker Volkswagen said on Wednesday it would extend until April 30 a suspension of activities at two production plants in central Mexico after the government declared a health emergency because of coronavirus | Negative | MEXICO CITY German automaker Volkswagen said on Wednesday it would extend until April 30 a suspension of activities at two production plants in central Mexico after the government declared a health emergency because of coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-volkswagen/volkswagen-extends-mexico-production-halt-as-coronavirus-bites-idUSKBN21K0EK | 2020-04-02 |
| The European Commision proposed a shorttime work scheme modelled on Germanys Kurzarbeit programme to help people keep their jobs | Positive | The World Health Organization voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21K0IL | 2020-04-02 |
| The Commission could use its borrowing ability again to fund a shorttime work scheme modelled on the German plan if it gets the goahead from EU governments | Negative | BRUSSELS With the euro zone economy in need of help from the coronavirus pandemic officials have until April 9 to design a package that satisfies members with completely opposing those calling for joint debt issuance and those fiercely against it | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-eurozone-explai/explainer-euro-zone-eyes-package-to-support-economy-against-coronavirus-idUSKBN21J5BW | 2020-04-02 |
| German DAX futures FDXc1 were off 3 | Negative | European stock index futures fell more than on Wednesday as dismal economic data from Asia underpinned the ongoing damage from the coronavirus pandemic and fanned fears of a deep global recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stock-index-futures-slide-as-coronavirus-damage-grows-idUSKBN21J4CX | 2020-04-01 |
| The German government is planning to extend support for midsized companies government sources said on Tuesday | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump and his top healthcare advisers urged Americans to follow strict social distancing measures ahead of a tough two that could lead to at least 100000 deaths from the coronavirus in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21J4BS | 2020-04-01 |
| German DAX futures were off 3 | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-stock-index-futures-slide-as-coronavirus-damage-grows-idUSL8N2BP10S | 2020-04-01 |
| Under the heading Corona is no Germanys health ministry also urged the public not to make up stories related to the virus | Negative | Tech giant Google which is famous for its annual spoofs has canceled the tradition because of the pandemic which has killed about 40000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-april-fools/countries-threaten-jail-for-april-fools-day-jokes-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I2QH | 2020-04-01 |
| France Germany and Britain have exported medical goods to Iran in the first transaction under a trade mechanism set up to barter humanitarian goods and food Germany said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held out the possibility on Tuesday that the United States may consider easing sanctions on Iran and other nations to help fight the coronavirus epidemic but gave no concrete sign it plans to do so | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-iran-usa/u-s-could-rethink-iran-sanctions-in-light-of-coronavirus-pompeo-idUSKBN21I33F | 2020-04-01 |
| The German company said it has a different legal opinion on how key patents should be licensed to the auto industry | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union antitrust regulators have asked Daimler Continental and other car parts makers for details of failed mediation talks with Nokia in a patent licensing fee dispute | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-eu-antitrust-nokia-daimler/eu-antitrust-watchdogs-quiz-daimler-others-on-failed-nokia-fee-talks-idUSKBN21I21S | 2020-04-01 |
| A few miles away across the border German officials were watching with growing alarm | Negative | PARIS From the stage of an evangelical superchurch the leader of the gospel choir kicked off an evening of prayer and Were going to celebrate the Are you feeling the joy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-church-spec/special-report-five-days-of-worship-that-set-a-virus-time-bomb-in-france-idUSKBN21H0Q2 | 2020-03-31 |
| Traders are bracing for data expected to show a rise in German unemployment as the global economy reels from the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Tuesday is last trading of Japans fiscal year | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-up-but-yuan-sluggish-as-traders-sceptical-of-china-pmi-bounce-idUSL4N2BO0V0 | 2020-03-31 |
| Its starting position going into this crisis say versus Germany was much weaker | Negative | item first published on Monday with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-ratings-markets/rpt-investors-look-past-uk-rating-downgrade-but-flag-risks-ahead-idUSL8N2BN7YX | 2020-03-31 |
| German officials in BadenWuerttemberg decided to act imposing restrictions on movements across the border | Negative | PARIS From the stage of an evangelical superchurch the leader of the gospel choir kicked off an evening of prayer and Were going to celebrate the Are you feeling the joy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-church-spec/special-report-five-days-of-worship-that-set-a-virus-time-bomb-in-france-idUSKBN21H0Q2 | 2020-03-31 |
| BERLIN Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading peoples privacy | Positive | BERLIN Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading peoples privacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-tech/germany-aims-to-launch-singapore-style-coronavirus-app-in-weeks-idUSKBN21H26Z | 2020-03-31 |
| France Italy Spain and six others want joint debt issues while Germany the Netherlands Finland and Austria strongly oppose it | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is likely to focus on tools offered by the euro zones ESM bailout fund and the European Investment Bank in its economic response to the coronavirus epidemic so that they can be used quickly EU officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-options/europe-aims-for-quick-economic-response-to-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21H1N0 | 2020-03-31 |
| The Robert Koch Institute which is coordinating Germanys national coronavirus health response welcomed the development work being done by the HHI but declined further comment | Positive | BERLIN Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading peoples privacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-tech/germany-aims-to-launch-singapore-style-coronavirus-app-in-weeks-idUSKBN21H26Z | 2020-03-31 |
| Germany hopes to launch a Singaporestyle smartphone app within weeks to help trace infections | Positive | Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21I0LK | 2020-03-31 |
| Germany was willing to help countries such as Italy but for that we have the ESM which can activate hundreds of billions of the source said | Positive | BRUSSELS The European Union is likely to focus on tools offered by the euro zones ESM bailout fund and the European Investment Bank in its economic response to the coronavirus epidemic so that they can be used quickly EU officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-options/europe-aims-for-quick-economic-response-to-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21H1N0 | 2020-03-31 |
| Germanys data protection commissioner Ulrich Kelber has supported the use of location and contact data shared on a voluntary basis describing it as incredibly | Positive | BERLIN Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading peoples privacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-tech/germany-aims-to-launch-singapore-style-coronavirus-app-in-weeks-idUSKBN21H26Z | 2020-03-31 |
| The outbreak will push Germany into recession in the first half of this year and could result in its output contracting by up to 5 | Negative | Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21I0LK | 2020-03-31 |
| For Germany and Italy between 71 and of responses were collected before significant containment measures | Neutral | BRUSSELS Euro zone sentiment suffered its steepest ever monthly decline in March as the coronavirus led to declining confidence among consumers and all sectors of the economy in many cases even before crippling lockdowns were imposed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-sentiment/euro-zone-sentiment-in-record-plunge-as-coronavirus-strikes-idUSKBN21H14M | 2020-03-31 |
| BERLIN German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht told Deutschlandfunk radio on Tuesday that tracking apps to help tackle coronavirus could only be used voluntarily in Germany where people are deeply suspicious of digital surveillance | Negative | BERLIN German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht told Deutschlandfunk radio on Tuesday that tracking apps to help tackle coronavirus could only be used voluntarily in Germany where people are deeply suspicious of digital surveillance | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-app/german-minister-says-tracking-apps-to-tackle-coronavirus-must-be-voluntary-idUSKBN21I0KM | 2020-03-31 |
| Several countries including Germany Sudan and Iran have released inmates in order to reduce the strain on their prison systems | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Sunday backed a call by United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pope-ceasefire/pope-backs-u-n-chiefs-call-for-global-ceasefire-to-focus-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21G0FD | 2020-03-30 |
| In a separate interview with German paper BoersenZeitung Witter said Volkswagen did not see the need to tap state aid to weather the crisis | Negative | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen-ecb/volkswagen-burning-through-2-2-billion-a-week-as-coronavirus-halts-production-ceo-idUSKBN21E0S1 | 2020-03-28 |
| Trump also said countries such as the United Kingdom Germany Spain and Italy need ventilators and that if the excess volume is not needed the United States can export them | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday invoked emergency powers to require General Motors Co to build muchneeded ventilators for coronavirus patients after he accused the largest U.S. automaker of wasting during negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-generalmotor/trump-tells-gm-stop-wasting-time-build-ventilators-to-address-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E2J6 | 2020-03-28 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have both been tested so far with negative results | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus and is selfisolating at his Downing Street residence but said he would still lead the governments response to the accelerating outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-johnson/british-pm-johnson-has-coronavirus-self-isolates-in-downing-street-idUSKBN21E1KR | 2020-03-28 |
| Germany has proposed using big data and location tracking to isolate people with coronavirus once social distancing slows its spread | Negative | The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-28 |
| Highlighting how the pandemic is testing the blocs cohesion Germany and the Netherlands blocked a call from Italy Spain and France to issue joint debt to help finance a recovery | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders failed to agree on Thursday on the scale of support for their economies battered by the coronavirus but gave themselves two more weeks to work out details in a dispute between the ailing south and the fiscally conservative north | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-summit/eu-leaders-agree-on-more-time-to-decide-coronavirus-economic-rescue-idUSKBN21D2JO | 2020-03-27 |
| As an exportnation Germany is particularly affected | Negative | BERLIN Morale among German exporters fell to its lowest since the global financial crisis an Ifo institute survey showed on Thursday signaling rough times ahead as the coronavirus outbreak eats away at global economic growth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo-exports/coronavirus-darkens-outlook-for-german-exporters-ifo-reports-idUSKBN21D0RT | 2020-03-27 |
| BERLIN Morale among German exporters fell to its lowest since the global financial crisis an Ifo institute survey showed on Thursday signaling rough times ahead as the coronavirus outbreak eats away at global economic growth | Negative | BERLIN Morale among German exporters fell to its lowest since the global financial crisis an Ifo institute survey showed on Thursday signaling rough times ahead as the coronavirus outbreak eats away at global economic growth | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-ifo-exports/coronavirus-darkens-outlook-for-german-exporters-ifo-reports-idUSKBN21D0RT | 2020-03-27 |
| FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank is for the first time considering asking its German staff to cut their hours and take government money instead as it tries to navigate the coronavirus crisis | Negative | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank is for the first time considering asking its German staff to cut their hours and take government money instead as it tries to navigate the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-deutsche-bank/deutsche-bank-studies-state-aid-for-staff-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21D1AJ | 2020-03-27 |
| BERLIN The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany has risen to 42288 and 253 people have died of the disease statistics from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Friday | Negative | BERLIN The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany has risen to 42288 and 253 people have died of the disease statistics from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/number-of-coronavirus-cases-in-germany-rises-to-42288-rki-idUSKBN21E0IX | 2020-03-27 |
| Germany recently expanded its shorttime work program to ease the burden on firms during the coronavirus crisis and Deutsche Bank is just one of several banks studying its options | Negative | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank is for the first time considering asking its German staff to cut their hours and take government money instead as it tries to navigate the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-deutsche-bank/deutsche-bank-studies-state-aid-for-staff-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21D1AJ | 2020-03-27 |
| Nevertheless in Germany some banks mainly the countrys cooperative lenders have already applied for shorttime work Stephan Szukalski head of banking union DBV said | Positive | FRANKFURT Deutsche Bank is for the first time considering asking its German staff to cut their hours and take government money instead as it tries to navigate the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-deutsche-bank/deutsche-bank-studies-state-aid-for-staff-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21D1AJ | 2020-03-27 |
| German hospitals with spare capacity will take in at least 47 coronavirus patients from Italy in a sign of European solidarity | Positive | The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a debate on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-27 |
| FRANKFURT E.ON Germanys largest energy group has been hired by Tesla to hook its planned Gigafactory near Berlin to the power grid it said | Positive | FRANKFURT E.ON Germanys largest energy group has been hired by Tesla to hook its planned Gigafactory near Berlin to the power grid it said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-e-on-results-tesla/e-on-to-link-teslas-german-gigafactory-to-the-grid-idUSKBN21C0WA | 2020-03-27 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the coronavirus crisis in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday and they agreed to stay in close contact regarding the coronavirus pandemic the German government said in a statement | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the coronavirus crisis in a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday and they agreed to stay in close contact regarding the coronavirus pandemic the German government said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-geramny-china/germanys-merkel-chinas-xi-agree-close-cooperation-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN21C2FN | 2020-03-26 |
| German lawmakers on Wednesday voted to suspend the debt brake for the first time ever to finance an aid package meant to help shield Europes largest economy | Negative | Coronavirus cases across the globe jumped on Thursday as Japan planned to set up a special virus task force and New Zealand went under lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21D0HT | 2020-03-26 |
| A report also suggested that Germany Europes largest economy was open to using the European Stability Mechanism to prop up economies hit by the coronavirus | Positive | European stocks ended another tumultuous session higher on Wednesday as investors bet on further stimulus measures to dull the economic impact from the coronavirus outbreak which showed no signs of slowing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-end-whipsaw-session-higher-as-stimulus-hopes-persist-idUSKBN21C10I | 2020-03-26 |
| We assume that Germany will return to normal in the Stackmann was quoted as saying | Positive | BERLIN Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen/volkswagen-expects-car-market-to-recover-in-summer-faz-idUSKBN21C2VJ | 2020-03-26 |
| The German lower house on Wednesday suspended the countrys debt brake and approved a debtfinanced supplementary budget of 156 billion euros to pay for healthcare and keep companies afloat | Positive | Coronavirus is ravaging global economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dips-as-investors-brace-for-surge-in-jobless-claims-idUSL4N2BI5PG | 2020-03-26 |
| BERLIN Germany must protect its economic structure during the coronavirus crisis and prevent the selloff or breakup of key companies Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht told the Handelsblatt business daily | Negative | BERLIN Germany must protect its economic structure during the coronavirus crisis and prevent the selloff or breakup of key companies Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht told the Handelsblatt business daily | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/german-minister-we-must-prevent-sale-or-break-up-of-our-key-firms-idUSKBN21C13Z | 2020-03-26 |
| BERLIN The chief executive of German healthcare group Fresenius told WirtschaftsWoche magazine that he could not guarantee the German healthcare groups staff and equipment would suffice for the peak of the coronavirus crisis | Negative | BERLIN The chief executive of German healthcare group Fresenius told WirtschaftsWoche magazine that he could not guarantee the German healthcare groups staff and equipment would suffice for the peak of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-fresenius/fresenius-staff-equipment-may-not-suffice-for-coronavirus-peak-wirtschaftswoche-idUSKBN21D0KA | 2020-03-26 |
| Germanys Phoenix Reisen owner of the Artania was not immediately available for comment | Negative | SYDNEY Two cruise ships were ordered to leave Australian waters on Thursday after a liner that docked in Sydney Harbour last week became the primary source of infection for the countrys coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-cruisesh/leave-now-australia-tells-cruise-ships-to-depart-as-coronavirus-cases-rise-idUSKBN21C3M5 | 2020-03-26 |
| As a result Spain has tightened its rules on investment Germany is in the process of doing so | Negative | BERLIN Germany must protect its economic structure during the coronavirus crisis and prevent the selloff or breakup of key companies Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht told the Handelsblatt business daily | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/german-minister-we-must-prevent-sale-or-break-up-of-our-key-firms-idUSKBN21C13Z | 2020-03-26 |
| Germany whose economy could contract by as much as this year is open to using the European Stability Mechanism to prop up economies under certain circumstances | Negative | Coronavirus cases across the globe jumped on Thursday as Japan planned to set up a special virus task force and New Zealand went under lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21D0HT | 2020-03-26 |
| FRANKFURT E.ON Germanys largest energy group has been hired by Tesla to design the energy solutions for its planned Gigafactory near Berlin chief executive Johannes Teyssen said | Positive | FRANKFURT E.ON Germanys largest energy group has been hired by Tesla to design the energy solutions for its planned Gigafactory near Berlin chief executive Johannes Teyssen said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-e-on-results-tesla/e-on-to-design-energy-solutions-for-teslas-german-gigafactory-idUSKBN21C0WA | 2020-03-26 |
| FRANKFURT German healthcare group Fresenius said its generic drugs and infusions unit Kabi had ramped up production in China back to normal levels after governmentimposed coronavirus quarantine restrictions were eased | Negative | FRANKFURT German healthcare group Fresenius said its generic drugs and infusions unit Kabi had ramped up production in China back to normal levels after governmentimposed coronavirus quarantine restrictions were eased | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fresenius-china/fresenius-says-china-drug-production-back-to-normal-idUSKBN21B16Q | 2020-03-25 |
| LONDON Seventy percent of people in Britain Canada France Germany Italy Japan and the United States expect their household to lose income due to the coronavirus outbreak according to a survey on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Seventy percent of people in Britain Canada France Germany Italy Japan and the United States expect their household to lose income due to the coronavirus outbreak according to a survey on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-survey/nearly-three-quarters-of-people-in-g7-expect-virus-to-make-their-households-poorer-survey-idUSKBN21C0MW | 2020-03-25 |
| In Germany Canada and Britain more than half the people thought that public services in their country were prepared to cope with the epidemic and its consequences | Positive | LONDON Seventy percent of people in Britain Canada France Germany Italy Japan and the United States expect their household to lose income due to the coronavirus outbreak according to a survey on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-survey/nearly-three-quarters-of-people-in-g7-expect-virus-to-make-their-households-poorer-survey-idUSKBN21C0MW | 2020-03-25 |
| Both Germany and the Netherlands have said they do not favor ESM loans being granted without economic conditions attached even to cushion against the impact of the virus | Negative | PARIS The euro zone should mobilize its bailout fund to counter the economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak and impose as few conditions as possible on states that access it Frances finance minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eurozone-esm-franc/france-favors-flexible-euro-bailout-fund-deployment-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B1LE | 2020-03-25 |
| BERLIN German air taxi startup Lilium said on Monday it had raised million in additional funding from existing backers led by Chinas Tencent | Positive | BERLIN German air taxi startup Lilium said on Monday it had raised million in additional funding from existing backers led by Chinas Tencent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-aviation-taxis-lilium/air-taxi-startup-lilium-raises-240-million-despite-coronavirus-scare-idUSKBN21A19I | 2020-03-24 |
| FRANKFURT Worried about whether you have enough toilet paper for the coronavirus A German website can tell you how long your supply will last | Negative | FRANKFURT Worried about whether you have enough toilet paper for the coronavirus A German website can tell you how long your supply will last | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-toilet-pap/bought-enough-toilet-paper-check-this-online-calculator-idUSKBN21A1YM | 2020-03-24 |
| Germanys Hartung a fourtimes European champion said he could no longer justify competing in Tokyo and said everyone had to play their part in stopping the spread of the virus | Negative | ATHENS The International Olympic Committee faced mounting opposition on Sunday to the current schedule for the Tokyo 2020 Games as athletes teams and federations called for a delay because of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics/ioc-wrestles-with-logistics-amid-growing-opposition-to-games-idUSKBN2190HK | 2020-03-23 |
| Some athletes have already expressed their unwillingness to compete in Tokyo in July among them German former world champion fencer Max Hartung who heads the German Olympic Committees athletes commission | Negative | ATHENS The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its scenario for the Tokyo 2020 Games including a possible postponement as the coronavirus pandemic spreads it said after an emergency meeting on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics/ioc-to-start-discussions-on-possible-tokyo-2020-postponement-idUSKBN2190X4 | 2020-03-23 |
| BERLIN The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen to 22672 and 86 people have died from the disease a tally by public health agency Robert Koch Institute showed on Monday | Negative | BERLIN The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen to 22672 and 86 people have died from the disease a tally by public health agency Robert Koch Institute showed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germany-reports-22672-coronavirus-cases-86-deaths-idUSKBN21A0UO | 2020-03-23 |
| Germany may enforce a nationwide curfew if the countrys 83 million people fail to keep their distance from each other this weekend | Negative | As coronavirus cases ballooned in Europe several countries imposed or planned new restrictions to try to curb the spread | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-22 |
| Germanys number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by 2705 to reach 16662 the Department for Infectious Diseases at the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday | Negative | Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen/volkswagen-ceo-warns-factory-closures-may-drag-on-for-weeks-idUSKBN2180LZ | 2020-03-22 |
| BERLIN Tens of thousands of German firms announced this week they would switch employees to shorter work hours due to coronavirus the Labour Office said on Friday highlighting the severe impact of the outbreak on the European Unions biggest economy | Negative | BERLIN Tens of thousands of German firms announced this week they would switch employees to shorter work hours due to coronavirus the Labour Office said on Friday highlighting the severe impact of the outbreak on the European Unions biggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-labour/coronavirus-drives-surge-in-short-time-work-in-germany-labor-office-idUSKBN21721D | 2020-03-21 |
| German investor Heinz Hermann Thiele has increased his stake in Lufthansa to a regulatory filing showed on Friday | Positive | Germany will protect domestic firms from foreign takeovers two leading politicians said on Friday after company valuations in Europes largest economy have been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-fund/germany-will-block-foreign-takeovers-to-avoid-economy-sell-out-idUSKBN21717T | 2020-03-21 |
| MEXICO CITY German automaker Volkswagen will temporarily close its factories in Mexicos Puebla and Guanajuato states in a bid to preserve public health the companys Mexican unit said in a statement on Friday amid growing worries over the spread of the coronavirus | Negative | MEXICO CITY German automaker Volkswagen will temporarily close its factories in Mexicos Puebla and Guanajuato states in a bid to preserve public health the companys Mexican unit said in a statement on Friday amid growing worries over the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-volkswagen-mexico/volkswagen-to-close-factories-in-mexico-to-protect-public-health-idUSKBN21801M | 2020-03-21 |
| On Monday Airbus told the German government and industry leaders that some government support may be needed if the crisis lasts for several months Reuters reported | Negative | On Monday Airbus told the German government and industry leaders that some government support may be needed if the crisis lasts for several months Reuters reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airbus-loans/airbus-says-in-talks-with-governments-declines-comment-on-loans-idUSKBN2172MP | 2020-03-21 |
| Germany will protect domestic firms from foreign takeovers two leading politicians said on Friday after company valuations in Europes largest economy have been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Germany will protect domestic firms from foreign takeovers two leading politicians said on Friday after company valuations in Europes largest economy have been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-fund/germany-will-block-foreign-takeovers-to-avoid-economy-sell-out-idUSKBN21717T | 2020-03-21 |
| Germanys Lufthansa said on Thursday the airline industry may not survive without state aid if the virus outbreak lasted for a long time | Negative | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-rout-pauses-as-stimulus-calms-recession-panic-idUSL4N2BC2SL | 2020-03-20 |
| Germanys 10year bond yield reversed early falls and was last trading 4 bps higher on the day at 0 | Negative | LONDON Southern Europes borrowing costs tumbled on Thursday after the European Central Bank stepped in with emergency stimulus measures to calm markets in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-bonds-urgent/southern-european-bond-yields-tumble-after-ecb-unleashes-emergency-stimulus-idUSKBN21617Y | 2020-03-20 |
| Germany has shut schools daycare centers and nonessential businesses in an effort to restrict social contact | Negative | BERLIN Bavarias Passion Play staged every decade since the 1630s when villagers thanked God for the end of the plague has been postponed for two years due to the coronavirus organizers in the German village of Oberammergau said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-oberammerg/germany-postpones-famous-alpine-passion-play-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2163AQ | 2020-03-20 |
| Mavi said its priority was the health and safety of staff and customers as it closed stores in Turkey Germany and Canada adding that its online stores would remain open | Positive | Shops closed across Turkey on Thursday to help halt the coronavirus spread dimming the economys prospects and raising questions for hundreds of thousands of workers after Ankara pledged billion in support and advised Turks to stay home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-turkey/shops-close-across-turkey-dimming-hopes-of-a-boom-year-idUSKBN2161C2 | 2020-03-20 |
| Germany and Britain have put military personnel on standby | Negative | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-20 |
| Germanys military was also preparing to help | Positive | The worlds richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China where the virus originated | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/coronavirus-deaths-in-italy-overtake-china-as-economic-damage-mounts-idUSKBN2160ZP | 2020-03-20 |
| Austrian sensor specialist AMS said on Thursday that its public offer for German lighting group Osram was expected to close in the second quarter | Positive | March 20 The Swiss bluechip SMI was seen opening 2 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/markets-swiss-stocks/swiss-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-march-20-idUSL8N2BC5WX | 2020-03-20 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union has responded to the coronavirus seen by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the biggest challenge since World War Two with a wide range of measures to limit the spread of the disease and the resulting economic damage | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union has responded to the coronavirus seen by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the biggest challenge since World War Two with a wide range of measures to limit the spread of the disease and the resulting economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-measures-factbo/factbox-europeans-ask-what-has-eu-done-for-us-answer-2-5-trillion-euro-stimulus-idUSKBN2162JP | 2020-03-20 |
| Highlighting the pressure Spanish and French yield spreads relative to Germany have jumped to three and four year highs | Negative | LONDON Borrowing costs in the United States euro zone Britain and Japan surged on Wednesday after two days in which governments across the globe announced trillions of dollars of spending to support lockeddown economies frozen by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-bonds/government-borrowing-costs-jump-as-virus-related-support-costs-climb-idUSKBN2153IW | 2020-03-19 |
| When the wider German public became aware of the trading schemes this prompted a heated debate a parliamentary enquiry and a pledge from Berlin to get the money back | Negative | MARCH 18 story no change to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/germany-trade-fraud/rpt-explainer-how-sham-trades-tricked-germany-out-of-billions-idUSL8N2BC1YA | 2020-03-19 |
| The German prosecutors intend to use the case as the foundation for scores of further trials in a wider panGerman push to recover billions of euros from banks and investors | Negative | MARCH 18 story no change to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/germany-trade-fraud/rpt-explainer-how-sham-trades-tricked-germany-out-of-billions-idUSL8N2BC1YA | 2020-03-19 |
| In Germany where joblessness had reached historic lows companies have flooded local authorities with requests for state aid to finance shorttime work | Negative | On Sunday morning Irish chef Greene woke up to the review of his life | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-jobs/from-hero-to-zero-coronavirus-upends-livelihoods-across-europe-idUSKBN2160NJ | 2020-03-19 |
| The German airline group has slashed capacity proposed shorttime working and suspended its dividend saying it was impossible to forecast the impact of coronavirus on profitability | Negative | The German airline group has slashed capacity proposed shorttime working and suspended its dividend saying it was impossible to forecast the impact of coronavirus on profitability | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-lufthansa-results/airline-industry-may-not-survive-without-state-aid-lufthansa-idUSKBN2160P8 | 2020-03-19 |
| Some bankers involved said that the practice was such common knowledge among peers that they believed the German government was also aware of it | Negative | MARCH 18 story no change to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/germany-trade-fraud/rpt-explainer-how-sham-trades-tricked-germany-out-of-billions-idUSL8N2BC1YA | 2020-03-19 |
| Still Italys bond spread over Germany is around 70 bps wider than it was a week ago | Neutral | LONDON ECB president Christine Lagarde said a week ago the central bank wasnt there to close in other words to tame bond market blowouts in riskier euro zone members | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-bonds-ecb-analysis/bond-markets-look-to-ecb-to-stem-yield-blowout-again-idUSKBN2153GC | 2020-03-19 |
| Among parts makers which have stopped supplies Ficco quoted Germanys Isringhausen which also operates a plant in Atessa supplying seats to Sevel | Negative | Gianluca Ficco of UILM metal mechanic union said the company had informed workers representative of its decision to close the plant | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-fiat-chrysler/fiat-again-halts-atessa-its-only-functioning-assembly-site-in-europe-idUSKBN2151SO | 2020-03-19 |
| Mobile carriers are sharing data with the health authorities in Italy Germany and Austria helping to fight coronavirus by monitoring whether people are complying with curbs on movement while at the same time respecting Europes privacy laws | Positive | Mobile carriers are sharing data with the health authorities in Italy Germany and Austria helping to fight coronavirus by monitoring whether people are complying with curbs on movement while at the same time respecting Europes privacy laws | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-telecoms/european-mobile-operators-share-data-for-coronavirus-fight-idUSKBN2152C2 | 2020-03-19 |
| Germany alone could raise up to 35 billion euros of new debt this year according to some estimates around percent more than already budgeted | Negative | LONDON Borrowing costs in the United States euro zone Britain and Japan surged on Wednesday after two days in which governments across the globe announced trillions of dollars of spending to support lockeddown economies frozen by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-bonds/government-borrowing-costs-jump-as-virus-related-support-costs-climb-idUSKBN2153IW | 2020-03-19 |
| Spanish and Portuguese 10year bond yields slid around 30 bps each while benchmark 10year German Bund yields were down 12 bps at 0 | Neutral | LONDON March 19 Government bond yields across the euro area slid sharply on Thursday after the European Central Bank stepped in with emergency stimulus measures to calm panicked markets in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/eurozone-bonds-urgent/euro-zone-bond-yields-tumble-after-ecb-unleashes-emergency-stimulus-idUSL8N2BC1HR | 2020-03-19 |
| The yield premium investors demand of Italian government debt over its German equivalent has risen 100 bps this week | Negative | LONDON Borrowing costs in the United States euro zone Britain and Japan surged on Wednesday after two days in which governments across the globe announced trillions of dollars of spending to support lockeddown economies frozen by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-bonds/government-borrowing-costs-jump-as-virus-related-support-costs-climb-idUSKBN2153IW | 2020-03-19 |
| BONN March 18 Two British bankers were handed suspended jail sentences on Wednesday and one told to pay a 14 million euro penalty in Germanys biggest postwar fraud trial of a scam involving multibillioneuro trades to get bogus tax reclaims | Negative | MARCH 18 story no change to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/germany-trade-fraud/rpt-explainer-how-sham-trades-tricked-germany-out-of-billions-idUSL8N2BC1YA | 2020-03-19 |
| FRANKFURT CureVac the German biotech firm at the center of a row over alleged U.S. attempts to gain access to an experimental coronavirus vaccine it is developing denied on Tuesday it had received U.S. offers for the company or its assets | Negative | FRANKFURT CureVac the German biotech firm at the center of a row over alleged U.S. attempts to gain access to an experimental coronavirus vaccine it is developing denied on Tuesday it had received U.S. offers for the company or its assets | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-curevac/german-coronavirus-vaccine-developer-curevac-denies-any-u-s-bid-idUSKBN21422H | 2020-03-18 |
| Germany is setting aside 50 million euros to repatriate German tourists stranded around the world | Negative | The worlds richest nations prepared more costly measures on Tuesday to combat the global fallout of the coronavirus that has infected tens of thousands of people triggered social restrictions unseen since World War Two and sent economies spinning toward recession | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2150NL | 2020-03-18 |
| German government sources said on Sunday that the U.S. administration was looking into how it could gain access to the potential vaccine being developed by CureVac | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders will on Tuesday discuss how to prevent hostile U.S. takeovers of EUbased research firms at the forefront in developing drugs and vaccines against the coronavirus officials said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-usa/eu-seeks-to-prevent-u-s-takeovers-of-coronavirus-research-firms-idUSKBN2142G1 | 2020-03-18 |
| FRANKFURT German vaccine developer CureVac has not received a takeover offer from the United States was not asked to reserve production slots nor were its scientists lured to move to the U.S. the firms acting Chief Executive FranzWerner Haas said in a media call on Tuesday | Neutral | FRANKFURT German vaccine developer CureVac has not received a takeover offer from the United States was not asked to reserve production slots nor were its scientists lured to move to the U.S. the firms acting Chief Executive FranzWerner Haas said in a media call on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-curevac-u-s/curevac-says-no-requests-to-reserve-production-for-u-s-scientists-were-not-lured-idUSKBN2142KW | 2020-03-18 |
| Besides Britain France Germany and the Netherlands have expressed readiness to extend financial support to airlines | Positive | Airlines demanded urgent tax relief to avoid multiple bankruptcies as coronavirus disruption continued its spread across the global industry on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/coronavirus-stricken-airlines-call-for-state-aid-to-avert-ruin-idUSKBN21433Y | 2020-03-18 |
| LONDON March 18 Highgrade euro zone government bonds led by Germany saw yields rise on Wednesday morning as speculation grew around the issuance of joint euro zone bonds and governments around the world ramped up spending plans to combat the coronavirus fallout | Positive | LONDON March 18 Highgrade euro zone government bonds led by Germany saw yields rise on Wednesday morning as speculation grew around the issuance of joint euro zone bonds and governments around the world ramped up spending plans to combat the coronavirus fallout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/german-bond-yields-jump-as-joint-euro-zone-coronavirus-bonds-mooted-idUSL8N2BB1L5 | 2020-03-18 |
| BadenWuerttemberg home to some of Germanys largest companies is among the hardesthit German states and is home to Stuttgart and Karlsruhe airports | Negative | FRANKFURT The southwestern German state of BadenWuerttemberg will halt air travel in coming days due to the spread of the coronavirus a spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-flights/german-state-to-stop-air-travel-spokesman-idUSKBN2131FX | 2020-03-17 |
| Worker representatives in Italy France Belgium Spain and Germany have demanded stricter controls on hygiene disinfection and isolation for employees working heeltoheel on Europes production lines | Negative | MILAN Carmakers including Fiat Chrysler Peugeot and Volkswagen cut production at European plants on Monday as they grappled with the coronavirus crisis and diving demand | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-fiat-chrysle/carmakers-put-brakes-on-european-production-as-coronavirus-hits-idUSKBN2130W6 | 2020-03-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys transport ministry plans to halt flights from Iran and China in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus newspaper Bild reported on Monday citing government sources | Negative | BERLIN Germanys transport ministry plans to halt flights from Iran and China in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus newspaper Bild reported on Monday citing government sources | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-flights-bi/germany-halts-flights-from-iran-and-china-over-coronavirus-bild-idUSKBN2131XA | 2020-03-17 |
| He said that ESM precautionary credit lines would need the approval of national parliaments including the German Bundestag which has in the past been very cautious in unblocking these funds | Negative | BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers will discuss on Monday the possible use of an EU emergency fund worth more than 400 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-economy/eu-finance-ministers-to-discuss-role-for-rescue-funds-fiscal-bazooka-against-virus-idUSKBN2131UA | 2020-03-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys federal and state governments agreed sweeping rules shutting everything from nonessential shops to bars clubs theatres museums brothels and churches in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus the federal government said | Negative | BERLIN Germanys federal and state governments agreed sweeping rules shutting everything from nonessential shops to bars clubs theatres museums brothels and churches in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus the federal government said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-closing/germany-to-shutter-most-shops-bars-churches-idUSKBN2132JN | 2020-03-17 |
| BERLIN The German justice ministry is suspending until the end of September a rule obliging companies to apply for insolvency within three weeks of failing to meet an obligation a measure to avoid unnecessary bankruptcies due to the coronavirus | Negative | BERLIN The German justice ministry is suspending until the end of September a rule obliging companies to apply for insolvency within three weeks of failing to meet an obligation a measure to avoid unnecessary bankruptcies due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-insolvency/germany-loosens-insolvency-rules-to-counter-coronavirus-impact-idUSKBN2131LI | 2020-03-17 |
| Other European nations including Germany France and Norway although not including Britain will be subject to a level two advisory which asks people to avoid nonessential travel NHK said | Negative | TOKYO Japan plans to widen travel warnings to much of Europe urging people avoid trips there as the coronavirus pandemic spreads public broadcaster NHK said | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-japan-emperor/japan-to-advise-people-to-avoid-travel-to-much-of-europe-nhk-idUSKBN2131CU | 2020-03-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys financial regulator Bafin sees no systemic risk to the financial sector in Europes largest economy due to the coronavirus pandemic Handelsblatt reported on Monday | Positive | BERLIN Germanys financial regulator Bafin sees no systemic risk to the financial sector in Europes largest economy due to the coronavirus pandemic Handelsblatt reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-bafin/germanys-financial-regulator-sees-no-systematic-risk-handelsblatt-idUSKBN2131XH | 2020-03-17 |
| Trade paper Variety said was about to film in Germany and Fantastic was about to start production | Positive | British actor Idris Elba said on Monday he had tested positive for the new coronavirus joining Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson among the first major celebrities to contract the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-idris-elba/idris-elba-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-filming-halted-for-matrix-4-idUSKBN2133BH | 2020-03-17 |
| at 2463 German DAX futures FDXc1 were up 1 | Positive | KONG Asian shares held their ground on Tuesday in a volatile session following one of Wall Streets biggest oneday routs in history as headlines about the coronavirus outbreak and its global economic impact whiplashed investor sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-jittery-after-wall-street-plunge-idUSKBN21401Z | 2020-03-17 |
| FRANKFURT The southwestern German state of BadenWuerttemberg will halt air travel in coming days due to the spread of the coronavirus a spokesman said on Monday | Negative | FRANKFURT The southwestern German state of BadenWuerttemberg will halt air travel in coming days due to the spread of the coronavirus a spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-flights/german-state-to-stop-air-travel-spokesman-idUSKBN2131FX | 2020-03-17 |
| U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc has signed a deal with Germanys BioNTech SE to codevelop a potential vaccine for the coronavirus using BioNTechs mRNAbased drug development platform the companies said on Tuesday | Positive | U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc has signed a deal with Germanys BioNTech SE to codevelop a potential vaccine for the coronavirus using BioNTechs mRNAbased drug development platform the companies said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer-biontech/pfizer-biontech-to-co-develop-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2140LM | 2020-03-17 |
| During 2008 financial crisis German ball bearings maker Schaeffler borrowed 16 billion euros to buy Continental nearly bankrupting itself as it struggled to repay the debt | Negative | It will be difficult to find buyers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-osram-m-a-ams/ams-falls-below-rights-issue-price-in-fresh-challenge-to-osram-takeover-idUSKBN2133GE | 2020-03-17 |
| BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | Negative | BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-halt-u-s-interest-in-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV | 2020-03-16 |
| The privatelyheld company based in Tuebingen Germany hopes to have an experimental vaccine ready by June or July to then seek the goahead from regulators for testing on humans | Positive | BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-halt-u-s-interest-in-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV | 2020-03-16 |
| She cited Germanys foreign trade law under which Berlin can examine takeover bids from nonEU socalled third countries if national or European security interests are at | Positive | BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-halt-u-s-interest-in-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV | 2020-03-16 |
| German airline group Lufthansa said on Friday it would ask several European governments for liquidity help to counter the effects of the coronavirus crisis | Negative | LONDON Airlines called on the British government to help ensure their survival during the coronavirus crisis on Sunday after the U.S. extended restrictions on European travelers to include Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-britain/airlines-ask-for-british-government-help-to-survive-crisis-idUSKBN2120X8 | 2020-03-16 |
| German government sources told Reuters on Sunday that the U.S. administration was looking into how it could gain access to a potential vaccine being developed by a German firm CureVac | Positive | BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-halt-u-s-interest-in-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV | 2020-03-16 |
| FRANKFURT BioNTech struck a collaboration deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical over the German biotech firms rights in China to an experimental coronavirus vaccine the latest gambit in a global race to halt the pandemic | Positive | FRANKFURT BioNTech struck a collaboration deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical over the German biotech firms rights in China to an experimental coronavirus vaccine the latest gambit in a global race to halt the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-biontech-fosunpharma-vaccine-collabor/biontech-in-china-alliance-with-fosun-over-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2130O5 | 2020-03-16 |
| Responding to the report the U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell wrote on The Welt story was wrong | Negative | BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-halt-u-s-interest-in-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV | 2020-03-16 |
| The German government is trying to stop the U.S. administration from persuading CureVac to move its research to the United States | Negative | FRANKFURT BioNTech struck a collaboration deal with Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical over the German biotech firms rights in China to an experimental coronavirus vaccine the latest gambit in a global race to halt the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-biontech-fosunpharma-vaccine-collabor/biontech-in-china-alliance-with-fosun-over-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2130O5 | 2020-03-16 |
| German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told a news conference that the governments coronavirus crisis committee would discuss the CureVac case on Monday | Negative | BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-halt-u-s-interest-in-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV | 2020-03-16 |
| BERLIN Germany plans to close its borders with Austria France and Switzerland from Monday Focus Online and newspaper Bild reported on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN Germany plans to close its borders with Austria France and Switzerland from Monday Focus Online and newspaper Bild reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-borders/germany-to-close-borders-with-austria-france-switzerland-media-reports-idUSKBN2120TG | 2020-03-16 |
| A German Economy Ministry spokeswoman said Berlin has a great in producing vaccines in Germany and Europe | Positive | BERLIN Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-halt-u-s-interest-in-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV | 2020-03-16 |
| Germany urged people returning from Italy Switzerland and Austria to selfisolate for up to two weeks | Negative | France and Spain joined Italy in imposing lockdowns on tens of millions of people Australia ordered selfisolation of arriving foreigners and other countries extended entry bans as the world sought to contain the spreading coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN2130CR | 2020-03-16 |
| Germany and Italy have scrambled to get more ventilators and manufacturers warned on Friday that hospitals everywhere faced a lack of equipment needed to treat coronavirus patients | Negative | LONDON Britain told manufacturers to ramp up the countrys production of ventilators and ordered private hospitals to prepare for an overspill of patients from the public health service as the death toll from coronavirus grew on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-legislatio/uk-wants-more-ventilators-hospital-beds-as-coronavirus-spreads-idUSKBN2103HG | 2020-03-15 |
| BERLIN Germany said on Saturday that in agreement with the European Commission it was amending a decree issued earlier this month that required a government agency to approve exports of protective equipment such as masks goggles and gloves | Positive | BERLIN Germany said on Saturday that in agreement with the European Commission it was amending a decree issued earlier this month that required a government agency to approve exports of protective equipment such as masks goggles and gloves | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-equipment/germany-under-eu-pressure-amends-decree-on-exports-of-protective-equipment-idUSKBN2110ON | 2020-03-15 |
| Separately Germany and Italy have spearheaded a national scramble for ventilators | Negative | BERLIN Germany said on Saturday that in agreement with the European Commission it was amending a decree issued earlier this month that required a government agency to approve exports of protective equipment such as masks goggles and gloves | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-equipment/germany-under-eu-pressure-amends-decree-on-exports-of-protective-equipment-idUSKBN2110ON | 2020-03-15 |
| In Germany there were 335 | Negative | Italy and Spain imposed trading curbs on stock markets banning shortselling of dozens of stocks to stem a market rout triggered by the coronavirus outbreak that saw European stock exchanges post their worstever daily losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-short-selling/italy-spain-curb-trading-to-stem-coronavirus-market-crash-idUSKBN2101LN | 2020-03-14 |
| RABAT March 14 Morocco suspended flights to and from Belgium the Netherlands Germany and Portugal over coronavirus fears the foreign ministry said on Saturday | Negative | RABAT March 14 Morocco suspended flights to and from Belgium the Netherlands Germany and Portugal over coronavirus fears the foreign ministry said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-morocco/morocco-halts-flights-with-belgium-netherlands-germany-and-portugal-idUSL8N2B7082 | 2020-03-14 |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germans on Wednesday that up to twothirds of the countrys citizens could become infected | Negative | The coronavirus is not as bad as the seasonal flu | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mixed-messages/like-the-flu-trumps-coronavirus-messaging-confuses-public-pandemic-researchers-say-idUSKBN2102GY | 2020-03-14 |
| Travel restrictions are preventing dealmakers from flying over to visit Schuelkes factories in Germany and carry out the due diligence needed for the deal | Negative | There is just one problem | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-m-a/coronavirus-grounds-dealmakers-seeking-to-brave-market-turmoil-idUSKBN2102PG | 2020-03-14 |
| And Germanys Lufthansa hit hard by flight restrictions in China then the United States said it would need government help as it grounds twothirds of its aircraft fleet | Negative | British Airways warned of job losses and Norwegian Air said it had weeks not to avert collapse as airlines look for cost cuts and government help in the face of a crippling travel slump brought on by the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-iata/airlines-seek-cost-cuts-and-aid-to-survive-coronavirus-idUSKBN2101QH | 2020-03-14 |
| Germanys Robert Koch Institute for disease control had published its latest figures on Wednesday evening showing 1567 confirmed cases and 3 deaths related to the virus | Negative | BERLIN There are now 2078 coronavirus cases in Germany statistics from the Johns Hopkins University showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germany-reports-more-than-2000-coronavirus-cases-johns-hopkins-university-idUSKBN20Z1KX | 2020-03-13 |
| Speaking after meeting the leaders of Germanys 16 states Merkel said her finance and economy ministers would present a very package of additional measures to support German businesses on Friday | Positive | BERLIN The coronavirus crisis is proving more of an extraordinary situation than the banking crisis Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday adding that her governments focus now was not how its budget works out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-merkel/merkel-says-coronavirus-situation-more-extraordinary-than-banking-crisis-idUSKBN20Z3NR | 2020-03-13 |
| The German payments company had hired KPMG last year to conduct an independent audit to address allegations by British newspaper the Financial Times that it manipulated its accounts | Negative | The German payments company had hired KPMG last year to conduct an independent audit to address allegations by British newspaper the Financial Times that it manipulated its accounts | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounting/kpmg-audit-finds-no-manipulation-in-wirecards-financial-statements-idUSKBN20Z3UI | 2020-03-13 |
| BERLIN The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen to 2369 the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Thursday | Negative | BERLIN The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has risen to 2369 the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-numbers/coronavirus-cases-in-germany-surge-past-2000-koch-institute-idUSKBN20Z3B8 | 2020-03-13 |
| Germanys twoyear bond yield was marginally higher at 0 | Negative | LONDON Southern European bond yields soared on Thursday euro area stocks were set for their worst day ever and the euro tumbled as markets expressed disappointment in the European Central Banks easing measures to contain the fallout from the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-markets-ecb/southern-european-bonds-euro-zone-stocks-pummeled-as-ecb-disappoints-idUSKBN20Z24Z | 2020-03-13 |
| The German carmaker is not alone in looking into this field | Positive | BERLIN Volkswagens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-electric-energy/volkswagen-plans-to-tap-electric-car-batteries-to-compete-with-power-firms-idUSKBN20Z2D5 | 2020-03-13 |
| BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan barred entry on Thursday to travelers from France Germany and Spain as a precaution against the coronavirus the Kyrgyz government said adding that it had also removed Japan from the list | Negative | BISHKEK Kyrgyzstan barred entry on Thursday to travelers from France Germany and Spain as a precaution against the coronavirus the Kyrgyz government said adding that it had also removed Japan from the list | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-kyrgyzstan/kyrgyzstan-bars-entry-to-travelers-from-france-germany-spain-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z2ZY | 2020-03-13 |
| German utility E.ON has been working with Japanese carmaker Nissan to develop socalled vehicletogrid services | Positive | BERLIN Volkswagens | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-electric-energy/volkswagen-plans-to-tap-electric-car-batteries-to-compete-with-power-firms-idUSKBN20Z2D5 | 2020-03-13 |
| On Monday North Korea flew dozens of diplomats out of the country to Russia including the staff from Germany France and Switzerland which had closed their missions amid coronavirus concerns | Negative | SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his second public appearance this week to oversee military drills despite concerns about the possible spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-northkorea-kim/north-koreas-kim-guides-artillery-drills-despite-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKBN21001N | 2020-03-13 |
| Germany has reported 1296 cases of the virus according to figures released by the Robert Koch Institute for disease control late on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN Germany on Wednesday confirmed its third death case related to the coronavirus as another patient in the badly affected district of Heinsberg in the western state of North RhineWestphalia died local authorities said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-death/germany-confirms-third-death-related-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Y1IR | 2020-03-12 |
| The German carmaker may also send staff home temporarily from that facility and another one in the Navarra region of Spain if supply issues worsen | Negative | Europes major car and parts makers rushed on Wednesday to close factories and cut output in Italy and considered sending workers home elsewhere in the first signs that coronavirus is disrupting the regions struggling automotive industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos/coronavirus-piles-pressure-on-europes-stricken-auto-industry-idUSKBN20Y1EN | 2020-03-12 |
| German companys deputy CEO slams boardroom soap Mediaset CFO comments on strategy | Negative | Mediaset could sell keep or increase stake Giordani | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/prosieben-media-mg-mediaset/update-2-mediaset-considers-prosieben-stake-options-urges-consolidation-idUSL8N2B42PS | 2020-03-12 |
| HONG KONG Hong Kong will quarantine all visitors from Italy and parts of France Germany and Japan for two weeks from March 13 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus the French consulate in the Chineseruled city said on Tuesday | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong will quarantine all visitors from Italy and parts of France Germany and Japan for two weeks from March 13 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus the French consulate in the Chineseruled city said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-hongkong-travel/hong-kong-to-quarantine-visitors-from-italy-and-parts-of-france-germany-japan-idUSKBN20X1BJ | 2020-03-11 |
| BERLIN The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the German economy through cancellations in the tourism sector and industry is expected to suffer supply chain problems in coming weeks Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the German economy through cancellations in the tourism sector and industry is expected to suffer supply chain problems in coming weeks Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-to-hit-german-supply-chains-in-coming-weeks-altmaier-idUSKBN20X1ZH | 2020-03-11 |
| As of Monday Germany had registered 1139 coronavirus cases with two fatalities according to government data | Negative | BERLIN The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the German economy through cancellations in the tourism sector and industry is expected to suffer supply chain problems in coming weeks Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-to-hit-german-supply-chains-in-coming-weeks-altmaier-idUSKBN20X1ZH | 2020-03-11 |
| China where the coronavirus was first diagnosed in late 2019 is Germanys biggest trading partner and German companies depend on both Chinese demand and supply chains | Negative | BERLIN The coronavirus outbreak is hitting the German economy through cancellations in the tourism sector and industry is expected to suffer supply chain problems in coming weeks Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-economy/coronavirus-to-hit-german-supply-chains-in-coming-weeks-altmaier-idUSKBN20X1ZH | 2020-03-11 |
| Infineon a constituent of Germanys DAX bluechip index had hoped for a lift into the worlds top10 semiconductor makers through the deal | Positive | Cypress shares were up about at | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cypress-semicond-m-a-infineon-technol/u-s-clears-infineons-10-billion-takeover-of-cypress-idUSKBN20W36F | 2020-03-10 |
| The German man who died had tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday the Health Ministry said | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported its first fatality from the coronavirus on Sunday with the Health Ministry saying a 60yearold German tourist who had arrived in the country seven days ago and was taken to hospital in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada had died | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-first-coronavirus-fatality-as-german-tourist-dies-idUSKBN20V0QJ | 2020-03-09 |
| Israel has already ordered travelers from Italy Germany France Spain Andorra San Marino Austria Switzerland China Macau Hong Kong Japan Singapore South Korea and Thailand to go into home quarantine | Negative | JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel might broaden its entry restrictions over coronavirus fears to include visitors from all countries | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel-usa/israel-considers-broadening-entry-restrictions-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN20V0R6 | 2020-03-09 |
| Germany which has nearly 1000 cases on Sunday urged the cancellation of all events with more than 1000 people | Negative | YORK Older Americans especially those with chronic medical concerns should probably avoid big social gatherings and airline flights given the rapid spread of coronavirus a top U.S. health official said on Sunday as investors braced for another volatile week in financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/confirmed-coronavirus-may-force-americans-to-avoid-crowds-and-cancel-cruises-u-s-cases-near-550-idUSKBN20V0MK | 2020-03-09 |
| In response German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said negotiating on the backs of the would not yield the desired result | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged Greece on Sunday to open your to refugees trying to enter the European Union from Turkey and said he hoped to win more help from the EU at talks on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-eu/erdogan-to-discuss-migrant-crisis-with-eu-urges-greece-to-open-your-gates-idUSKBN20V0M0 | 2020-03-09 |
| A 60yearold German tourist has died in Egypt becoming its first fatality from the new coronavirus the Health Ministry in Cairo announced on Sunday | Negative | The number of people infected with coronavirus topped 110000 across the world as the outbreak reached more countries and caused more economic damage | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20V0JR | 2020-03-09 |
| BERLIN Germanys centerleft coalition agreed to increase public investments by 12 | Positive | BERLIN Germanys centerleft coalition agreed to increase public investments by 12 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-support/german-coalition-agrees-to-ease-coronavirus-pain-for-companies-document-idUSKBN20W0KZ | 2020-03-09 |
| CAIRO Egypt reported its first fatality from the coronavirus on Sunday with the Health Ministry saying a 60yearold German tourist who had arrived in the country seven days ago and was taken to hospital in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada had died | Negative | CAIRO Egypt reported its first fatality from the coronavirus on Sunday with the Health Ministry saying a 60yearold German tourist who had arrived in the country seven days ago and was taken to hospital in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada had died | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-egypt/egypt-reports-first-coronavirus-fatality-as-german-tourist-dies-idUSKBN20V0QJ | 2020-03-09 |
| Western Europes most populous country Germany has the second largest number of registered cases on the continent after Italy | Negative | BERLIN The number of coronavirus patients in Germany jumped to 684 on Saturday morning with concern growing at the economic impact of the spreading epidemic on one of the worlds most tradedependent economies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany/german-coronavirus-cases-jump-economic-nervousness-rises-idUSKBN20U0G6 | 2020-03-07 |
| Germany and France have yet to take an official stance on whether to limit or ban individual 5G technology suppliers from their mobile networks | Neutral | COPENHAGEN Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is confident some European telecoms firms will choose it to provide 5G technology for their core networks the firms chief representative to the EU Abraham Liu told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-telecoms-5g-eu/huawei-confident-it-will-supply-core-network-technology-to-european-operators-idUSKBN20T1AV | 2020-03-07 |
| Pfizer Inc is considering a collaboration with German drugmaker BioNTech SE to develop vaccines for the coronavirus using BioNTechs mRNAbased drug development platform Pfizers head told Reuters on Thursday | Positive | Pfizer Inc is considering a collaboration with German drugmaker BioNTech SE to develop vaccines for the coronavirus using BioNTechs mRNAbased drug development platform Pfizers head told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer/pfizer-weighs-working-with-biontech-on-potential-coronavirus-vaccine-rd-head-idUSKBN20T03K | 2020-03-06 |
| German and British financial regulators have also said they are watching how prepared banks and other institutions are | Neutral | The bank also has an employee in China with the virus who is in a stable condition interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn said in an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks/hsbc-sends-home-100-london-staff-confirms-china-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20S1GE | 2020-03-06 |
| Germany Japan France Spain the United States Singapore and Hong Kong have all reported more than 100 cases | Negative | The coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to billion in revenue this year an industry body warned on Thursday while the head of Southwest Airlines said a drastic dropoff in travel demand seemed feardriven similar to the feeling after Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-face-100-billion-plus-virus-hit-discounts-wouldnt-do-any-good-idUSKBN20S11G | 2020-03-06 |
| JERUSALEM Israel on Wednesday ordered travelers arriving from Germany France Spain Austria and Switzerland to go into home quarantine over coronavirus concerns and canceled a military exercise with troops from the U.S. European Command | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Wednesday ordered travelers arriving from Germany France Spain Austria and Switzerland to go into home quarantine over coronavirus concerns and canceled a military exercise with troops from the U.S. European Command | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-adds-five-countries-to-coronavirus-air-travel-restrictions-idUSKBN20R2DG | 2020-03-05 |
| Israelis flying home from Germany France Spain Austria and Switzerland will have to remain at home for 14 days under the edict | Negative | JERUSALEM Israel on Wednesday ordered travelers arriving from Germany France Spain Austria and Switzerland to go into home quarantine over coronavirus concerns and canceled a military exercise with troops from the U.S. European Command | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-israel/israel-adds-five-countries-to-coronavirus-air-travel-restrictions-idUSKBN20R2DG | 2020-03-05 |
| BERLIN Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscows involvement in Syria its defense minister said on Wednesday | Positive | BERLIN Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscows involvement in Syria its defense minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-germany/german-minister-moots-sanctions-on-russia-over-syria-idUSKBN20R131 | 2020-03-05 |
| German and British financial regulators meanwhile said they were keeping a close eye on how prepared banks and other institutions were | Neutral | Global banks and small investment firms in Europe are urging staff to work from home and curb travel as the financial industry braces for disruption from the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks/keep-calm-and-work-from-home-during-coronavirus-european-banks-tell-workers-idUSKBN20R2RM | 2020-03-05 |
| If all relevant players in the region backed the creation of such safety zones German and other European forces could be asked to protect those areas the German minister added | Positive | BERLIN Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscows involvement in Syria its defense minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-germany/german-minister-moots-sanctions-on-russia-over-syria-idUSKBN20R131 | 2020-03-05 |
| Germany Europes largest economy accounts for about of Russias imports and is also an important export market mainly for Russias natural gas and oil | Positive | BERLIN Germany has close economic ties with Russia and could use this leverage to pressure President Vladimir Putin over Moscows involvement in Syria its defense minister said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-germany/german-minister-moots-sanctions-on-russia-over-syria-idUSKBN20R131 | 2020-03-05 |
| Germanowned discounter Aldi Inc and U.S.listed KimberlyClark Corp which makes toilet paper for the Australian market via local subsidiaries was not immediately available for comment | Neutral | SYDNEY Australias major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper on Wednesday after a rush of panic buying related to coronavirus fears emptied shelves as the country recorded its third case of local transmission of the disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia/australian-stores-ration-toilet-paper-amid-coronavirus-panic-buying-idUSKBN20R001 | 2020-03-04 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Syrias Idlib region with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call the RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Syrias Idlib region with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a telephone call the RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-syria-security-russia-putin/putin-merkel-discussed-situation-in-syrias-idlib-ria-cites-kremlin-idUSKBN20Q1HB | 2020-03-04 |
| Germany and France have led calls to EU antitrust regulators to do more to secure a level playing field for European companies competing with Chinese firms | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union regulators will in June set out proposals to tackle Chinese statebacked companies enjoying an unfair advantage versus their European counterparts EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Monday following calls from Germany and France | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-antitrust/eus-vestager-to-set-out-plans-to-tackle-chinas-state-backed-firms-idUSKBN20P2RF | 2020-03-03 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said Turkey should not express its dissatisfaction with the EU on the back of refugees | Negative | Greece A young Syrian boy died on Monday after being pulled from the sea when a boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos Greek officials said the first reported fatality since Turkey opened its border last week to let migrants reach Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-greece/child-drowns-at-sea-off-greece-in-first-fatality-after-turkey-opens-border-idUSKBN20P1BG | 2020-03-03 |
| Most of the known coronavirus cases in Germany have been mild so far | Negative | BERLIN Germany on Monday confirmed at least 28 new coronavirus cases bringing the number of infections in Europes most populous country to 157 from 129 on Sunday the Robert Koch Institute for disease control said adding the risk was now | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germany-confirms-at-least-28-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN20P158 | 2020-03-03 |
| Germanys ITB Tourism Fair which was due to take place this week has been canceled due to the spread of the coronavirus organizers Messe Berlin GmbH said on Friday | Negative | BERLIN Germany on Monday confirmed at least 28 new coronavirus cases bringing the number of infections in Europes most populous country to 157 from 129 on Sunday the Robert Koch Institute for disease control said adding the risk was now | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-cases/germany-confirms-at-least-28-new-coronavirus-infections-idUSKBN20P158 | 2020-03-03 |
| The 2020 German Open which was to be held in Muelheim an der Ruhr from March 38 and is an Olympic qualifier has been cancelled the Badminton World Federation said | Negative | The following is a list of international sports events hit by the outbreak of the new | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-factbox/factbox-sports-events-hit-by-the-coronavirus-epidemic-idUSKBN20P0YP | 2020-03-03 |
| By far the German conglomerates most profitable business Thyssenkrupp Elevator is the worlds fourthlargest lift manufacturer behind United Technologies Corps Otis Switzerlands Schindler and Finnish rival Kone | Positive | BERLIN The consortium that won the bid to acquire Thyssenkrupps elevators division wants to spend billions of euros on expanding the business a manager at one of three partners said in remarks published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-cinven-advent/advent-led-consortium-to-spend-billions-on-expanding-thyssenkrupp-elevator-idUSKBN20O21P | 2020-03-02 |
| BERLIN Germany would be in a position to enact a fiscal stimulus package should the coronavirus spark a global economic crisis Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in remarks published on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN Germany would be in a position to enact a fiscal stimulus package should the coronavirus spark a global economic crisis Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in remarks published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-scholz/germany-has-means-to-respond-if-coronavirus-sparks-economic-crisis-finance-minister-idUSKBN20N13I | 2020-03-01 |
| Earlier this week Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said Germany may introduce tax breaks to cushion the effect of the coronavirus should the epidemic worsen | Negative | BERLIN Germany would be in a position to enact a fiscal stimulus package should the coronavirus spark a global economic crisis Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in remarks published on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-scholz/germany-has-means-to-respond-if-coronavirus-sparks-economic-crisis-finance-minister-idUSKBN20N13I | 2020-03-01 |
| Markus Ferber a senior German centerright member of the European Parliament which can veto an EUUK trade deal said EU and UK rules would evolve over time | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Thursday it wanted legally obligations on access to the European Union financial market coupled with arrangements for maintaining trust as rules evolve | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britian-eu-banks/britain-wants-binding-obligations-on-access-to-eu-financial-market-idUSKCN20L1CP | 2020-02-28 |
| LEVERKUSEN Germany German drugs and pesticides company Bayer was at pains on Thursday to quell expectations it was nearing an outofcourt settlement laying to rest claims its glyphosatebased weedkillers cause cancer | Negative | LEVERKUSEN Germany German drugs and pesticides company Bayer was at pains on Thursday to quell expectations it was nearing an outofcourt settlement laying to rest claims its glyphosatebased weedkillers cause cancer | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-bayer-results/bayer-cools-prospect-of-imminent-glyphosate-settlement-idUSKCN20L0NV | 2020-02-28 |
| Spooked by recession fears at home Germany agreed this month for the first time in years to support more spending at euro zone level | Negative | BRUSSELS Italy and other euro zone countries hit by the coronavirus outbreak are expected to benefit from waivers under EU fiscal rules that will allow them to spend more to tackle the emergency the blocs economics commissioner said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-eu-economy/eu-open-to-more-spending-in-countries-hit-by-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20K1IY | 2020-02-27 |
| The blocs economy would benefit from more spending in Germany and other countries with large savings the EU has repeatedly said | Positive | BRUSSELS Italy and other euro zone countries hit by the coronavirus outbreak are expected to benefit from waivers under EU fiscal rules that will allow them to spend more to tackle the emergency the blocs economics commissioner said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-eu-economy/eu-open-to-more-spending-in-countries-hit-by-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20K1IY | 2020-02-27 |
| The euro however its own against the greenbacks wider advance on reports that Germanys finance ministry is considering easing fiscal spending restrictions to boost its flagging economy | Negative | Dollar benefits as investors flock to Treasuries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-advantage-as-coronavirus-spread-unsettles-investors-idUSL3N2AR09Z | 2020-02-27 |
| Italy and Germany warn against the practices in Japan in travel advisories they have posted | Negative | TOKYO A group of parents fighting against child by their partners accused Japan in a lawsuit on Wednesday of having a double standard in how it treats domestic instances of such incidents compared to international ones | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-children-hague/parents-lawsuit-accuses-japan-of-double-standard-on-child-abductions-idUSKCN20K0V9 | 2020-02-27 |
| German freetoair broadcaster RTL announced last week that it would be covering the Vietnam race remotely due to coronavirus concerns | Negative | The track for Vietnams first Formula One Grand Prix in Hanoi on April 5 has been completed organisers said on Wednesday amid continuing concern about the coronavirus epidemic that has caused the cancellation of Chinas race | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-motor-f1-vietnam/vietnam-completes-f1-track-amid-coronavirus-concern-idUSKCN20K29V | 2020-02-27 |
| BERLIN Germanys economy is nearing stagnation in the first quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak the DIW economic institute said on Wednesday adding that German industry would be particularly hit if the virus continued to spread worldwide | Negative | BERLIN Germanys economy is nearing stagnation in the first quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak the DIW economic institute said on Wednesday adding that German industry would be particularly hit if the virus continued to spread worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy/german-economy-nears-stagnation-in-first-quarter-with-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20K1A8 | 2020-02-27 |
| German freetoair broadcaster RTL announced last week however that it would be covering the Vietnam race remotely due to coronavirus concerns | Negative | LONDON Vietnams first Formula One grand prix will go ahead as planned on April 5 the sport said on Wednesday despite continuing concern about the coronavirus epidemic that has caused the cancellation of Chinas race | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-f1-vietnam/f1-says-vietnam-race-is-on-amid-coronavirus-concern-idUSKCN20K271 | 2020-02-27 |
| DIW said Germanys gross domestic product in the first quarter would grow by just 0 | Negative | BERLIN Germanys economy is nearing stagnation in the first quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak the DIW economic institute said on Wednesday adding that German industry would be particularly hit if the virus continued to spread worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy/german-economy-nears-stagnation-in-first-quarter-with-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20K1A8 | 2020-02-27 |
| DUESSELDORF Germany A German couple who have contracted the coronavirus had taken part in local carnival celebrations and also visited the Netherlands in the 10 days before they were diagnosed officials said on Wednesday | Negative | DUESSELDORF Germany A German couple who have contracted the coronavirus had taken part in local carnival celebrations and also visited the Netherlands in the 10 days before they were diagnosed officials said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-germany-couple/carnival-going-german-couple-contract-coronavirus-authorities-fear-it-has-spread-idUSKCN20K2E3 | 2020-02-27 |
| Many education experts from Ethiopia to Germany believe schools must do better on teaching climate issues said Angus Mackay a director at the U.N. Institute for Training and Research | Positive | LONDON Reuters Dozens of students packed onto a boat docked in a floodprone area of Bangladesh listen closely to a lesson highlighting the natural life of the rivers around them | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-climatechange-education-trfn/schools-challenged-to-teach-climate-change-as-students-join-greta-strikes-idUSKCN20L0GV | 2020-02-27 |
| He said German industry would be particularly affected if a global outbreak of the virus led to supply disruption for wholesale products sourced from China | Negative | BERLIN Germanys economy is nearing stagnation in the first quarter due to the coronavirus outbreak the DIW economic institute said on Wednesday adding that German industry would be particularly hit if the virus continued to spread worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy/german-economy-nears-stagnation-in-first-quarter-with-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20K1A8 | 2020-02-27 |
| BERLIN Disruptions in Germanys car industry are eroding job security and national identity with the most vulnerable drawing more selfrespect from work than the wealthy the director of a documentary screening at this years Berlin Film Festival said | Negative | BERLIN Disruptions in Germanys car industry are eroding job security and national identity with the most vulnerable drawing more selfrespect from work than the wealthy the director of a documentary screening at this years Berlin Film Festival said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-automotive/berlin-documentary-explores-value-of-work-in-germanys-struggling-car-industry-idUSKBN20J1TS | 2020-02-26 |
| BERLIN A 25yearold man living in the southern German state of BadenWuerttemberg has tested positive for coronavirus after a trip to Milan and another man further north is in a critical condition with the disease authorities said on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN A 25yearold man living in the southern German state of BadenWuerttemberg has tested positive for coronavirus after a trip to Milan and another man further north is in a critical condition with the disease authorities said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-germany/new-coronavirus-cases-in-germany-one-man-in-critical-condition-idUSKBN20J2K2 | 2020-02-26 |
| The German documentary explores the value of work in the age of automation and digitization with lowskilled workers struggling to keep their jobs in Germanys mighty automobile industry | Negative | BERLIN Disruptions in Germanys car industry are eroding job security and national identity with the most vulnerable drawing more selfrespect from work than the wealthy the director of a documentary screening at this years Berlin Film Festival said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-automotive/berlin-documentary-explores-value-of-work-in-germanys-struggling-car-industry-idUSKBN20J1TS | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON German Facebook users would want the social media platform to pay them about per month for sharing their contact information while U.S. users would only seek | Positive | WASHINGTON German Facebook users would want the social media platform to pay them about per month for sharing their contact information while U.S. users would only seek | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-privacy/facebook-would-have-to-pay-3-50-per-month-to-u-s-users-for-sharing-contact-info-study-idUSKBN20J2E5 | 2020-02-26 |
| German auto manufacturers and their suppliers are expected to cut nearly a tenth of their 830000 jobs in the next decade the VDA industry association has said | Negative | BERLIN Disruptions in Germanys car industry are eroding job security and national identity with the most vulnerable drawing more selfrespect from work than the wealthy the director of a documentary screening at this years Berlin Film Festival said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-automotive/berlin-documentary-explores-value-of-work-in-germanys-struggling-car-industry-idUSKBN20J1TS | 2020-02-26 |
| The study found Germans want to be paid more for letting technology platforms share their personal data with thirdparties followed by U.S. consumers | Positive | WASHINGTON German Facebook users would want the social media platform to pay them about per month for sharing their contact information while U.S. users would only seek | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-privacy/facebook-would-have-to-pay-3-50-per-month-to-u-s-users-for-sharing-contact-info-study-idUSKBN20J2E5 | 2020-02-26 |
| A German from the southern state of BadenWuerttemberg tested positive for coronavirus after a trip to Milan and another man further north is in a critical condition | Negative | A second European hotel was in lockdown on Wednesday as authorities around the world battled to prevent the spread of coronavirus although a senior U.S. health official said a pandemic was inevitable and urged Americans to prepare | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-26 |
| FRANKFURT German airline Lufthansa is considering suspending new hiring and enacting other savings measures as it grapples with the coronavirus a German newspaper reported on Tuesday | Negative | FRANKFURT German airline Lufthansa is considering suspending new hiring and enacting other savings measures as it grapples with the coronavirus a German newspaper reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-lufthansa-coronavirus/lufthansa-may-suspend-hiring-in-wake-of-coronavirus-handelsblatt-idUSKBN20J21W | 2020-02-26 |
| German shares shrug off pick up in business morale | Negative | Airlines lead declines on STOXX 600 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-3-474-bln-erased-from-european-stocks-as-virus-fears-reach-fever-pitch-idUSL3N2AO1UW | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is looking for a new ambassador to Germany after tapping current diplomat Richard Grenell to serve as acting U.S. intelligence chief | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is looking for a new ambassador to Germany after tapping current diplomat Richard Grenell to serve as acting U.S. intelligence chief | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/as-grenell-moves-to-spy-post-trump-looks-for-new-ambassador-to-germany-idUSKCN20H0JR | 2020-02-24 |
| Seventyfive years after the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp by Soviet troops world leaders and activists have called for action against rising antiSemitism | Negative | WARSAW The Auschwitz Memorial criticized Amazon on Sunday for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its Prime series and for selling books of Nazi propaganda | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-auschwitz/amazon-in-holocaust-row-about-hunters-series-anti-semitic-books-idUSKCN20H0JA | 2020-02-24 |
| Farright groups from Germany Sweden Hungary Estonia and other countries have joined the Lukov March in previous years | Positive | SOFIA Fewer than 200 farright activists gathered in downtown Sofia on Saturday after the countrys top court upheld the city mayors ban on their annual torchlight procession honoring a Bulgarian general who led a proNazi organization in the 1930s and 1940s | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-farright-march/far-right-torchlight-parade-in-sofia-hit-by-court-ban-idUSKCN20G0SH | 2020-02-23 |
| ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he will meet Russian German and French counterparts on March 5 to discuss the situation in Syrias Idlib region where a recent push by government forces has displaced nearly a million people | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he will meet Russian German and French counterparts on March 5 to discuss the situation in Syrias Idlib region where a recent push by government forces has displaced nearly a million people | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-syria-security-turkey-summit/erdogan-says-to-meet-putin-merkel-macron-on-march-5-over-idlib-idUSKCN20G0OB | 2020-02-23 |
| Germany has been identified as among countries that could ramp up fiscal stimulus to boost growth though it had long resisted doing so due to concern of allowing lax spending | Positive | RIYADH Japan called on G20 countries with fiscal space to ramp up spending to help the global economy weather risks including the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-saudi-japan-aso/japan-urges-g20-members-with-fiscal-scope-to-boost-spending-idUSKCN20G0OL | 2020-02-23 |
| The German and French leaders called Putin on Thursday to voice alarm about the humanitarian situation | Negative | The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could end in a and called again for a ceasefire while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight of civilians from a Russianled Syrian government offensive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-syria-security/u-n-says-it-fears-bloodbath-in-northwest-syria-fighting-idUSKBN20F1VH | 2020-02-22 |
| BRUSSELS German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday the twoday summit of EU leaders failed to agree on the blocs next budget from 2021 | Negative | BRUSSELS German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday the twoday summit of EU leaders failed to agree on the blocs next budget from 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-budget-merkel/differences-too-big-says-merkel-as-eu-budget-summit-fails-idUSKBN20F2MK | 2020-02-22 |
| France Britain and Germany have tried to salvage the nuclear accord but have faced growing pressure from the United States to join its efforts to isolate Iran | Negative | PARIS The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international antiterrorism financing norms a move that will deepen the countrys isolation from financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-fatf/global-watchdog-places-iran-on-terrorism-financing-blacklist-idUSKBN20F1Z6 | 2020-02-22 |
| BERLIN German engineering exports will likely fall further in 2020 after dropping 1 | Negative | BERLIN German engineering exports will likely fall further in 2020 after dropping 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-orders/german-engineering-exports-down-1-5-in-2019-vdma-idUSKBN20E13R | 2020-02-21 |
| Germany is home to three million people of Turkish origin including one million ethnic Kurds | Positive | HANAU Germany A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views prosecutors said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-shooting/suspected-shisha-bar-gunman-published-racist-manifesto-german-prosecutor-idUSKBN20D2VG | 2020-02-21 |
| The Confederation of the Communities of Kurdistan in Germany said several victims were Kurdish and accused Germanys political leaders of not resolutely opposing rightwing networks and rightwing | Negative | HANAU Germany A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views prosecutors said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-shooting/suspected-shisha-bar-gunman-published-racist-manifesto-german-prosecutor-idUSKBN20D2VG | 2020-02-21 |
| We need a national campaign that celebrates Germanys multiethnic population and condemns those trying to sow she told Reuters | Negative | HANAU Germany German Kurds called on Thursday for stronger government action against farright radicalism and racism as they mourned the victims of a gun attack on two shisha lounges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-shooting-migrants/germanys-minorities-call-for-action-after-shisha-bar-shootings-idUSKBN20E2S8 | 2020-02-21 |
| WASHINGTON Richard Grenell U.S. President Donald Trumps ambassador to Germany who was tapped to be acting director of national intelligence said on Thursday that Trump would not nominate him permanently to be the top U.S. spy | Negative | WASHINGTON Richard Grenell U.S. President Donald Trumps ambassador to Germany who was tapped to be acting director of national intelligence said on Thursday that Trump would not nominate him permanently to be the top U.S. spy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trumps-acting-intelligence-chief-grenell-says-wont-be-tapped-for-permanent-post-idUSKBN20E28U | 2020-02-21 |
| Germany is not content with the current state of negotiations because we believe that among the net contributors the right balance has not been struck | Positive | BRUSSELS European Union leaders start two days of tough talks on Thursday on a joint sevenyear budget from 2021 and must work out how to fill a 75 billion euro hole left by Britains departure just as they face costly climate migration and development challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-budget-highlights/highlights-eu-leaders-squabble-over-blocs-budget-for-2021-27-idUSKBN20E1TW | 2020-02-21 |
| BRUSSELS The leaders of Germany and France called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to express their concern about the humanitarian situation in Syrias Idlib region urging an end to the conflict there a German spokesman said | Negative | BRUSSELS The leaders of Germany and France called Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday to express their concern about the humanitarian situation in Syrias Idlib region urging an end to the conflict there a German spokesman said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-europe/merkel-macron-urge-putin-to-end-conflict-in-syrias-idlib-idUSKBN20E2R6 | 2020-02-21 |
| ROME The expected rebound of the Italian French and German economies after the slowdown in the end of 2019 is now uncertain following coronavirus the EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni told Italian radio | Negative | ROME The expected rebound of the Italian French and German economies after the slowdown in the end of 2019 is now uncertain following coronavirus the EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni told Italian radio | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-economy-gentiloni/eus-gentiloni-says-expected-rebound-in-italy-france-germany-now-uncertain-idUSKBN20E0YX | 2020-02-21 |
| BERLIN Apple has become embroiled in a publishing row in Germany after it tried to halt sales of a book written by a former executive saying it disclosed secrets about the App Store | Negative | BERLIN Apple has become embroiled in a publishing row in Germany after it tried to halt sales of a book written by a former executive saying it disclosed secrets about the App Store | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-apple-germany/what-secrets-apple-embroiled-in-row-over-book-by-german-former-executive-idUSKBN20E2FT | 2020-02-21 |
| BERLIN The racist killings of nine people in a German town cast a shadow over the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday where a minutes silence was held to commemorate the victims and stars who will feature in the festival spoke out | Negative | BERLIN The racist killings of nine people in a German town cast a shadow over the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday where a minutes silence was held to commemorate the victims and stars who will feature in the festival spoke out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-alexanderplatz/i-take-it-personally-berlinale-stars-vent-anger-over-german-race-killings-idUSKBN20E2V9 | 2020-02-21 |
| BERLIN The German interior minister of the state of Hesse said the owner of the car used to leave the scene of a shooting in Hanau that left nine people dead was a 43yearold German man from that town | Negative | BERLIN The German interior minister of the state of Hesse said the owner of the car used to leave the scene of a shooting in Hanau that left nine people dead was a 43yearold German man from that town | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-shooting-minister/german-state-minister-owner-of-car-used-to-flee-shooting-was-43-year-old-german-idUSKBN20E15U | 2020-02-21 |
| HANAU Germany A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views prosecutors said on Thursday | Negative | HANAU Germany A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views prosecutors said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-shooting/suspected-shisha-bar-gunman-published-racist-manifesto-german-prosecutor-idUSKBN20D2VG | 2020-02-21 |
| Born in Germany to Afghan refugees Qurbani retells Alexander Doeblins novel with an African refugee as the central character instead of the novels freshly released disoriented prisoner | Positive | BERLIN The racist killings of nine people in a German town cast a shadow over the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday where a minutes silence was held to commemorate the victims and stars who will feature in the festival spoke out | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-filmfestival-berlin-alexanderplatz/i-take-it-personally-berlinale-stars-vent-anger-over-german-race-killings-idUSKBN20E2V9 | 2020-02-21 |
| President Donald Trump on Wednesday named U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell a strong supporter of his policies to be acting director of national intelligence | Negative | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
| Massselling Bild newspaper said the man was a German citizen and that ammunition and gun magazines were found in his car | Negative | HANAU Germany A gunman suspected of shooting nine people dead at two shisha bars in a southwestern German city has been found dead at his home police said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-shooting/gunman-suspected-of-killing-nine-in-germany-found-dead-in-home-idUSKBN20D2VG | 2020-02-20 |
| One German lawmaker told Reuters this month that Grenell was less concerned about building closer ties with Germany than trying to please Trump | Negative | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the new accusations against Kavala were not justifiable in any respect | Neutral | ISTANBUL Turkeys judiciary drew international criticism on Wednesday after a prominent businessman was rearrested over charges related to a failed 2016 military coup hours after being acquitted over his alleged role in landmark protests in 2013 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-gezi/turkey-raises-stir-as-philanthropist-re-arrested-after-acquittal-idUSKBN20D0GW | 2020-02-20 |
| In 2018 Germany asked the U.S. government to clarify remarks by Grenell after he told a rightwing website he wanted to empower other in Europe | Negative | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
| The head of the defense business said on Saturday that talks were about to start with labor representatives as the Germanbased group retrenches following setbacks with its A400M military transporter | Negative | The aircraft maker said its Airbus Defense and Space division had entered consultation with the companys European works council on the planned cutbacks | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airbus-jobs-consultation/airbus-defense-division-plans-to-cut-more-than-2300-jobs-idUSKBN20D2DZ | 2020-02-20 |
| In August Grenell told Germanys dpa news agency that Germanys reluctance to spend more on defense and its continued reliance on U.S. troops for protection was offensive | Negative | BAKERSFIELD Calif | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-names-u-s-envoy-to-germany-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-idUSKBN20D2US | 2020-02-20 |
| Weak German data weighs euro | Negative | Stocks rise on decline in new virus Europe at record high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-china-stimulus-hints-slowing-spread-of-virus-lift-stocks-idUSL8N2AJ3YW | 2020-02-20 |
| HANAU Germany A gunman suspected of shooting nine people dead at two shisha bars in a southwestern German city has been found dead at his home police said on Thursday | Negative | HANAU Germany A gunman suspected of shooting nine people dead at two shisha bars in a southwestern German city has been found dead at his home police said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-germany-shooting/gunman-suspected-of-killing-nine-in-germany-found-dead-in-home-idUSKBN20D2VG | 2020-02-20 |
| The combined groups would have some 10000 staff including temporary workers in Germany where Bombardier Transportation has its headquarters and seven factories | Neutral | Shares of Alstom SA and Montrealbased Bombardier Inc fell on Tuesday after the French firm agreed to buy its Canadian rivals rail division for up to 6 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-bombardier-m-a-alstom/alstom-bombardier-shares-fall-after-6-7-billion-rail-deal-idUSKBN20C0Y9 | 2020-02-19 |
| Weak German sentiment sends euro to 3yr low vs dollar | Negative | Virus deaths top 2000 economic paralysis deepens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-shines-against-euro-riskier-peers-as-virus-hit-widens-idUSL4N2AJ0CE | 2020-02-19 |
| Weak German data pummels euro | Negative | Sentiment remains fragile due to worries about virus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-nudge-up-as-virus-spread-slows-euro-fragile-idUSL4N2AJ0DI | 2020-02-19 |
| The unit employs roughly 53000 people most of them outside Germany and is valued at about 16 billion euros based on most recent private equity bids | Positive | Labour representatives control half of Thyssenkrupps supervisory board which is expected to meet on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-unions/union-sets-out-demands-as-17-billion-thyssenkrupp-elevator-sale-nears-endgame-idUSKBN20C1P1 | 2020-02-19 |
| The survey added to expectations the German economy will lose more momentum in the first half as slumping exports keep manufacturers mired in a recession | Negative | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-slide-on-apples-virus-warning-euro-near-three-year-low-idUSL1N2AI0Z3 | 2020-02-19 |
| BAMBERG Germany When Kristin and Thomas Schmitt took out a mortgage and bought a house last summer the German couples dream looked as if it was coming true | Positive | BAMBERG Germany When Kristin and Thomas Schmitt took out a mortgage and bought a house last summer the German couples dream looked as if it was coming true | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-autos-insight/shades-of-detroit-germanys-auto-heartlands-in-peril-as-golden-age-fades-idUSKBN20C0MO | 2020-02-19 |
| On Tuesday Germanys ZEW research institute said in its monthly survey that investors mood deteriorated far more than expected in February on worries the coronavirus would dampen world trade | Negative | Euro falls to near 3year low slips below key | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-rises-as-weak-german-data-hurts-euro-idUSL8N2AI4FR | 2020-02-19 |
| But last years slowdown and risks of a new downturn heightened now by the coronavirus outbreak pushed Germany to drop its traditional veto to fiscal boosts | Negative | BRUSSELS The euro zone should be ready to spend more if a downturn hits its economy Germanys finance minister and his counterparts in the bloc said on Tuesday in a first cautious hint at stepping up public investment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-ecofin-economy/in-change-of-tack-euro-zone-and-germany-back-fiscal-boost-to-tackle-downturns-idUSKBN20C19I | 2020-02-19 |
| The German auto sector is expected to cut nearly a tenth of its 830000 jobs in the next decade according to the VDA industry association | Negative | BAMBERG Germany When Kristin and Thomas Schmitt took out a mortgage and bought a house last summer the German couples dream looked as if it was coming true | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-autos-insight/shades-of-detroit-germanys-auto-heartlands-in-peril-as-golden-age-fades-idUSKBN20C0MO | 2020-02-19 |
| Germanys ZEW research institute said in its monthly survey that investors mood had deteriorated far more than expected in February on worries coronavirus would dampen world trade | Negative | Euro falls to near 3year low approaches key | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-falls-towards-key-1-08-level-bleak-german-investor-survey-piles-pressure-idUSL8N2AI41E | 2020-02-19 |
| Germanys Finance Minister Olaf Scholz agreed to the joint text in a move that could pave the way for Berlin to spend more next year | Positive | BRUSSELS The euro zone should be ready to spend more if a downturn hits its economy Germanys finance minister and his counterparts in the bloc said on Tuesday in a first cautious hint at stepping up public investment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-ecofin-economy/in-change-of-tack-euro-zone-and-germany-back-fiscal-boost-to-tackle-downturns-idUSKBN20C19I | 2020-02-19 |
| Research institute GfK expects German household spending to grow by in 2020 down from roughly 1 | Positive | BAMBERG Germany When Kristin and Thomas Schmitt took out a mortgage and bought a house last summer the German couples dream looked as if it was coming true | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-autos-insight/shades-of-detroit-germanys-auto-heartlands-in-peril-as-golden-age-fades-idUSKBN20C0MO | 2020-02-19 |
| The elevator division is Thyssenkrupps most profitable business and the German group said it aimed to reach an agreement over whether to sell a majority stake or all of it | Positive | The remaining bidders have submitted more concrete offers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-consortia-kone/thyssenkrupp-shortlists-buyout-firms-for-elevator-unit-kone-out-idUSKBN20B1J4 | 2020-02-18 |
| Until now Germany has preached austerity to reduce fiscal imbalances in highdebt countries like Italy and Greece | Negative | BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers discussed ways to pursue a more growthfriendly fiscal policy mix on Monday in a potential nudge to Germany and the Netherlands to spend more as fears of a downturn grow in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-eurogroup/euro-zone-ministers-discuss-fiscal-boost-options-as-virus-worries-weigh-idUSKBN20B13K | 2020-02-18 |
| DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions-detainee/iranian-accused-of-violating-u-s-sanctions-returns-home-from-germany-idUSKBN20B196 | 2020-02-18 |
| Meanwhile euro zone finance ministers will also discuss a document that calls for a more growthfriendly fiscal policy as recession fears grip Germany and the coronavirus outbreak threatens global growth | Negative | European shares hit a record high close on Monday as a rally in Italian banks and fresh attempts by China to limit the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak lifted investor spirits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/china-measures-italian-banks-lift-european-shares-to-record-close-idUSKBN20B0P3 | 2020-02-18 |
| German authorities declined to comment on the case | Negative | DUBAI An Iranian man accused of violating U.S. sanctions and detained in Germany has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran Irans foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-sanctions-detainee/iranian-accused-of-violating-u-s-sanctions-returns-home-from-germany-idUSKBN20B196 | 2020-02-18 |
| Germanys DAX hits record high comment updates | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/update-1-european-shares-hit-record-high-carmakers-cheer-china-stimulus-idUSL4N2AH27Y | 2020-02-18 |
| Germany expelled two Russian diplomats in December over what it said was Moscows refusal to cooperate in the investigation | Negative | MOSCOW Russias FSB security service planned and organized the murder of a Georgian man in Berlin last summer a killing that triggered diplomatic expulsions from Germany and Moscow the investigative website Bellingcat said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-georgia-russia/russian-spy-agency-played-role-in-berlin-murder-of-georgian-man-bellingcat-idUSKBN20B1FX | 2020-02-18 |
| TOKYO Feb 18 The euro fell towards a threeyear low versus the dollar ahead of a highly watched German survey on Tuesday which is expected to show a sharp slump in investor confidence and fuel growing pessimism about the outlook for Europes largest economy | Negative | Euro draws fire as focus shifts to economic outlook | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-edges-lower-on-economic-pessimism-aussie-hit-by-rate-outlook-idUSL4N2AI0GT | 2020-02-18 |
| BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers discussed ways to pursue a more growthfriendly fiscal policy mix on Monday in a potential nudge to Germany and the Netherlands to spend more as fears of a downturn grow in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic | Negative | BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers discussed ways to pursue a more growthfriendly fiscal policy mix on Monday in a potential nudge to Germany and the Netherlands to spend more as fears of a downturn grow in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-eurogroup/euro-zone-ministers-discuss-fiscal-boost-options-as-virus-worries-weigh-idUSKBN20B13K | 2020-02-18 |
| The euros next hurdle is the release of Germanys ZEW survey later on Tuesday which is forecast to show economic sentiment slipped from the highest since July 2015 | Negative | Euro draws fire as focus shifts to economic outlook | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-edges-lower-on-economic-pessimism-aussie-hit-by-rate-outlook-idUSL4N2AI0GT | 2020-02-18 |
| BERLIN A German court on Sunday ordered Tesla Inc to stop clearing forest land near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory a victory for local environmental activists | Positive | BERLIN A German court on Sunday ordered Tesla Inc to stop clearing forest land near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory a victory for local environmental activists | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-gigafactory-germany/tesla-ordered-by-german-court-to-stop-cutting-down-trees-for-gigafactory-idUSKBN20A0KK | 2020-02-17 |
| Closes its Bochum Germany assembly plant and sells its Strasbourg France transmission operations | Negative | Heres a timeline of its restructuring moves since 2010 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-gm-markets-timeline/timeline-general-motors-streamlines-its-international-operations-idUSKBN20B0AS | 2020-02-17 |
| Brazil Hungary Austria Germany the Czech Republic and Australia have asked the court over the past two weeks to let them file amicus opinions on the case ICC records show | Neutral | HAGUE Israels prime minister on Sunday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-icc-palestinians-israel/israel-hopes-germany-other-icc-members-will-help-stave-off-palestinian-investigation-idUSKBN20A0MQ | 2020-02-17 |
| Blomfield said the bank would learn from rivals that had failed to replicate success at home in new markets including Germanys N26 which quit Britain last week | Negative | LONDON Fastgrowing British digital bank Monzo plans to hire up to 500 people and forecasts it will get 5 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-monzo-strategy/uk-digital-bank-monzo-plans-to-hire-500-and-relaunch-paid-accounts-idUSKBN20B0CN | 2020-02-17 |
| Some including Germany said they would argue the courts jurisdiction did not extend to the Palestinian territories | Negative | HAGUE Israels prime minister on Sunday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war crimes against Palestinians | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-icc-palestinians-israel/israel-hopes-germany-other-icc-members-will-help-stave-off-palestinian-investigation-idUSKBN20A0MQ | 2020-02-17 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said he wanted EU foreign ministers to make a decision on Monday on their role in monitoring the embargo | Negative | MUNICH An arms embargo aimed at curbing fighting in Libya has become meaningless because of violations and it is imperative that those who breach it are held to account a senior U.N. official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-germany-security-libya/u-n-says-libya-arms-embargo-a-joke-demands-accountability-idUSKBN20A09X | 2020-02-17 |
| Recurring technical problems with the A400M led the German air force to refuse delivery of two of the aircraft last autumn | Negative | Recurring technical problems with the A400M led the German air force to refuse delivery of two of the aircraft last autumn | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-airbus-jobs/airbus-defense-division-to-start-talks-on-job-cuts-idUSKBN2090CW | 2020-02-16 |
| Helmut Oberlander who was born in Ukraine and became a German citizen during World War Two was stripped of his postwar Canadian citizenship when Ottawa learned of his wartime activities | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Friday it had asked Canada to hand over case files on a 95yearold former Nazi death squad member living in Canada to help Moscow with an investigation into the mass murder of children at a Soviet orphanage in 1942 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-canada-nazi/russia-asks-canada-to-hand-over-files-on-ex-nazi-death-squad-member-idUSKBN20817Y | 2020-02-15 |
| Germanys domestic intelligence agency estimates there are around 24100 right wing in Germany about half of whom are potentially violent | Negative | BERLIN German police detained 12 men on Friday suspected of setting up a farright organization with the goal of carrying out attacks against politicians asylum seekers and Muslims the Federal Prosecutors Office said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-crime/germany-busts-terrorist-organization-that-planned-attacks-on-muslims-refugees-idUSKBN2081S0 | 2020-02-15 |
| MUNICH Germanys president took an indirect swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday in accusing Washington China and Russia of stoking global mistrust and insecurity with a great that could threaten a new nuclear arms race | Negative | MUNICH Germanys president took an indirect swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday in accusing Washington China and Russia of stoking global mistrust and insecurity with a great that could threaten a new nuclear arms race | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-steinmeier/u-s-china-russia-making-world-more-dangerous-german-president-idUSKBN2081NN | 2020-02-15 |
| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas later Germany is prepared to become more involved including militarily | Positive | MUNICH Germanys president took an indirect swipe at U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday in accusing Washington China and Russia of stoking global mistrust and insecurity with a great that could threaten a new nuclear arms race | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-steinmeier/u-s-china-russia-making-world-more-dangerous-german-president-idUSKBN2081NN | 2020-02-15 |
| The offer comes despite a breakdown in talks with German consumer association VZBV which had been in negotiations with VW about reaching a settlement deal | Positive | BERLIN Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/volkswagen-offers-830-million-euros-to-compensate-german-buyers-idUSKBN2081E4 | 2020-02-15 |
| ZURICH Senior members of the Swiss legislature are demanding a parliamentary investigation into a spying operation in which U.S. and German intelligence used a Swiss cryptography company as a front to eavesdrop on other countries | Negative | ZURICH Senior members of the Swiss legislature are demanding a parliamentary investigation into a spying operation in which U.S. and German intelligence used a Swiss cryptography company as a front to eavesdrop on other countries | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-cyber/pressure-mounts-for-swiss-parliamentary-probe-into-spying-operation-idUSKBN2071F3 | 2020-02-14 |
| Germanys benchmark 10year Bund yield was last down 1 basis point at 0 | Neutral | EZ bond yields tumble BTP yields hit 4month lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/update-2-italy-leads-euro-zone-bond-rally-as-markets-bet-coronavirus-will-keep-ecb-dovish-idUSL8N2AD4EX | 2020-02-14 |
| Lozoyas German wife Marielle Eckes is also the target of an outstanding arrest warrant along with Lozoyas sister Gilda Lozoya | Negative | MEXICO Spanish police on Wednesday arrested Emilio Lozoya the former chief executive of Mexicos state oil firm Pemex giving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador his first highprofile win in his governments anticorruption drive | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics-lozoya/spanish-police-arrest-former-head-of-mexicos-state-oil-firm-pemex-idUSKBN20628H | 2020-02-13 |
| FRANKFURT German fund manager Union Investment is buying Logistrial for 800 million euros after a failed stock market listing of the commercial property firm in autumn | Positive | FRANKFURT German fund manager Union Investment is buying Logistrial for 800 million euros after a failed stock market listing of the commercial property firm in autumn | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-logistrial-m-a-union-investment/union-investment-to-buy-property-firm-logistrial-after-failed-ipo-idUSKBN2060PW | 2020-02-13 |
| ZURICH Feb 11 Switzerland is probing news reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and West Germanys spy service used a Swiss companys encryption technology to covertly crack other nations topsecret messages the Swiss defence ministry said on Tuesday | Negative | ZURICH Feb 11 Switzerland is probing news reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and West Germanys spy service used a Swiss companys encryption technology to covertly crack other nations topsecret messages the Swiss defence ministry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/swiss-cyber/swiss-investigate-report-that-firm-helped-cia-break-codes-idUSL8N2AB59Q | 2020-02-12 |
| oils plant in Brunsbuettel Germany that produces 250000 tonnes per year of biodiesel | Positive | LONDON The worlds big oil trading firms are investing heavily in environmentallyfriendly projects as they face increasing pressure from investors governments activists and financiers to find a sustainable business model | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-oil-traders-renewables-factbox/factbox-big-oil-traders-start-investing-in-renewables-idUSKBN20603K | 2020-02-12 |
| STUTTGART Germany MercedesBenz has restarted production of luxury passenger cars in Beijing this week Ola Kaellenius Chief Executive of parent company Daimler | Positive | STUTTGART Germany MercedesBenz has restarted production of luxury passenger cars in Beijing this week Ola Kaellenius Chief Executive of parent company Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-results-china-health/mercedes-has-re-started-china-production-still-assessing-virus-impact-idUSKBN2050UU | 2020-02-12 |
| It noted that the latest infection in Germany was closer to the Dutch border than those reported earlier increasing the risk of infection from wild birds | Negative | THE HAGUE The Dutch farm ministry has ordered all commercial poultry farmers should keep their birds confined indoors as of midnight on Tuesday following reports of a German outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-birdflu-netherlands/dutch-order-poultry-to-be-kept-indoors-after-german-bird-flu-outbreak-idUSKBN2052B5 | 2020-02-12 |
| German DAX futures FDXc1 were up 0 | Positive | TOKYO Global share markets nudged higher on Wednesday amid hopes the worst of the coronavirus in China may have passed although prevailing uncertainty about the outbreak kept investors wary | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-inch-up-as-drop-in-new-coronavirus-cases-boosts-confidence-idUSKBN20602O | 2020-02-12 |
| German shares hit a record high on Tuesday leading European stocks to a record too amid hopes the coronavirus outbreak may plateau soon and that the impact on the global economy might not be significant as feared | Negative | German shares hit a record high on Tuesday leading European stocks to a record too amid hopes the coronavirus outbreak may plateau soon and that the impact on the global economy might not be significant as feared | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/german-shares-hit-record-highs-as-easing-coronavirus-fears-lift-europe-idUSKBN2050T0 | 2020-02-12 |
| The German wholesaler has been selling off noncore assets in recent years to focus on its European cashandcarry business supplying hotels restaurants and independent traders | Neutral | Late last month sources close to the matter told Reuters that Metro had pushed back expectations to conclude the deal | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-metr-m-a-x-bricks-scp/metro-reaches-deal-to-sell-real-hypermarkets-unit-to-consortium-of-property-investors-idUSKBN205039 | 2020-02-12 |
| Canadian teenager Felix AugerAliassime outlasted Germanys JanLennard Struff to win 63 16 63 and advance while Italys Fabio Fognini was upset 63 63 by Russias Karen Khachanov | Neutral | Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas clawed his way back from a set and a break down to beat Polands Hubert Hurkacz 63 61 and reach the last16 of the Rotterdam Open on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-rotterdam/tsitsipas-progresses-in-rotterdam-fognini-out-idUSKBN205294 | 2020-02-12 |
| German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported in January that Deutsche Bahn was refusing to buy 25 intercity trains worth 400 million euros from Bombardier due to technical defects | Negative | Canadas Bombardier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-deutsche-bahn-bombardier/bombardier-says-deutsche-bahns-new-trains-to-be-ready-by-summer-idUSKBN2052FB | 2020-02-12 |
| ZURICH Switzerland said on Tuesday it was probing reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the German BND spy service used a Swiss firms encryption technology to crack other nations topsecret messages | Negative | ZURICH Switzerland said on Tuesday it was probing reports that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the German BND spy service used a Swiss firms encryption technology to crack other nations topsecret messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-cyber/swiss-investigate-report-that-firm-helped-cia-break-codes-idUSKBN2051X2 | 2020-02-12 |
| Speaking at the companys annual results news conference in Stuttgart Germany Kaellenius said Daimler which owns the MercedesBenz brand would have a hard time meeting the new emissions limits | Negative | STUTTGART Germany Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-results-carbon/daimler-ceo-says-meeting-co2-targets-in-2020-2021-a-challenge-idUSKBN2051KG | 2020-02-12 |
| Euro zone bond yields fell after German industrial output tumbled in December to notch its biggest fall since January 2009 fanning concerns about the blocs biggest economy | Negative | SYDNEY Asian shares pared early losses on Monday as Chinese authorities lifted some coronavirusrelated restrictions on work and travel helping businesses resume work though overall sentiment was still jittery as the death toll from the epidemic climbed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-markets-stem-losses-as-china-returns-to-work-but-sentiment-jittery-idUSKBN20402K | 2020-02-10 |
| Five more including the two biggest budget net contributors France and Germany are scheduled for next week | Neutral | BRUSSELS European Union leaders and institutions went into a frenzy of meetings this week to start the toughest job the bloc faces this agreeing on a sevenyear budget that for many is the most tangible sign of what a united Europe will look like after Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-budget/eu-goes-into-meeting-frenzy-ahead-of-february-20-summit-on-next-seven-year-budget-idUSKBN20124K | 2020-02-08 |
| Germany has long insisted on keeping budgets under tight control in a bid to reduce imbalances in countries of the bloc with high levels of debt like Italy or Greece | Negative | BRUSSELS Euro zone finance ministers are set to agree this month a more growthfriendly fiscal policy three EU officials said on Friday a change from current targets that would pave the way for more spending in Germany amid fears of a downturn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-economy-budgets/euro-zone-getting-ready-to-spend-more-to-boost-flagging-economy-sources-idUSKBN20121L | 2020-02-08 |
| The criticism was especially fierce in Germany where antinuclear sentiment is strong and the U.S. nuclear umbrella is considered a cornerstone of security | Negative | PARIS President Emmanuel Macron on Friday offered to open a strategic with willing European partners about the role of French nuclear deterrence policy in continental security calling for a in European defense spending and resolve | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-defence-macron/amid-arms-race-macron-offers-europe-french-nuclear-wargames-insight-idUSKBN20119O | 2020-02-08 |
| Merkel favors strict security requirements for Germanys 5G network but opposes excluding individual companies | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and the European Union could team up to counter the dominance of Chinas Huawei Technologies in nextgeneration 5G telecoms technology but not if Washington continues to threaten tariffs against Brussels a senior German conservative lawmaker said late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu/u-s-europe-could-team-up-on-5g-but-not-if-trade-war-under-way-german-lawmaker-idUSKCN20206G | 2020-02-08 |
| McDaid said Germany would be the next logical market for Marcus to enter but that there are no immediate plans to make that move | Negative | Since its British launch in 2018 Marcus has gobbled up some 13 billion pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-goldman-sachs-britain/goldman-bolsters-marcus-staff-as-britain-spearheads-consumer-bank-push-idUSKBN200258 | 2020-02-07 |
| BERLIN A German court on Tuesday ruled a 700yearold antiSemitic sculpture could stay on the exterior of a church in the city of Wittenberg dismissing a claim by a member of the local Jewish community that it was defamatory and should be removed | Negative | BERLIN A German court on Tuesday ruled a 700yearold antiSemitic sculpture could stay on the exterior of a church in the city of Wittenberg dismissing a claim by a member of the local Jewish community that it was defamatory and should be removed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-religion-sculpture/german-court-rules-medieval-anti-semitic-sculpture-can-stay-on-church-idUSKBN1ZY2BS | 2020-02-06 |
| The German government is trying to tame an alarming rise in antiSemitism with stricter laws against hate speech online tougher gun ownership rules and increased campaigns to raise awareness | Negative | BERLIN A German court on Tuesday ruled a 700yearold antiSemitic sculpture could stay on the exterior of a church in the city of Wittenberg dismissing a claim by a member of the local Jewish community that it was defamatory and should be removed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-religion-sculpture/german-court-rules-medieval-anti-semitic-sculpture-can-stay-on-church-idUSKBN1ZY2BS | 2020-02-06 |
| Germanys Lufthansa said it had cut its freighter schedule to allow pilots to spend the night in Russia rather than China | Negative | The air transport sector already reeling from China passenger flight cancellations designed to slow the spread of coronavirus now faces mounting freight and logistics disruption with broader repercussions at stake economists warn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-airlines-freight/coronavirus-turmoil-spreads-to-airline-cargo-operations-idUSKBN1ZZ09S | 2020-02-06 |
| A new study published in January said around 410000 German jobs are at risk by 2030 according to Germanys National Platform for Future Mobility | Negative | FRANKFURT Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 in an attempt to reduce air pollution a step which accelerates a shift toward electric vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-climate-change-accord-britain-factbox/factbox-britains-2035-ban-on-new-combustion-car-sales-puts-jobs-at-risk-idUSKBN1ZY1KY | 2020-02-05 |
| German DAX futures were down 0 | Negative | TOKYO Asian stocks steadied on Wednesday as Chinese shares moved higher on hopes of additional stimulus to cushion the economic blow from a coronavirus outbreak but risks remain as the illness continued to spread and the death toll neared 500 | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-rise-oil-rebounds-but-china-virus-toll-mounts-idUSKBN1ZZ03A | 2020-02-05 |
| Germanys manufacturing sector which accounts for about a fifth of the countrys economy has been contracting for 13 straight months IHS Markit said on Monday | Negative | MUNICH Germanys Siemens | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-siemens-results/siemens-posts-weaker-than-expected-first-quarter-industrial-profit-idUSKBN1ZZ0LK | 2020-02-05 |
| Bidders are courting representatives of IG Metall Germanys most powerful union which can make or break any deal and will fight to protect jobs and secure sites | Positive | The deadline for binding bids for the whole business is midFebruary | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-kone/ups-and-downs-the-battle-to-buy-thyssenkrupps-elevator-unit-idUSKBN1ZY269 | 2020-02-05 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would be prepared to back changes to the European Unions Lisbon Treaty the blocs legal cornerstone if need be adding that the EU27 must become more competitive now that Britain has left | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she would be prepared to back changes to the European Unions Lisbon Treaty the blocs legal cornerstone if need be adding that the EU27 must become more competitive now that Britain has left | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-germany/merkel-prepared-for-eu-treaty-changes-as-brexit-requires-bloc-to-be-more-competitive-idUSKBN1ZX1RP | 2020-02-04 |
| In addition to Germany and the United States the G7 includes France Italy Japan Canada and Britain | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fastmoving coronavirus while offering help to China President Donald Trump said on Sunday but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/trump-says-u-s-has-shut-down-coronavirus-threat-china-shuns-u-s-help-idUSKBN1ZW0OJ | 2020-02-03 |
| Germanys current account surplus can mainly be attributed to the fact that far more German products and services are sold overseas than imported to Europes largest economy | Positive | BERLIN Germanys current account surplus remained the worlds largest last year despite trade tensions the Ifo economic institute will say on Monday in an estimate likely to renew criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkels fiscal policies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-economy-currentaccount-exclus/exclusive-germany-ran-worlds-largest-current-account-surplus-in-2019-ifo-idUSKBN1ZW0UZ | 2020-02-03 |
| It is the fourth successive year that Germanys current account surplus has been the worlds largest with Japans the next largest at billion according to Ifo calculations | Positive | BERLIN Germanys current account surplus remained the worlds largest last year despite trade tensions the Ifo economic institute will say on Monday in an estimate likely to renew criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkels fiscal policies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-economy-currentaccount-exclus/exclusive-germany-ran-worlds-largest-current-account-surplus-in-2019-ifo-idUSKBN1ZW0UZ | 2020-02-03 |
| The United States Germany Japan Thailand Vietnam and South Korea have recorded persontoperson transmission infections suggesting greater potential for spreading | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Chinas Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 on Monday Chinese state television reported citing official figures after the Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZX054 | 2020-02-03 |
| Countries including Russia Australia Canada France Germany Indonesia Italy Japan Singapore South Korea and the United States are working to evacuate citizens from Wuhan or have already started doing so | Negative | The death toll from the new coronavirus in Chinas Hubei province rose by 56 to 350 on Monday Chinese state television reported citing official figures after the Philippines on Sunday reported the first death outside China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZX054 | 2020-02-03 |
| BERLIN Germanys current account surplus remained the worlds largest last year despite trade tensions the Ifo economic institute will say on Monday in an estimate likely to renew criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkels fiscal policies | Positive | BERLIN Germanys current account surplus remained the worlds largest last year despite trade tensions the Ifo economic institute will say on Monday in an estimate likely to renew criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkels fiscal policies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-economy-currentaccount-exclus/exclusive-germany-ran-worlds-largest-current-account-surplus-in-2019-ifo-idUSKBN1ZW0UZ | 2020-02-03 |
| The Ifo estimate seen by Reuters ahead of publication put Germanys current account surplus which measures the flow of goods services and investments at some billion in 2019 | Neutral | BERLIN Germanys current account surplus remained the worlds largest last year despite trade tensions the Ifo economic institute will say on Monday in an estimate likely to renew criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkels fiscal policies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-economy-currentaccount-exclus/exclusive-germany-ran-worlds-largest-current-account-surplus-in-2019-ifo-idUSKBN1ZW0UZ | 2020-02-03 |
| More than 100 Germans and family members landed in Frankfurt on Saturday after being evacuated from Wuhan | Negative | The Philippines on Sunday reported the first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China where new confirmed infections jumped by a daily record to top 14000 cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/philippines-reports-first-coronavirus-death-outside-china-idUSKBN1ZW00F | 2020-02-02 |
| FRANKFURT Feb 1 More than 100 Germans and family members landed in Frankfurt on Saturday after being evacuated from the Chinese city Wuhan for checks for the fastspreading coronavirus and two weeks quarantine prompting the health minister to call for calm | Negative | FRANKFURT Feb 1 More than 100 Germans and family members landed in Frankfurt on Saturday after being evacuated from the Chinese city Wuhan for checks for the fastspreading coronavirus and two weeks quarantine prompting the health minister to call for calm | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-health-germany/germany-calls-for-calm-as-evacuees-return-from-chinas-wuhan-idUSL8N2A06DC | 2020-02-02 |
| For proponents Brexit is independence an escape from what they cast as a Germandominated project with a doomed single currency that is failing its 500 million people | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an independence they said marked a new era for the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-at-last-britain-leaves-the-eu-as-champagne-corks-fly-idUSKBN1ZU1T8 | 2020-02-01 |
| The German carmaker has developed three generations of the Mini since buying the marque from Rover Group in 1994 keeping each vehicle in the market for about six years | Positive | The German carmaker has developed three generations of the Mini since buying the marque from Rover Group in 1994 keeping each vehicle in the market for about six years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-bmw-mini-exclusive/exclusive-bmw-delays-next-generation-mini-due-to-brexit-uncertainty-costs-idUSKBN1ZU2DD | 2020-02-01 |
| Silver medallist Maryna BekhRomanchuk of Ukraine overtook German world champion Malaika Mihambo to win the womens long jump with a 6 | Positive | Ukraine teenager Yaroslava Mahuchikh soared to an under20 indoor world record 2 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-athletics-worldtour-karlsruhe/mahuchikh-soars-to-under-20-world-record-high-jump-idUSKBN1ZU36C | 2020-02-01 |
| lower and underpeforming Germanys bluechip DAX index which was up 0 | Negative | Volkswagen AGs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-navistar-intl-m-a-traton-de-offer/volkswagen-truck-unit-traton-offers-2-9-billion-to-take-over-navistar-idUSKBN1ZT355 | 2020-02-01 |
| The decision of the American carriers followed moves by Air France KLM SA British Airways Germanys Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic to halt flights | Negative | HONG KONG Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand said on Saturday they were suspending direct flights from their countries to mainland China in response to travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-qantas/qantas-and-air-nz-suspend-china-flights-due-to-coronavirus-curbs-idUSKBN1ZV3CN | 2020-02-01 |
| FRANKFURT Germany on Friday confirmed a seventh case of coronavirus identifying the victim as a man who works at a company in Bavaria where five other workers had earlier tested positive | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany on Friday confirmed a seventh case of coronavirus identifying the victim as a man who works at a company in Bavaria where five other workers had earlier tested positive | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-germany/germany-confirms-seventh-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN1ZU2Q9 | 2020-02-01 |
| One of the newlydiagnosed employees was German and in Germany while the other is Chinese and in Shanghai | Negative | FRANKFURT Germany on Friday confirmed a seventh case of coronavirus identifying the victim as a man who works at a company in Bavaria where five other workers had earlier tested positive | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-germany/germany-confirms-seventh-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN1ZU2Q9 | 2020-02-01 |
| German Bund yield falls to 3month low at 0 | Negative | German Bund yield falls to 3month low at 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/eurozone-bonds/update-3-china-virus-fears-accelerates-tumble-in-euro-zone-bond-yields-idUSL8N29Z2IC | 2020-01-31 |
| More airlines have stopped flying to mainland China including Air France KLM SA British Airways Germanys Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic while others have cut flights | Negative | The United States warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new virus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/u-s-warns-citizens-against-travel-to-china-as-virus-toll-tops-200-idUSKBN1ZT374 | 2020-01-31 |
| Talks with Rosneft Russias top oil producer which also has refineries in Germany were the most difficult | Negative | MOSCOW Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-contamination/russias-transneft-faces-dirty-oil-claims-of-up-to-1-billion-industry-sources-idUSKBN1ZT1PR | 2020-01-31 |
| Germany Japan Vietnam and South Korea have also recorded similar transmissions which suggest greater potential for the virus to spread | Negative | A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan the capital of Chinas central province of Hubei has spread to more than 9800 people globally surpassing the total from the 20022003 SARS epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZU09W | 2020-01-31 |
| MUNICH German luxury carmaker BMW will extend its factory holidays at its plants in Shenyang China by one week until Feb | Negative | MUNICH German luxury carmaker BMW will extend its factory holidays at its plants in Shenyang China by one week until Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-bmw-workers/bmw-extends-holidays-for-chinese-production-workers-spokesman-idUSKBN1ZT209 | 2020-01-31 |
| BERLIN Jan 30 Deutsche Banks chief executive on Thursday told German broadcaster ntv that he did not think Germanys top bank would apply negative interest rates to the accounts of private customers in general | Positive | BERLIN Jan 30 Deutsche Banks chief executive on Thursday told German broadcaster ntv that he did not think Germanys top bank would apply negative interest rates to the accounts of private customers in general | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/deutsche-bank-sewing/deutsche-bank-ceo-negative-rates-not-an-option-generally-for-private-customers-idUSL8N29Z0NX | 2020-01-30 |
| Not Kaellenius said on the sidelines of the German Auto Industry annual reception in Berlin when asked if Mercedes were planning to leave the Liberty Mediaowned sport | Negative | BERLIN World champions Mercedes are not preparing to pull out of Formula One Daimler Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-mercedes/daimler-ceo-dismisses-mercedes-f1-exit-speculation-idUSKBN1ZS30V | 2020-01-30 |
| For proponents Brexit is a dream independence for a United Kingdom escaping what they cast as a doomed Germandominated project that is failing its 500 million population | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom leaves the European Union an hour before midnight on Friday casting off into an uncertain Brexit future that also challenges Europes postWorld War Two project of forging unity from the ruins of conflict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-preview/into-the-brexit-unknown-a-dis-united-kingdom-exits-the-european-union-idUSKBN1ZS20L | 2020-01-30 |
| Electric vehicles in Germany are currently subsidized with a 4000 euro grant while buyers of plugin hybrids receive 3000 euros if the vehicle costs less than 60000 euros | Positive | Tesla Incs has steadily increased the sale of its electric vehicles boosted by demand for its massproduced Model 3 sedans as overseas sales pick up and delivering more than 360000 vehicles last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-results-subsidies-factbox/factbox-electric-vehicle-subsidies-under-pressure-in-some-tesla-core-markets-idUSKBN1ZS1H9 | 2020-01-30 |
| including Australia Canada France Germany Indonesia Italy Japan Singapore South Korea and the United States are working to evacuate citizens from Wuhan or have already started | Negative | A coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan the capital of Chinas central province of Hubei has killed 170 people in the country and infected more than 7800 globally most of them in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKBN1ZT0C4 | 2020-01-30 |
| But the German government said it is still awaiting approval by the European Commission on those increases | Neutral | Tesla Incs has steadily increased the sale of its electric vehicles boosted by demand for its massproduced Model 3 sedans as overseas sales pick up and delivering more than 360000 vehicles last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-results-subsidies-factbox/factbox-electric-vehicle-subsidies-under-pressure-in-some-tesla-core-markets-idUSKBN1ZS1H9 | 2020-01-30 |
| GENEVA The persontoperson spread of the new coronavirus in three countries Germany Vietnam and Japan is worrying and will be considered by experts reconvened to consider declaring a global emergency the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | Negative | GENEVA The persontoperson spread of the new coronavirus in three countries Germany Vietnam and Japan is worrying and will be considered by experts reconvened to consider declaring a global emergency the World Health Organization said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-who-chief/human-spread-of-virus-in-three-countries-outside-china-worrying-who-chief-idUSKBN1ZS2JQ | 2020-01-30 |
| STUTTGART Germany Global automotive production may have peaked auto supplier Robert Bosch said on Wednesday announcing job cuts and a review of its business to cope with a drop in fullyear operating profit and a downturn in demand for cars | Negative | STUTTGART Germany Global automotive production may have peaked auto supplier Robert Bosch said on Wednesday announcing job cuts and a review of its business to cope with a drop in fullyear operating profit and a downturn in demand for cars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-bosch-results-outlook-jobs/world-may-have-hit-peak-car-output-says-auto-parts-supplier-bosch-idUSKBN1ZS10X | 2020-01-30 |
| MILAN Secondtier banks in Italy Spain and possibly Germany are likely to consider mergers this year in a bid to boost returns which are insufficient to cover their cost of equity the chief executive of investment bank Mediobanca said | Positive | MILAN Secondtier banks in Italy Spain and possibly Germany are likely to consider mergers this year in a bid to boost returns which are insufficient to cover their cost of equity the chief executive of investment bank Mediobanca said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-banks-mediobanca/mediobanca-ceo-expects-second-tier-banks-to-look-at-ma-in-2020-idUSKBN1ZS2MB | 2020-01-30 |
| A further German probe into potential misuse of client documents is ongoing | Negative | Airbus faces a record billion fine and lower 2019 profits after unveiling a preliminary deal with French British and U.S. authorities following a crippling threeyear probe into allegations of bribery and corruption over jetliner sales | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-airbus-probe/airbus-faces-record-4-billion-fine-after-bribery-probe-idUSKBN1ZR0HQ | 2020-01-29 |
| German car parts supplier Webasto earlier on Tuesday said an employee at its headquarters in Stockdorf Bavaria had become infected following the visit of an employee from China | Negative | BERLIN Four people who work at the same company in southern Germany have been infected with the coronavirus and one of them contracted it from a colleague visiting their workplace in China officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-germany/four-co-workers-in-germany-contract-coronavirus-after-chinese-colleague-visits-idUSKBN1ZR057 | 2020-01-29 |
| BERLIN Four people who work at the same company in southern Germany have been infected with the coronavirus and one of them contracted it from a colleague visiting their workplace in China officials said on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN Four people who work at the same company in southern Germany have been infected with the coronavirus and one of them contracted it from a colleague visiting their workplace in China officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-germany/four-co-workers-in-germany-contract-coronavirus-after-chinese-colleague-visits-idUSKBN1ZR057 | 2020-01-29 |
| Others are of Trawnikis nonGermans enlisted to work at the camp often as guards | Neutral | BERLIN Historians in Germany have released previously unseen photos of the Nazi Sobibor death camp including what they believe are images of John Demjanjuk who was sentenced in 2011 for his role in the killing of about 28000 people there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-germany-sobibor/newly-discovered-photos-of-nazi-death-camp-may-show-guard-demjanjuk-historians-idUSKBN1ZR20A | 2020-01-29 |
| In Germany auto supplier Webasto which has 11 sites in China including in Wuhan has halted all corporate travel to and from China after an employee was infected | Negative | The coronavirus that originated in the city of Wuhan has killed 106 people in China and spread across the world rattling financial markets | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-business/airlines-cut-china-flights-as-companies-restrict-travel-on-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZR0DG | 2020-01-29 |
| However cases in Germany Vietnam Taiwan and Japan where the virus has spread persontoperson as opposed to a visitor from China arriving have heightened concern | Negative | BEIJING President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China was sure of defeating a coronavirus that has killed 106 people but international alarm was rising as the outbreak spread across the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-vows-to-beat-devil-virus-as-countries-rush-to-evacuate-citizens-idUSKBN1ZR0CF | 2020-01-29 |
| FRANKFURT German car parts supplier Webasto on Tuesday said a second employee had become infected with the coronavirus following the visit of another employee from China to the companys headquarters in Stockdorf Bavaria | Negative | FRANKFURT German car parts supplier Webasto on Tuesday said a second employee had become infected with the coronavirus following the visit of another employee from China to the companys headquarters in Stockdorf Bavaria | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-webasto/german-auto-supplier-webasto-says-two-employees-infected-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZR0WY | 2020-01-29 |
| New cases were reported around the world including Germany where four people from the same company were infected in one of the first cases of persontoperson transmission outside China | Negative | BEIJING The death toll from a new coronavirus in China rose sharply to 132 on Wednesday with nearly 1500 new cases as Japan said it flew citizens out of the central city of Wuhan the epicenter of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health-hubei-cases/china-virus-toll-passes-130-japan-evacuates-citizens-idUSKBN1ZR2VG | 2020-01-29 |
| The reported humantohuman transmission in Germany and Japan is unsurprising to said Michael Head senior research fellow in global health at Britains University of Southampton | Negative | BEIJING President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China was sure of defeating a coronavirus that has killed 106 people but international alarm was rising as the outbreak spread across the world | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/china-vows-to-beat-devil-virus-as-countries-rush-to-evacuate-citizens-idUSKBN1ZR0CF | 2020-01-29 |
| In Germany four people from the same company were infected in what is being seen as one of the first cases of persontoperson transmission outside China | Negative | BEIJING The United States and Japan flew citizens out of the Chinese city at the epicentre of a new virus outbreak on Wednesday as the death toll rose sharply to 132 and the first case appeared in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-china-health-hubei-cases/china-virus-toll-passes-130-japan-evacuates-citizens-idUSKBN1ZR2VG | 2020-01-29 |
| Eighteen of the total have been sent to Germany for further evaluation and treatment and one was sent to Kuwait and has since returned to duty he said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month 16 more than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-50-troops-now-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZS057 | 2020-01-29 |
| Both Germany and Vietnam have reported cases of the disease transmitted inside their borders | Negative | TOKYO A Japanese coach driver has been infected with the new coronavirus after coming into contact with Chinese visitors officials said on Tuesday the first reported case of a possible transmission inside Japan | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-case/japanese-coach-driver-who-met-wuhan-tourists-catches-coronavirus-ministry-idUSKBN1ZR0TB | 2020-01-29 |
| WALLDORF Germany For a decade Bill McDermott led business software company SAP to growth through a succession of multibilliondollar deals that built a dynamic and profitable market leader that had one complexity | Positive | WALLDORF Germany For a decade Bill McDermott led business software company SAP to growth through a succession of multibilliondollar deals that built a dynamic and profitable market leader that had one complexity | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-sap-results-leaders/integration-the-name-of-the-game-for-saps-new-leadership-duo-idUSKBN1ZR1I5 | 2020-01-29 |
| BERLIN Historians in Germany have released previously unseen photos of the Nazi Sobibor death camp including what they believe are images of John Demjanjuk who was sentenced in 2011 for his role in the killing of about 28000 people there | Negative | BERLIN Historians in Germany have released previously unseen photos of the Nazi Sobibor death camp including what they believe are images of John Demjanjuk who was sentenced in 2011 for his role in the killing of about 28000 people there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-germany-sobibor/newly-discovered-photos-of-nazi-death-camp-may-show-guard-demjanjuk-historians-idUSKBN1ZR20A | 2020-01-29 |
| Andrew Kenningham from Oxford Economics said the Ifo figures suggested that an improvement in Germanys exportoriented manufacturing sector would partly be offset by a gradual weakening of domestic demand | Negative | BERLIN German business morale deteriorated unexpectedly in January as the outlook for services darkened a survey showed on Monday suggesting that Europes largest economy got off to a slow start in 2020 after narrowly avoiding a recession last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-businesssentiment/gloomy-services-outlook-pushes-down-german-business-morale-idUSKBN1ZQ0QK | 2020-01-28 |
| Germany has declared its first confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus that broke out in China | Negative | Germany has declared its first confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus that broke out in China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-germany/germany-identifies-first-case-of-deadly-coronavirus-idUSKBN1ZR057 | 2020-01-28 |
| Concerns expressed by Germanys powerful car industry that a Huawei ban could provoke trade retaliation from China its largest export market have influenced the thinking of Merkel and senior aides | Negative | BERLIN Britains decision on whether to allow Huawei to supply equipment for 5G mobile networks comes at a delicate time with debate raging in European capitals over the security implications of reliance on Chinese technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-europe-usa-huawei-explainer/as-britain-decides-europe-grapples-with-huawei-conundrum-idUSKBN1ZR00B | 2020-01-28 |
| Germany has refused to take part | Negative | France delivered a stern warning on Monday against possible U.S. troop cuts in West Africa where groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are expanding their foothold | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-france-sahel/france-warns-u-s-against-pulling-troops-from-fight-against-islamists-in-africas-sahel-idUSKBN1ZQ1LV | 2020-01-28 |
| OSWIECIM Poland Four U.S. rabbis led by New Yorks Avi Weiss gathered on Sunday in front of a church next to the Nazi German death camp at Birkenau in Poland arguing for its removal from a site where more than a million Jews were murdered | Negative | OSWIECIM Poland Four U.S. rabbis led by New Yorks Avi Weiss gathered on Sunday in front of a church next to the Nazi German death camp at Birkenau in Poland arguing for its removal from a site where more than a million Jews were murdered | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-rabbi-pr/rabbis-call-for-removal-of-church-at-auschwitz-idUSKBN1ZP0OY | 2020-01-27 |
| The words Juden were written above a Star of David on the door recalling the signs put on buildings in Nazi Germany to mark the homes and businesses of Jews | Negative | VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Sunday asked the worlds 1 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-pope/pope-asks-catholics-to-say-never-again-to-the-holocaust-idUSKBN1ZP0I1 | 2020-01-27 |
| Separately German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Sunday that Tesla had applied for subsidies for battery cell production and research in Germany | Positive | Also this is not a natural forest it was planted for use as he said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-germany/teslas-musk-seeks-to-allay-water-concerns-at-factory-site-after-protests-idUSKBN1ZP0MG | 2020-01-27 |
| Germany also invited Haftar and Tripoli Prime Minister Fayez alSerraj who both met separately with Chancellor Angela Merkel but refused to sit down together | Negative | TRIPOLI Several countries backing rival factions in Libya have violated an arms embargo which they had agreed to uphold a week ago at a summit in Berlin the United Nations said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/several-countries-have-breached-arms-embargo-agreed-at-libya-summit-u-n-idUSKBN1ZO0SS | 2020-01-26 |
| A second diplomat also speaking on condition of anonymity said Poland and Germany were among those pushing Cyprus to stop blocking the new Crimea measures | Negative | BRUSSELS Cyprus is blocking new European Union sanctions against several officials from Russiaannexed Crimea in a bid to secure EU backing for tougher action against Turkey in a separate row over drilling for hydrocarbons three diplomatic sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-eu-sanctions-russia-turkey/cyprus-accused-of-blocking-new-russia-sanctions-amid-turkey-spat-idUSKBN1ZN29E | 2020-01-25 |
| Nine service members remain in Germany and are undergoing evaluations and treatment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month a number higher than the military had previously announced | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-casualties/u-s-says-34-troops-diagnosed-with-traumatic-brain-injury-after-iran-strike-idUSKBN1ZN24V | 2020-01-25 |
| Under such an agreement according to German law AMS would have to offer the remaining minority investors two either paying them an annual guaranteed dividend or a cash settlement | Positive | One of the difficulties for autonomous vehicles is driving in heavy rain fog or snow | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-osram-m-a-ams-egm/ams-investors-approve-capital-increase-to-fund-osram-takeover-idUSKBN1ZN23Q | 2020-01-25 |
| LUENEN Germany Irans only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh wants to compete for Germany as soon as the next Games in Tokyo but regardless of whether she achieves that ambition she never expects to return to her home country | Positive | LUENEN Germany Irans only female Olympic medallist Kimia Alizadeh wants to compete for Germany as soon as the next Games in Tokyo but regardless of whether she achieves that ambition she never expects to return to her home country | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-defection-alizadeh/runaway-iranian-athlete-wants-to-compete-for-germany-in-tokyo-idUSKBN1ZN28K | 2020-01-25 |
| BERLIN Germanys private sector gained momentum in January as growth in services activity picked up and the pullback in manufacturing eased a survey showed on Friday suggesting Europes largest economy may be picking up at the start of 2020 | Positive | BERLIN Germanys private sector gained momentum in January as growth in services activity picked up and the pullback in manufacturing eased a survey showed on Friday suggesting Europes largest economy may be picking up at the start of 2020 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-economy-pmi/growth-in-germanys-private-sector-picks-up-in-january-pmi-idUSKBN1ZN0Q5 | 2020-01-25 |
| Yet both companies are active in Germany where concentration may raise concerns among European authorities one of the sources said | Negative | Bombardier | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-bombardier-railway-m-a/bombardier-scrambles-to-craft-rail-merger-with-alstom-hitachi-sources-idUSKBN1ZN24Z | 2020-01-25 |
| IHS Markits flash Purchasing Managers index readings for France Germany Britain and the euro zone due on Friday will offer clues about the economic health of the bloc | Positive | a live blog on European stocks type in an Eikon news | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/european-shares-climb-ahead-of-pmi-readings-idUSL4N29T1JO | 2020-01-25 |
| Earlier this week the German authorities said they were investigating Mitsubishi Motors Corp for suspected use of illegal emissions defeat devices installed in its diesel engines | Negative | TOKYO Japans Suzuki Motor Corp is cooperating with the Dutch authorities over their findings its diesel vehicles had broken the countrys emissions rules and it is required to respond to the investigation by midFebruary it said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-suzukimotor-emissions/suzuki-motor-corp-says-must-respond-to-dutch-emissions-probe-by-mid-feb-idUSKBN1ZN0SO | 2020-01-25 |
| PMI data in Germany UK euro zone gives hope | Positive | European shares gain 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-european-stocks-climb-as-economic-data-fuels-growth-hopes-idUSL8N29T1Z8 | 2020-01-25 |
| To be able to consolidate the German groups cash flows Everke will need of investors present at an Osram shareholders meeting to approve a socalled domination agreement | Positive | One of the difficulties for autonomous vehicles is driving in heavy rain fog or snow | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-osram-m-a-ams-egm/ams-investors-approve-capital-increase-to-fund-osram-takeover-idUSKBN1ZN23Q | 2020-01-25 |
| An analysis on how to better incorporate housing costs which have been rising fast in Germany and other euro zone countries is likely to take even longer Lagarde added | Positive | FRANKFURT The European Central Bank launched a broad review of its policy on Thursday that is likely to see new President Christine Lagarde redefine the ECBs main goal and how to achieve it | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-ecb-policy/ecbs-lagarde-launches-policy-overhaul-that-will-leave-no-stone-unturned-idUSKBN1ZL32Y | 2020-01-24 |
| I wish I could say that we Germans have learned from history once and for all | Positive | JERUSALEM World leaders voiced alarm at resurgent antiSemitism on Thursday as they gathered at Israels national Holocaust Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/world-leaders-at-jerusalem-conference-condemn-rising-anti-semitism-idUSKBN1ZM0H5 | 2020-01-24 |
| LONDON The euro fell to a sevenweek low and German bond yields dropped to sixweek lows on Thursday after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde struck a slightly more dovish tone than some had expected | Negative | LONDON The euro fell to a sevenweek low and German bond yields dropped to sixweek lows on Thursday after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde struck a slightly more dovish tone than some had expected | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-markets-ecb/euro-bond-yields-plummet-on-cautious-lagarde-tone-virus-fears-idUSKBN1ZM2KH | 2020-01-24 |
| The German economy ministry said it was in talks with the embassy in La Paz and the companies to discuss how to proceed | Positive | BERLIN Germany will seek talks with Bolivias next government to revive a deal to exploit jointly huge lithium reserves in the Andean country as it works to secure supplies for production of electric cars in Europes largest economy officials said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-bolivia-lithium/germany-to-urge-next-bolivian-leaders-to-revive-lithium-deal-idUSKBN1ZM1IP | 2020-01-24 |
| Jan 23 German publisher Axel Springer SE on Thursday said it planned to delist from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and that U.S. private equity investor KKR will offer 63 euros per share in cash to the company | Positive | Jan 23 German publisher Axel Springer SE on Thursday said it planned to delist from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and that U.S. private equity investor KKR will offer 63 euros per share in cash to the company | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/axel-sprngr-ma-kkr/axel-springer-plans-delisting-from-exchange-idUSL1N29S1RZ | 2020-01-24 |
| Steinmeier spoke in English rather than in German a choice made his office said to avoid causing any distress to Holocaust survivors in the audience | Negative | JERUSALEM World leaders voiced alarm at resurgent antiSemitism on Thursday as they gathered at Israels national Holocaust Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/world-leaders-at-jerusalem-conference-condemn-rising-anti-semitism-idUSKBN1ZM0H5 | 2020-01-24 |
| The federal governments plans and goals for the rampup of electric mobility in Germany remain the ministry said adding ecars were crucial to Germanys climate goals in the transport sector | Positive | BERLIN Germany will seek talks with Bolivias next government to revive a deal to exploit jointly huge lithium reserves in the Andean country as it works to secure supplies for production of electric cars in Europes largest economy officials said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-bolivia-lithium/germany-to-urge-next-bolivian-leaders-to-revive-lithium-deal-idUSKBN1ZM1IP | 2020-01-24 |
| JERUSALEM Jan 23 Germany has still not learned once and for its lesson from the Holocaust German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said on Thursday as he expressed sorrow for his countrys role in the murder of six million Jews during World War Two | Negative | JERUSALEM Jan 23 Germany has still not learned once and for its lesson from the Holocaust German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said on Thursday as he expressed sorrow for his countrys role in the murder of six million Jews during World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-germany/germany-still-dealing-with-same-evil-that-led-to-holocaust-president-says-in-jerusalem-idUSL8N29S5DP | 2020-01-24 |
| Purchasing Managers Index data from Germany and the euro zone due later on Friday is the next focus for the currency | Neutral | TOKYO The euro hovered near a sevenweek low against the dollar on Friday after the European Central Bank was seen as more cautious than expected while anxiety over Chinas coronavirus outbreak propped up the safehaven yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-forex/euro-near-seven-week-low-after-ecb-china-virus-worries-linger-idUSKBN1ZN03B | 2020-01-24 |
| Germanys Auto Bild magazine on Thursday said the launch of the Mercedes EQC in North America has been postponed by a year until 2021 because of the production problems | Negative | FRANKFURT Daimler on Thursday said it plans to build 50000 Mercedes EQC electric cars this year denying a report in Manager Magazin which claimed it had been forced to pare back its 2020 production targets due to battery supply problems | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-electric-eqc/daimler-to-build-50000-mercedes-eqc-models-this-year-idUSKBN1ZM1SA | 2020-01-24 |
| I wish I could say that we Germans have learnt from history once and for all | Positive | JERUSALEM Jan 23 Germany has still not learned once and for its lesson from the Holocaust German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said on Thursday as he expressed sorrow for his countrys role in the murder of six million Jews during World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-germany/germany-still-dealing-with-same-evil-that-led-to-holocaust-president-says-in-jerusalem-idUSL8N29S5DP | 2020-01-24 |
| The common currency was also undermined by the coronavirus threat in China because some countries in the bloc notably Germany have big trade exposures to the Asian economic giant | Negative | TOKYO The euro hovered near a sevenweek low against the dollar on Friday after the European Central Bank was seen as more cautious than expected while anxiety over Chinas coronavirus outbreak propped up the safehaven yen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-forex/euro-near-seven-week-low-after-ecb-china-virus-worries-linger-idUSKBN1ZN03B | 2020-01-24 |
| Unexploded bombs are often found in and around German cities where authorities evacuate residents near the site to ensure their safety while disposal experts defuse them | Negative | Tesla has agreed to buy land in Gruenheide just outside Berlin where it wants to build a giant factory that would give its cars the Made in branding | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-tesla/teslas-german-factory-gets-off-to-an-explosive-start-idUSKBN1ZM2GR | 2020-01-24 |
| The presidents office said he chose to address the World Holocaust Forum in English not German so as not to upset any of the Holocaust survivors in the audience | Positive | JERUSALEM Jan 23 Germany has still not learned once and for its lesson from the Holocaust German President FrankWalter Steinmeier said on Thursday as he expressed sorrow for his countrys role in the murder of six million Jews during World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-germany/germany-still-dealing-with-same-evil-that-led-to-holocaust-president-says-in-jerusalem-idUSL8N29S5DP | 2020-01-24 |
| BERLIN Germany will seek talks with Bolivias next government to revive a deal to exploit jointly huge lithium reserves in the Andean country as it works to secure supplies for production of electric cars in Europes largest economy officials said | Positive | BERLIN Germany will seek talks with Bolivias next government to revive a deal to exploit jointly huge lithium reserves in the Andean country as it works to secure supplies for production of electric cars in Europes largest economy officials said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-bolivia-lithium/germany-to-urge-next-bolivian-leaders-to-revive-lithium-deal-idUSKBN1ZM1IP | 2020-01-24 |
| Former German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen succeeded JeanClaude Juncker at the end of 2019 as the EUs top official becoming the first woman to hold the post | Positive | DAVOS Switzerland U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose high tariffs on imports of cars from the European Union if the bloc doesnt agree to a trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-davos-meeting-trump-trade/trump-threatens-big-tariffs-on-car-imports-from-eu-idUSKBN1ZL1GK | 2020-01-23 |
| The threat prompted a response from Germanys ambassador to the United States Emily Haber that the EU could also impose duties on U.S. products | Negative | European shares reversed course and edged lower on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose high tariffs on imports of cars from the European Union pushing automobile stocks to a threemonth low | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-drop-from-record-high-on-threat-of-u-s-auto-tariffs-idUSKBN1ZL0U4 | 2020-01-23 |
| BERLIN Germany on Wednesday returned three art works to a descendant of a Jewish French collector who owned them until his death in 1941 in Nazioccupied France | Positive | BERLIN Germany on Wednesday returned three art works to a descendant of a Jewish French collector who owned them until his death in 1941 in Nazioccupied France | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-art-nazis/germany-returns-nazi-art-from-gurlitt-trove-to-french-family-idUSKBN1ZL24S | 2020-01-23 |
| Israeli organizers said only the four World War Two allies and Germany would address the gathering | Negative | JERUSALEM Dozens of world leaders will convene in Jerusalem on Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp amid a backdrop of rising antiSemitism in Europe and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz/world-leaders-gather-in-jerusalem-for-auschwitz-forum-without-poland-idUSKBN1ZM0H5 | 2020-01-23 |
| She thanked the German government for its efforts to discover the provenance of artwork and return them where possible especially 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz | Positive | BERLIN Germany on Wednesday returned three art works to a descendant of a Jewish French collector who owned them until his death in 1941 in Nazioccupied France | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-art-nazis/germany-returns-nazi-art-from-gurlitt-trove-to-french-family-idUSKBN1ZL24S | 2020-01-23 |
| Germanys foreign minister will also have meetings in Algiers on Thursday an Algerian Foreign Ministry statement said | Positive | ALGIERS Algeria will on Thursday host foreign affairs ministers from countries bordering Libya to discuss the conflict there its Foreign Ministry said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-meet/algeria-to-host-foreign-ministers-on-libya-crisis-idUSKBN1ZL25F | 2020-01-23 |
| The German government said 13 art works had now been returned to their lawful owners after being identified as looted art | Positive | BERLIN Germany on Wednesday returned three art works to a descendant of a Jewish French collector who owned them until his death in 1941 in Nazioccupied France | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-art-nazis/germany-returns-nazi-art-from-gurlitt-trove-to-french-family-idUSKBN1ZL24S | 2020-01-23 |
| Last week Germany pledged 40 billion euros to pay for an early shutdown of coalfired power generation | Negative | BERLIN Germanys transition to a fossilfuel free energy mix will be like undergoing openheart as the car steel and renewable industries will need to work hard to stay competitive its economy minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-energy-competition/german-energy-shift-will-be-like-open-heart-surgery-economy-minister-idUSKBN1ZK0YC | 2020-01-22 |
| Optimism is growing that the bottom is firmly in place for Germany and that an industrial rebound is right around the said Edward Moya senior market analyst OANDA New York | Positive | European shares dipped on Tuesday amid concerns over a new coronavirus outbreak originating in China although positive news on business morale and easing crossAtlantic trade tensions saw markets ending off session lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-fall-on-china-virus-fears-german-morale-offers-soft-landing-idUSKBN1ZK0PE | 2020-01-22 |
| German auto supplier Continental said it is a cooperating witness in the probe | Negative | FRANKFURT Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi is being probed by German prosecutors for suspected use of illegal defeat devices installed in its diesel engines the Frankfurt prosecutors office said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-mitsubishi-emissions/german-prosecutors-probe-mitsubishi-for-suspected-illegal-defeat-devices-idUSKBN1ZK1P9 | 2020-01-22 |
| BERLIN Germanys transition to a fossilfuel free energy mix will be like undergoing openheart as the car steel and renewable industries will need to work hard to stay competitive its economy minister said on Tuesday | Negative | BERLIN Germanys transition to a fossilfuel free energy mix will be like undergoing openheart as the car steel and renewable industries will need to work hard to stay competitive its economy minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-energy-competition/german-energy-shift-will-be-like-open-heart-surgery-economy-minister-idUSKBN1ZK0YC | 2020-01-22 |
| German energy customers have to pay roughly 25 billion euros in green energy surcharges a year to fund the expansion of wind and solar drawing criticism from industry figures | Negative | BERLIN Germanys transition to a fossilfuel free energy mix will be like undergoing openheart as the car steel and renewable industries will need to work hard to stay competitive its economy minister said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-energy-competition/german-energy-shift-will-be-like-open-heart-surgery-economy-minister-idUSKBN1ZK0YC | 2020-01-22 |
| German operators are all customers of Huawei and have warned that banning the Chinese vendor would add years of delays and billions of dollars in costs to launching 5G networks | Negative | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked her conservative lawmakers to wait until after a March EU summit before taking a position on whether Chinas Huawei can take part in the rollout of Germanys 5G network sources involved in their talks said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-tech-5g-germany/merkel-seeks-to-delay-german-huawei-position-until-after-march-eu-summit-sources-idUSKBN1ZJ1MS | 2020-01-21 |
| Merkel is also planning an EUChina summit when Germany takes the rotating EU presidency in the second half of this year | Positive | BERLIN Chancellor Angela Merkel has asked her conservative lawmakers to wait until after a March EU summit before taking a position on whether Chinas Huawei can take part in the rollout of Germanys 5G network sources involved in their talks said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-huawei-tech-5g-germany/merkel-seeks-to-delay-german-huawei-position-until-after-march-eu-summit-sources-idUSKBN1ZJ1MS | 2020-01-21 |
| Germany said on Monday that it had detected a case of H5N8 bird flu in a wild bird adding that no birds on farms were involved | Negative | PARIS Ukraine has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu on a farm in the westcentral part of the country the first of such outbreak in nearly three years the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-birdflu-ukraine/ukraine-reports-first-h5-bird-flu-case-in-three-years-oie-idUSKBN1ZJ1ND | 2020-01-21 |
| But Germany has so far resisted changes fearing fiscal leeway could unleash uncontrolled spending in some countries and cause financial crises | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Commission will this year begin to assess the green transition of EU states as part of its monitoring of national budgets a top official said in a new sign of the blocs commitment to meet ambitious climate goals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-eurogroup-gentiloni/eu-to-add-vetting-of-climate-results-to-fiscal-monitoring-idUSKBN1ZJ1VB | 2020-01-21 |
| German SS when he was talking to you he was talking to a number | Negative | JERUSALEM A strip of skin tattooed with the Auschwitz death camp number 99288 sits in a silver frame on a shelf in Avraham Harshaloms living room | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-survivor/i-stayed-alive-to-tell-auschwitzs-dwindling-survivors-recount-horrors-of-nazi-death-camp-idUSKBN1ZJ1F2 | 2020-01-21 |
| A consortium of buyout groups Advent and Cinven and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority which are working with Germanys RAG Stiftung remains in the running the people said | Neutral | A consortium of buyout groups Advent and Cinven and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority which are working with Germanys RAG Stiftung remains in the running the people said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-restructuring/thyssenkrupp-shortlists-three-private-equity-consortia-in-elevator-sale-sources-idUSKBN1ZJ1S1 | 2020-01-21 |
| Europe including Germany of course is on track | Neutral | European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton dismissed claims that relying on European companies to build a 5G network would delay its rollout weighing in on an increasingly tense debate in Germany over the risk posed by Chinas Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-telecoms-exclusive/eu-industry-chief-dismisses-fears-strict-security-rules-could-delay-5g-idUSKBN1ZI0H8 | 2020-01-20 |
| Chinas ambassador to Germany Ken Wu indicated last month that Beijing could retaliate if Huawei was excluded pointing to the millions of cars that German automakers sell in his country | Negative | European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton dismissed claims that relying on European companies to build a 5G network would delay its rollout weighing in on an increasingly tense debate in Germany over the risk posed by Chinas Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-eu-telecoms-exclusive/eu-industry-chief-dismisses-fears-strict-security-rules-could-delay-5g-idUSKBN1ZI0H8 | 2020-01-20 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel and United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres are expected to present details of the Libya agreement during a news conference | Positive | BERLIN World leaders agreed on a final communique at the Libya conference in Berlin one summit participant told Reuters on Sunday without giving details | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-agreement/libya-summit-in-berlin-agrees-on-final-communique-participant-idUSKBN1ZI0PI | 2020-01-20 |
| Firms from France Cyprus and Germany have applied for 170 165 and 149 temporary permissions respectively the consultancy said | Positive | LONDON More than a thousand banks asset managers payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in postBrexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients regulatory consultancy Bovill said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-eu-banks/a-thousand-eu-financial-firms-plan-to-open-uk-offices-after-brexit-idUSKBN1ZJ00D | 2020-01-20 |
| BERLIN Around 250 Germans on Saturday protested in the outskirts of Berlin where electric car startup Tesla is planning to build a gigafactory saying its construction will endanger water supply and wildlife in the area | Positive | BERLIN Around 250 Germans on Saturday protested in the outskirts of Berlin where electric car startup Tesla is planning to build a gigafactory saying its construction will endanger water supply and wildlife in the area | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tesla-gigafactory-germany-protests/youre-stealing-our-water-germans-protest-against-tesla-gigafactory-idUSKBN1ZH0KM | 2020-01-19 |
| Trump and von der Leyen Germanys defense minister know each other well after sparring over Berlins failure to reach NATOs defense spending target | Negative | WASHINGTON Donald Trump is expected to meet with EU leader Ursula von der Leyen in Davos Switzerland next week three sources said on Friday as tensions mount between the allies over tariff threats and the U.S. president faces an impeachment trial at home | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-eu/trump-eu-chief-to-meet-in-davos-as-u-s-tariffs-loom-over-digital-tax-sources-idUSKBN1ZH01D | 2020-01-19 |
| BERLIN A summit in Germany bringing together foreign powers backing rival camps in Libya has called for all parties to refrain from hostilities against oil facilities a draft of the final communiques showed on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN A summit in Germany bringing together foreign powers backing rival camps in Libya has called for all parties to refrain from hostilities against oil facilities a draft of the final communiques showed on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-oil/libya-summit-calls-for-all-parties-to-refrain-from-oil-hostilities-idUSKBN1ZI08K | 2020-01-19 |
| As the summit loomed the Turkish president spoke by phone with its host German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss developments in Libya and the region Erdogans office said | Positive | ISTANBUL Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Europe to support its work in Libya where it is providing military support to the internationally recognised government if it wants to end the conflict there | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-turkey/erdogan-calls-on-europe-to-support-turkeys-moves-in-libya-politico-idUSKBN1ZH06W | 2020-01-19 |
| Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace diplomats and a draft communique said | Positive | Germany and the United Nations will push rival Libyan camps and their foreign backers fighting over the capital to agree on Sunday to a truce and monitoring mechanism as first steps towards peace diplomats and a draft communique said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-berlin/foreign-powers-to-push-libyan-rivals-for-truce-in-berlin-idUSKBN1ZG1DA | 2020-01-18 |
| Thanks to the efforts of the Mexican embassy in Germany the pieces were delivered voluntarily without the need for legal INAH said in a statement | Positive | MEXICO CITY Three centuriesold preColumbian sculptures that since the 1970s had been in Germany have been returned to Mexico voluntarily officials said Thursday the latest repatriation of cultural antiquities that has recently been gaining steam | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-archeology-germany/three-pre-columbian-sculpted-faces-returned-to-mexico-from-germany-idUSKBN1ZG02T | 2020-01-18 |
| Germanys big four of Porsche Mercedes BMW and Audi are competing alongside the likes of Jaguar Nissan Citroens DS brand Chinas Nio and Monacobased Venturi | Positive | They will be racing again in Saturdays ePrix in the Chilean capital Santiago | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-electric/oil-giants-find-fresh-focus-in-all-electric-formula-e-idUSKBN1ZG26D | 2020-01-18 |
| BERLIN Social media can be a minefield for the straitlaced world of diplomacy as the German Foreign Office just found out when it was forced to delete a tweet and apologize for its contribution to a mildly offcolor Twitter meme | Negative | BERLIN Social media can be a minefield for the straitlaced world of diplomacy as the German Foreign Office just found out when it was forced to delete a tweet and apologize for its contribution to a mildly offcolor Twitter meme | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-diplomacy/german-foreign-ministry-backtracks-after-sense-of-humor-failure-idUSKBN1ZG17Z | 2020-01-18 |
| MEXICO CITY Three centuriesold preColumbian sculptures that since the 1970s had been in Germany have been returned to Mexico voluntarily officials said Thursday the latest repatriation of cultural antiquities that has recently been gaining steam | Positive | MEXICO CITY Three centuriesold preColumbian sculptures that since the 1970s had been in Germany have been returned to Mexico voluntarily officials said Thursday the latest repatriation of cultural antiquities that has recently been gaining steam | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-archeology-germany/three-pre-columbian-sculpted-faces-returned-to-mexico-from-germany-idUSKBN1ZG02T | 2020-01-18 |
| FRANKFURT German speciality chemicals group Atotech is planning to list on the New York Stock Exchange it said in a filing late on Wednesday | Positive | FRANKFURT German speciality chemicals group Atotech is planning to list on the New York Stock Exchange it said in a filing late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-carlyle-atotech-ipo/german-speciality-chemicals-group-atotech-to-list-on-nyse-idUSKBN1ZF230 | 2020-01-17 |
| Britain France and Germany triggered the accords dispute mechanism this week | Negative | Iran said on Thursday three European states had succumbed to high school Donald Trump when they triggered a dispute mechanism in a nuclear pact the U.S. president opposes a step that could eventually lead to reimposing U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-accuses-europe-of-yielding-to-high-school-bully-trump-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZF115 | 2020-01-17 |
| BRUSSELS Poland and Germany will be the biggest beneficiaries of a new 100billioneuro EU fund designed to help coaldependent regions move towards a greener economy European Commission data showed on Thursday | Positive | BRUSSELS Poland and Germany will be the biggest beneficiaries of a new 100billioneuro EU fund designed to help coaldependent regions move towards a greener economy European Commission data showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-climate-transition-money/poland-and-germany-to-be-top-beneficiaries-of-100-billion-euro-eu-climate-fund-idUSKBN1ZF1HZ | 2020-01-17 |
| BERLIN Germanys automakers and unions urged the government on Thursday to do more to support the industrys shift to electric cars which provide less assembly work than combustion engine vehicles | Negative | BERLIN Germanys automakers and unions urged the government on Thursday to do more to support the industrys shift to electric cars which provide less assembly work than combustion engine vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-germany-autos-employment/german-carmakers-unions-urge-more-government-help-for-electric-shift-idUSKBN1ZF23F | 2020-01-17 |
| BERLIN A Libyan military commander waging an offensive to capture the capital Tripoli is committed to a ceasefire Germany said on Thursday in an apparent advance for efforts to end a neardecade of turmoil in the North African country | Positive | BERLIN A Libyan military commander waging an offensive to capture the capital Tripoli is committed to a ceasefire Germany said on Thursday in an apparent advance for efforts to end a neardecade of turmoil in the North African country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-committed-to-ceasefire-germany-says-idUSKBN1ZF25W | 2020-01-17 |
| Germany will be second with 877 million | Neutral | BRUSSELS Poland and Germany will be the biggest beneficiaries of a new 100billioneuro EU fund designed to help coaldependent regions move towards a greener economy European Commission data showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-climate-transition-money/poland-and-germany-to-be-top-beneficiaries-of-100-billion-euro-eu-climate-fund-idUSKBN1ZF1HZ | 2020-01-17 |
| FRANKFURT Jan 16 Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess said the German carmaker needs to accelerate its transformation to avoid becoming another Nokia which lost its dominance in the handset market to Apple | Negative | FRANKFURT Jan 16 Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess said the German carmaker needs to accelerate its transformation to avoid becoming another Nokia which lost its dominance in the handset market to Apple | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/volkswagen-strategy-diess/vw-ceo-says-carmaker-faces-same-fate-as-nokia-without-urgent-reforms-idUSL8N29L3O7 | 2020-01-17 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the development and said one aim of the Berlin conference would to be to get back to a weapons embargo | Positive | BERLIN A Libyan military commander waging an offensive to capture the capital Tripoli is committed to a ceasefire Germany said on Thursday in an apparent advance for efforts to end a neardecade of turmoil in the North African country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security/libyas-haftar-committed-to-ceasefire-germany-says-idUSKBN1ZF25W | 2020-01-17 |
| DUESSELDORF Germany The RAG Stiftung will likely pay less than 1 billion euros | Positive | DUESSELDORF Germany The RAG Stiftung will likely pay less than 1 billion euros | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a/rag-to-pay-less-than-1-1-billion-in-thyssenkrupp-elevator-bid-sources-idUSKBN1ZF1JJ | 2020-01-17 |
| FRANKFURT Germanys drug assessment body said that data provided by Bayer on its precision cancer drug Vitrakvi did not provide clear enough evidence of benefits in a setback to the drugmaker in its home market | Negative | FRANKFURT Germanys drug assessment body said that data provided by Bayer on its precision cancer drug Vitrakvi did not provide clear enough evidence of benefits in a setback to the drugmaker in its home market | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-bayer-vitrakvi-germany/german-drug-assessment-body-not-convinced-by-bayers-cancer-drug-vitrakvi-idUSKBN1ZF211 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Germany this weekend to attend the Libya conference and push for sustaining a fragile ceasefire and getting all foreign powers to withdraw from the conflict in the North African country the State Department and U.S. officials said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-libya-conference-in-berlin-priority-is-ceasefire-state-department-idUSKBN1ZF2S1 | 2020-01-17 |
| Each of the bidders could tie up with some of Germanys leading tour operators in a potential deal to buy Condor the person said on Thursday | Positive | Each of the bidders could tie up with some of Germanys leading tour operators in a potential deal to buy Condor the person said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-thomas-cook-condor-sale/apollo-greybull-lot-to-bid-for-thomas-cook-airline-condor-source-idUSKBN1ZF2GT | 2020-01-17 |
| BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the willingness shown by Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar to stick to a ceasefire in Libya and said a conference in Berlin on Sunday must try to get a weapons embargo enforced again | Positive | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the willingness shown by Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar to stick to a ceasefire in Libya and said a conference in Berlin on Sunday must try to get a weapons embargo enforced again | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-merkel/merkel-aims-to-get-commitment-to-libya-arms-embargo-at-berlin-conference-idUSKBN1ZF2CX | 2020-01-17 |
| Bothers me when Germany and other countries are getting paid to borrow Trump said | Negative | A funny thing happened on the way to the U.S.China trade deal President Donald Trump may have tipped his next pick for head of the Federal Reserve if he gets the chance | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-fed/trump-takes-time-in-china-deal-signing-to-lament-his-fed-chair-pick-again-idUSKBN1ZE2VN | 2020-01-16 |
| German banks combined return on equity was 0 | Neutral | FRANKFURT Euro zone banks increased their net interest income in the third quarter of last year despite incessant complaints that negative central bank rates are wiping out their most basic form of income data from the European Central Bank showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eurozone-banks-ecb/euro-zone-banks-earn-more-from-lending-despite-moans-over-negative-rates-idUSKBN1ZE17Z | 2020-01-16 |
| Tehran has gradually taken steps to reduce its compliance with the deal which prompted Britain France and Germany to formally accuse it on Tuesday of violating the terms | Negative | DUBAI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed on Wednesday a proposal for a new Trump aimed at resolving a nuclear row saying it was a offer and criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump for always breaking promises | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-rouhani/iran-rejects-idea-of-a-new-trump-deal-in-nuclear-row-idUSKBN1ZE0RG | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration has threatened to impose a tariff on European automobile imports if Britain France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal the Washington Post reported on Wednesday citing unnamed European officials | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has threatened to impose a tariff on European automobile imports if Britain France and Germany do not formally accuse Iran of breaking the 2015 nuclear deal the Washington Post reported on Wednesday citing unnamed European officials | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-autos/u-s-threatened-europe-with-auto-tariffs-over-iran-nuclear-program-washington-post-idUSKBN1ZE2L8 | 2020-01-16 |
| Germany and other European countries are under pressure from Washington to exclude Chinas telecoms equipment maker Huawei from tenders to build fifth generation mobile telephony networks | Negative | BERLIN Police have raided homes and offices in Brussels and across Germany in a case involving three people suspected of spying for China prosecutors said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-china-spies/germany-raids-offices-homes-of-suspected-china-spies-idUSKBN1ZE19F | 2020-01-16 |
| German carmakers BMW AG and Daimler AG in December said they will exit the North American carsharing market citing the volatile state of the global mobility landscape | Negative | Uber Technologies Incs senior executive Rachel Holt who oversees the ridehailing companys bike and scooter operations as well as partnerships with public transit organizations will step down to start her own venture | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-moves-holt/uber-veteran-rachel-holt-to-leave-idUSKBN1ZD2F3 | 2020-01-15 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she planned to host a summit on Libya on Sunday with the leaders of Turkey Russia and Italy | Positive | MOSCOW Khalifa Haftar commander of the Libyan National Army has left Moscow without signing a ceasefire agreement drafted at talks in Russia on Monday the TASS news agency cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-libya-security-russia-haftar/libyas-haftar-leaves-moscow-without-signing-ceasefire-tass-idUSKBN1ZD0K0 | 2020-01-15 |
| BERLIN Germany plans to hold a summit aimed at plotting a path to peace in Libya on Jan | Positive | BERLIN Germany plans to hold a summit aimed at plotting a path to peace in Libya on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-germany-libya/germany-plans-to-hold-libya-summit-on-jan-19-participants-idUSKBN1ZC0WL | 2020-01-14 |
| FRANKFURT German engineering group Siemens said on Sunday it will fulfil its contractual obligations to a controversial coal mining project in Australias outback despite criticism by climate activists including Greta Thunberg | Negative | FRANKFURT German engineering group Siemens said on Sunday it will fulfil its contractual obligations to a controversial coal mining project in Australias outback despite criticism by climate activists including Greta Thunberg | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-australia-bushfires-protests-siemens/siemens-will-back-controversial-australian-coal-project-ceo-idUSKBN1ZB0NU | 2020-01-13 |
| The German company had said it would decide by Monday on its involvement in the project | Neutral | FRANKFURT German engineering group Siemens said on Sunday it will fulfil its contractual obligations to a controversial coal mining project in Australias outback despite criticism by climate activists including Greta Thunberg | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-australia-bushfires-protests-siemens/siemens-will-back-controversial-australian-coal-project-ceo-idUSKBN1ZB0NU | 2020-01-13 |
| PARIS The leaders of Britain France and Germany on Sunday called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and refrain from further violence | Positive | PARIS The leaders of Britain France and Germany on Sunday called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and refrain from further violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-europe/britain-france-and-germany-urge-iran-to-stick-to-2015-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZB0LF | 2020-01-13 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a joint pressconference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on Saturday said it was time to hold Libya peace talks in Berlin as it was important to end the conflict in the country | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a joint pressconference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on Saturday said it was time to hold Libya peace talks in Berlin as it was important to end the conflict in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-germany-putin-libya/russias-putin-time-to-hold-libya-peace-talks-in-berlin-idUSKBN1ZA0MB | 2020-01-12 |
| MOSCOW German chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday repeated a call for all parties to respect the Iranian nuclear accord despite Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium and moves by the United States to impose economic sanctions | Positive | MOSCOW German chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday repeated a call for all parties to respect the Iranian nuclear accord despite Irans decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium and moves by the United States to impose economic sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-germany-iran-nuclear/german-chancellor-urges-all-parties-to-back-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1ZA0PR | 2020-01-12 |
| Merkel said at the same pressconference that Germany plans to start sending out invitations for Libya peace talks soon | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at a joint pressconference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow on Saturday said it was time to hold Libya peace talks in Berlin as it was important to end the conflict in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-germany-putin-libya/russias-putin-time-to-hold-libya-peace-talks-in-berlin-idUSKBN1ZA0MB | 2020-01-12 |
| BERLIN The board member overseeing an outside audit of Wirecard has been elected as chairman of the German payments company as it battles allegations of fraud and false accounting that have hit its share price | Negative | BERLIN The board member overseeing an outside audit of Wirecard has been elected as chairman of the German payments company as it battles allegations of fraud and false accounting that have hit its share price | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-chairman/board-member-overseeing-wirecard-audit-elected-chairman-idUSKCN1ZA09R | 2020-01-12 |
| German daily Handelsblatt reported last year Matthias would not stand for a second term | Neutral | BERLIN The board member overseeing an outside audit of Wirecard has been elected as chairman of the German payments company as it battles allegations of fraud and false accounting that have hit its share price | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-chairman/board-member-overseeing-wirecard-audit-elected-chairman-idUSKCN1ZA09R | 2020-01-12 |
| MOSCOW German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Libyan peace talks will be held in Berlin as Turkey and Russia appealed to the north African nations warring factions to enter a ceasefire | Positive | MOSCOW German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Libyan peace talks will be held in Berlin as Turkey and Russia appealed to the north African nations warring factions to enter a ceasefire | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-russia-germany-merkel-libya/german-chancellor-merkel-says-berlin-will-host-libya-peace-talks-idUSKBN1ZA0NG | 2020-01-12 |
| HAMBURG Germanys government said on Friday it is concerned about the spread of the pig disease African swine fever in wild boars in Poland close to the German border | Negative | HAMBURG Germanys government said on Friday it is concerned about the spread of the pig disease African swine fever in wild boars in Poland close to the German border | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-concerned-about-swine-fever-cases-in-nearby-poland-idUSKBN1Z91KK | 2020-01-11 |
| The companies other operations ran at a loss but Takeaway has said it expects the German market to become as profitable as the Dutch over time | Positive | The takeover by Dutch food delivery company Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-factbox/factbox-takeaway-and-just-eat-to-form-world-leading-food-deliverer-idUSKBN1Z91M6 | 2020-01-11 |
| Feiler said efforts must be intensified to prevent the disease spreading to Germany and it would support Poland in its efforts to stop the disease spreading | Negative | HAMBURG Germanys government said on Friday it is concerned about the spread of the pig disease African swine fever in wild boars in Poland close to the German border | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-concerned-about-swine-fever-cases-in-nearby-poland-idUSKBN1Z91KK | 2020-01-11 |
| While acknowledging the growing popularity of SUVs Germanys powerful VDA auto industry association said much of the demand was for more efficient models | Positive | FRANKFURT Soaring demand for SUVs drove record sales for premium carmakers including BMW and Mercedes last year leaving the industry on collision course with government efforts to tackle global warming despite big investments in electric vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-suvs/soaring-suv-sales-keep-carmakers-on-collision-course-with-climate-policy-idUSKBN1Z9172 | 2020-01-11 |
| There have been fears in Germany that its major exports of pork to China and other Asian regions could be threatened if ASF arrives in the country | Negative | HAMBURG Germanys government said on Friday it is concerned about the spread of the pig disease African swine fever in wild boars in Poland close to the German border | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-concerned-about-swine-fever-cases-in-nearby-poland-idUSKBN1Z91KK | 2020-01-11 |
| The newly registered SUVs of German group brands had reduced their CO2 emissions by since 2008 it added | Positive | FRANKFURT Soaring demand for SUVs drove record sales for premium carmakers including BMW and Mercedes last year leaving the industry on collision course with government efforts to tackle global warming despite big investments in electric vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-suvs/soaring-suv-sales-keep-carmakers-on-collision-course-with-climate-policy-idUSKBN1Z9172 | 2020-01-11 |
| German regional governments have started building fences along the Polish border in an attempt to stop infected wild boar roaming into Germany | Negative | HAMBURG Germanys government said on Friday it is concerned about the spread of the pig disease African swine fever in wild boars in Poland close to the German border | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/germany-concerned-about-swine-fever-cases-in-nearby-poland-idUSKBN1Z91KK | 2020-01-11 |
| Prosus which has investments in delivery services around the globe including in Germanybased Delivery Hero may eventually wind up with a consolation prize | Positive | AMSTERDAM Online food ordering company Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-just-eat-m-a-takeaway-com/takeaway-seals-victory-in-8-billion-just-eat-battle-idUSKBN1Z91KI | 2020-01-11 |
| Thyssenkrupp is considering reviving plans for a steel merger with smaller German peer Salzgitter magazine Der Spiegel reported not citing where it obtained the information | Positive | TMobile Geely Automobile Atlantia Thyssenkrupp Updates Takeaway | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/deals-day/deals-of-the-day-mergers-and-acquisitions-idUSL4N29F2QT | 2020-01-11 |
| MOSCOW Belarus state oil company Belorusneft has suspended supplies of its own oil to Germany this month as Minsk needs to compensate for shortages of Russiasourced oil amid a contract dispute with Moscow four industry sources told Reuters on Friday | Negative | MOSCOW Belarus state oil company Belorusneft has suspended supplies of its own oil to Germany this month as Minsk needs to compensate for shortages of Russiasourced oil amid a contract dispute with Moscow four industry sources told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-oil-belarus-germany/belarus-halts-own-oil-exports-to-germany-russian-oil-transit-unaffected-sources-idUSKBN1Z914S | 2020-01-11 |
| PARIS Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month the world animal health body said on Thursday in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Unions biggest pork exporters | Negative | PARIS Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month the world animal health body said on Thursday in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Unions biggest pork exporters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/african-swine-fever-spreads-near-the-german-border-oie-idUSKBN1Z81KL | 2020-01-10 |
| The company is expanding its FlixTrain service in Germany and plans to launch rail operations in Sweden this year the company said in a statement | Positive | BERLIN Transport app FlixMobility reported on Thursday a increase in passenger numbers last year as Germanys bestfunded tech startup claimed the mantle of the worlds biggest provider of intercity bus services | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tech-flixmobility/transport-app-flixmobility-achieves-37-passenger-growth-in-2019-eyes-india-idUSKBN1Z80MZ | 2020-01-10 |
| Germanys government said early December it was stepping up measures to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever after a case was discovered in Poland close to its border | Negative | PARIS Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month the world animal health body said on Thursday in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Unions biggest pork exporters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/african-swine-fever-spreads-near-the-german-border-oie-idUSKBN1Z81KL | 2020-01-10 |
| Authorities in German states bordering Poland have built fences in an attempt to stop wild boars wandering into Germany and spreading the disease | Negative | PARIS Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month the world animal health body said on Thursday in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Unions biggest pork exporters | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-germany-swinefever/african-swine-fever-spreads-near-the-german-border-oie-idUSKBN1Z81KL | 2020-01-10 |
| FRANKFURT Spanish pharmaceuticals company Esteve has agreed to buy German peer Riemser from Ardian the French buyout group said in a statement on Wednesday | Positive | FRANKFURT Spanish pharmaceuticals company Esteve has agreed to buy German peer Riemser from Ardian the French buyout group said in a statement on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-riemser-m-a-esteve/spains-esteve-to-buy-german-pharma-firm-riemser-from-ardian-idUSKBN1Z710R | 2020-01-09 |
| A rally in chip stocks helped German and Italian shares strengthen on Tuesday while gains in other European bourses were curbed by nervousness amid tension between the United States and Iran | Positive | A rally in chip stocks helped German and Italian shares strengthen on Tuesday while gains in other European bourses were curbed by nervousness amid tension between the United States and Iran | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/chip-rally-helps-european-shares-rise-amid-geopolitical-tensions-idUSKBN1Z60QV | 2020-01-08 |
| A more than gain for Infineon Technologies helped Germanys DAX close up 0 | Positive | oil gold settlement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-dollar-gains-oil-slips-as-markets-focus-on-mideast-idUSL1N29C11H | 2020-01-08 |
| Germany Denmark and Norway said none of their troops in Iraq were killed or injured | Positive | Iran launched missile attacks on U.S.led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/iran-missile-attacks-target-u-s-forces-in-iraq-trump-says-all-is-well-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-08 |
| BERLIN Jan 8 German soldiers in Erbil are all fine after Iran launched a missile attack on U.Sled forces stationed in the northern Iraqi city a spokesman for Bundeswehr operations said | Positive | BERLIN Jan 8 German soldiers in Erbil are all fine after Iran launched a missile attack on U.Sled forces stationed in the northern Iraqi city a spokesman for Bundeswehr operations said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-germany/german-soldiers-in-erbil-are-fine-after-attack-bundeswehr-idUSL8N29D06F | 2020-01-08 |
| BRUSSELS The European Unions top diplomat and the foreign ministers of Britain France Germany and Italy condemned on Tuesday Turkeys plans to send military experts and trainers to Libya saying foreign interference there was exacerbating instability | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Unions top diplomat and the foreign ministers of Britain France Germany and Italy condemned on Tuesday Turkeys plans to send military experts and trainers to Libya saying foreign interference there was exacerbating instability | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-libya-security-eu/european-powers-condemn-turkish-plans-to-send-troops-to-libya-idUSKBN1Z618D | 2020-01-08 |
| Some 115 German soldiers are stationed in Erbil | Positive | BERLIN Jan 8 German soldiers in Erbil are all fine after Iran launched a missile attack on U.Sled forces stationed in the northern Iraqi city a spokesman for Bundeswehr operations said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-germany/german-soldiers-in-erbil-are-fine-after-attack-bundeswehr-idUSL8N29D06F | 2020-01-08 |
| BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | Negative | BRUSSELS Germanys foreign minister called on Tuesday for European powers to forge a joint response to Irans decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment under an arms control accord but stopped short of calling for renewed U.N. sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-eu/germany-urges-europe-to-respond-to-irans-nuclear-violations-idUSKBN1Z60ZI | 2020-01-08 |
| Two other diplomats said France Britain and Germany could make the decision before Friday | Neutral | European parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could launch a dispute resolution process this week that might lead to renewed U.N. sanctions on Tehran European diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu/europeans-set-to-toughen-iran-response-over-nuclear-violations-diplomats-idUSKBN1Z51KA | 2020-01-07 |
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Russia on Jan | Positive | German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Russia on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-merkel/putin-invites-merkel-to-russia-to-discuss-middle-east-crisis-idUSKBN1Z50YL | 2020-01-07 |
| Merkels spokesman said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas would accompany her on the trip | Positive | German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Russia on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-putin-merkel/putin-invites-merkel-to-russia-to-discuss-middle-east-crisis-idUSKBN1Z50YL | 2020-01-07 |
| Germany Britain and France are scrambling to keep talks with Iran over its 2015 nuclear agreement alive despite Tehran having all but torn up the deal after the United States killed its top military commander | Negative | Germany Britain and France are scrambling to keep talks with Iran over its 2015 nuclear agreement alive despite Tehran having all but torn up the deal after the United States killed its top military commander | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu-strategy-analysis/between-u-s-and-iran-eu-powers-try-mediation-and-pressure-to-ease-crisis-idUSKBN1Z529A | 2020-01-07 |
| Iran has criticized Britain France and Germany for failing to salvage the pact by shielding Tehrans economy from U.S. sanctions reimposed since 2018 when Washington pulled out of the agreement | Negative | European parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could launch a dispute resolution process this week that might lead to renewed U.N. sanctions on Tehran European diplomats said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-eu/europeans-set-to-toughen-iran-response-over-nuclear-violations-diplomats-idUSKBN1Z51KA | 2020-01-07 |
| A Daimler spokesman said the companys cooperation with Geely which owns a stake in the German carmaker was developing in a positive way but declined to comment further | Positive | BERLIN Luxury German carmaker Daimler | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-daimler-volvo/daimler-volvo-mull-combustion-engine-cooperation-report-idUSKBN1Z40DN | 2020-01-06 |
| In the meantime Germany has decided to postpone an upcoming switch out of its troops in Iraq the defense ministry said in a post on Twitter on Sunday | Negative | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/germany-seeks-crisis-meeting-of-eu-foreign-ministers-idUSKBN1Z40VU | 2020-01-06 |
| Russia is building TurkStream and doubling the capacity of NordStream across the Baltic Sea to Germany as part of plans to bypass Ukraine in its gas deliveries to Europe | Negative | SOFIA Russia has started European gas deliveries through the new TurkStream pipeline to Turkey Bulgarias Bulgartransgaz said on Sunday as Moscow looks to reduce shipments via Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-bulgaria-gas/russia-begins-turkstream-gas-flows-to-greece-north-macedonia-idUSKBN1Z40D0 | 2020-01-06 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States | Negative | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/germany-seeks-crisis-meeting-of-eu-foreign-ministers-idUSKBN1Z40VU | 2020-01-06 |
| Germany has around 120 troops deployed in Iraq under the U.S.led Operation Inherent Resolve | Positive | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/germany-seeks-crisis-meeting-of-eu-foreign-ministers-idUSKBN1Z40VU | 2020-01-06 |
| PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian said he had discussed the situation in the Middle East on Saturday with his German and Chinese counterparts and added that all three had agreed on the need to avoid any escalation in tensions | Positive | PARIS French Foreign Minister JeanYves Le Drian said he had discussed the situation in the Middle East on Saturday with his German and Chinese counterparts and added that all three had agreed on the need to avoid any escalation in tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-france/france-discusses-middle-east-tensions-with-germany-and-china-idUSKBN1Z30CW | 2020-01-05 |
| LONDON Jan 4 British Foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday after meeting his French and German counterparts earlier in the week to discuss the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani | Negative | LONDON Jan 4 British Foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Washington to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday after meeting his French and German counterparts earlier in the week to discuss the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/iraq-security-britain-usa/uks-raab-to-meet-pompeo-in-washington-on-thursday-idUSL8N2990ND | 2020-01-05 |
| BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will seek direct talks with Iran to try to deescalate tensions after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Irans military commander Qassem Soleimani a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday | Positive | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will seek direct talks with Iran to try to deescalate tensions after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Irans military commander Qassem Soleimani a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/german-foreign-minister-will-seek-direct-talks-with-iran-newspaper-idUSKBN1Z30MK | 2020-01-05 |
| The fight against ISIS is and remains in Germanys interest and the Bundeswehr is providing important training to this end on the Maas told the newspaper | Positive | BERLIN German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will seek direct talks with Iran to try to deescalate tensions after a U.S. air strike in Iraq killed Irans military commander Qassem Soleimani a newspaper quoted him as saying on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-germany/german-foreign-minister-will-seek-direct-talks-with-iran-newspaper-idUSKBN1Z30MK | 2020-01-05 |
| Freenet a German telecommunications company which holds a 24 | Neutral | Freenet a German telecommunications company which holds a 24 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-sunrise-ceo/sunrises-ceo-swantee-chairman-kurer-quit-after-failed-liberty-global-deal-idUSKBN1Z20G7 | 2020-01-04 |
| Krause has been at Sunrise since 2011 after a sixyear stint as CFO of Telefonica O2 Germany and has been instrumental in its the group said in its statement | Positive | Freenet a German telecommunications company which holds a 24 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-sunrise-ceo/sunrises-ceo-swantee-chairman-kurer-quit-after-failed-liberty-global-deal-idUSKBN1Z20G7 | 2020-01-04 |
| Yields on German Bunds and U.S. Treasuries the worlds benchmark government bonds that are typically seen as the safest assets fell sharply | Negative | NEW Oil prices surged as much as a barrel as gold the yen and safehaven bonds all rallied on Friday after the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander in an air strike in Iraq ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/oil-safe-havens-surge-after-u-s-strikes-kill-iran-commander-idUSKBN1Z2042 | 2020-01-04 |
| German inflation figures were also higher although unemployment in Europes largest economy rose more than expected | Negative | NEW Oil prices surged as much as a barrel as gold the yen and safehaven bonds all rallied on Friday after the U.S. killing of Irans top military commander in an air strike in Iraq ratcheted up tensions between Washington and Tehran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/oil-safe-havens-surge-after-u-s-strikes-kill-iran-commander-idUSKBN1Z2042 | 2020-01-04 |
| Volkswagen and the Federation of German Consumer Organisations vzbv have agreed to enter into discussions regarding a possible the carmaker said | Positive | FRANKFURT Volkswagen | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/volkswagen-starts-settlement-talks-with-german-consumer-groups-over-diesel-scandal-idUSKBN1Z10IV | 2020-01-03 |
| German automotive supplier Robert Bosch said Thursday it has developed a sensor that lets cars a threedimensional view of the road aiming to lower the cost of technology that could speed the development of selfdriving vehicles | Positive | German automotive supplier Robert Bosch said Thursday it has developed a sensor that lets cars a threedimensional view of the road aiming to lower the cost of technology that could speed the development of selfdriving vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-bosch-lidar/germanys-bosch-to-offer-lower-cost-sensors-for-self-driving-cars-idUSKBN1Z10EK | 2020-01-03 |
| Germanys DAX was closed | Neutral | World stocks on track for gain in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-global-stocks-end-2019-close-to-record-highs-idUSL8N2951CS | 2020-01-02 |
