People on the streets of Berlin have waved Ukrainian flags in demonstrations of support since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. But those who drove to the rallies did so largely in cars powered by oil from Russia, which provides most of the fuel to the German capital.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's president would have liked to visit Ukraine and the fact that he was not received there was "irritating", Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday.
Ukrainian refugees fleeing war have been hospitably received around Europe, but the longer they stay the more their presence may exacerbate housing price pressures in host nations like Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
A Germany company will next month switch on a floating solar power plant it has built on a quarry lake, a rapidly-installed, renewable technology it says could help wean the country off Russian fossil fuels.
European buyout fund Hg is working with Goldman Sachs to prepare the sale of Germany's Transporeon as it seeks to fetch about $2 billion for the transport logistics software firm, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
PUNE, India (Reuters) -Germany's Mercedes-Benz is betting that an expanding pool of young new millionaires will drive demand for luxury cars in India, creating faster sales growth than for mass market cars, a top company official said.
U.S. investor Capital Group sold big stakes in Germany's two top banks - Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank - a person familiar with the matter said, dealing a blow to both lenders as they seek to rebuild investor confidence.
Around three million COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected to expire in Germany by the end of June, a spokesperson for the health ministry said on Monday, as supply outstrips demand because a declining number of people are being vaccinated.
(Reuters) -Chemicals maker Dow Inc will take a minority stake in a consortium constructing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Germany, at a time when Europe looks to reduce its reliance on Russian energy.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Anne Spiegel said on Monday she had decided to step down as Family Minister after controversy over her decision to go on vacation last year just after devastating floods in the state where she was then serving as a senior official.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian soldiers resisted a Russian ultimatum to lay down arms on Sunday in the pulverised port of Mariupol, which Moscow said its forces had almost completely seized in what would be its biggest prize of the nearly two-month war.