Munich - Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann believes promoted Hoffenheim could establish themselves as a long-term rival to the German champions and also make their mark on European football.
Brussels - Germany is already doing its share and will not spend more money to help lift the European Union out of recession, the country's finance minister, Peer Steinbrueck, said Monday.
"Germany is putting 31 billion euros (39.5 billion dollars) on the table. That is 1.25 per cent of our gross domestic product. I am not sure everyone has properly registered this," Steinbrueck said in Brussels.
Steinbrueck and his fellow eurozone ministers were holding a first discussion on the European Commission's economic recovery plan, which will have to be approved by heads of state and government at a summit due to take place on December 11-12.
Stuttgart - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday rejected immediate tax cuts to stimulate the economy, telling her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she preferred to invest in Germany's infrastructure.
The CDU re-elected Merkel party leader. She was the only candidate and is to lead the CDU in a general election next September.
She was addressing a two-day national party conference in the southern city of Stuttgart amid deep divisions over how Germany should come to grips with the worst financial upheaval in decades.
Berlin - Germany's international broadcaster, government- funded Deutsche Welle (DW), said Monday an internal inquiry had disproved claims that its Chinese-language programming had a pro- Beijing bias.
Before this year's summer Olympic Games in Beijing, controversy erupted over allegations by German critics that DW was not neutral. But a detailed analysis showed the "groundless" claims were based on poor translations.
Berlin - The women's German Open tournament appears to be leaving Berlin for another host city, possibly Warsaw, as tennis in the country faces another setback.
News reports on Monday in Berlin said that the Qatar tennis federation, which runs the event, could have lost interest in the event which is being downgraded in the new
2009 calendar.
The reports said that the Qataris have not paid several bills and that ticket sales for the May 2009 edition is yet to start. The tournament website was also no longer available.
Berlin - Through a spokesman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel affirmed Monday her opposition to quickly admitting Ukraine and Georgia to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a political rival who is running for the chancellorship next year, had last week firmly rejected a US proposal to admit them quickly.
In Berlin, deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg said Merkel was "seamlessly" in agreement with Steinmeier on the matter. Neither candidate nation would fulfil the criteria for NATO entry in the foreseeable future, he said.
Berlin - Germany's international broadcaster, government- funded Deutsche Welle (DW), said Monday an internal inquiry had disproved claims that its Chinese-language programming had a pro- Beijing bias. 
Berlin - The women's German Open tournament appears to be leaving Berlin for another host city, possibly Warsaw, as tennis in the country faces another setback. 
Berlin - Through a spokesman, German Chancellor Angela Merkel affirmed Monday her opposition to quickly admitting Ukraine and Georgia to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 
