BERLIN, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Russia's gas price row with Ukraine escalated Tuesday, disrupting deliveries to Europe just as the continent is suffering from a bitter cold spell.

BERLIN, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- In Germany, some 60 coal-fired power plants are in the planning stage or under construction, yet massive public opposition has delayed several projects.

BERLIN, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- German politicians accused President Nicolas Sarkozy of protectionism and trying to benefit France with his proposal for European sovereign wealth funds.

BERLIN, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A German official says President Horst Kohler and Parliament members approved a bank bailout plan Friday worth more than $674 billion.

BERLIN, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Two board members of a German state-owned bank were suspended over the loss of more than $760 million because of risky deals with ailing Lehman Brothers.

WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry "Hank" Paulson is in the news a lot these days, but not for the reasons he would like: Seven and half years of reckless and blindly optimistic fiscal and energy policies are coming home to bite him and his master, President George W. Bush.

BERLIN, June 27 (UPI) -- The German government has agreed on a legislative package that aims to significantly reduce the country's carbon dioxide footprint.

BERLIN, March 21 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel in her three-day visit to Israel sounded in a new era in German-Israeli relations -- one that may not exactly be of help to the Middle East peace process, observers say.

BONN, Germany, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- German astronaut Thomas Reiter is joining the executive board of the German Space Agency, or DLR, as head of space research and development.