BERLIN, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- German economist Hans-Werner Sinn apologized to the Jewish community Monday for linking current attacks on company executives to World War II-era anti-Semitism.

BERLIN, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Germany on Wednesday promised to double its police-training force in Afghanistan as part of a European effort to boost a mission that so far has been "disastrous," according to a range of experts and politicians.

The Pakistani government is ignoring warnings from Washington and moving ahead with talks with Tehran on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline; a spokesman for the German government said it would formally support the Nord Stream gas pipeline; the Austrian government needs to expedite its ratification of formal contracts for the Nabucco gas pipeline or face a possible gas shortage, Iran said.

BERLIN, July 12 (UPI) -- The German government says it is not being pressured by the White House to keep U.S. Sen. Barack Obama from speaking at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate.

BERLIN, March 15 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel Saturday urged Chinese officials and Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama to meet over the ongoing unrest in Tibet.

BERLIN, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Germany on Wednesday formally recognized Kosovo's independence, which prompted Serbia to recall its ambassador from Berlin.

BERLIN, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Despite an unusually direct request from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and mounting international pressure, Germany on Friday refused to send additional troops into southern Afghanistan to help NATO battle the Taliban. The rejection is a huge mistake, experts say.

BERLIN, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- About 50,000 people who worked for minimal wages in Jewish ghettos in Nazi Germany are to receive one-time compensation payments.

BERLIN, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- France and Germany -- for years this meant one of the strongest alliances in Europe. Yet the skies between Berlin and Paris have become clouded ever since President Nicholas Sarkozy took over.