Europe: Germany
About Germany
As Western Europe's richest and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed the country in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then Germany has expended considerable funds to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries formed a common European currency, the euro.
| Vital Statistics | |
| Capitol City: | Berlin |
| Population: | 83,029,536 (July 2001 est.) |
| Percent below poverty: | NA% |
| Language: | German |
| Date of independence: | 15 March 1991 |
| Form of government: | federal republic |
| Title of Leader: | president |
| Natural Resources: | iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land |
| Environmental Issues: | emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; |
| Agricultural Products: | potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry |
| Imports: | machinery, vehicles, chemicals, foodstuffs, textiles, metals |
| Exports: | machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles |
| Trading Partners: | IMPORTS: EU 52.2% (France 10.5%, Netherlands 7.6%, Italy 7.4%, UK 6.9%, Belgium/Luxembourg 5.6%), US 8.1%, Japan 4.9% (1999) EXPORTS: EU 55.3% (France 11.3%, UK 8.3%, Italy 7.3%, Netherlands 6.3%, Belgium/Luxembourg 5.1%), US 10.1%, Japan 2.0% (1999) |
Germany Headlines
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[Ad - World3News.com/JOBS] - Sep 7 2010 12:10 p.m.
Mayer returns to Germany Davis Cup team
[Taiwan News Online] - Sep 7 2010 12:10 p.m.
Giant German "Sand" Cake Protest to Avoid the Pits
[Keep Media] - Sep 7 2010 12:09 p.m.
Premier National Broadcaster RTL Is First French Radio Broadcaster to Deploy NETIA Radio-Assist 8 Software
[DTV Pro] - Sep 7 2010 12:09 p.m.
Norway
[BYM News] - Sep 7 2010 12:08 p.m.
Siemens and National Semiconductor Align to Advance Ultrasound Technology
[Imaging Economics] - Sep 7 2010 12:07 p.m.
GERMAN FINMIN SAYS WILLING TO TALK ABOUT EU PENSION ACCOUNTING PROPOSAL
[FinanzNachrichten.de] - Sep 7 2010 12:07 p.m.
Form 8.3 - Speymill Deutsche
[Digital Look] - Sep 7 2010 12:06 p.m.
CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-UPDATE 1-German industry orders fall unexpectedly
[FinanzNachrichten.de] - Sep 7 2010 12:06 p.m.
Form 8.3 - Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company
[Digital Look] - Sep 7 2010 12:06 p.m.
(OFFICIAL)-UPDATE 1-German industry orders fall
[Sharenet] - Sep 7 2010 12:03 p.m.
Unexpected orders blow for German industry
[RTE Online] - Sep 7 2010 12:03 p.m.
RWE welcomes Germany's decision on nuclear plant life extension
[ADP News] - Sep 7 2010 12:02 p.m.
German new commercial vehicle registrations gain 20% Y/Y in Aug - VDA
[ADP News] - Sep 7 2010 12:02 p.m.
REG - Hermes Inv MngmtSpeymill DeutscheImm - Form 8.3 - Speymill Deutsche
[Reuters] - Sep 7 2010 11:57 a.m.
German banks launch last-minute attempt to relax Basel III rules
[Money Marketing Online] - Sep 7 2010 11:55 a.m.
Merkel to honour Danish Mohammed cartoonist ? organizers
[Philippine Daily Inquirer] - Sep 7 2010 11:55 a.m.
German tourist attacked in Cairns (AAP)
[Yahoo! News Australia] - Sep 7 2010 11:55 a.m.
Siemens to build ecofriendly gas turbine power plant in Nigeria
[Your Industry News] - Sep 7 2010 11:55 a.m.
German police raid country's biggest neo-Nazi group
[Reuters UK] - Sep 7 2010 11:55 a.m.
Found of German Nordex switches from executive to supervisory board
[ADP News] - Sep 7 2010 11:54 a.m.
German July industry orders fall off
[Ireland Business World] - Sep 7 2010 11:54 a.m.
German July Factory Orders Fall Unexpectedly
[RTTNews.com] - Sep 7 2010 11:54 a.m.
Forex - German Factory Orders Unexpectedly Declines in July, Risk Aversion Regains its Footing
[Forex TV] - Sep 7 2010 11:54 a.m.
German police raid largest neo-Nazi group
[Washington Post] - Sep 7 2010 11:53 a.m.
REG - Henderson Global InvSpeymill DeutscheImm - Form 8.3 - Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company
[Reuters] - Sep 7 2010 11:53 a.m.
Unexpected orders blow for German industry (AFP)
[Yahoo! News] - Sep 7 2010 11:52 a.m.
Hamburg Casino at the Fairgrounds Celebrates Grand Opening
[Hospitality First] - Sep 7 2010 11:52 a.m.
German police raid largest neo-Nazi group
[Jerusalem Post] - Sep 7 2010 11:49 a.m.
LateRooms.com: Sheryl Crow heading to Munich
[MyNewsDesk] - Sep 7 2010 11:48 a.m.
German police raid country's biggest neo-Nazi group
[West Australian] - Sep 7 2010 11:48 a.m.
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