(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-24 08:35 SGL to increase graphite electrode prices for second time since May (Interactive Investor)

24 July 2008, 1:01 am

WIESBADEN, Germany (Thomson Financial) - SGL Group AG. said it is lifting prices of graphite electrodes, its main product, for the second time since May, responding to spiraling costs of energy and transportation and of the feedstock needle coke.... read more

EU backing clears last hurdle to Porsche takeover of VW (TODAYonline)

23 July 2008, 10:50 am

Keys bearing a VolksWagen logo (R) and a Porsche logo are seen in Wiesbaden. German sports car maker Porsche cleared a major hurdle Wednesday in its bid to acquire Volkswagen when the European Union's executive commission gave its backing to the deal.... read more

A million Germans 'don't exist' (Independent Online)

23 July 2008, 9:22 am

German statisticians have said that their country's long-standing statistics on Germany's population are out of sync with reality...... read more

Cesnauskis set to show Csaba what he can do in Germany (Edinburgh Evening News)

23 July 2008, 3:56 am

RELAXING at Hearts' team hotel on Wiesbaden's outskirts, Deividas Cesnauskis looks confident, focused, and most importantly fit. The time to stand and deliver has arri... read more

Germany's Population Statistics Off by Millions (Deutsche Welle)

23 July 2008, 12:09 am

According to the Federal Statistics Office, some 82.2 million people live in Germany. It now transpires this figure might be well off the mark -- and can be explained by German bureacracy.... read more

1 million Germans don't exist (News 24 South Africa)

22 July 2008, 12:46 pm

Government statisticians say they think one million Germans simply don't exist, with long-time statistics on Germany's population out of sync with reality.... read more