https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In an emergency session on Friday, the European Central Bank agreed to extend financial aid to Greek banks as customers withdraw cash over fears the country might leave the Euro. https://www.thelocal.de/20150619/ecb-agrees-to-back-up-greek-banks Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:57:25 +0200 ecb-agrees-to-back-up-greek-banks Germany’s biggest credit bureau Schufa plans to tap social networks such as Facebook and Google Street View in a huge data trawl for personal information to use in deciding whether a person is credit-worthy. https://www.thelocal.de/20120607/43001 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:32:00 +0200 43001 German President Christian Wulff said Wednesday he will submit to a TV interview on the spiralling loan scandal threatening to engulf him. The interview will be aired the same evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20120104/39903 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:53:00 +0100 39903 The head of Germany's biggest bank has cast doubt on whether debt-wracked Greece will be able to repay billions of euros in loans, prompting fierce criticism in the financial press Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100514/27195 Fri, 14 May 2010 11:58:00 +0200 27195 German Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle pressed banks on Wednesday to increase lending as the government named a "credit mediator" to boost the number of business loans. https://www.thelocal.de/20091202/23663 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:53:00 +0100 23663 The international financial crisis could claim more victims among German banks, the head of re-insurance giant Munich Re warned. https://www.thelocal.de/20081015/14917 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:47:00 +0200 14917 The German mortgage bank Hypo Real Estate (HRE) was granted a last-minute "multi-billion euro" credit line from a consortium of German banks that allowed it to avoid declaring bankruptcy, it said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080929/14587 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:34:00 +0200 14587 The European Central Bank and the world's top monetary authorities on Thursday announced a huge onslaught to boost the liquidity available to troubled global money markets. https://www.thelocal.de/20080918/14373 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:15:00 +0200 14373 State development bank KfW was assailed by the German government on Wednesday for mistakenly transferring €300 million ($427 million) to Lehman Brothers just as the US investment bank was collapsing. https://www.thelocal.de/20080917/14357 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:48:00 +0200 14357 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for tighter regulatory control on the international financial system following the recent turmoil on Wall Street. https://www.thelocal.de/20080917/14351 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:55:00 +0200 14351 German economists and banking experts said on Tuesday the world’s third largest economy would likely cope fairly well with the fallout from the demise of US investment bank Lehman Brothers. https://www.thelocal.de/20080916/14341 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:00:00 +0200 14341 Despite dark clouds on the horizon, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück said on Tuesday Germany was well positioned to weather the financial crisis that brought down US investment bank Lehman Brothers. https://www.thelocal.de/20080916/14339 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:07:00 +0200 14339 A squeeze on lending to home buyers and businesses that followed the US subprime crisis has shown slight signs of easing in the last three months, the European Central Bank said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20080808/13585 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:05:00 +0200 13585 A senior German economist has said the global economy is in its worst crisis since 1945, and that he sees clear risks for the German economy. https://www.thelocal.de/20080322/10843 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:42:00 +0100 10843