10.07.2009 - German upper house approves "bad bank" scheme
A plan to allow banks rid themselves of toxic assets, passed by the lower house of parliament last week, was approved by Germany's upper house on Friday. In the Bundesrat's last session before adjourning for the summer (and the last before parliamentary elections in September), lawmakers passed a plan to allow banks to trade bad assets for guaranteed bonds worth 90 percent of their value...

10.07.2009 - News
Medvedev warns US over missile shield at G-8

Russian President Dmitry Medevedev has repeated an earlier warning that Russia could deploy missiles in Kaliningrad, near Poland, if the US pushes for a missile defence shield in Europe. He discussed the issue at a press conference at the G-8 Summit in Italy on Friday...

10.07.2009 - German cabaret Popolski tackles Polish stereotypes with humor
Few people know that all of the top music hits from the last several decades were actually written by the completely unknown Popolski family, who lives in Poland in near poverty and never managed to attain fame due to a cunning used car salesman who craftily relieved the family of crucial financial documents.  
At least that's the story that audiences at the Popolski Rock 'n' Roll Show hear...

10.07.2009 - Ailing German mail order firm secures loan to stay in business
DW-WORLD: EU Commission approves state aid for Germany's Quelle The European Commission has approved a German state aid deal to help keep afloat struggling mail-order company Quelle. However, operations at the Fuerth-based firm will only be secured until the end of the year...

10.07.2009 - Belgian school draws top bell ringers from around the world
In nearly every city in the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg there is a carillon - a stationary set of around 23 separate bells of varying sizes, usually housed in towers and churches. A carillon player, known as a carillonneur, plays the instrument with a large keyboard which then pulls the bells clapper to produce sound...

10.07.2009 - Bohemia Jazz Fest brings big stars to small towns
10.07.2009 - Pravčice Gate – the biggest sandstone formation in Europe – makes it to the semifinals of the New7Wonders contest
10.07.2009 - Car scrapping incentive scheme scrapped after Klaus veto, but for how long?
10.07.2009 - The KVIFF wrap-up: a chat with film critic Phillip Bergson
10.07.2009 - G-8 agrees on $20 billion food security package
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10.07.2009 - Bavaria gives in on farm subsidies data to avoid EU legal challenge
10.07.2009 - Bavaria give in on farm subsidies data to avoid EU legal challenge
10.07.2009 - Obama nominates former Goldman Sachs exec as ambassador to Germany
10.07.2009 - Germany to increase anti-terror measures before fall elections
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