APRNEWS - German insurer Allianz aims to make the massive investments that back its business "climate-neutral" by 2050, chief executive Oliver Baete told shareholders Wednesday.

APRNEWS - German students brought their weekly climate protests to energy giant RWE's home turf Friday, grabbing the microphone from bosses to urge a speedier exit from coal at the group's annual shareholder meeting.

APRNEWS - German car behemoth Volkswagen on Thursday reported a slip in profits in the first quarter, in part blaming a billion-euro ($1.1-billion) charge over "legal risks" related to its "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal.

REUTERS - German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Monday said it would offer discounts on cars imported into China from the United States until March 31 after Beijing suspended additional tariffs on U.S.-made cars.

APRNEWS - German firm BigRep says it’s produced the first fully functioning motorbike make using a 3D printer. Julian Satterthwaite reports.

This might be the future of motorbikes.

Not because it looks like something Batman would ride. But because of the way it’s made.

AFP - On the 50th anniversary of a brutal anti-Semitic campaign in Poland, the country faces a diplomatic crisis with Israel over a controversial new Holocaust law.

REUTERS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will promote her most prominent critic from within her conservative party, Jens Spahn, to the cabinet, provided a coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD) goes ahead, a party source told Reuters on Sunday.