Topic: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung AG

Germany’s Merkel under siege after Afghanistan airstrike

The deadliest use of force by German troops since World War II has ignited a debate among an increasingly skeptical electorate.

Germany: Farewell to wood heat?

Trial begins in Germany for four accused of 9/11-style terror plot

The trial, which could last two years, had a tense beginning Wednesday when one of the defendants refused to stand for the judge, saying, 'I only stand up for Allah.'

Corruption in Bulgaria tests EU expansion

Frustrations mount over Bulgaria – the most violent, corrupt, and poorest of EU members. Aid is being withheld as reform promises are made (and broken). Can it be fixed?

France's Sarkozy emerging as leading figure

President Nicolas Sarkozy heads to Asia this week to broach the idea of bringing India and China together with G-8 nations in a 'Bretton Woods II' framework of economic rules.