Saxony-Anhalt

In Saxony-Anhalt, vacancy rates are 9%, compared with 1.3% in Hamburg.

Germany's Property Renaissance Renée Schultes 2011

The discovery of the tainted cucumber scraps in Magdeburg is unlikely to be helpful in the search for a source, said Holger Paech, spokesman for the state of Saxony-Anhalt's health ministry.

Gene Probe Yields E. coli Clue Gautam Naik 2011

The labor office said changes to the data collection in the German states of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt had led to some revisions to pan-German jobless data in January.

German Job Market Improves Further Nina Koeppen 2011

In Saxony-Anhalt, vacancy rates are 9%, compared with 1.3% in Hamburg.

Germany's Property Renaissance Renée Schultes 2011

"We are still speechless and shocked by the images and the level of destruction," said Holger H ö velmann , interior minister for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the crash occurred.

Train Crash Kills 10 in Northern Germany Patrick McGroarty 2011

The federal government has invested billions of euros into the five former eastern states – Brandenburg, Mecklenberg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia – and West German and East German taxpayers alike have been contributing through so-called solidarity taxes that flow to the East.

Angela Merkel Reflects On German Reunification Anniversary AP 2010

Further complicating the situation for the CDU, the liberal Free Democrats, or FDP, the junior coalition partner of Ms. Merkel's federal government, failed to enter the parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.

Merkel's CDU Suffers Losses in State Elections Bernd Radowitz 2011

BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, or CDU, suffered losses in elections in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt Sunday, according to consolidated preliminary results, but gained enough votes to continue a coalition in the state with the Social Democrats, or SPD.

Merkel's CDU Suffers Losses in State Elections Bernd Radowitz 2011

Seemingly unimpressed by Ms. Merkel's actions, voters sent her party down more than 3% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt.

Merkel's CDU Suffers Losses in State Elections Bernd Radowitz 2011

Authorities said they were moving quickly to determine what caused the collision, and the governor of Saxony-Anhalt speculated during a visit to the scene that one of the conductors may have driven past a signal light telling that train to stop.

Train Crash Kills 10 in Northern Germany Patrick McGroarty 2011