Article: Analysis: Metalworkers in former East Germany oppose pay structure that pays them less than workers in the West

Article: Analysis: Metalworkers in former East Germany oppose pay structure that pays them less than workers in the West
NPR Morning Edition;  May 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Metalworkers in former East Germany oppose pay structure...in the former East Germany held warning...from the German metal industry are blocking...Translator) The old East Germany is one pay zone...Spokesperson, Metal Industry Association...are different ...

Article: Soul-searching at 40. (East Germany) (editorial)
The Economist (US);  October 7, 1989 ;     683 words ......their country's identity crisis EVEN East Germany's thick-skinned gerontocrats must by...stand a better chance of success in East Germany than in the communist countries now...all now lament, before the rot set in. East Germany's economy is far from rotten. Though...

Article: 'Wrapping up' East Germany. (purge of communists and socialists in eastern German universities)
The Nation;  December 30, 1991 ;     700+ words ...* INTELLECTUAL PURGE |Wrapping Up' East Germany Socialism in East Germany was not defeated by capitalism; the system--which...socialism in it--was overthrown by the people of East Germany. As it was being broken up, an opening briefly...

Article: The gradually disappearing republic. (East Germany) (editorial)
The Economist (US);  September 16, 1989 ;     668 words ......Disappearing Republic WHEN thinking about East Germany, start with a deep breath. Counting...journalism about the imminent collapse of East Germany needs a dash of cold water. No possible...of making radical changes in the way East Germany is run. On the available evidence, ...

Article: Meet Honecker junior; Egon Krenz will try to put a younger face on East Germany's same old policies. (editorial)
The Economist (US);  October 21, 1989 ;     700+ words ......Krenz will try to put a younger face on East Germany's same old policies. He will fail LOOK at East Germany's new boss, Egon Krenz. Does he remind...reform. The doddery old men who run East Germany (the average age of the Politburo until...

Article: German Democratic Republic (East Germany): Chapter 3A. The Economy
Countries of the World;      700+ words ......economy of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) has developed impressively since its...Comecon), all on a per capita basis. East Germany is a major supplier of advanced technology...war seriously disrupted the economy. East Germany's heavy industry capacity was very low...

Article: East Germany to Reduce Its Armed Forces; H onecker Urges Other European States to Consider Similar Cuts
The Washington Post;  January 24, 1989 ;     700+ words ...East Germany, following the Soviet Union's recent...in December at the United Nations, East Germany's are "independent of negotiations...Gorbachev announced withdrawals only from East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. In addition...

Article: German Democratic Republic (East Germany): Chapter 4F. Foreign Policy
Countries of the World;      700+ words ......4F. Foreign Policy In the mid-1980s, East Germany enjoyed diplomatic recognition with...membership in the United Nations (UN), and East Germany has been active ever since in advancing...decades of its political existence, East Germany had been effectively excluded from ...

Article: Pass the candle. (East Germany's energy crunch)
The Economist (US);  June 23, 1990 ;     594 words ...BONN ALTHUGH East Germany may be on the road to an economic...the next winter or two. For decades East Germany has relied on dirty brown coal to...rulers, who were determined to exploit East Germany's only significant energy resource...

Article: East Germany and the Marxist malaise: the Kremlin's powerhouse pupil rejects reformist prescriptions. (Erich Honecker)
U.S. News & World Report;  November 14, 1988 ;     700+ words ......businessman says with ambivalent pride. East Germany has long been the star performer of...Marxism generally is finally eating at East Germany. Growth has declined for three years...targets. Mikhail Gorbachev, who looks to East Germany to help modernize the Soviet economy...

Article: Relegitimizing East Germany; A Link With Poland and Czechoslovakia Would Give It a New Role
The Washington Post;  November 12, 1989 ;     700+ words ......the collapse of Stalinist communism in East Germany removes that regime's sole basis of...escape from unification's dilemmas and East Germany with a substitute legitimacy. That alternative...Eastern Europe's vital northern tier: East Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia. We have...

Article: The fast-track West European. (economic relations relations with East Germany) (The New Germany)
The Economist (US);  June 30, 1990 ;     700+ words ......certainty for the would-be investor is that East Germany will be part of the European Community...commissioners. It wants no EC money to help East Germany through the transition phase between...German firms to help them move into East Germany will be available to all EC companies...

Article: East Germany's Economic Goals Trimmed Following '87 Slowdown
The Washington Post;  February 7, 1988 ;     663 words ...East Germany has scaled back its economic targets...changes introduced here in the 1970s. East Germany granted extensive powers at that time...back on track, western analysts said. East Germany also is under considerable pressure...

Article: Beyond Berlin // The unheralded allures of East Germany
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 20, 1990 ;     700+ words ...ZINNWALD, East Germany The wursts, a pair of fatty cholesterol...consumer life in newly democratic East Germany. That economic shambles is a harsh...you'd better hurry if you want to see East Germany. Except for East Berlin, East Germany...