Trade with Yugoslavia, Macedonia's biggest trading partner after Germany, has been virtually wiped out.
But recent indicators on Britain's economy, the third-largest in the 27-country EU after Germany and France, have been disappointing.
Three weeks after Germany's parliamentary elections, that country's two largest parties have agreed to a power-sharing agreement, a grand coalition.
After Germany passed the all-important ratification of the EFSF on Thursday, equities in the Old Continent slid into negative territory.
And this started in 2000 after Germany's national team finished at the bottom of its group in the European Championship Tournament.
Greece appeared to have lost all hope after Germany went up 2-1.
However, analysts and politicians across Europe are becoming increasingly concerned the France, Europe's second-largest economy after Germany, is rapidly losing its competiveness.
The Spanish economy is the eurozone's fourth-largest -- after Germany, France and Italy -- making up around 11% of the bloc's GDP.
"Quitting after Germany left us completely rudderless for the trip to Helsinki, " Crozier said in a biography of current England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Some countries had wanted to continue the talks but the two day summit ended after Germany and the UK insisted the differences were too great.
Seifert said that was partly by design: After Germany's disastrous showing in the 2000 Euro, the country's national federation ordered its clubs to begin investing in youth academies.
Attendances remain high, the second-highest in Europe, after Germany's Bundesliga.
But Britain remained the biggest net budget contributor after Germany.
The news comes days after Germany warned Iran that it has a limited time to return to international talks on its nuclear program before it faces stiffer sanctions.
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Illicit payments continued for years after Germany outlawed the bribery of foreign officials in 1999 and after Siemens listed its shares on the New York Stock Exchange in 2001, which made it subject to America's tough anti-bribery laws.
The World Tourism Organization is predicting that by 2020, not only will China be the world's top tourist destination, but also the fourth largest source of tourists for the rest of the world (after Germany, Japan and the U.S.).
England qualified for the competition after beating Germany 3-0 on aggregate in October.
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And then came Cahill's sending off, after which Germany's domination was absolute.
Several of the Under-21 team showed their capabilities as they qualified for the European Championships on Tuesday after beating Germany 2-0 in Leverkusen.
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Unlike Federer, the world No. 3, Britain's Andy Murray , was made to work hard for his place in round three after overcoming Germany's Florian Mayer 7-6 7-6.
Meanwhile at the WTA event in Stuttgart, defending champion Maria Sharapova booked at place in Sunday's final after beating Germany's Angelique Kerber in three sets 6-3 2-6 7-5.
He had had left Germany after the war and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1953.
The arguments made by Keynes with regard to Germany after the first world war remain valid today.
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Prosecutors say they posed as Austrian citizens of South American descent after arriving in Germany in 1988 and 1990.
He had been captured in the British zone of occupied Germany after the war but was allowed to go free.
Ba looked set to leave Germany after he refused to travel with Hoffenheim to their winter training camp in Spain.
The classic example is Germany after World War I, where onerous war reparations helped give rise to Hitler and the Nazis.
The Allies declared war on Germany after the country's army invaded Poland.
The Allies remembered their bitter experience with Germany after World War I.
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