Johannes Rau (born 1931) served as deputy chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), as minister-president of the powerful state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in 1994 as candidate for chancellor and the federal presidency, and as president of...

JOHANNES RAU will introduce a new tone, will ask penetrating questions. His words alone, though, will not be able to solve Germany's problems. Action has to be taken by the Chancellor, who would be deceiving himself if he really thought that support from the...

Rau, 64, is the most popular politician in Germany. The charismatic Social Democrat heads the country's largest state. His party hopes to win another absolute majority in the May 14, 1995, elections. His style of governing and campaigning is described. IT SEEMS an...

A group of Greeks seeking compensation from Germany for a 1943 Nazi massacre suffered a setback Thursday when the European Union's high court said EU law does not cover the claim.Irini Lechouritou and other descendants of the World War II atrocity have been fighting in...

A group of Greeks seeking compensation from Germany for a Nazi massacre in 1943 suffered a setback Thursday when the European Union's high court said the claim was not covered by an EU convention on civil and commercial law.Irini Lechouritou and other descendants of victims...