Wolfgang Schaeuble, the Finance Minister of Germany, has stated that the individual sponsors will be given an option to contribute to the revival of the economy in Greece by pooling in money for the fresh bailout.

France, so far, has seen the strongest expansion of business activity as far as Eurozone Services PMI Purchasing Managers' Index is concerned. While Italy, Ireland and Spain saw limited growth in the month of May, France and Germany were leading in recovery. Markit Eurozone Services Business Activity Index was expected to be at 55.4.

Three weeks before they had hosted the year’s tournament, Germany, the defenders in the world cup against Italy, beat the latter 5-0 in Osnabreuk in a warm-up match. As the Germans prepare to win the world cup, they easily won against the Italians after struggling for a win against North Korea of 2-0.

France President Nicolas Sarkozy doesn’t seem too impressed with Germany’s fear over nuclear safety after Fukushima incidents. At the Grave lines power plant in France, he re-assured people about his invincible commitment to the nuclear industry.

On Monday German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated that Germany is probably to set an example in achieving a transition to efficient and renewable energies. This could be implied after the decision of the government to shut down all 17 nuclear power plants in the country by 2022.

The cause behind the recent deaths and widespread illness due to the epidemic of E. coli in the northern parts Germany has been found to be the cucumbers brought in from Spain which has been detected by the health officials in Germany as one of the causes of the dangerous disease.

Germany managed to beat Russia 2-0 during the clay-court tournament that took place on Friday and is now going to face the current champions, Argentina in World Team Cup. The winning points were won by Philipp Kohlschreiber who was able to beat Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, after Philipp Petzschner was able to see off Igor Andreev 6-2, 6-4.

One of the best full-backs in the world and a star of his club, Bayern Munich has said that it is very difficult for a football player to show openly that he is a gay.