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Money is not everything, EU residents say A new study shows that other factors, such as one?s social life and health, also contribute greatly to levels of satisfaction. Hessen parliament clears way for January elections The state has been ruled by a caretaker government headed by conservative Prime Minister Roland Koch since inconclusive election returns in January. Student, 88, wins Berlin doctorate denied for 65 years Dimitri Stein submitted his thesis on electrical engineering in 1943 but university officials refused to grant him an examination because of his Jewish ancestry. EU to tie state auto aid to green research State aid for European carmakers will concentrate on technological development and on the production of environmentally friendly vehicles. Coffin containing dead German billionaire stolen in Austria Police investigators said they thought several criminals were involved in removing the granite slabs weighing several hundred kilograms from the grave last weekend. More Roma killings in Hungary Amid rising anti-gypsy sentiment, the Roma community in Hungary insists that recent killings were racially sparked. Britain clamps down on sex trafficking In an effort to suppress the growing "sex trade", attention is behing shifted to those behind the demand for prostitution. German solar company bids for GM factories Green potentially meets GM in a takeover offer that proposes to save the world's biggest but troubled automobile manufacturer. Siemens executives given prison terms for bribery According to prosecutors, bribes worth 1.3 billion euros by Siemens executives undermined democracy in the world. Balance of economic power shifts away from big states The G-8 is in danger of being eclipsed by the growing clout of the world's leading emerging nations and the prospects of the broader-based G-20.