German post offices to be privatised

Deutsche Post, the German national postal operator, will sell its remaining 750 "corporate" post offices in the next three years.By 2011, Deutsche Post will have a retail network consisting of 13,500 post offices, all operated privately or PostBank.Deutsche Post is obliged by law to have a minimum of 12,000 postal outlets. The conversion of its 750 corporate outlets is part of its continuing overhaul of the German postal network.