According to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, President Obama personally authorized the monitoring of German chancellor Angela Merkel three years ago. In 2010, according to the newspaper, National Security Agency head General Keith Alexander informed Obama that Merkel was being
(AP) German minister demands ‘complete’ US answersBERLINGermany’s interior minister is pressing for “complete information” from Washington on the alleged U.S. surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone and any other snooping. Merkel complained to President Barack Obama on Wednesday after receiving
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the target of US snooping on her mobile phone, said Thursday that such conduct between friends was unacceptable.
The German government believes Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone may be under surveillance by the U.S. According to The Wall Street Journal, the German government released a statement saying it had “received information that the mobile phone of the Chancellor may be under
The German government has received information that US intelligence is spying on the mobile phone communications of Chancellor Angela Merkel, her spokesman said Wednesday.
(AP) White House: US not monitoring Merkel’s callsWASHINGTONThe White House says President Barack Obama has assured German Chancellor Angela Merkel (AHN’-geh-lah MEHR’-kuhl) that the U.S. isn’t listening in on her phone calls. White House spokesman Jay Carney says Obama and
By SARAH DiLORENZOAP Business WriterPARISThe French government has declared the economic crisis over and is promising that its budget for next year will bring growth and jobs, but experts are criticizing the proposal from all sides and a true rebound
(AP) Germany gets its 1st black members of ParliamentBy FRANK JORDANSAssociated PressBERLINA chemist and an actor — both with family roots in Senegal — have become Germany’s first black federal lawmakers, according to official election results released Monday. They were
By GEIR MOULSONAssociated PressBERLINChancellor Angela Merkel led her conservatives to a stunning victory in Germany’s election Sunday, a personal triumph that cements her position as Europe’s most powerful leader. However, she will need to reach out to center-left rivals to
Germany votes Sunday with Chancellor Angela Merkel poised to win a third term, making her Europe’s only major leader to survive its financial crisis but potentially forced into governing with her main rivals. After shepherding Europe’s top economy through the
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABERAssociated PressBERLINAn intruder managed to break into German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s jet at Cologne Airport for several hours last month, playing around with buttons in the cockpit, activating the escape slide and using fire extinguishers before police put
(AFP) – Angela Merkel became the first German chancellor to visit the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau Tuesday but critics slammed her decision to include the stop on an election campaign swing. Ahead of a beer-tent rally for supporters in
Jewish News One: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that anti-Semitism still remains a threat to democracy in Europe, almost 70 years after the fall of the Nazi regime. Merkel referenced the ongoing trial of neo-Nazis over the killing of
European Union leaders Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barroso warned Egypt’s army and interim government Sunday the bloc would review its ties with the country unless the violence ended. Further escalation could have “unpredictable consequences” for Egypt and its
German Chancellor Angela Merkel chose a picturesque small town to launch into full campaign mode for an election in which she is seen likely to stay at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. Speaking in the old town square of
This weekend, Der Spiegel released an interview with Edward Snowden that took place before he fled Hawaii for Hong Kong. Asked whether the NSA collaborates with Israel, Snowden said: “Yes, all the time. The NSA has a large section for
Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden said the US National Security Agency operates broad secret spying partnerships with other Western governments now complaining about its programmes, in an interview published Sunday. Snowden said in comments made before his exposure of US
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Wednesday to hold high-level meetings between U.S. and German security officials in the coming days to discuss revelations that the NSA bugged “the offices of the European Union and various embassies
The German government of Angela Merkel has approved of a plan to put special labels on products made by Jews in the Israeli land of Judea and Samaria. Germany joins 13 other EU members in adopting this practice. The desire
(AP) BERLINGermany’s chancellor says she will use her country’s economic clout to hinder the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese products to avoid a trade war. Angela Merkel told visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday that she
A war of words has broken out in Europe between Francois Hollande’s socialist party in France and the Christian Democrats led by Angela Merkel in Germany. The split between the two nations has become so bitter that some papers are
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Today’s Schadenfreude: The ‘Ugly Chinese’ in Africa Peng Liyuan, China’s new first lady, steals the spotlight Anti-German sentiments grow in Europe after the Cyprus bailout North Korea’s military goes on highest war alert Today’s
The German government is prepared to give the go-ahead to the revolutionary oil and gas technique of “fracking” in Germany, but under certain conditions, according to a ministry paper obtained by AFP on Tuesday. Under a draft proposal by the
The 63rd Berlinale premiered Tuesday the latest film by banned Iranian director Jafar Panahi, a haunting lament about crushing state oppression and a tribute to the resilience of the creative drive. The older fugitive owns a dog, banned as pets
(AP) – Germany’s education minister resigned Saturday after a university decided to withdraw her doctorate, finding that she plagiarized parts of her thesis — an embarrassment for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government as it prepares for elections later this year. Merkel
