Did you know that there were elections in Germany a month ago? Were you aware that the German Socialists were soundly defeated? Had you realized that there was now a new government in Germany? No? Then give credit -- both for... [read full story]
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Thursday, November 05, 2009 BERLIN: Angela Merkel, the first leader of reunited Germany to grow up under communist rule, has worked as chancellor to warm up ties with the United States - a country she couldn’t travel to until...
At least when it comes to Iran, German chancellor Angela Merkel seems to be taking a rather tough stand. Addressing a joint session of Congress yesterday, Merkel said: Tolerance does not mean “anything goes.” There must be zero...
Angela Merkel’s speech to the U.S. Congress Nov. 3 provided the German Chancellor with a nice distraction from the drudgery of forming a new government in Berlin. Back in Germany, though, business people are still trying to...
WASHINGTON -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told a joint session of the U.S. Congress that her country can never accept a nuclear-armed Iran. To view dictionary popup window put your cursor on the blue scripture words....
President Barack Obama flanked by President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, right, and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, left, speaks at the U.S.-European Union Summit in the Cabinet Room at the White...
Interesting story by William Douglas at McClatchy: German Chancellor Angela Merkel made an impassioned plea Tuesday to a joint session of Congress to work together on efforts to curb global warming and to help forge a binding...
By Stephen Kaufman Angela Merkel, the first German chancellor to address both houses of the U.S. Congress in more than 40 years, used her November 3 address to thank the United States for its support and policies that helped to...
German Chancellor Addresses American Legislators on World Issues Not since 1957, when Konrad Adenauer lectured the US Congress, has a German leader discussed world advents with America - and never in a Joint Session of...
In her speech to the US Congress, Angela Merkel called for a clear commitment by all nations to act on climate change -- a demand that plunged her into the heart of domestic political wrangling in America. But can foreign...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked next week's 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a speech to Congress on Tuesday calling for a new global financial order and for wealthy nations to make a climate-change...
