BERLIN (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is brushing off international criticism over a planned new settlement project near Jerusalem, saying Israel will keep the area under any future peace deal in any case. Israel’s plans to build 3,000 new settler homes in the corridor near Jerusalem triggered sharp criticism in Europe. After meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “most […]
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Merkel says agree to disagree with Netanyahu on settlements
December 6, 2012 
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Dec 6 (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to disagree on the question of Israeli plans to build more Jewish settlements, the chancellor said on Thursday. “We agreed that we disagree on this,” Merkel said at a news conference with Netanyahu in Berlin. “We in Germany believe the work on a two-state […]
Read moreGreek PM in crisis talks with Merkel
August 24, 2012 Comments Off
(AFP) — Greece’s prime minister was expected to press for more time to make key reforms and spending cuts to keep his debt-wracked country in the eurozone at crisis talks Friday with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Antonis Samaras kicks off a two-day trip to Berlin and then Paris with Greece’s future in the 17-nation bloc again in the […]
Read morePhotostream : Germany’s President Joachim Gauck meets Austrian President Heinz Fischer
August 16, 2012 Comments Off
Photostream : Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper
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Germany Calls Israel Not to Hasten Blaming Iran for Bulgaria Attacks
July 19, 2012 Comments Off
German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle has expressed his outrage and his country’s condemnation of the attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. While condemning the atrocious action, which claimed the lives of 7 and left 32 others in hospital, Westerwelle said that actors should be careful in ascribing blame, reports Deutsche Welle. “For now, there are no data about […]
Read moreEurope crisis spreads as Merkel resists big steps
June 15, 2012 Comments Off
MILAN (AP) — A growing number of European countries are being squeezed by a financial vise just days before a Greek election that could escalate the region’s political and economic turmoil. The rise of Italian and Spanish borrowing costs to alarming levels Thursday heaped pressure on leaders to prevent Europe’s debt crisis from engulfing […]
Read moreGerman Chancellor Merkel says European debt crisis will dominate G20 weekend summit in Mexico
June 14, 2012 Comments Off
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s chancellor says Europe’s lingering sovereign debt crisis will likely dominate this weekend’s summit of the world’s 20 most important economies in Mexico. Angela Merkel said Thursday in an address to parliament before leaving to the gathering of world leaders that Europe’s debt woes “will overshadow all other topics” and […]
Read moreAnti-Communist pastor set to become German president
March 18, 2012 Comments Off
BERLIN (Reuters) - Joachim Gauck is poised to become Germany’s third president in just two years on Sunday after winning support from the country’s main political parties, but the feisty theologian may prove an awkward partner for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel reluctantly accepted Gauck for the mainly ceremonial post after her coalition ally joined opposition parties last month in backing him […]
Read moreGerman President resigns in setback for Merkel
February 17, 2012 Comments Off
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned on Friday in a scandal over political favors, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone debt crisis. In a curt five-minute statement at the Bellevue presidential palace, Christian Wulff acknowledged that he […]
Read moreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel to urge China to cut Iran oil imports: source
January 31, 2012 Comments Off
BERLIN (Reuters) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will use a planned visit to China this week to encourage Beijing to reduce its imports of Iranian oil, a German government source said on Tuesday. Last week, the European Union agreed to ban from July 1 all imports of oil from Iran, OPEC’s second largest producer, […]
Read moreGerman diplomat named EU’s new Mideast envoy
January 23, 2012 Comments Off
The European Union has named a veteran German diplomat as the new EU envoy to the Middle East peace process amid tensions withIsrael over Jewish settlements. Andreas Reinicke, Germany’s ambassador to Syria, will take over from Belgian diplomat Marc Otte on February for a term ending June 30, 2013, with the goal of helping to revive stalled peace talks. Reinicke “is an experienced […]
Read moreMerkel, Sarkozy to seek growth, jobs for euro zone
January 9, 2012 Comments Off
BERLIN — The German and French leaders meet on Monday to discuss ways to boost growth in euro zone states struggling to overcome the sovereign debt crisis and rising unemployment, and finalise a deal to increase fiscal coordination within the currency union. They may also discuss a financial transaction tax, the “Tobin tax,” being promoted by France […]
Read morePhotostream : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets German President Christian Wulff
November 8, 2011 Comments Off
Photostream : German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
November 2, 2011 Comments Off
German President in surprise Afghanistan trip
October 16, 2011 Comments Off
AFP - German President Christian Wulff vowed Sunday that Germany would continue to support Afghanistan after the troops have left, as he made a surprise trip to Kabul for talks with President Hamid Karzai. “I have come to Afghanistan to make clear: Germany will not leave Afghanistan in the lurch,” Wulff stressed upon arriving for the […]
Read moreMerkel vows support for Greece, urges actions from Athens
September 28, 2011 Comments Off
BERLIN, Sept. 27 (KATAKAMI.COM / Xinhua) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that Germany wants a strong Greece staying within the eurozone and will offer all necessary supports, while urging indebted Athens to fulfill their own responsibilities, XINHUA reported on Wednesday. In a joint press conference with visiting Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou […]
Read moreMerkel to host Greek PM for talks on debt crisis
September 27, 2011 Comments Off
GERMANY, September 27, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM / AFP ) - Europe’s failure to tackle crippling Greek debt is “scaring the world,” US President Barack Obama warned as Germany rejected plans to boost funding for the EU’s debt rescue facility, AFP reported. Asian stocks rallied sharply Tuesday, following a see-sawing recovery on US and European markets as investors […]
Read morePope Concludes First State Visit to Germany
September 25, 2011 Comments Off
GERMANY, September 25, 2011 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Pope Benedict has wrapped up his first state visit to his native Germany with a final mass in the country’s southwest, VOA reported on Sunday. Some 100 thousand people attended Sunday’s mass in an airfield beside Freiburg’s airport, where the pontiff made a strong appeal for unity among […]
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