‘Defence minister Ursula von der Leyen last week spelled out her wishes for a continental force capable of swift reaction anywhere in the world. Her comments came just two months after European Commission president Jean-Claude […]
‘Angela Merkel’s government was under pressure this evening over claims that German intelligence services spied on top French officials and the European Commission on behalf of the Americans. The revelation comes months after Mrs Merkel […]
‘Germany’s intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has been helping the NSA spy on European politicians and companies for years, according to the German news magazine Der Spiegel. The NSA has been sending lists of ‘selectors’—identifying […]
‘Germany’s intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has been helping the NSA spy on European politicians and companies for years, according to the German news magazine Der Spiegel. The NSA has been sending lists of ‘selectors’—identifying […]
Germany’s BND intelligence agency spied on European politicians and companies for the NSA for over a decade, Spiegel Online revealed. But an internal probe showed that at least 40,000 of those spying requests were against […]
‘A high-ranking German official has supported plans by Berlin to export weapons to Riyadh, saying German arms are safer in the hands of the Saudis. Horst Seehofer, the prime minister of the southern German state […]
‘Thousands of people in Germany have staged protest rallies against a controversial transatlantic trade deal between the European Union and the United States. The Saturday rallies were held in several cities, including the capital Berlin, […]
‘On Wednesday, the German cabinet approved the country’s first nationwide fracking law, which would set the “strictest conditions for fracking” according to Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks. The law, which now heads to parliament for debate, […]
‘On Wednesday, April 1st, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet approved a measure to bring fracking (the patents for which are owned mainly by “large American companies, including Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger”) into Germany. This […]
‘The German Chancellery is right with its critique. In my opinion, something dangerous is happening right now: US generals like Breedlove are trying to provoke a war, where Germans and Russians would kill each other […]
‘Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made his first visit to Germany amid a continued blame game between the two countries over Athens’s bailout program. On Monday, Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in […]
‘Anti-austerity, anti-bank ‘Blockupy’ protests have rocked Germany as the ECB’s (European Central Bank) new headquarters was scheduled to begin operations. Images of burned police cars and bloody protesters have begun flooding social media. On the […]
‘Germany should pay reparations to Greece for ‘serious wrongs’ by the Nazis, members of Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition said last night. The German Chancellor has angrily rejected demands from Greek ministers for Berlin to pay […]