Germany slams US for ‘Stasi methods’ ahead of Obama visit

Germans are expressing outrage as details of a US internet spy program - revealed by a former CIA employee-turned-whistleblower – are prompting comparisons with that of former communist East Germany’s Ministry for State Security.

June 12, 2013 10:19

Germany: Austerity solidarity or grubby politics?

Germans find themselves in a tricky position: broadly loathed by the blame-storming Mediterranean zone while their domestic economy teeters on the cusp of recession with an impending election which has long been Mrs Merkel’s to lose...

June 04, 2013 07:52

Poland and Germany fall out over who was more antisemitic during WWII

A cover of a Polish magazine depicting Angela Merkel as a Nazi concentration camp inmate alongside the headline 'Falsification of History: How The Germans Made Themselves The Victims of World War II', has stoked a spat between the two countries.

April 09, 2013 18:19

Swearing bare-breasted activists rush at Putin and Merkel (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Topless activists from the Femen protest group tried to disrupt the visit of Russian President Putin and Chancellor Merkel to the Hannover Messe tech show. They had anti-Putin slogans on their semi-naked bodies and were shouting obscenities.

April 08, 2013 09:55

Putin’s European blitz: Talking business ties and euro woes

The Russian president has arrived in Germany heading a large delegation to stimulate business ties with crisis-stricken EU countries. Vladimir Putin joined Chancellor Angela Merkel to open the world’s top technology show Hannover Messe.

April 07, 2013 06:06

'Power shift'? France and Germany mark 50 years since historic pact

Paris and Berlin are marking 50 years since the signing of the Elysee treaty, but political scientist Judith Winkler says a “shift in power” to Germany in the last 20 years is making cooperation between the two European power-houses more difficult.

January 22, 2013 17:45