Tag: Germany

German chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a statement during a press conference with French president Francois Hollande, in Stralsund, northern Germany, Saturday May 10, 2014 during the second day of Hollande's two days visit to Merkel's scenic home constituency on the Baltic coast . One of the main talking points was expected to be over whether the European Union should impose further sanctions on Russia, for its involvement in the Ukraine crisis. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Wuestneck)

Merkel defends Germany’s early retirement plans

Washington Examiner · May 10, 2014 1:32 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, smiles as President of France Francois Hollande, center, gives an autograph to 6 years old tourist Hanna during a visit of the Baltic see island Ruegen, northern Germany, Friday, May 9, 2014. Merkel and Hollande meet for two days on the island Ruegen and in the coastal city of Stralsund. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany, France press Putin to help calm Ukraine

Geir Moulson · May 10, 2014 10:29 am

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil, left, poses with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier for photos after their joint news conference at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany: citizens should leave east, south Ukraine

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 1:12 pm

Germany pushing for new Ukraine talks in Geneva

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 7:22 am

U.S. Patriot air defense system on site in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm in 1990. (AP Photo)

National Security

Now is no time for the U.S. to be a missile defense paper tiger

John Hulsman · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2014, after their joint news conference in the Rose Garden. Obama and Merkel are putting on a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

US, Germany warn Putin not to disrupt Ukraine vote

Josh Lederman · May 2, 2014 10:34 pm

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. Obama and Merkel are putting on a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: US, Germany ‘not perfectly aligned’ on NSA

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 5:02 pm

President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. Obama and Merkel are mounting a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

German opposition assails gov’t over Snowden

Geir Moulson · May 2, 2014 2:35 pm

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone arrives for the second day of his trial at court in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, May 2, 2014. Ecclestone is charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust "in an especially grave case" over a US dollar 44 million payment to a German banker, that prosecutors allege was meant to facilitate the sale of the Formula One Group to a buyer of Ecclestone's liking. (AP Photo/Christof Stache, Pool)

Investigator questions Bernie Ecclestone claims

Washington Examiner · May 2, 2014 1:33 pm

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 2, 2014. Obama and Merkel are putting on a display of trans-Atlantic unity against an assertive Russia, even as sanctions imposed by Western allies seem to be doing little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's reasoning on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Angela Merkel: U.S., Germany have ‘differences of opinion’ on surveillance

Brian Hughes · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive for their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Obama gives Vladimir Putin a May 25 deadline to avoid broader sanctions

Joel Gehrke · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

National Security

Obama threatens broader sanctions against Russia over Ukrainian instability

Brian Hughes · May 2, 2014 4:00 am