Tag: Angela Merkel

Argentina's Angel di Maria, left, and Ezequiel Lavezzi wave to spectators after their 3-2 win over Nigeria in the group F World Cup soccer match between Nigeria and Argentina at the Estadio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

BRAZIL BEAT: Argentina’s ‘el Pocho’ lightens mood

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2014 11:43 pm

For Obama, Putin, Merkel: WWI is family history

JohnThor Dahlburg · June 25, 2014 6:39 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Denmark Helle Thorning-Schmidt, right, after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Thursday, June 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel signals possible EU concessions to Britain

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 2:14 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel points to select a journalist for questions during a news conference with Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel sees US ‘special responsibility’ in Iraq

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2014 1:59 pm

U.S. President Obama, front left, and French President Francois Hollande, front center, stand with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, second left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, front right, and other leaders, stand for a group photo as they take part in the 70th anniversary of D-Day in Benouville in Normandy, France, Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Obama, Vladimir Putin talked on margin of D-Day lunch

Susan Crabtree · June 6, 2014 8:05 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

National Security

Germany investigates alleged NSA Merkel phone tap

David Rising · June 4, 2014 5:37 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands behind a window with reflection of flags, as she waits for the arrival of Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for talks at the chancellery in Berlin, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber),

Merkel seeks unity as Europe argues over EU job

Geir Moulson · June 2, 2014 2:04 pm

President Obama will not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next month's D-Day memorial service in Normandy, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

President Obama and Vladimir Putin will not meet at June 6 D-Day memorial

Kevin Daley · May 21, 2014 10:12 pm

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

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

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