Like the curious incident of the dog that didn’t bark in the nighttime in the classic Sherlock Holmes story Silver Blaze, the most revealing thing about the latest NSA spying revelations which made world headlines last week was the non-barking of the UK. While leading politicians of other European countries and officers of the EU itself were keen to express their concern over the latest revelations... 

President Obama was aware of NSA spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2010, German media have revealed. An NSA spokeswoman later denied the allegations. According to German Bild am Sonntag newspaper, which cited US intelligence sources, National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander briefed Obama on the bugging operation against Merkel in 2010. “Obama did not halt the operation but... 

Germany has summoned the US ambassador to Berlin over reports that the United States spied on cell phone conversations of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is scheduled to personally meet with US Ambassador John B. Emerson on Thursday. Germany, France and several other countries have expressed concerns about US spying after American surveillance whistleblower... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called President Obama over the German government’s suspicions the US could have tapped her mobile phone. Barack Obama assured Merkel that his country is not monitoring her communications. Earlier, the German government spokesman said that Berlin had information the US National Security Agency (NSA) could have been spying on Merkel. “We swiftly sent a request... 

The entrance to the headquarters of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND. Der Spiegel magazine has revealed German intelligence operated one of NSA’s spying programs. Chancellor Angela Merkel had denied any previous knowledge of NSA’s tactics, adding that she first learned about them through the media. Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the BND, along with the domestic intelligence... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) attends a meeting with UK Prime Minister David Cameron Germany Federal Prosecutor’s Office says it is preparing to bring charges against US and British intelligence agencies over large-scale spying operations on EU offices, a new report says. The British daily The Independent reported on Sunday that Germany’s Office of the Federal Prosecutor is preparing... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned against supplying arms to the militants in Syria, saying the risks of the move are too high. The German leader told her country’s parliament on Thursday that, in her view, “the risks [of arming the militants in Syria] would be incalculable.” Earlier in May, Merkel had noted that Berlin would never send arms to the militants... 

Floods in Central Europe kill 10 people in Czech Republic. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the eastern city of Dresden in Germany, where thousands of troops are deployed to help flood-hit areas. On Wednesday, a city spokeswoman said that some 600 people needed to leave their homes in Dresden because of the flood. Electricity cut off was reported in parts of the city. The military also said... 

Some people refer to Angela Merkel as a “Nazi”. Often and ironically, protests held by the former associates of East Germany, the KKE or the pink Marxists of Syriza feature Merkel with a small painted on Hitler moustache or Swastika armband. Interestingly enough, these same entities don’t want to talk about the real Merkel, the one that needs no paint: a high-ranking Bolshevik stooge and friend... 

Russia has warned that a possible nuclear conflict on the Korean Peninsula would be far more destructive than the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. “I would make no secret about it, we are worried about the escalation on the Korean Peninsula because we are neighbors,” Russian President Vladimir Putin made the comment at a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday. Putin... 

“In recent times, negotiations have stalled somewhat and I am in favor of opening a new chapter in order to move forward,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Turkey for an official visit. Meanwhile, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the delay in talks ‘unforgivable.’ Previously Merkel`s conservative Christian Democratic Union spoke against full Turkish membership, favoring... 

Employees work on a solar panel production line at a solar company workshop in Hefei, Anhui province, China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a frank assessment of a solar panel trade dispute with China. The EU is mulling an anti-dumping inquiry into China after the US took similar action in one of the world’s fastest-developing markets. “I suggest the European Commission and... 

German Chancellor Merkel attends a session of German parliament (Bundestag). Support has sharply declined for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decisions regarding the eurozone’s spiraling debt crisis, a survey suggests. The poll, conducted by YouGov and printed in the Monday edition of Bild newspaper, found only 33 percent in favor of Merkel’s stance, Reuters reported. The steep erosion in domestic... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel left little ground to hope she would abandon or moderate the austerity program for Europe as she warned that growth on new loans would push the EU into deeper crisis. “Growth through structural reform is sensible, important and necessary,” she said during an address to the German Parliament. “Growth through debt would throw us back to the beginning of the... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Despite Beijing’s outright refusal to join the EU and US-sponsored unilateral sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arranged a visit to China to convince the country to reduce Iranian oil import. A German government source told a news briefing on Tuesday that “It is in German interests that China does not raise its imports...