http://www.mail.com/people/12058-angela-merkel.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12058-angela-merkel.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161108-obama-urges-bold-nuclear-cuts-berlin-speech.html BERLIN (AP) — Summoning the harsh history of this once-divided city, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. and Europe against "complacency" brought on by peace, pledging to cut America's deployed nuclear weapons by one-third if Cold War foe Russia does the same. The president also declared that his far-reaching surveillance programs had s... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:19:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161108-obama-urges-bold-nuclear-cuts-berlin-speech.html 2013-06-19T20:19:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161062-obama-renews-calls-nuclear-reductions.html BERLIN (AP) — Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time." In a wide-ranging speech that enumerated a litany of challenges facing the world, Obama said he wanted to r... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:58:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2161062-obama-renews-calls-nuclear-reductions.html 2013-06-19T17:58:43Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2161776-obama-warns-eu-high-youth-unemployment.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama raised the prospect Wednesday that Europe might need to adjust its economic policies to tackle high youth unemployment and make sure that some countries don't "lose a generation." Obama warned during his visit to Berlin that, while he was confident the euro area's leaders will resolve their debt crisis, austerity and s... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:35:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2161776-obama-warns-eu-high-youth-unemployment.html 2013-06-19T16:35:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2162396-turkish-official-approves-standing-man-protest.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval on Wednesday to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey. Although police dispersed pockets of protesters who set up barricades in two Turkish cities overnight, the sometimes violent anti-government demonstrations have largely given way to a passive form ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:34:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2162396-turkish-official-approves-standing-man-protest.html 2013-06-19T16:34:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158650-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html BERLIN (AP) — Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week's Group of Eight meetings, but had only modest success in achieving the results he sought. It was Obama's recent move to arm Syria's rebel fighters that catapulted the two-year civil war to the top of the agenda ... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:53:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2158650-obamas-influence-limitations-display-g-8.html 2013-06-18T19:53:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2159936-obama-opens-24-hour-trip-to-germany.html BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. Obama will also hold meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other government officials. He arrived in Berlin following a two-day summit of the Group of 8 industrial nations in North... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:25:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2159936-obama-opens-24-hour-trip-to-germany.html 2013-06-18T18:25:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2156492-unions-lift-to-turkish-protest-movement.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country's secular democracy. Riot police again deployed in Turkey's two main cities, and authorities kept up their unyie... Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:27:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2156492-unions-lift-to-turkish-protest-movement.html 2013-06-18T00:27:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155668-g-8-leaders-to-mull-syria-tax-evasion-free-trade.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Police are expected to outnumber protesters Monday at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, where leaders will seek to narrow their differences on Syria's civil war, promoting freer trade between Europe and North America, and combating global tax evasion. Police commanders in Northern Ireland said they are optimistic tha... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:27:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2155668-g-8-leaders-to-mull-syria-tax-evasion-free-trade.html 2013-06-16T23:27:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2155130-g8-faces-uncertain-recoveries-turbulent-markets.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back. Japan is finally looking up after years of stagnation — but it remains an open question if the recovery will stick. That's the global economy that will confront the heads ... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:02:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2155130-g8-faces-uncertain-recoveries-turbulent-markets.html 2013-06-16T12:02:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2154008-obama-takes-bolder-syria-stand-g-8-talks-open.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of caution, President Barack Obama suddenly is positioned more aggressively on Syria than the global leaders he's joining at a summit Monday, now that he has authorized weapons and ammunition shipments to struggling rebels. Obama is expected to push Britain and France to take similar action when talks open in Northern Irelan... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:13:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2154008-obama-takes-bolder-syria-stand-g-8-talks-open.html 2013-06-15T15:13:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2151424-us-urgency-g-8-call-european-growth.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When leaders of the nation's biggest economies gathered at the presidential retreat of Camp David last year, European elections had rattled the continent with a rejection of austerity measures. President Barack Obama was himself seeking re-election. The sense of urgency was palpable as Obama made an emphatic pitch for Europe's powers to focus more on econom... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:39:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2151424-us-urgency-g-8-call-european-growth.html 2013-06-15T02:39:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2151708-german-ministers-quiz-web-firms-us-surveillance.html BERLIN (AP) — German ministers questioned major Internet companies on Friday about U.S. tracking of web activity, days before a visit to Berlin by President Barack Obama. Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said European-based company representatives of Microsoft and Google didn't have information on the tracking program and open questions... Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:00:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2151708-german-ministers-quiz-web-firms-us-surveillance.html 2013-06-14T12:00:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2146100-turkish-govt-open-to-referendum-to-protests.html ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's government on Wednesday offered a first concrete gesture aimed at ending nearly two weeks of street protests, proposing a referendum on a development project in Istanbul that triggered demonstrations that have become the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 10-year tenure. Protesters expressed doubts about th... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:17:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2146100-turkish-govt-open-to-referendum-to-protests.html 2013-06-12T23:17:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2146446-ecb-official-defends-crisis-measures-court.html KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) — A top European Central Bank official rejected accusations that the bank had exceeded its powers while fighting the financial crisis, telling Germany's supreme court its bond-buying program is only meant to ensure its monetary policy works. The Federal Constitutional Court was holding a second day of hearings to weigh allegations ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:41:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2146446-ecb-official-defends-crisis-measures-court.html 2013-06-12T17:41:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144366-europe-outrage-nsa-tempered-necessity.html BERLIN (AP) — Indignation was sharp and predictable across Europe — a continent where privacy is revered. Yet anger over revelations of U.S. electronic surveillance was tempered by an indisputable fact: Europe wants the information that America intelligence provides. That dilemma was clear Tuesday, only days after leaks about two National Security Agency ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:36:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144366-europe-outrage-nsa-tempered-necessity.html 2013-06-11T16:36:16Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2143234-german-court-weighs-legality-ecb-crisis-measure.html KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) — Top European financial officials testified Tuesday for and against a European Central Bank program that has been instrumental in calming the euro debt crisis as it faced a legal challenge in Germany's highest court. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe is considering arguments against the ECB's program, which has been cr... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:30:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2143234-german-court-weighs-legality-ecb-crisis-measure.html 2013-06-11T16:30:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143380-german-floods-cost-insurers-4-billion.html BERLIN (AP) — Damage from the past week's flooding in Germany likely will lead to insurance claims of up to 3 billion euros ($4 billion), a credit rating agency said Tuesday as flood levels on the Elbe river in the country's north appeared to stabilize. Further south, the peak of the flood on the Danube — Europe's second-longest river — moved away from th... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:40:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2143380-german-floods-cost-insurers-4-billion.html 2013-06-11T15:40:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142694-us-spy-programs-raise-ire-abroad.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration faced fresh anger Monday at home and abroad over U.S. spy programs that track phone and Internet messages around the world in the hope of thwarting terrorist threats. But a senior intelligence official said there are no plans to end the secretive surveillance systems. The programs causing the global uproar were r... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:49:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142694-us-spy-programs-raise-ire-abroad.html 2013-06-11T02:49:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142000-merkel-obama-to-discuss-nsa-surveillance-program.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of the U.S. National Security Agency's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week — the latest sign of the international backlash over America's sweeping electronic surveillance programs. Obama has defended the once-secret programs that sweep up to a... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:24:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2142000-merkel-obama-to-discuss-nsa-surveillance-program.html 2013-06-10T21:24:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2135916-berlin-police-break-up-topless-protest.html BERLIN (AP) — Three topless protesters from feminist protest group Femen were dragged by police from outside the German chancellery Friday where they were pleading for Angela Merkel to push for the release of their fellow activists jailed in Tunisia. The demonstration came ahead of Merkel's meeting in the building with Tunisian Premiere Ali Larayedh. The ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:47:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2135916-berlin-police-break-up-topless-protest.html 2013-06-07T14:47:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2133360-floodwaters-surge-dresden-northern-germany.html DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — The surging Elbe River crested Thursday in the eastern German city of Dresden, sparing the historic city center but engulfing wide areas of the Saxony capital. Residents and emergency crews had worked through the night to fight the floods in Dresden. The German military and the national disaster team sent more support in a frantic ... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:00:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2133360-floodwaters-surge-dresden-northern-germany.html 2013-06-06T17:00:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2130876-tunisia-expels-3-femen-activists-tried.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Three members of a radical Ukrainian feminist group were expelled from Tunisia on suspicion they were planning a topless protest in front of the court where their colleagues were being tried on charges of public indecency for an earlier protest, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The statement on the ministry's Facebook page said ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:48:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2130876-tunisia-expels-3-femen-activists-tried.html 2013-06-05T15:48:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2131174-german-defense-chief-under-fire-drone-program.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's defense minister on Wednesday admitted mistakes were made in the handling of a program to develop unmanned surveillance drones and announced tougher oversight procedures for all armament projects. Opposition parties say Thomas de Maiziere wasted public funds by canceling the botched 600 million euro ($800 million) program too late,... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:15:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2131174-german-defense-chief-under-fire-drone-program.html 2013-06-05T15:15:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127782-death-toll-hits-10-european-flooding.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany dispatched thousands of soldiers Tuesday to help cities and towns cope with flooding from the rain-soaked Danube and other southern rivers — reinforcements that came a day after the Bavarian city of Passau saw its worst flooding since 1501. The death toll rose to at least 10, including seven in the neighboring Czech Republic, where a... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:38:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127782-death-toll-hits-10-european-flooding.html 2013-06-04T18:38:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2128182-merkel-challenger-criticizes-austerity-policies.html BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in the upcoming election said Tuesday that her government's insistence on budget austerity across Europe is creating economic stagnation and called for a new Marshall Plan to revive the continent. In his first major foreign policy speech ahead of the September election, Peer Steinbrueck criticized Merkel... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:09:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2128182-merkel-challenger-criticizes-austerity-policies.html 2013-06-04T13:09:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2128032-merkel-challenger-calls-marshall-plan.html BERLIN (AP) — The man who is challenging Angela Merkel to become chancellor of Germany has called for a new Marshall Plan to revive Europe's ailing economies. Peer Steinbrueck said in his first major foreign policy speech Tuesday at Berlin's Free University that such a program could be funded in part by new taxes on financial transactions. He added that t... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:13:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2128032-merkel-challenger-calls-marshall-plan.html 2013-06-04T10:13:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2125440-situation-flood-hit-german-city-dramatic.html PASSAU, Germany (AP) — Swollen rivers gushed into the old section of Passau in southeast Germany on Monday, as water rose in the city to levels not seen in more than five centuries. The city was one of the worst hit by flooding that has spread across a large area of central Europe following heavy rainfall in recent days. At least eight people were reporte... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:22:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2125440-situation-flood-hit-german-city-dramatic.html 2013-06-03T19:22:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2124304-central-europe-hit-floods-days-rain.html BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in parts of central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defenses Sunday as rivers swelled by days of heavy rain threatened to burst their banks. Several people have died or are missing in the floods in Germany, the Czech Republic and Switzerland since Thursday. Some residents also have been evacuated ... Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:06:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2124304-central-europe-hit-floods-days-rain.html 2013-06-02T21:06:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2121464-britain-warns-planned-eu-transaction-tax.html BERLIN (AP) — Britain's foreign minister has urged Chancellor Angela Merkel's government during a trip to Germany to abandon its support for a European tax on financial transactions. William Hague says if European Union countries introduce the tax and a planned cap on bankers' bonuses "we strangle ourselves with regulation that drives away business." Brit... Fri, 31 May 2013 15:40:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2121464-britain-warns-planned-eu-transaction-tax.html 2013-05-31T15:40:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2121122-merkel-faces-attacks-cost-election-pledges.html BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced sharp attacks Friday over proposals that would increase government spending — pledges critics dismissed as blatant pre-election gifts that contradict her insistence on sound financial management. Merkel's hard-nosed handling of the eurozone debt crisis, involving sharp spending cuts elsewhere in Europe, ... Fri, 31 May 2013 14:24:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2121122-merkel-faces-attacks-cost-election-pledges.html 2013-05-31T14:24:29Z