Puigdemont urges Madrid to 'start political dialogue' in Catalonia row
Catalonia's Puigdemont leaves German jail on bail
1 month agoJoint statement by Germany's Economy Minister Altmaier and US Secretary of Commerce Ross on their talks about the planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports
„Russia remains a difficult partner", says Germany's new Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas after Putin gets reelected. But he also states Russia will be needed for the solution of major international conflicts
Germany rejects idea of sanctions on Schroeder over Russia
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken with Chinese President Xi Jinping about steel overcapacity and the US threat of tariffs G20 G20argentina
Russia will remain 'difficult partner' after Putin re-election: Germany
German spy agency said North Korean rockets with nuclear weapons can now reach Germany and central Europe
Germany warns U.S. against trying to divide EU on trade
Germany's Seehofer says EU 'patronising' eastern members on migrants
Germany economic affairs minister @peteraltmaier heading to US on Sunday to try to halt imposition of metals tariffs, reports ARD
1 month agoRussia boycott World Cup2 018 not on the cards, Merkel tells press after meeting Sweden's PM who adds Oslo's backing to Statement calling on Russia to explain Salisbury attack - other EU countries expected to follow suit at EU Summit next week
1 month agoMerkel states EU net payers will co-operate very closely over new EU budget. Must focus on new priorities. Expects joint EU Asylum system negotiated by June. Spoke after meeting Sweden's PM Stefan Loefven in Berlin
1 month agoMerkel and @EmmanuelMacron are meeting today to test the waters for EU financial policy reforms, with new Finance Min @OlafScholz also in tow
Turkish President Erdogan discusses bilateral, regional issues with German Chancellor Merkel over the phone
1 month agoA joint statement, pointing finger at Russia for Salisbury poisoning, from @theresa_may, @EmmanuelMacron, Angela Merkel and @realDonaldTrump
Leaders of France, Germany, US and UK say in joint statement we abhor the attack that took place against Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury
1 month ago"Retreating from the fight against 'IS' would send the absolutely wrong signal." says @HeikoMaas in his first speech in the Bundestag as the new German Foreign Minister
Merkel says new government wants to shrink size of far-right @AfD
1 month agoPKK / YPG supporters claim they destroyed all the windows of @DeutscheBank branch in Frankfurt last night.
Brexit negotiations accelerating, German official says
Angela Merkel elected to fourth term as German chancellor: 364 voted for Merkel, 315 voted against her.
Germany's Free Democrats (FDP) leader, @c_lindner, says far-right @AfD is "not a burden" for the gov. "They're not the strongest opposition, but the lead opposition," he reiterates. Lindner pulled the FDP out of talks with Merkel's conservatives and the Greens in November
Merkel signed a plan to abandon Russian gas
1 month agoSteinmeier on critique that he is a "catastrophe tourist" in Marxloh: "We visited local projects and really talked to people. We saw, for example, how well the teachers have done with non-German speaking students"
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in one of Germany's most dangerous neighborhoods, Duisburg Marxloh, to meet with schoolchildren
Man known as "Accountant of Auschwitz" for his role overseeing the valuables and cash taken from doomed Jews reported dead.
1 month agoGov't Spox Bozdağ: Turkey is greatly concerned about the latest PKK attacks in Germany; we are calling on the German gov't to be more sensitive about the safety of Turkish citizens, and bring these militants to justice
Angela Merkel's new Chief of Staff, former Migration Co-ordinator @HBraun tells me Germany's migration policy will remain humanitarian, foster integration, tackle migration causes, yet more effective border controls and repatriation of people who fail to get asylum
1 month agoPolitical marriage contract for new Merkel led government just signed in Berlin. "No marriage of love" say social democrat @SPD - should nonetheless bring "joy" into it says Merkel
