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BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel. GM last week called off the planned sale of Germany-based Opel to car parts maker Magna and Russian lender Sberbank.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech in the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Merkel says her new government's top priority is overcoming the effects of the economic crisis _ but she warns they will intensify before the situation improves. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Tens of thousands thronged the route of the Berlin Wall on Monday for emotional celebrations to mark 20 years since its fall, but Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany still bears the scars of division.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Europe’s biggest economy may cut its budget deficit to the European Union limit by 2013, while France is asking for an extra year.
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a former fortified border today to cheers of "Gorby! Gorby!" as a throng of...
BERLIN | Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev crossed a formerly fortified border on Monday to cheers of "Gorby, Gorby," as a throng of grateful Germans recalled the night 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom and unity. Within hours of a confused announcement on Nov. 9, 1989, that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions ...
Chancellor Angela Merkel thanked Mikhail Gorbachev for making change possible.
No descr German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech in the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Merkel says her new government’s top priority is overcoming the effects of the economic crisis _ but she warns they will intensify before the situation improves. ( AP Photo/Gero Breloer) GM appoints int’l exec to head Opel, 6th Ld-Writethru, EU read more
German investor confidence fell in November from the previous month, a leading German survey showed Tuesday, reflecting doubts about the sustainability of economic recovery. The ZEW survey, which tracks views of Europe's largest economy, dropped 4.9 points... German - Economy - Sustainability - Business - Germany
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The German Energy Agency wants Germany to stick to a law that will phase out nuclear power because extending the lives of reactors may hamper competition and investment, Frankfurter Rundschau reported.
Angela Merkel, the first leader of reunited Germany to grow up under communist rule, has worked as chancellor to warm up ties with the United States _ a country she couldn't travel to until she was in her mid-30s. The former East German physicist, also the... Germany - Iraq - United States - Iraq War - Angela Merkel
BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel led a gathering of world leaders in Germany's capital Monday for a celebration of the night 20 years earlier when the Berlin Wall fell.
No descr German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her speech in the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Merkel says her new government’s top priority is overcoming the effects of the economic crisis _ but she warns they will intensify before the situation improves. ( AP Photo/Gero Breloer) GM appoints Reilley to head Opel, 4th Ld-Writethru, EU read more
Ceremonies and celebrations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall are taking place in that city today, the 20th anniversary of the day the wall was breached. World leaders joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel in walking through the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin, crossing the line where the wall once divided the city. Michele Norris talks to NPR's Eric Westervelt, reporting from the ...
By Nicholas Kulish and Judy Dempsey New York Times BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel led a gathering of world leaders in Germany's
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at a meeting Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Obama’s failure to go to Berlin is the most telling nonevent of his presidency. Only Obama — with his dismissive view of the Cold War as a relic distorting our thinking and his attenuated commitment to America’s exceptional role in the world — would spurn German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s invitation. Obama famously made a speech in Berlin during last year’s campaign, but at an event devoted to ...
Frankfurt - A North Korean junior national team on Monday visited the headquarters of the German Football Federation (DFB) and the nation's Olympic Committee (DOSB). The visits to the Frankfurt offices was part of a two-week visit to Germany of the u...
BERLIN, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of former Communist countries Monday retraced the steps East Germans took to rush to West Berlin 20 years ago.
On Anniversary of Wall's Demise, German Chancellor Angela Merkel Thanks Former Soviet Leader for his Role in Historic Moment
General Motors chief executive Fritz Henderson flew to Germany on Monday to discuss the future of GM's Opel unit, a spokesman for the German automaker said.
