Why Putin's Pal, Germany's Ex-Chancellor Schroeder, Isn't On A Sanctions List
For four years, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on Russia over its aggression in Ukraine. The measures restrict travel and target assets of key individuals linked to the...
View ArticleGermany's Jewish Community Responds After Man Attacked For Wearing Yarmulke
Updated at 12:38 p.m. ET Solidarity marches to protest anti-Semitism are planned in Berlin and other German cities on Wednesday after an attack last week on a man wearing a yarmulke sparked widespread...
View ArticleMerkel And Trump Meeting Includes Some Strange Moments, But No Tangible Results
For Germans, Friday's working session between President Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House proved unexpectedly cordial and, at times, odd. The chancellor, who is usually reserved,...
View ArticleNew U.S. Ambassador To Germany Grenell Irks His Hosts The Day He Arrives
Germany waited nearly 16 months for the Trump administration to send a new ambassador to Berlin. But Richard Grenell managed to offend many Germans the day he arrived by posting this note on Twitter:...
View ArticleEuropean Leaders Discuss How To Preserve Iran Nuclear Deal
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right, now to diplomacy in Brussels. That is where the EU's chief diplomat met today with the foreign ministers of Britain, France...
View ArticleNew EU Data Protection Law Could Affect People Who Take Pictures With Their...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Tomorrow a wide-reaching data protection law goes into effect in the European Union. It boosts people's right to privacy like never before...
View ArticleCould A Diesel Ban In Hamburg, Germany, Cause More Pollution? Some Residents...
On Thursday, Hamburg became the first city in Germany to ban diesel vehicles on its streets — at least in part. But many Germans question whether the limited ban is an environmental milestone, as the...
View ArticleUproar Continues Over Pro-Right Remarks By U.S. Ambassador To Germany
Updated at 4 p.m. ET Richard Grenell has been the U.S. ambassador to Germany for barely a month, but already politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are demanding he be recalled. The uproar is over...
View ArticleMerkel's Fragile Coalition Teeters On Edge Of Migration Question
Tempers are flaring at the highest political levels in Europe — to the point that even the typically stoic German chancellor, Angela Merkel, appears on edge. A clear sign surfaced Thursday morning,...
View ArticleA Compromise On Migration Keeps Germany's Merkel In Power
Under the deal, migrants registered in other European Union countries will be held in transit centers as Germany negotiates their return. The country's rebellious interior minister had threatened to...
View ArticleGerman Doctors Say It's 'Highly Plausible' Pussy Riot Activist Was Poisoned
Doctors at the Charité hospital in Berlin say it's "highly plausible" Pyotr Verzilov of the Russian protest band Pussy Riot was poisoned last week, although it's unclear with what or by whom. Verzilov...
View ArticleIn The U.K.-EU Faceoff, Neither Side Is Blinking
British Prime Minister Theresa May's hopes of persuading her peers in the European Union to keep the U.K. in the bloc's single market were dashed at an informal summit in Salzburg that ended on...
View ArticleChinese Companies Get Tech-Savvy Gobbling Up Germany's Factories
For decades, the label "Made in Germany" has stood for quality and a guarantee of expensive, precision engineering. Conversely, "Made in China" has long been a marker of substandard, cheap, knockoff...
View ArticleWinners Of 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Recognized For Their Fight Against Sexual...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A Congolese OB-GYN and a woman who was once held captive by ISIS are now winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The million-dollar award goes to...
View ArticleGermany's Far Right Finds A New Stronghold In Bavaria, And It's Costing Merkel
German support for Chancellor Angela Merkel and her conservatives is at an all-time low, and in few places is that more evident than Bavaria. A booming economy and ever fewer migrants crossing the...
View ArticleIn German Regional Elections, Merkel's Allies Falter
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her supporters took a political hit in elections yesterday in Bavaria. It was called a protest vote by a...
View ArticleWith Deadline Looming, Brexit Negotiations Once Again Are Stalled
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels today on what is supposed to be the deadline for a deal to ease the United Kingdom out of the...
View ArticleGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel Announces She Won't Seek Another Term
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: In Germany, Angela Merkel has announced that she will not seek another term as chancellor and will also not seek re-election as head of her...
View ArticleAngela Merkel's Party Elects A Successor As She Begins Her Exit From German...
In an emotional farewell for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Christian Democratic Union party delegates gathered to elect a successor in Hamburg, the city where Merkel was born. Merkel, 64, will pass...
View ArticleMerkel Expected To Push For Global Cohesiveness In New Year's Speech
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to stay in power for a few more years. She will finish her term, she says, in 2021 before leaving. But...
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