SPIEGEL ONLINE - 26.04.2013
The Baltic countries have already moved on from their debt crisis, and are exhibiting healthy growth. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite explains that austerity is merely a question of political will -- and why her country wants to join the euro zone despite the crisis. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 23.04.2013
The tax probe of Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness presents a danger for Chancellor Angela Merkel five months before general elections. The case makes her look weak on fighting tax evasion, a potentially major campaign issue. That explains why she was so quick to denounce the icon of German club soccer. By Veit Medick more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 16.04.2013
He's finally coming. SPIEGEL has learned that US President Barack Obama will make an official state visit to Berlin in June -- just one week before the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech. By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 16.04.2013
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman has tried to quash speculation that she may step down in 2015 if she wins the September election. "The chancellor is of course standing for the full legislative period," Steffen Seibert told reporters at a government news conference on Monday.
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - 15.04.2013
Germany has fallen out of favor with the Kremlin, which has ramped up pressure on German institutions in Russia. But while Chancellor Angela Merkel disapproves of President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian presidency, she has no desire to burn bridges with the country. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 15.04.2013
Will Angela Merkel step down in 2015? A new biography of the German chancellor by Nikolaus Blome, the chief political correspondent of tabloid newspaper
, is likely to fan speculation that the chancellor won't serve a full third term even if she does win the general election in September.
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SPIEGEL ONLINE - 11.04.2013
Chancellor Angela Merkel has tenaciously insisted that austerity is the only way out of the crisis for ailing EU countries. She doesn't practice what she preaches in Germany, though, which makes growing anger toward her understandable. A Commentary by Christoph Schwennicke more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 11.04.2013
Germany's push for austerity during the ongoing euro crisis has prompted Nazi depictions of Chancellor Angela Merkel in many parts of Southern Europe. SPIEGEL speaks with Cambridge University historian Brendan Simms about the "German question" and persistent hatred toward the country. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 10.04.2013
The Polish media is angry over the portrayal of the country's World War II resistance fighters in a popular miniseries that aired recently in Germany. So angry, in fact, that a Polish weekly has put an image of Chancellor Merkel as a concentration camp prisoner on its cover and accused Germany of rewriting history. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 04.04.2013
Paparazzi have managed to snap rare shots of Angela Merkel in private as she vacations in Italy with her family, and Germany's chancellor is angry about the intrusion. SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke with the local mayor about the fuss. more... [ Forum ]
