In theory, it is probably not particularly honorable for any government official to be praised by journalists. Especially when he was a journalist, successful in fact, for more than 20 years, before moving to the “other side”. But this is not the case with Stephen Seibert, the man who managed to win the trust of […]
Tag: Angela Merkel
Merkel’s ‘daughter’ from Syria
A family of refugees from Syria living in Germany named their daughter Angela Merkel. But have the expectations in the new homeland been met? In 2015, Widad and Mohamed, from Latakia, Syria, managed to reach Germany with their three children, crossing half of Europe, sometimes by car and sometimes on foot. It was a time […]
A. Merkel: Last appeal to the Germans to be vaccinated
Angela Merkel, who is stepping down next week, today again called for vaccination against Covid-19, in the latest episode of a series of more than 660 podcasts, through which she used to address her fellow citizens. “I urge you once again to take this vicious virus seriously. The new Omicron variant seems to be more […]
Germany: The Armed Forces said goodbye to A. Merkel with hymns and … East German punk
“Germany’s 16 years as chancellor have been full of events – often very big challenges – both political and human,” said Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was visibly moved during a military ceremony in her honor by the German Armed Forces. the Germans “to see the world from the point of view of others”. At the […]
Germany: Hospitalizations will now determine measures against the pandemic
In Germany, following an agreement between Merkel and the states, the “hospitality index” introduces a new criterion for measures to reduce the pandemic. “The situation is dramatic and the question now is to take immediate and consistent action,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Berlin on Thursday night after a four-hour teleconference with the 16 German […]
Germany has not reached any agreement with Belarus on migrants
Germany has not reached an agreement with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko on resolving the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, a government source told Reuters on Thursday, following reports of an agreement between the two countries. “The situation at the border is a European problem in which Germany is not acting alone,” the source added. […]
Merkel-Lukashenko conversation on refugees
She is the first Western leader to communicate with a Belarusian president. Criticism of the Greens for a “disastrous message” and de facto recognition. Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke yesterday with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. During the conversation, which lasted almost an hour, the two politicians spoke, according to a German government spokesman, about the […]
Towards a new Merkel-Lukashenko telephone conversation on the immigration crisis
Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko has said he will hold a second telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel amid efforts to end Belarus’ immigration crisis with the EU, state news agency Belta reported. According to Lukashenko, after the first telephone conversation they had yesterday, Monday, Merkel discussed with other EU countries a Minsk proposal for […]
Lukanesko-Merkel telephone conversation, according to pro-government Belarusian media
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a telephone conversation, pro-Russian pro-government media reported, amid the immigration crisis on Poland’s border with the former Soviet state. According to Pul Pervogo’s Telegram channel, which is close to the Belarusian president’s press service, Lukashenko and Merkel discussed prospects for resolving the crisis and providing […]
Merkel: Turkey has reservations about troop withdrawal from Libya
LAST UPDATE: 23.58 Turkey has reservations about withdrawing troops from Libya, but Russia has said it is willing to support the mutual withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, according to Reuters. “There are still some reservations from the Turkish side, but the Russian side has recognized that it […]