Steffen Seibert, a former spokesman for Angela Merkel when the latter was German chancellor, has officially assumed the duties of Germany’s ambassador to Israel. Seibert, 62, presented his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog today. “The friendship between Israel and Germany is a treasure and I am honored to work to strengthen it,” Seibert tweeted […]
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Germany: Former government spokesman St. Seibert will be the new ambassador to Israel
Former government spokesman Stephen Seibert will be Germany’s new ambassador to Israel, according to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. According to the newspaper, Chancellor Olaf Soltz had promised his predecessor Angela Merkel that the 11-year-old representative and one of her closest associates would take on an important ambassadorial post, although he was not a career diplomat. Initially, […]
Germany: Stephen Seibert, end of season (and) for Merkel’s ‘shadow’
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 […]
Seibert: ‘The situation in hospitals is worse, where the vaccination rate is lower’
Government spokesman Stephen Seibert conveyed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s concern about the pandemic and called on everyone to “do what is necessary” to bring it under control. He also noted that “the situation is worse where the vaccination rate is lower” and warned that the more hospitals are burdened, the greater the possibility of postponing scheduled […]