Angela Merkel
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Geelani to Angela Merkel: Stop Zubin Mehta's Srinagar concert
India | Sep 06, 2013, 10:37 PM ISTSrinagar: On the eve of Zubin Mehta's music concert, chairman of hardline Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani today sought intervention of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stop the show."...We hope you would immediately intervene
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Amid looming polls, Merkel gets flap over US surveillance issue
World | Jul 17, 2013, 06:20 PM ISTBerlin, July 17: Allegations of widespread U.S. data surveillance have created turbulence for Angela Merkel on what looked like a smooth cruise to a third term as German chancellor, even though it remains to be
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Germany beats Greece 4-2 to reach semifinals
Football | Jun 23, 2012, 07:28 AM ISTGdansk, Poland, Jun 23: With Chancellor Angela Merkel cheering every step of the way, Germany dominated Greece — on the football field. The Germans reached the European Championship semifinals for a record seventh time by
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Germany coach Loew leaves politics to politicians
Football | Jun 19, 2012, 08:02 PM ISTPoland, Jun 19: It's about the Euros, not the euro.Although Chancellor Angela Merkel is Germany's most prominent fan, coach Joachim Loew picks the lineup. And at the same time, Loew is happy to stay out
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Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit German team
Football | Jun 06, 2012, 06:10 PM ISTPoland, June 6 : Germany's most prominent fan, Chancellor Angela Merkel, will visit the team Wednesday at its hotel outside Gdansk.Team officials say Merkel will have dinner with the team and is expected to make
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Hawaii Tuna, Apple Strudel At White House Dinner For Angela Merkel
World | Jun 08, 2011, 03:00 PM ISTWashington, Jun 8 : The White House went all out to underscore the theme of friendship at Tuesday's state dinner for German Chancellor Angela Merkel: It even did a little social engineering with Grammy Award-winner
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Merkel Pitches For Eurofighter Typhoon
India | May 31, 2011, 06:51 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 31: Chancellor Angela Merkel today made a strong pitch for German-led four-nation consortium EADS's Eurofighter Typhoon, shortlisted by India for a USD 10.4 billion defence deal, saying they have the "best product".Maintaining
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Iran Denies Overflight Rights To Merkel's Plane From Going To Delhi
World | May 31, 2011, 04:00 PM ISTBerlin/New Delhi, May 31: Iran today briefly closed its airspace to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's aircraft en-route to India, triggering a diplomatic spat between two nations with Berlin declaring the incident as “unacceptable” and summoning
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Germany Decides To Abandon Nuclear Power By 2022
World | May 30, 2011, 06:02 PM ISTBerlin, May 30: Germany's environment minister says Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has agreed to shut down all of the country's nuclear power plants by 2022.Norbert Roettgen also says the seven oldest reactors taken off
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Terrorism Not A Means To Solve Political Problems: Germany
World | Dec 12, 2010, 01:16 PM ISTBerlin: In a stern message to Pakistan, Germany has made it clear that terrorism is not a means to solve political problems and this is "unacceptable".The concerns over terrorism figured during wide-ranging talks Prime Minister
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Parcel Bomb Seized At German chancellor Merkel's Office
World | Nov 03, 2010, 10:03 AM ISTBerlin, Nov 2: A parcel containing an explosive device was today intercepted at German Chancellor Angela Merkel's offices, hours after parcel bombs exploded at the Russian and Swiss embassies in Athens.The parcel bomb, purportedly sent
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Angela Merkel Gets Second Term, This Time With FDP
World | Sep 28, 2009, 09:48 AM ISTGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday set about laying the groundwork for her new, centre-right coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats after German voters returned her to office for a second term in Sunday's general