Tag: Germany

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Graf Spee's anchor ferried to future Battle of River Plate memorial site

  

  The 7-ton anchor which once belonged to the Reichsmarine's Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee sank off the coast of Montevideo in December 1939, marking the end to the Battle of the River Plate against British Commonwealth forces at the beginning of World War II, has been ferried by lorry to Punta del Este to be a part of the Memorial site to be opened before the end of the year.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 18:38 UTC

  Olaf Scholz strikes deal to become Germany's next Chancellor

  

  Although it actually came as no surprise, Germany's leading political parties Wednesday agreed that current Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) will take over from Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after 16 years in office.

• Friday, November 19th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Merkel announces tougher restrictions for Germany's unvaxxed

  

  The German Government has announced restrictions are to be imposed on those unvaccinated against COVID-19 in an attempt to curb the current fourth wave.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  German Chancellor says COVID-19 situation is critical

  

  Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday said the COVID-19 crisis in her country was reaching “dramatic” levels.

• Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Germany ponders return to lockdowns amid 4th wave of COVID-19

  

  German health authorities were said Friday to be entertaining the thought of returning to quarantine as a possible response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases.

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:39 UTC

  Unprecedented consensus in Chile against newspaper article marking 75th anniversary of Göring's death

  

  Chile's Jewish community, Germany's Embassy in Santiago and the entire country's political spectrum Sunday agreed to condemn an article carried by the large-circulation daily El Mercurio reviewing the life of convicted Nazi leader Hermann Göring.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Former Nazi camp guard brought to trial at age 100

  

  A 100-year-old former Nazi camp guard has been brought to trial Thursday for his alleged involvement as an accessory to more than 3,000 murders.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 19:47 UTC

  Germany and the status quo after “Mutti” Angela

  

  Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by fifteen points. She was stepping down after sixteen years as chancellor (prime minister), but she was still by far the most trusted politician in Germany. Indeed, she is universally known as “Mutti” (Mummy).

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Germany's future Chancellor still a mystery after close elections with SPD slightly ahead

  

  After German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to retire, the formation of a new government is far from clear following Sunday's elections.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 13:51 UTC

  Angela Merkel is leaving and the world loves her

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel who will be stepping down following next Sunday's parliamentary election enjoys a strong reputation outside Germany and is more trusted than the main leaders of the world, according to the latest opinion polls' report published by Pew Research Center.