Germany’s national election is only days away as voters set out to determine who the next leader of the country will be on Sunday September 24th. Chancellor Angela Merkel appears to be ready to sweep the election to earn herself a historic fourth term according to polls, but as we have …
Obama Tells Berlin ‘We Can’t Hide Behind a Wall’ in Rally with Merkel
After a brief political absence, former president Barack Obama made a highly anticipated trip to Berlin on Thursday to join Chancellor Angela Merkel for a rally and throwing his support behind her re-election bid just hours before Merkel was set to confront President Donald Trump for a NATO summit. Former presidents tend to keep their …
Sources: Bloomberg
Photo: Bundeskanzlerin
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Obama and Merkel to Publicly Reunite in Germany on May 25
Former President Barack Obama has been quite since handing over the presidency to Donald Trump in January, but that will come to an end on May 25 as he reunites with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. During the event, Obama and Merkel will take …
Sources: Kirchentag
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During President Obama’s eight years in office, he formed a special bond with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Despite some tiffs over alleged wiretapping activity carried out by the US, the two foreign leaders kept on nurturing their friendship, so when the time came to place his final foreign call as …
Sources: DW
Photos: White House
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In a rare move, President Barack Obama issued an order on Friday that halted a 670 million euro ($719 million) deal that would see China’s Grand Chip Investment taking over Aixtron SE, a German-based semiconductor equipment company. The decision was backed up by a claim that such a deal would pose a national security risk to …
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After a series of talks between the US and Russia failed to produce a joint ceasefire agreement for Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel out herself in the middle of her country’s two strongest allies, urging them to finish the agreement. In a Reuters report, Merkel was cited saying: “I can …
Photo: Annett Richter [Flickr]
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What do the years 1683 to 1983 mean to you? October 6th, 2011 is the 328th anniversary of which thirteen families from Krefeld, thirty-three people all together of Mennonite and Quaker decent, landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after a long sea voyage. Under the leadership of Franz Daniel Pastorius, a legal …
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