Circumcision ban could make Germany ‘laughing stock’: Merkel
“I do not want Germany to be the only country in the world in which Jews cannot practise their rites,” the Germany Chancellor has said.
View ArticleBerlusconi family newspaper calls Merkel the Fourth Reich
Today’s Il Giornale headline “Quarto Reich” is accompanied by a picture of the German Chancellor.
View ArticleGovt insists agreement to address bank debt stands, FF says it’s in denial
The government has continued to insist a deal on Ireland’s debt still stands despite comments from the German chancellor yesterday.
View ArticleRabbitte slams ‘orgy of negativity’ over bank debt deal
Pat Rabbitte siad that he would have preferred if Angela Merkel had not made the remarks she made but insisted that an agreement to deal with Ireland’s bank debt still stands.
View ArticleGerman finance minister ‘very impressed’ with ‘special case’ Ireland
Wolfgang Schauble said he was confident Ireland would not need a second bailout following a meeting with Ministers Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin today.
View ArticleTaoiseach: Bank debt deal will be dealt with by Finance Minister next year
Enda Kenny has said his meeting with Angela Merkel today will not be about making a decision on a deal for Ireland’s legacy bank debt.
View ArticleFrench minister with Irish links says Hollande supports bank debt deal
Hélène Conway-Mouret, who lived in Ireland for 30 years, says that the actions of French president Francois Hollande have helped softened Germany’s view on Ireland’s legacy bank debt.
View ArticleSpanish newspaper retracts column comparing Merkel to Hitler
A columnist for El Pais wrote that the German chancellor had “like Hitler, declared war” on Europe in a piece that has now been retracted.
View ArticleColumn: It’s been an emotional upheaval but at least Cypriots are standing...
The people of Cyprus are no strangers to losing their belongings, as history has shown, writes Yiota Demetriou – who questions why her country is getting the short end of the stick.
View ArticleMerkel ally: Taoiseach told Irish people truth about ‘hardship’ they’d face
German MEP, Elmar Brok, said that Fine Gael’s support for some of the previous government’s policies had made it able to “sell” austerity and financial hardship to the Irish people.
View ArticleColumn: The G8 summit could have huge economic benefits for Ireland – if it...
Using the summit as an opportunity to vent frustrations with protests could be damaging and will only distract the international media from the many positives of Ireland’s recovery, writes Samuel Brazys.
View ArticleMerkel tells young people with no jobs that they might have to move
Merkel said there will have to be more mobility if the youth unemployment figures are to be reduced.
View ArticleAnti G8 protests take place in Belfast
A crowd of 1,500 protesters took to the streets of Belfast today to march against the G8 Summit.
View ArticleAngela Merkel: I regard the Anglo Tapes with contempt
The German chancellor was asked about the controversial recordings of former Anglo Irish Bank executives in Brussels last night.
View ArticleWhen Enda met Angela: Merkel to host Taoiseach in round table meeting
Youth unemployment is top of the agenda at a round table summit in the German capital today.
View ArticleMerkel defends secret surveillance for security purposes
In her most detailed comments on the spying claims made by Edward Snowden, the German chancellor defended the role of secret services in keeping populations safe.
View ArticleGerman hostage drama ends as Merkel forced to cancel campaign rally
A man entered the town hall in Ingolstadt and took four people hostage releasing them gradually in a tense nine-hour stand off before police confronted the 24-year-old whose only demand had been a...
View ArticleMan wearing only underpants parties on Angela Merkel’s plane
The intruder was high on drugs, danced on the wing of the jet, sprayed foam around the plush interior and released an inflatable slide.
View ArticleAfter ‘super-result’ Merkel begins search for German coalition partner
“The Merkel Republic,” ran the headline for a commentary on news site Spiegel Online as the German chancellor saw off the challenge of the Social Democrats but did not win an outright majority.
View ArticleMerkel: Ireland has made good progress, I’m grateful to Enda Kenny
Earlier the Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said that the result of the German election was never going to impact on Ireland’s push for retrospective recapitalisation of its banks.
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