German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Merkel's Athens visit chance to ease tension
Oct 07, 2012 23:09 EDT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit on Tuesday to debt-strapped Greece may provide a chance to ease tensions born of the economic crisis, but she looks set to receive a tepid welcome from those who blame Germany for the Greek government's draconian austerity policies.
Iran nuclear tensions sharpen
Sep 28, 2012 16:34 EDT
Western powers stepped up pressure on Iran on Friday, as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama stressed their "shared goal" to stop Iran getting a nuclear bomb.
Arab ministers mull Syria intervention force
Sep 27, 2012 07:14 EDT
Arab ministers on Wednesday weighed calls for an Arab intervention in the Syria conflict, while Western nations pressed Russia and China to drop opposition to international action.
Clinton calls for new bid to end UN deadlock on Syria
Sep 27, 2012 05:05 EDT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday appealed for the "paralyzed" UN Security Council to make a new attempt to reach an accord to end the Syria conflict.
Arab ministers mull Syria intervention force
Sep 26, 2012 18:32 EDT
Arab ministers on Wednesday weighed calls for an Arab intervention in the Syria conflict, while Western nations pressed Russia and China to drop opposition to international action.
Clinton calls for new bid to end UN deadlock on Syria
Sep 26, 2012 16:45 EDT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday appealed for the "paralyzed" UN Security Council to make a new attempt to reach an accord to end the Syria conflict.
Belarus's Lukashenko: "Better a dictator than gay"
Mar 04, 2012 17:18 EST
BERLIN (Reuters) - Belarussia's Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday criticized EU politicians who have threatened him with further sanctions and in an apparent riposte to the German Foreign Minister's branding him "Europe's last dictator," said: "Better to be a dictator than gay."
Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty
Feb 11, 2012 13:54 EST
BERLIN/SOFIA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.
Twin car bombs rock Syria's Aleppo, kill 25
Feb 10, 2012 07:46 EST
Two powerful car bombs targeting security posts ripped through Syria's second city of Aleppo Friday, killing at least 25 people, state media said, even as tanks surged into battered protest hub Homs.
Powerful car bombs kill at least 25 in Syria's Aleppo
Feb 10, 2012 06:56 EST
Two powerful car bombs targeting security posts ripped through Syria's second city of Aleppo on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 175, even as tanks surged into battered protest hub Homs.
Blasts rock Syria's Aleppo, tanks enter Homs
Feb 10, 2012 04:02 EST
Explosions rocked Syria's second city of Aleppo as tanks entered the protest hub of Homs on Friday, activists said, ahead of planned protests to denounce Russia's steadfast backing of the regime.
Syria's Homs under new deadly blitz
Feb 10, 2012 01:16 EST
More than 80 people were killed in Syria Thursday, most of them in a relentless blitz on the city of Homs, an attack US President Barack Obama decried as "outrageous bloodshed".
U.S. citizen freed a week after kidnapping in Nigeria
Jan 27, 2012 12:55 EST
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen working for Marubeni Corp who was kidnapped in Nigeria's oil rich Niger Delta on January 20 has been released, police and the U.S. embassy said Friday.
Five Europeans killed in attack in remote Ethiopia
Jan 18, 2012 11:04 EST
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Five European tourists were killed, and two tourists and two Ethiopians were kidnapped, in an attack by gunmen in northern Ethiopia's remote Afar region, the Ethiopian government said on Wednesday.
Ethiopia says Eritrea-trained gunmen killed tourists
Jan 17, 2012 14:37 EST
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Gunmen have killed five foreign tourists in Ethiopia's remote northern Afar region, after crossing into the Horn of Africa country from neighboring Eritrea which trained and armed the attackers, an Ethiopian official said on Tuesday.
Syrians vote as death toll climbs past 5,000
Dec 12, 2011 18:54 EST
Syrians voted Monday in municipal elections as security forces pushed a deadly crackdown on dissent that the United Nations said has killed more than 5,000 people.
Russia warns against military strike on Iran
Nov 07, 2011 15:24 EST
MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia and Iran warned the West against a military strike on the Islamic Republic on Monday, saying an attack targeting its nuclear program would lead to civilian casualties and create new threats to global security.
Syria accuses West of sowing 'total chaos'
Sep 27, 2011 02:04 EDT
Syria denounced international intervention and accused the West of trying to unleash "total chaos", as rights activists said troops shot dead four soldiers who had tried to desert.
Palestinians, US battle for UN Council votes
Sep 27, 2011 00:00 EDT
Palestinian envoys are battling for UN Security Council votes to back their effort to win full UN membership, while the United States is using its diplomatic big guns to make the bid fail.
UN Council holds first talks on Palestinian bid
Sep 26, 2011 16:28 EDT
The UN Security Council on Monday held its first talks on the historic Palestinian bid for UN membership amidst frenzied lobbying for and against the application.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Foreign Office | |
|---|---|
| Auswärtiges Amt | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1870 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters | Werderscher Markt 1 10117 Berlin |
| Annual budget | €1.313 billion (2005) |
| Minister responsible | Guido Westerwelle, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Agency executives | Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the Foreign Office Cornelia Pieper, Minister of State for Europe |
| Website | |
| http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/Startseite.html | |
