U.S. no longer a 'friend' in Merkel election program

EghtesadOnline: In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States.

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Publish Date:04/July/2017 | 04:17

German minister cancels U.S. trip, calls in top brass over officer's arrest

EghtesadOnline: German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday canceled a trip to the United States and summoned top military officials to discuss a spate of army scandals after the arrest of an officer suspected of planning a racially motivated attack.

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Publish Date:03/May/2017 | 04:51

Germany Trades Barbs With Trump on Defense After Merkel Meeting

EghtesadOnline: Germany and U.S. traded barbs over the weekend about defense spending following an awkward first meeting between President Donald Trump and Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 21:41

Trade Talk Shows Trump, Merkel Have Little Common Ground

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump’s and Angela Merkel’s rhetoric on global trade showed no sign that the two leaders are anywhere close to finding common ground.

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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 24:24

Trump Blasts Germany Again as Merkel, Modi Cite Mutual Values

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump blasted Germany anew over trade and defense, ratcheting up a dispute with Chancellor Angela Merkel that risks getting personal and undermining a trans-Atlantic bond that is the bedrock of U.S.-European relations.

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Publish Date:30/May/2017 | 14:01

Merkel Takes on Trump Over Demands for German NATO Spending

EghtesadOnline: Chancellor Angela Merkel sharpened her tone against President Donald Trump’s demands that Germany spend more on defense, saying she’ll keep insisting that targets on development aid are just as important.

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Publish Date:06/May/2017 | 04:26

Ivanka Trump Goes to Berlin as Merkel Seeks a White House Backchannel

EghtesadOnline: One is a 62-year-old former physicist who grew up in a Lutheran parish house in East Germany. The other is a businesswoman whose billionaire property-developer father brought her from Manhattan to the White House.

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Publish Date:25/April/2017 | 16:51

Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and U.S. 'vast sums' for defense

EghtesadOnline: German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States "vast sums" of money for defense.

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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:47

Day After Frosty Merkel Meeting, Trump Slams Germany on NATO

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump, less than 24 hours after an awkward first meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel that highlighted their divides on policy and personality, said Germany must pay the U.S. more for providing defense.

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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 24:22

In first Trump-Merkel meeting, awkward body language and a quip

EghtesadOnline: The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel started awkwardly on Friday and ended even more oddly, with a quip by Trump about wiretapping that left the German leader visibly bewildered.

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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 09:18

Merkel's Efforts to Get Trump to Take a Harder Line on Russia May Be Paying Off

EghtesadOnline: On Feb. 7, Donald Trump used his first tweet of the day to distance himself from Russia and Vladimir Putin.

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Publish Date:20/February/2017 | 04:57

Germany says NATO concerned about Trump 'obsolete' remark

EghtesadOnline: Germany's Foreign Minister said on Monday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's comments that NATO was obsolete had aroused concern across the 28-member alliance.

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Publish Date:17/January/2017 | 04:59