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Barack Obama set to visit Munich just in time for Oktoberfest

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 18:47:19 +0200

Former US President Barack Obama is coming to Munich – just in time for Oktoberfest.

Obama 'heartbroken' by Manchester attack

Thu, 25 May 2017 15:32:03 +0200

Former United States President Barack Obama said at a Berlin reunion with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday that he was "heartbroken" by a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in Manchester.

Obama coming to Berlin for Protestant church celebration

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:13:31 +0200

Former US president Barack Obama will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel to speak at a Protestant church gathering in Berlin in May, the organizers said on Tuesday.

Obama thanks 'courageous' Merkel in final call with a foreign leader

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:45:09 +0100

Barack Obama on Thursday chose his close friend Angela Merkel as the last foreign leader he would call before Donald Trump takes office on Friday.

EU leaders meet in Berlin to seek answers on Trump

Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:48:32 +0100

European leaders head to Berlin Friday to seek assurances from US President Barack Obama on the course that Donald Trump might take, given the populist mogul's pledges to shake up the world order.

Obama to visit Berlin in last presidential trip to Germany

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:31:31 +0200

The White House announced on Tuesday that US President Barack Obama will be paying one last unexpected visit to the German capital - his last before he leaves office.

Obama thanks Merkel for open refugee policy

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:32:12 +0200

US President Barack Obama made a special thank you to Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany on Tuesday at the United Nations, praising her for doing "the right thing".

Germans told 'stay away from windows' for Obama visit

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 20:01:51 +0200

Locals in Hanover have been given a very specific command for when the US President comes to visit - better neither heard nor seen.

German media praise 'clever, curious' Bush

Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:13:39 +0200

German media had some enthusiastic words for Jeb Bush after a visit to Berlin last week and his presidential candidacy announcement on Monday, but the press still had trouble distancing him from his less popular brother.

Merkel & Obama fire warning to Russia

Sat, 23 Aug 2014 10:04:00 +0200

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Barack Obama warned Friday that Russia was triggering a "dangerous escalation" of the conflict in Ukraine due to its military presence and shelling there.

Obama to Merkel: Don't worry about spying

Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:32:00 +0100

The US intelligence service will continue to spy on foreign governments, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Saturday, although he assured Chancellor Angela Merkel that he would not let intrusive surveillance harm their relationship.

Berlin welcomes Obama pledge on NSA spying

Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:35:00 +0100

The German government has welcomed President Barack Obama's pledge to curtail the reach of the secretive US spy agency, stressing that German law must be respected on its soil.

Obama: We won't tap allies' phones

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 19:54:00 +0100

US president Barack Obama announced on Friday in a speech that he would restrict the NSA's powers. It will no longer be allowed to monitor phones of allied country leaders, including Germany.

Germany urges Egypt to stop deadly crackdown

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:06:00 +0200

The German government summoned the Egyptian ambassador on Thursday morning over the deadly crackdown on protest camps of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

Merkel and Obama talk spy scandal concerns

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 09:14:00 +0200

Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with President Barack Obama late on Wednesday to address mounting European concerns about broad US surveillance programs.

'Does Germany trust Obama to lead the way?'

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:01:00 +0200

While the crowds roared with excitement, the German press took a more critical view of Wednesday's iconic speech by US President Barack Obama at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The Local Media Round-Up takes a look.

Nuclear cuts top Obama's Berlin speech

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:10:00 +0200

President Barack Obama said Russian and US nuclear weapons should be slashed by up to a third in a keynote speech in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate in which he called for a world of "peace and justice."

Obama's Berlin speech follows JFK and Reagan

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:43:00 +0200

US President Barack Obama will follow predecessors John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan by making a major speech in Berlin, the White House said Wednesday. He will speak in front of Germany's symbolic Brandenburg Gate on June 19th.

Obama set to visit Berlin next month

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:29:00 +0200

US President Barack Obama will make an official visit to Germany next month for wide-ranging talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, the White House confirmed Friday.

Obama Berlin visit to recall JFK speech likely

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:39:00 +0100

US President Barack Obama is reportedly planning to visit Berlin in June to commemorate the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's legendary "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech given at the height of the Cold War.