https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Saturday the eurozone should not abandon fiscal reforms even as it pursues measures to revive growth, the White House said. https://www.thelocal.de/20120520/42649 Sun, 20 May 2012 15:45:00 +0200 42649 Two German anti-globalisation protesters detained for five days in 2007 to prevent them from demonstrating against a G8 summit won a victory at the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20111202/39257 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:05:00 +0100 39257 Consigned to minor role at last week’s G8 summit, the economic power Germany is in danger of being sidelined politically, argues Gerd Appenzeller from Der Tagesspiegel. https://www.thelocal.de/20110531/35367 Tue, 31 May 2011 14:25:00 +0200 35367 Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the rest of the world to carry out atomic reactor “stress tests” and demanded the G8 take a leading role in nuclear security on Thursday, ahead of a meeting of the group of leading nations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110526/35275 Thu, 26 May 2011 14:30:00 +0200 35275 As Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Canada for a G20 summit, Sigmar Gabriel, the head of Germany’s centre-left opposition Social Democrats, on Friday backed US criticism that her government’s proposed austerity measures posed a threat to the global economy. https://www.thelocal.de/20100625/28103 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:54:00 +0200 28103 A fancy Baltic Sea hotel where former US President George W. Bush stayed angrily rejected Thursday claims by his wife Laura Bush of possible poisoning during the G8 summit in 2007, accusing her of a publicity stunt for her memoirs. https://www.thelocal.de/20100429/26885 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:14:00 +0200 26885 Former US President George Bush may have been the victim of a poison attack during G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany in 2007, according to ex-First Lady Laura Bush's new autobiography. https://www.thelocal.de/20100428/26847 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:33:00 +0200 26847 Chancellor Angela Merkel called the Group of Eight’s consensus on fighting climate change a “clear step forward” late on Wednesday after talks in L’Aquila, Italy. https://www.thelocal.de/20090709/20483 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:27:00 +0200 20483 Roaring auto output pushed German industrial production higher in May by the biggest margin since August 1993, official data showed Wednesday, signalling the country's deep recession might be near an end. https://www.thelocal.de/20090708/20475 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:31:00 +0200 20475 The Group of Eight industrialised powers (G8) is no longer the appropriate forum to thrash out the world's problems, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20090702/20339 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:33:00 +0200 20339 Germany is performing ahead of other G8 nations in the fight against climate change according to the World Wildlife Fund’s G8 Climate Scorecard released on Wednesday. But the country barely got a passing grade. https://www.thelocal.de/20090701/20325 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:31:00 +0200 20325 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed US and British moves to bail out the troubled financial sector as undermining efforts to instill more transparency. https://www.thelocal.de/20080920/14425 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:45:00 +0200 14425 Climate change campaigners and opposition politicians in Germany have panned G8 leaders‘ plan to halve global carbon emissions by 2050, arguing that a much tighter timetable is needed to tackle global warming. https://www.thelocal.de/20080709/12977 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:05:00 +0200 12977 German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday asked Chinese President Hu Jintao to push for a successful outcome to talks between China and Tibet’s spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. https://www.thelocal.de/20080709/12961 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:44:00 +0200 12961 German Chancellor Merkel has hailed an agreement by G8 leaders to halve carbon emissions by 2050 but said it was important to get developing nations on board in order to seriously fight global warming. https://www.thelocal.de/20080708/12951 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:58:00 +0200 12951 German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a German newspaper that the G8 group of top industrialized nations will take measures to fight the soaring price of food at next week's summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20080705/12905 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:11:00 +0200 12905 Japan said on Friday it had refused entry to a German anti-globalization activist, as the nation steps up security ahead of the Group of Eight summit in July. https://www.thelocal.de/20080314/10687 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:11:00 +0100 10687