Angela Merkel

Rachel Marsden on Waiting for a European Santa Claus

2012-05-17 00:00:00

While your co-workers hover around the water cooler debating whether it matters if Mitt Romney bullied some kid in his youth, a formerly First World nation called Greece is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Why, you might ask, should Middle America...

Robert B. Reich: Why Europe's double dip could lead to one here

2012-05-02 00:00:00

Europe is in recession. Portugal, Italy and Greece are basket cases. The British and Spanish economies have contracted for the last two quarters. It seems highly likely that France and Germany are in a double dip as well. Why should we care? Because a...

Germany's plan will make euro crisis worse

2011-12-08 11:27:00

European leaders are working feverishly to create what German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling a "fiscal union" to restore private investor confidence in Europe and rekindle growth. Unfortunately, what she advocates will thrust Europe into a deeper...

Eurozone crisis: EU could learn a thing or two from Alabama

2011-12-15 03:00:00

I've had it with this useless, ongoing charade to "save Europe." It's time to get serious and consider jailing and impeaching some of these European Union member leaders for requisite incentive. Last week's EU show was pathetic. It made me throw a...

Will any part of Europe save itself?

2012-02-02 00:00:00

The Fitch Ratings agency has downgraded the credit of another five European countries -- Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain -- citing "the financing risks faced by eurozone sovereign governments in the absence of a credible financial firewall...

Lesson from Norway: All ethnic groups are susceptible to lure of terrorism.

2011-07-28 07:30:00

Norwegian terrorism suspect Anders Behring Breivik may have attained what he hoped for — worldwide notoriety. The young man has shaken Norway to its roots and out of its complacency. Apparently, for a whole decade, he functioned as a one-man sleeper...

Immigration: an American success story

2011-06-16 14:06:19

The nation recently received two contradictory signals about the importance of immigration reform. President Barack Obama stood near the Mexican border in El Paso last month and called (again) for immigration reform. The next week, Gallup released a...

Alarmed by jobs report, investors send Dow down 275 points, biggest loss since November

2012-06-01 16:06:00

Alarmed by an ominously weak U.S. jobs report, investors ran for safety Friday from new worries about a global slowdown, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its biggest loss since November. The nearly 275-point dive wiped out the last of the...

Annan frustrated over Syria, Russia gives no ground

2012-06-01 16:30:13

BEIRUT (Reuters) - International envoy Kofi Annan said on Friday he was "frustrated and impatient" a week after a massacre in Syria of 108 people shocked the world, but Russia said his peace plan was still the best hope for Syria. Speaking after separate...

UPDATE 6-Russia offers to buy BP's $30 bln jv stake-source

2012-06-01 09:10:06

* State holding co may be vehicle for stake buy - sources * Rosneft parent Rosneftegaz could be vehicle to do deal * Rosneft CEO denies making approach * Sale would cut BP output 30 percent, $2-4 bln/yr in divs * BP shares up 1.8 pct, TNK-BP down 10...

WRAPUP 3-Germans ease austerity pace for Spain, markets in turmoil

2012-06-01 08:31:03

* Germany backs more time for Spain to meet deficit target * Irish vote 60-40% "yes" to budget discipline treaty * Markets more fearful of Greek, Spanish problems * Final Greek polls show June 17 election on knife edge By Noah Barkin and Padraic...

Russian firm offers to buy BP's $30 billion JV stake: source

2012-06-01 08:04:03

LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian state firm has offered to buy BP Plc's half share in its Siberian joint venture, a source said on Friday, in what would amount to a stunning reversal for the British firm and a bold assertion of Kremlin control over the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin , left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel step onto the podium to listen to their national anthems upon his arrival at the Chancellery in Berlin, before a meeting for his first trip to Germany since returning as leader of Russia. The main topic will be the unrest

2012-06-01 00:00:00

Danish Prime MInister Helle Thorning-Schmidt , from left, Finland's Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, German Chancellor Angela Merkel , zookeeper Laura Poggendorf, Lithuania's Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso feed penguins in the Oceaneum during the

2012-05-31 00:00:00

A police diver stands at the port of Stralsund, northeastern Germany , where preparations are under way for the Baltic Sea States Summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will welcome on May 30 and 31, 2012 heads of government from 11 countries on the Baltic Sea for a summit to discuss energy and

2012-05-30 00:00:00