Category: Germany

German-Israeli summit delayed ‘after settlements row’

Germany said Feb. 13 that a summit with Israel planned for later this year had been delayed, with Israeli media reporting it was due to the Jewish state’s controversial new settlements law. Israel passed a new law last week that legalizes dozens of Jewish outposts and thousands of settler homes built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.

Danny E. Hains

STERLING – Danny E. Hains, 66, of Sterling, passed away Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at Royal Oaks Care Center in Kewanee. Danny was born Nov. 12, 1950, in Sterling, the son of Richard and Joyce Hains.

Europe faces a horror show of risk in the next few months

The writing is on the wall for the euro and so too is the eight-year bull market for global equities and credit Doomsday may be creeping up again, but you would never guess so considering the seemingly endless appetite for global risk assets right now. Europe is heading into a perfect summer storm, but global investors remain in party spirits.

Germany picks Frank-Walter Steinmeier to be president

A special assembly elected former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier by an overwhelming majority Sunday to be the country’s new president. Steinmeier was elected in Berlin by the assembly made up of the 630 members of parliament’s lower house and an equal number of representatives from Germany’s 16 states.

Expansion in the US, enhanced infrastructure, growth:Successful 2016…

The language service provider, flexword Translators & Consultants, with headquarters in Mannheim in Southern Germany, has continued its success story this past year and can look back on an outstanding 2016. The language service provider, flexword Translators & Consultants, with headquarters in Mannheim in Southern Germany, has continued its success story this past year and can look back on an outstanding 2016.

Feb. 12: Immigration, Catholic school and garbage bags

Reports state on 09 February 2017 that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco, California, is considering arguments over lifting a temporary halt to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, from seven predominantly Muslim countries, where a decision will be reached this week. EPA/NPS HANDOUT MANDATRY CREDIT: NPS HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES Cleveland: My grandfather Albert Joseph Bialek came to the United States from Poland in 1910.

Germany to elect prez, front-runner called Trump ‘hate preacher’

A German parliamentary assembly will elect the country’s new president on Sunday, with a respected former foreign minister who last year called Donald Trump one of the world’s “hate preachers” the overwhelming favorite to win. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s foreign minister until last month, has the support of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “grand coalition” of center-right and center-left parties.

Tucci urges support for the arts at Berlin Film Festival

Director Stanley Tucci poses for the photographers during a photo call for the film ‘Final Portrait’ at the 2017 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. Director Stanley Tucci poses for the photographers during a photo call for the film ‘Final Portrait’ at the 2017 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.

Merkel, governors agree to step up Germany’s deportations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint press conference with the President of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez Rosas, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a joint press conference with the President of Uruguay, Tabare Vazquez Rosas, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.

Prosecutors say not investigating VW supervisory board members

Feb 9 German prosecutors said they were not investigating the German state of Lower Saxony’s premier Stephan Weil or other members of Volkswagen’s supervisory board in connection with an emissions scandal. “Beyond that, no information will be provided on the number, names or possible testimony of witnesses… so as not to put further investigation at risk,” the prosecutor’s office in Braunschweig near VW’s Wolfsburg headquarters said in an e-mailed statement on Thursday.

FBI recovers artwork stolen by Nazis in WWII

Young Man as Bacchus was one of hundreds of works confiscated by the Nazis from a German art dealer before World War II. Max Stern was the son of a German Jewish art collector who set up the famous Gallery Stern in Dusseldorf before World War I. When his father died in 1934, Dr Stern took ownership of the gallery, but two years later the Nazis forced him and other Jewish people to hand over their art and other assets.

Nexperia emerges as dynamic new force in Discretes, Logic and MOSFETs

Headquartered in Nijmegen, Netherlands and backed by a consortium of financial investors consisting of Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co. Ltd and Wise Road Capital Ltd, Nexperia is a stand-alone, world-class leader in Discretes, Logic and MOSFETs, retaining all the expertise, manufacturing resources and key personnel of the former NXP division, while bringing a new focus and powerful commitment to these product areas.

Anas Modamani: Facebook, Syrian Refugee in Court Over Fake News

Anas Modamani had no idea when he posted on Facebook a 2015 selfie taken with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that he would turn into the poster boy for radical Islamic terror. The then-18-year-old met Merkel in a German refugee camp after leaving war-torn Syria and his selfie with the leader went viral because it showed Merkel’s personality in a “rare unscripted moment,” according to CNN .

Merkel to visit euroskeptic Poland in struggle to save EU

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Warsaw on Tuesday for talks with Poland’s top leaders, taking efforts to save the European Union to a country that is keen to keep as much national power as possible and fears being marginalized in a “two-speed Europe.” Her trip is “one of the most important visits in Polish-German relations since 2004,” when Poland joined the EU, said Sebastian Plociennik, an expert at the Polish Institute of International Affairs.

Germany’s Merkel, Bavarian allies seek pre-election unity

Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting her Bavarian conservative allies in a show of unity following a long-running argument over migrant policy, setting the scene for a joint campaign for German elections in September. Bavaria’s Christian Social Union has dominated its southeastern state for decades and is traditionally an important source of national election votes for the conservative bloc led by Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union.

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Trump has been burning up White House telephone lines calling his world counterparts and, during those talks, has committed to several trans-Atlantic trips. He spoke Sunday with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and agreed to attend a NATO leaders’ meeting in Brussels in late May. Trump once dismissed the trans-Atlantic military alliance as “obsolete.”

The Latest: Le Pen: Twin – totalitarianisms’ threaten France

In this file photo dated Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, Far-right leader and candidate for next spring presidential elections Marine le Pen from France celebrates after her speech at a meeting of European Nationalists in Koblenz, Germany. Le Pen is scheduled to give a speech to supporters at the congress center in Lyon, France, on Sunday Feb. 5, 2017, the second day of a conference by her anti-immigration National Front party.

Beheading by Trump: magazine cover has everyone talking

German news magazine Der Spiegel has sparked controversy with a cover depicting US President Donald Trump holding the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodied knife in the other. The weekly used for its front page an image by US-Cuban artist and political refugee Edel Rodriguez with the Trumpian slogan “America first” next to it.

Platform of French far-right candidate “made in France”

Far-right leader and candidate for next spring presidential elections Marine le Pen, center left, shakes hands as she visits the Entrepreneur Fair, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 in Paris, France. Far-right leader and candidate for next spring presidential elections Marine le Pen, center left, shakes hands as she visits the Entrepreneur Fair, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 in Paris, France.

EU leaders say Trump worries them as rhetoric becomes policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for an EU summit, in Valletta, Malta, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. VALLETTA, Malta – European Union leaders on Friday sought a common stand on U.S. President Donald Trump, now that they increasingly fear that campaign rhetoric will be turned into policy and further tear their troubled bloc apart.

Germany says human rights situation in Libya ‘catastrophic’

The human rights situation in Libya is “catastrophic,” with migrants heading for Europe bearing the brunt of abuse, the German government said Monday. A report Sunday by German weekly Welt am Sonntag quoted an internal Foreign Ministry memo describing how migrants face torture and execution at detention camps in Libya.

Italy, Libya reach deal on halting migration

A day before European Union leaders meet to discuss closing off the illegal migrant route from Libya, Italy laid some of the groundwork Thursday by reaching a deal with the Libyan prime minister to try to stop migrants from setting out to cross the central Mediterranean. Premier Paolo Gentiloni told reporters Thursday night after meeting Libyan Premier Fayez Serraj in Rome that the two sides signed a memo of understanding to step up cooperation and to fight migrant trafficking from Libyan shores.

Bill Gates and Federal Minister Gerd Muller to speak at TUM

Bill Gates, Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gerd MuISller, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, will be featured in the “TUM Speakers Series”. The founder of Microsoft and the politician will meet on February 17, at 4:45 pm, in the Technical University of Munich Audimax to speak with student Nicki Weber about development policy.

Geert Wilders, left, stands next to Germany’s Marcus

Amid hacking fears, Dutch to use pen, paper for vote The Dutch government will manually count all votes in its March 15 election. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://usat.ly/2k2xXBn Geert Wilders, left, stands next to Germany’s Marcus Pretzell and France’s Marine Le Pen during a meeting of European far-right politicians in in Koblenz, Germany, on Jan. 21. Alarmed that hackers, false news and state-backed propaganda could try to influence or tamper with the results of next month’s national election, the Dutch government has decided to count all ballots the old-fashioned way: with pen and paper.

ISACA Announces 2017 Global Events

ISACA, a global association serving IT assurance, governance and cybersecurity professionals, announced its 2017 event schedule, which includes expansion in all types of learning. Serving professionals in 180 countries, ISACA offers education, networking, credentialing and career development opportunities.