“Germany” on The Daily Caller

February 2nd, 2012

The thought of urinating into a pair of red lips is just too much for the delicate sensibilities of the small German town of Luechow. (more)

December 9th, 2011

All European Union states except Britain moved toward setting up a new treaty Friday, giving up crucial powers over their own budgets in an attempt to overcome a crippling debt crisis. (more)

November 25th, 2011

The dollar climbed against most major peers, extending this week’s gains, as investors sought the safest assets on concern economies in the euro area will worsen as leaders struggle to halt the region’s debt crisis. (more)

November 9th, 2011

German and French officials have discussed plans for a radical overhaul of the European Union that would involve establishing a more integrated and potentially smaller euro zone, EU sources say. (more)

October 10th, 2011

Kirsten Dunst has returned to her roots. As the daughter of a German father, Dunst has acquired German citizenship while maintaining her American one. (more)

September 9th, 2011

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is preparing plans to shore up German banks in the event that Greece fails to meet the terms of its aid package and defaults, three coalition officials said. (more)

August 13th, 2011

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Wall’s construction 50 years ago must be a constant reminder to citizens today to stand up for freedom and democracy, the city’s mayor said Saturday as a united Germany commemorated the bitter anniversary. (more)

August 3rd, 2011

It was a funny moment in May when Mark Zuckerberg bumped into German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the G8 meeting in France. Merkel told the 27-year-old billionaire about how much she enjoyed The Social Network; Zuckerberg hadn’t liked it much at all. A telling moment: over the years, Germany and Facebook have often been at odds with each other. Not surprisingly, most of their disagreements have to do with privacy. (more)

May 30th, 2011

BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s economic powerhouse, Germany, announced plans Monday to abandon nuclear energy over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources. (more)

March 23rd, 2011

Deep divisions between allied forces currently bombing Libya worsened today as the German military announced it was pulling forces out of NATO over continued disagreement on who will lead the campaign. (more)

March 3rd, 2011

On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers were shot  at the Frankfurt airport in Germany. The suspect, 21-year-old Kosovar Arif Uka, was detained and German authorities have suggested the shooting was motivated by Islamic extremism. (more)

March 2nd, 2011

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The attack on a busload of U.S. Air Force troops at Frankfurt airport that killed two is being investigated as a possible act of Islamic terrorism, German federal prosecutors said Thursday. (more)

March 1st, 2011

Two years before the Berlin Wall opened, paving the way for the end of the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan famously called on then-Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 to “tear down this wall,” in a speech he delivered at the Brandenburg Gate, which was then part of the East-West border. (more)

February 15th, 2011

Russia will not support future sanctions against Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in London on Tuesday. (more)

February 7th, 2011

Everyone agrees that there’s a lot of waste in Washington. Unfortunately, no one seems able to agree on what that waste is. One man’s pork project is another man’s lifeblood. When it comes to government spending, we have the equivalent of NIMBY, or Not In My Back Yard, except it’s Not In My District — no waste here. That’s why the self-imposed earmark moratorium is a minor miracle. But earmarks are only a snowflake hovering over the tip of the spending iceberg. (more)

February 3rd, 2011

MADRID (AP) — The leaders of France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain ratcheted up the pressure Thursday on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, saying that Egypt’s political transition “must start now.” (more)

January 26th, 2011

“Let the Jews have Jerusalem. It is they who made it famous.” (more)

January 25th, 2011

In tonight’s State of the Union speech, President Obama called for massive new “investments” in renewable energy. By that he means that he wants to transfer billions of dollars to the renewable energy industry via subsidies, while also accomplishing his previously expressed goal of making “electricity prices necessarily skyrocket.” (more)

January 25th, 2011

BERLIN — Facebook, facing potential fines for violating strict privacy laws in Germany, agreed on Monday to let users in the country better shield their e-mail contacts from unwanted advertisements and solicitations it sends. (more)

January 25th, 2011

Isn’t one ethanol disaster enough? (more)

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