Author: Geir Moulson
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Helmut Kohl, chancellor who reunited Germany, dies at 87
BERLIN — Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe, died Friday at his home in Ludwigshafen. He was 87. “A life has ended and the person who lived it will go down in history” said German…
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Annotated version of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ a hit in Germany
Greg Smith. Photo courtesy Colorado PERA.
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Merkel is last of Obama’s key European allies still standing
BERLIN — Just a few months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel brought together the leaders of the U.S., Britain, France and Italy to discuss the world’s crises, a moment captured in a photo of the five seated around a conference table. When she hosts a summit of 20 leading global powers in July, she will…
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World Health Organization rejects call to postpone Rio Olympics
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BERLIN — The World Health Organization says there is “no public health justification” for postponing or canceling the Rio Summer Olympics because of the Zika outbreak in Brazil. The assessment, in a statement early Saturday,…
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Germany marks 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Sunday celebrates the 25th anniversary of the night the Berlin Wall fell, a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism and the start of the country’s emergence as the major power at the heart of Europe. A 15-kilometer (nine-mile) chain of lighted balloons along the former border will be released…
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Germany unveils memorial to post-WWII soldiers
BERLIN — Germany’s president on Tuesday inaugurated the first national memorial to soldiers killed serving in the post-World War II military, which he lauded as a solid pillar of the country’s modern democracy. President Horst Koehler acknowledged the military’s changing role as Germany has put soldiers in the line of fire in places such as…
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German leader: No rushed judgment on Afghan strike
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that the world should reserve judgment on whether civilians were killed in a German-ordered airstrike in Afghanistan, even as NATO said it believed that civilians had died in the attack. The NATO-led force announced that it believed after a preliminary review that civilians had been killed and wounded…