Since 1891, the first of August has been celebrated as Swiss National Day. The date refers to a historic alliance concluded in 1291 by the three cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden. This alliance was […]
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was in Washington, DC, on July 20 and 21 to take part in two vital international meetings: an Iraq donor conference and a meeting of the anti-ISIL coalition. As co-host of […]
Germany is reeling from a series of violent attacks which left many dead and wounded: Munich shootings, train axe attack in Würzburg, bombing at a music festival in Ansbach. These shocking events seem never-ending. With […]
July 18, 2016 The deputy mayor of Sisli, a prosperous district in Istanbul, was shot on Monday by an attacker, according to multiple Turkish media reports. Gunshots were heard after the assailant entered the office […]
July 18, 2016 Molins told a press conference Monday that Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel had planned the massacre several days before Bastille Day and had recently developed an interest in radical Islam. “Although there are no […]
Consul General Hans Jörg Neumann recently traveled to San Diego where he had his first official meeting with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. The Consul General congratulated Mayor Faulconer on his re-election before commencing with […]
July 8, 2016 America has always had this paradox that it’s economically the most powerful country, still, militarily powerful, and has – for all its faults – a pretty good political system. Yet at the […]
July 8, 2016 In an article for the Huffington Post, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier looks ahead to a European Union of 27, calling for a better, more flexible EU that listens more to the needs […]
Foreign Minister Steinmeier issued the following statement in Berlin on 2 July on the death of Elie Wiesel: “The death of Elie Wiesel means that we have not only lost a great author, philanthropist and […]
July 5, 2016 Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Müller said there would be drastic consequences for the car manufacturer if compensation claims on the company in the US over its emissions scandal were also enforced in […]
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