Israel is a country that "impresses us even today because of the pioneering spirit and diligence of its founding fathers, who under difficult circumstances created a nation-state and kept it alive in spite of all threats to its existence," Foreign Minister Steinmeier wrote in Yedioth Ahronoth. Read More
In a phone call with Afghan President Karzai on Sunday, following a deadly attack on an official ceremony he was attending in Kabul, Chancellor Merkel assured him that Germany would remain committed to and continue to stand closely by Afghanistan's side. Read More
Eleven Afghan diplomats, including four women, are currently taking part in an intensive ten-week program, the Executive Seminar, designed to make them skillful advocates of Afghanistan's interests. The seminar is part of the Foreign Office's Training for International Diplomats program. Read More
Foreign Minister Steinmeier continued his USA visit in Boston on Saturday, with stops at MIT, Harvard, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Fenway Park. In DC on Friday, he met with Secretary Rice and visited the Newseum on its official opening day. Read
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The announcement by Ahmadinejad "causes me deep concern," Steinmeier said following the announcement that Iran will install further centrifuges at the uranium enrichment plant in Natanz. "Teheran thus clearly thwarts the demands of the United Nations Security Council." Read More
“I wish Pope Benedict XVI a happy and productive journey in America," Ambassador Scharioth said on the eve the pontiff's arrival. "People are looking forward to his visit, and his reception here will no doubt be as warm and sincere as it has been in Germany, his homeland.” Read
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The need to stabilize the situation in the Western Balkans was at the forefront of talks on Friday between Foreign Minister Steinmeier and US Secretary of State Rice. Later, Steinmeier visited the Berlin Gallery at the Newseum on the occasion of the museum's official opening. Read
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His appointments in Washington will include a meeting with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He will also visit the Berlin Gallery at the Newseum. In Boston, he will speak at Harvard and go to a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Yankees. Read
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Currently 33 police stations are being built with German assistance
in the north of the country. The aim of the program is to extend
policing beyond the urban centers by improving police infrastructure
in rural areas as well. Read More
Germany is the world’s second biggest development cooperation donor in absolute figures, after the US. This is shown by the new figures for 2007 which the OECD presented today. Read More
The 26 NATO heads of state and government took decisions today in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on enlarging the Alliance. Croatia and Albania have been invited to enter into concrete accession talks. But admission of the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia was tabled Read More
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