Thursday, 10 July 2014 Germany has asked the CIA station chief in the country to leave the country at once, an unusual move that is a very public expression of anger over repeated cases of U.S. spying in the country…. Read More ›
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Germans mock new Italian PM – the new Mr Bean?
Friday, 28 February 2014 German newspapers mocked the new Italian PM Matteo Renzi(39) for having women for half of his cabinet Ministers, which is somewhat bizarre since Germany for the past 8 years is ruled by a woman Angela… Read More ›
Child Porn Investigation : Merkel Cabinet Rife with Suspicion and Mistrust
By Charles Hawley It is a disastrous start for Angela Merkel’s new government: After details of a child pornography investigation were leaked, a cabinet member was forced to resign. Now, the chancellor’s new cabinet is consumed by backbiting and mistrust…. Read More ›
Welfare debate stokes Germany-EU tensions
“The German social welfare system is not a self-service convenience store for all the Europeans that come to our country,” Does the German social welfare system contravene European law? The EU seems to think so. It has made a statement… Read More ›
Not Socially Acceptable: NSA boss video ‘most hated’ on YouTube in 2013?
EEV: In all fairness to the NSA director, he is only an employee of the government. It is not appropriate he be the fall guy, unless he acted independently of his supervisors. Published time: January 01, 2014 10:32 Director of the… Read More ›
Merkel compares NSA to ‘Stasi police’ in heated exchange with Obama
Wednesday, 18 December 2013 In an angry exchange with Barack Obama, Angela Merkel has compared the snooping practices of the US with those of the Stasi, the ubiquitous and all-powerful secret police of the communist dictatorship in East Germany, where… Read More ›
‘Germany No Longer a Role Model for Europe’
SPIEGEL ONLINE 11/28/2013 03:13 PM World from Berlin Germany’s next government is expected to shower the country with goodies including a minimum wage and an earlier retirement age. Editorialists warn the extra spending sends the wrong message and will be… Read More ›
Germany warns US facilities could be targeted in wake of NSA leaks
Published time: November 12, 2013 22:13 The entrance to the US Airbase is pictured in Ramstein, southern German (AFP Photo / Daniel Roland) Officials in Germany have cautioned authorities to prepare for possible attacks against United States facilities overseas as… Read More ›
Paranoia Has Undermined US Democracy
By Dirk Kurbjuweit While far from a dictatorship, the United States has employed a number of paranoid tactics that delegitimize its democracy. This phenomenon is on display in the fictional TV series “Homeland,” which depicts hysterical CIA agents in a… Read More ›
Mass spy programmes threaten freedom of expression: Snowden
03 Nov 2013 Berlin (AFP) US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says mass secret service surveillance poses a threat to freedom of expression and open society, in a text published in a German news magazine Sunday. Snowden, who faces criminal charges… Read More ›
NSA chief Keith Alexander blames diplomats for surveillance requests
EEV: And what former General was having a relationship with a Romanian Diplomat? https://engineeringevil.com/2013/08/03/you-were-my-greatest-love-of-my-life-deeply-personal-emails-sent-between-colin-powell-and-a-blonde-romanian-diplomat-revealed-by-hacker-but-he-denies-having-an-affair/ Barbed exchange with former ambassador over spying on foreign leaders likely to deepen rift with Obama administration Paul Lewis in Baltimore theguardian.com, Thursday 31 October… Read More ›
Obama ‘gave the go-ahead for Merkel phone tapping’ as he wanted to ‘know everything’ about world’s most powerful woman, German newspaper claims
Bild newspaper in Germany called US denials of eavesdropping ‘diplomatic lies’ as new documents emerge They quote a secret source which claims Obama not only sanctioned the operation against Mrs Merkel but extended it By Allan Hall In Berlin PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
Europe should be grateful for spying, say U.S. lawmakers
World Oct. 28, 2013 – 07:00AM JST WASHINGTON — Europeans should be grateful for U.S. spying operations because they keep them safe, U.S. lawmakers said Sunday, urging allies to improve their own intelligence and oversight efforts. House Intelligence Committee Chairman… Read More ›
The NSA’s Secret Spy Hub in Berlin / SCS agents may have been compromised
By SPIEGEL Staff According to SPIEGEL research, United States intelligence agencies have not only targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone, but they have also used the American Embassy in Berlin as a listening station. The revelations now pose a… Read More ›
“National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander had briefed Obama on the operation against Merkel in 2010.”
Obama aware of Merkel spying since 2010: German report 27 Oct 2013 Berlin (AFP) US President Barack Obama was personally informed of mobile phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002, German media reported… Read More ›
Senator Dianne Feinstein claims eavesdropping on phone callls is not surveillance, nor is it protected under the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches.
‘No phone call, no Internet transaction, isn’t recorded by the NSA’: Edward Snowden fires back at U.S. government surveillance denials Senator Dianne Feinstein claimed that the NSA’s phone-tracking is benign Whistle-blower Snowden said in a statement that it is pervasive… Read More ›
NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts
• Agency given more than 200 numbers by government official • NSA encourages departments to share their ‘Rolodexes’ • Surveillance produced ‘little intelligence’, memo acknowledges James Ball The Guardian, Thursday 24 October 2013 14.14 EDT The NSA memo suggests… Read More ›
Europe Furious Over US Spying Allegations ” Worse than Orwell’s 1984 ” Emergency meeting Called
‘Out of Hand’ The newest allegations of US spying have unleashed a torrent of criticism and concern in Europe. If suspicions unearthed by SPIEGEL that the US tapped Chancellor Merkel’s cell phone turn out to be true, the ramifications for… Read More ›
Berlin Complains Chancellor Merkel’s Mobile Phone may of been tapped by US intelligence agencies for years
Did US Tap Chancellor Merkel’s Mobile Phone? By Jacob Appelbaum, Holger Stark, Marcel Rosenbach and Jörg Schindler Berlin is taking seriously indications that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone might have been tapped by US intelligence, according to SPIEGEL information. Merkel spoke with President… Read More ›
Desperation Mode: Yunanistan (Greece) to Sell Expired Food to citizens
Tuesday, 27 August 2013 In just a few years we’ve seen the country of Yunanistan (Greece) go from being a popular tourist destination in one of the world’s largest economic regions, to being on the brink of complete and utter… Read More ›
Anger in Athens as Merkel says Greece should never have been allowed to join the euro
Angela Merkel says Greece should never have been allowed to join the euro German leader blames predecessor, Gerhard Schroder – and sparks anger in Athens Nathalie Savaricas Wednesday, 28 August 2013 Greece’s former Finance Minister, who steered the country into… Read More ›
Angela Merkel: Greece should never have been allowed in the euro
Angela Merkel has said Greece should never have been allowed into the euro and put the blame on former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Angela Merkel said a strong single currency can only be achieved through reforms in struggling countries such as… Read More ›
Crisis: another 40,000 stores shuttering in Greece, report
27 August, 18:42 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, AUGUST 27 – While Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says the country is on a course to begin a recovery by the end of next year, the lingering effects of austerity measures are continuing… Read More ›
Paper: NSA gets data from UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France
Sunday, 30 June 2013 The NSA has been working with at least seven European other countries to collect personal communications data, according to Wayne Madsen, a former NSA contractor who has come forward because he does not think the… Read More ›
François Hollande calls for ‘European political union’ within two years; Calls for a more federal Europe
John Lichfield Thursday, 16 May 2013 A beleagured President François Hollande went on the offensive today calling for an “economic government” for the Eurozone and “political union” in Europe within two years. Stung by accusations that he has been too… Read More ›
France ends Austerity measures
Tuesday, 07 May 2013 Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici says French austerity measures are at an end, instead opting for growth. This further complicates the strained relationship between the eurozone’s two largest economies. “We’re witnessing the end of the dogma… Read More ›
Angela Merkel: ‘Austerity makes it sound evil, I call it balancing the budget’
Angela Merkel tried to contain her irritation when asked at a podium discussion in Berlin whether southern European countries could take much more German-ordered austerity. Angela Merkel finds herself under fire from European partners and the centre-left opposition at home… Read More ›
Germany forces EU countries to cede sovereignty
Фото: EPA German Chancellor is trying to use the economic crisis as a pretext for stripping the European countries of the last remnants of their sovereignty. The recent comments and demands made by Angela Merkel will surely anger the eurosceptics… Read More ›
Wealth tax to pay for EU bailouts
Monday, 15 April 2013 Wealthy households would face new taxes on property and other assets under German plans to prop up the struggling eurozone. Senior advisers to Chancellor Angela Merkel are pushing for better-off households to pay towards the cost… Read More ›
Luxembourg is the next Cyprus
Jean Asselborn, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Luxemburg Photo: EPA The offshore countries of the European Union are gripped by fear. No one wants to repeat the fate of Cyprus but it seems that the European authorities are… Read More ›
Nicholas Papadopolous, chairman of the Cypriot parliament’s finance committee, said “They wanted to send a message that the Cypriot economy ought to be destroyed”
Russians aware Germany is stealing their money in Cyprus PDF Print E-mail Monday, 25 March 2013 Russia clashed with Germany today over a €10 billion bailout to rescue Cyprus from bankruptcy and stop a wider economic crisis. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry… Read More ›
Could Germany spark another war? I fear it’s all too possible
EEV Warning: Some Imagery will be found offensive. These articles are becoming more common, and being printed with a greater and greater frequency. By Dominic Sandbrook PUBLISHED: 18:56 EST, 12 March 2013 | UPDATED: 03:53 EST, 13 March 2013 The… Read More ›
EU Budget deal struck with £16billion sweeteners
The full extent of £16billion in “sweeteners” paid to European Union member states to secure their support for last month’s decision to make a historic cut in the union’s budget can be revealed for the first time. David Cameron won… Read More ›
$3 mln to be spent on ‘internet trolls’ as EU looks to 2014 election
Published: 3 February, 2013, 21:10 Edited: 3 February, 2013, 21:10 The EU will spend more than $3 million on ‘troll monitors’ to trawl Eurosceptic debates on the internet ahead of European elections in June 2014, UK media reports. It comes… Read More ›
Senior Angela Merkel allies warn David Cameron not to ‘blackmail’ EU
Andrew Grice Thursday, 10 January 2013 Allies of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have warned David Cameron not to “blackmail” Europe by threatening to take Britain out of the EU. The Prime Minister is expected later this month to… Read More ›
Kissinger and the secret spy network of old Nazis and German aristocrats ‘who plotted to overthrow West German goverment’
‘The Little Service’ was made up of many former Gestapo and S.S. men as well as titled barons and counts Kissnger even discussed with them the possibility of a coup to overthrow the government of Chancellor Willy Brandt The Little … Read More ›
‘Mafiosi’ stand to gain most from EU bail-out of Cyprus
Russian oligarchs and “mafiosi” who have parked their illegal earnings inside the country stand to benefit most from an EU bail-out of Cyprus, according to a report by Germany’s intelligence agency. Cyprus is in talks with international lenders on the… Read More ›
Another German minister caught in plagiarism scandal : The Education Minister
Angela Merkel could lose one more ally after education minister’s university leaks a report. BERLIN, Germany — A close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s is under fierce pressure over claims she plagiarized her doctoral thesis more than 30 years ago…. Read More ›
Germany shocks EU with fiscal overlord demand, to Counter the competition Tsar the arch-enforcer of the EU machine. After taking on contingent liabilities of €2 trillion
Germany has stated its exorbitant price for keeping Greece in the euro and agreeing to mass bond purchases by the European Central Bank. Finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dropped his bombshell in talks with German journalists on a flight from Asia…. Read More ›
Business defections hit Greece amid recovery effort
14Oct2012 ATHENS (AFP) Efforts to restore investor confidence in Greece’s struggling economy took a double blow this week when a major European bottler and a prominent dairy company announced relocation plans. Coca-Cola’s second biggest bottler worldwide, Athens-based… Read More ›
Greece tells Germany: You owe US money for crimes committed during the Nazi occupation
Greece says it has right to claim millions because it was forced to accept ‘unfavourable terms’ during 1950 negotiations Working group has been set to scour old archives to hunt unpaid reparations Many in Greece blame Germany for the tough… Read More ›
Greece may sell off islands amid privatization scheme: report
By Stephen C. Webster Thursday, August 23, 2012 12:32 EDT Topics: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ♦ privatization scheme ♦ uninhabited islands The Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said this week that the country is willing to sell off its… Read More ›
Finland prepares for break-up of eurozone
Finland is preparing for the break-up of the eurozone, the country’s foreign minister warned today By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in Helsinki 9:00PM BST 16 Aug 2012 The Nordic state is battening down the hatches for a full-blown currency crisis as… Read More ›
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