GenevaLunch » Angela Merkel http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no François Hollande meets Angela Merkel (Chappatte cartoon)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/francois-hollande-meets-angela-merkel-chappatte-cartoon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/francois-hollande-meets-angela-merkel-chappatte-cartoon/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 04:48:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70301 GenevaLunch.com ©2012 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/francois-hollande-meets-angela-merkel-chappatte-cartoon/feed/ 0 Euro under pressure: backdrop to 1st Hollande, Merkel meetinghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/euro-under-pressure-backdrop-to-1st-hollande-merkel-meeting/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/euro-under-pressure-backdrop-to-1st-hollande-merkel-meeting/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 04:24:18 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70199 GenevaLunch.com ©2012 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Angela Merkel, German chancellor, has her first-ever meeting with her new French counterpart, Francois Hollande, who takes [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/euro-under-pressure-backdrop-to-1st-hollande-merkel-meeting/feed/ 0 ILO conference brings together celebrity politicians, labour questionshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/31/ilo-conference-brings-together-celebrity-politicians-labour-questions/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/31/ilo-conference-brings-together-celebrity-politicians-labour-questions/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 12:17:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58372 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The annual ILO (International Labour Organization) opens Wednesay 1 June in Geneva and it is sparking more than usual interest, in part because it is the 100th such session for one of Geneva’s oldest international organizations and partly because it is bringing to town Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/31/ilo-conference-brings-together-celebrity-politicians-labour-questions/feed/ 0 Germany denies action on Roma campshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/17/germany-denies-action-on-roma-camps/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/17/germany-denies-action-on-roma-camps/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:52:29 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=47187 GenevaLunch.com The German foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle, has denied that Chancellor Angela Merkel told French President Nicolas Sarkozy she would order the closing of Roma camps in Germany within a few weeks. Sarkozy told a press conference 16 September that Merkel had told him German authorities were to clear Roma camps in the coming weeks and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/09/17/germany-denies-action-on-roma-camps/feed/ 0 Germany bans naked shorts: but has the Empress no clothes?http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/21/germany-bans-naked-shorts-but-has-the-empress-no-clothes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/21/germany-bans-naked-shorts-but-has-the-empress-no-clothes/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 06:36:49 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=42227 GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland had a relatively calm day at the stock market 20 May, compared to the rest of Europe and elsewhere. Stock markets tanked in Europe and North America during Thursday’s trading. In Berlin German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced controls on speculators, including a ban on naked shorting on some financial stocks. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/21/germany-bans-naked-shorts-but-has-the-empress-no-clothes/feed/ 0 New UK gov’t moves to warm up US relationshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/14/new-uk-govt-moves-to-warm-up-us-relations/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/14/new-uk-govt-moves-to-warm-up-us-relations/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 09:10:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=41903 GenevaLunch.com Reassures its European neighbour, too It’s only three days old, but the new British coalition government under David Cameron’s Conservative leadership is losing no time reassuring US President Barack Obama that it supports his policies in Iran and Afghanistan. William Hague, the new foreign minister, meets Friday 14 May with US Secretary of State Hillary [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/05/14/new-uk-govt-moves-to-warm-up-us-relations/feed/ 0 Germany to aid Greece, world reactionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/30/germany-to-aid-greece-world-reaction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/30/germany-to-aid-greece-world-reaction/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:14:10 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=41220 GenevaLunch.com The announcement of a senior European official on 29 April, who said the EU is near an emergency rescue plan for Greece’s economy has stirred reactions all over the world. Time magazine sees the effort as being “too late,” the Toronto Star says the EU “fumbled,” while the Financial Times talks about critics “lining up [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/30/germany-to-aid-greece-world-reaction/feed/ 0 Merkel’s win spells end for “grand coalition” in German governmenthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/28/merkels-win-spells-end-for-grand-coalition-in-german-government/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/28/merkels-win-spells-end-for-grand-coalition-in-german-government/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:40:52 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=28633 GenevaLunch.com German Chancellor Angela  Merkel’s CDU/CSU centre-right bloc polled almost 34 percent in the German general election Sunday 27 September while her government coalition partners, the centre-left socialist party, SPD, obtained their worst results since the Second World War, with 23.4 percent. The results allow Merkel to ditch the socialists and open talks with the business-friendly [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/09/28/merkels-win-spells-end-for-grand-coalition-in-german-government/feed/ 0 France, Germany economies grew in Q2http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/13/france-germany-economies-grew-in-q2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/13/france-germany-economies-grew-in-q2/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:26:27 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=24883 GenevaLunch.com Update 12:25. The French and German economies grew in the second quarter of 2009, raising hopes that the recession in Europe is over. Unexpectedly strong growth of 0.3 percent in the second quarter in Europe’s two largest economies appear to be due to strong demand for European exports, low interest rates and stimulus spending by [...]

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