Germany: A Nation to Emulate

Time Magazine has published the 2011 TIME 100 List. The 100 most influential people in the world, from artists to activits, reformers to researcher, heads of state and captains of industry. And Germany’s Angela Merkel is on it.
Read what Time Magazine had to say:  “As the first woman leader of a major continental European power, [...]

Christian Wulff nominated for Germany’s Presidency

Germany’s government has nominated the 50-year-old state premier of Lower Saxony as its candidate for the nation’s presidency. Chancellor Angela Merkel chose Christian Wulff to replace President Horst Koehler as Germany’s new head of state after Koehler’s surprise resignation earlier this week. —> Read More

Chancellor Merkel’s visit to Los Angeles

It has been more than 18 years since a Chancellor of Germany added the film metropolis to the itinerary of any official visit. On Tuesday, April 13, 2010,  however, Chancellor Angela Merkel stopped for a visit in Los Angeles after attending the Nuclear Energy Summit in Washington DC.
Merkel was greeted by Governor Schwarzenegger and his [...]

Filmindustrie begleitet Angela Merkel auf U.S. Reise

Die in Berlin ansässige Filmförderungsanstalt gab bekannt, daß ihr Präsident Eberhard Junkersdorf am 13. April als Mitglied der offiziellen Reisedelegation von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel in die USA reiste. Er nahm tags darauf in Los Angeles gemeinsam mit Achim Rohnke von der Bavaria Film GmbH, Martin Moszkowicz, Constantin Film und Christoph Fisser von Studio Babelsberg an [...]

Angela Merkel feature in Time

“In East Germany,” she says, “we always ran into boundaries before we were able to discover our own personal boundaries.”

Angela Merkel’s Moment
By CATHERINE MAYER / BERLIN
Diminutive in the imposing vastness of her office, Angela Merkel appears surprisingly frail for someone who’s spent the past 20 years upending political norms. Now 55, Merkel, Germany’s first [...]