Snowden

World economy 28th February 2014

Ukraine is not enough to warm up US-German relations

WASHINGTON | By Pablo Pardo | Germany’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, finishes his two-day visit to Washington today with at least some unintended achievement: the U.S. and Germany agree on the importance of a truly independent and democratic Ukraine. The revolution in Kiev and the menacing attitude of Russia have prompted an unexpected rapprochement between Berlin and Washington. However, a real warming up of US-German relations seems improbable.

World economy 3rd July 2013

Snowden won’t find asylum in the EU

By Ray Kwong | Much as he might like to, Edward Snowden won’t be sightseeing in Paris, Rome or Barcelona any time soon.

World economy 1st July 2013

Can espionage kill the US-EU Free Trade Agreement?

NEW YORK | By Ana Fuentes | Half a million phone calls, emails and text messages bugged by the American security agency in Germany over a typical month; microphones at the French, Italian and Greek missions and Embassies in Washington… European leaders are outraged. The last Snowden saga revelations might compromise their trade deal with the US.