President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time since a row over US spying prompted Germany to turf out the CIA station chief in Berlin.
The German government said on Tuesday it expected the USA’s spy chief in Berlin to leave the country "promptly" rather than wait to be formally expelled, following a request made last week ordering him to go.
The head of Germany's parliamentary inquiry into the NSA spying scandal has suggested the government return to using typewriters to protect national secrets from prying eyes.
UPDATE: The Attorney General’s Office confirmed on Wednesday they were investigating a further case of espionage in Germany, allegedly involving a US agent who was reportedly an army officer at Germany's Ministry of Defence.
As chests puff in Germany once again over the behaviour of the US intelligence services, the Tagesspiegel's Malte Lehming argues it's time for Germany to stop complaining and wake up - and tool up - in the cyber age.
Germany's relations with the United States reeled further on Monday over new spying allegations, with commentators demanding a tough response to the reported US purchase of classified documents from a German double-agent.
UPDATE: Media reports on Friday said that an employee of Germany's foreign intelligence service is suspected of spying for Washington on a parliamentary panel probing US surveillance.
Opposition politicians on Friday demanded government clarification of reports German secret services spied for the NSA. It came as intelligence chiefs confirmed closer surveillance of social network users.
German deputies probing US spying said on Thursday they would seek to question fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden in Moscow within the next four weeks.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be questioned about the alleged bugging of her phone by US spies, Germany's top prosecutor, who is leading a criminal probe into National Security Agency (NSA) activities in Germany, said on Wednesday night.
UPDATE: Germany’s top prosecutor said on Wednesday he had opened an investigation over alleged snooping by the US National Security Agency (NSA) on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
German security services have come up with five different ways the US National Security Agency (NSA) may have succeeded in spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, a leaked report revealed on Thursday.
A German parliamentary panel looking into US Internet and telecoms surveillance plans to invite the heads of Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft, a lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Germany's parliamentary committee investigating the NSA spying scandal in the country intends to call whistleblower Edward Snowden as a witness, it said on Thursday.
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted on Friday that differences remained in a damaging row over US spying which has strained their personal and diplomatic relationship.
A computer expert from eastern Germany claims to have hacked the homepage of the US National Security Agency (NSA), leaving a message on the site for American security experts.
UPDATE: President Barack Obama welcomed Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday for discussions on the escalating crisis in Ukraine, her first visit to Washington since revelations that the US may have tapped her mobile phone.
Speculation is rising about why the head of the parliamentary committee investigating NSA spying in Germany quit on Wednesday. The opposition claims he was pushed in an attempt to avoid souring relations with the US.
US spy bosses have ignored a request from Chancellor Angela Merkel to look at her secret service file, according to reports on Wednesday. It came as the chairman of the committee investigating NSA spying in Germany resigned.
It has 12,000 doors, 14,000 windows and is made from 20,000 tonnes of steel. It is also Germany’s most secretive building and its first occupants moved in on Monday.
The US National Security Agency's vast eavesdropping programmes amassed more than 300 reports on Chancellor Angela Merkel, Der Spiegel has reported, citing information leaked by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
The German parliament plans to tighten its oversight of the country's intelligence services in a attempt to win back voters' trust after the NSA and NSU scandals.
US intelligence has stepped up eavesdropping on hundreds of key figures in Germany, including a government minister, after Chancellor Angela Merkel was dropped as a direct target, according to a report on Sunday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has backed plans for a “European internet” independent of America and targeted US internet giants Facebook and Google in her push for more privacy.
