The US ambassador admitted on Tuesday the tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone by US security services was “stupid”. He was speaking minutes before it emerged the phone of Merkel’s predecessor was also targeted.
US intelligence spied on former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 2002, when he was leading European opposition to the Iraq invasion, it was reported on Tuesday, adding fuel to a row over spying on incumbent Angela Merkel.
Hacking group, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC), has filed a criminal complaint against the entire German government, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, over the spying scandal.
Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke at length in parliament on Wednesday, outlining the government's priorities. She warned Germany must not become complacent about its economy and was forced to defend pension reforms.
Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a strong rebuke to the United States and Britain on Wednesday over sweeping surveillance and spying activities reported by fugitive IT contractor Edward Snowden.
Industrial espionage by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Germany is an open secret, whistleblower Edward Snowden said in a television interview on Sunday night.
German reaction to President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated speech on Friday on the future of NSA spying has veered from skepticism to veiled threats with politicians suggesting legal action is a possibility.
The US intelligence service will continue to spy on foreign governments, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Saturday, although he assured Chancellor Angela Merkel that he would not let intrusive surveillance harm their relationship.
The German government has welcomed President Barack Obama's pledge to curtail the reach of the secretive US spy agency, stressing that German law must be respected on its soil.
US president Barack Obama announced on Friday in a speech that he would restrict the NSA's powers. It will no longer be allowed to monitor phones of allied country leaders, including Germany.
Germany has hosted confidential EU talks for months to forge a "no-spying" pact among its member states, a drive opposed especially by Britain, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama invited Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington on Wednesday, hoping to mend fences after a row provoked by revelations of US eavesdropping on her mobile phone.
Germany’s secret services have dramatically cut down by 97 percent on the number of emails, phone calls and text messages they monitor, but still screened 850,000 electronic communications in 2012.
More than half of Germans want greater state control over websites, but about the same share are worried about surveillance of their own online activity, a survey on Tuesday revealed.
Germany's biggest telecoms firms have promoted a national email network after the US National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted millions of emails via international hubs. But how realistic are dreams of a German-only system?
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and US lawmakers vowed on Monday to try to get past a deep transatlantic rift created by mass US spying in Europe.
It was not just the US - Britain, Russia, China and North Korea were also tapping Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, German security services believe, according to magazine reports.
US lawmakers will launch a "goodwill" mission to Europe next week to smooth ties frayed by spying revelations including allegedly on Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The German interior minister says it is high time that the US government cast some light on the NSA's activities. But what questions still need to be asked by Germany and answered by the US? The Local has some suggestions.
Germany's two main parties have agreed on measures to keep their internal communications safe – including all politicians using encrypted mobile phones, it emerged on Thursday.
Whistleblower Edward Snowden may recieve an honorary doctorate from a German university for his role in exposing the NSA spying scandal, after a dean praised his courage and civil disobedience.
The US Government hit out on Friday at a highly-critical report in a German newspaper claiming the country had become the “headquarters” for America’s “secret wars”.
