Termez, Uzbekistan - German Chancellor Angela Merkel left Afghanistan Tuesday, after bad weather forced her to cut short a surprise visit to German troops in the region.
The chancellor, who had to cancel a planned excursion to the German military base in Feyzabad due to bad flying conditions, departed Tuesday morning from the Termez military base in neighbouring Uzbekistan.
Merkel's two-day visit came shortly after NATO set a new strategy for Afghanistan, placing a greater emphasis on reconstruction, alongside its military fight against the Taliban.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the nation's business and political leaders to meet next week, a government spokesman said Tuesday, as Europe's largest economy faces its biggest downturn since the World War II, Amid signs that the global recession had tightened its grip on Germany during the first months of the year, Merkel's planned economic summit comes as the country starts to gear up for a national election scheduled for September this year.
Berlin - Facing a public clamour for more, Chancellor Angela Merkel's government on Wednesday more than tripled its budget for a subsidy scheme which encourages people to trade in worn-out cars for new ones.
Kunduz, Afghanistan - A German military base in Afghanistan came under rocket fire shortly after a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday.
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent her condolences to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, following Monday's devastating earthquake.
