BERLIN - Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany's first female chancellor on Nov. 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising ...

BERLIN — The memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be released in November, nearly three years after her 16-year tenure leading one of Europe's biggest powers ended. The roughly ...

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the countries of Europe to unite and show solidarity in light of global ...

Angela Merkel served Germany as chancellor for 16 years, the only woman who's ever held that office. She grew up in Communist East Germany during the Cold War. As an adult, leading a unified Germany, ...

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, for ...

We met former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a fitting place for her: the museum in Berlin dedicated to the Wall, that great symbol of the Cold War division between East and West. Parts of the ...

US President Donald Trump praised Friedrich Merz during the German chancellor's visit to the White House on Tuesday, comparing him favourably to predecessor Angela Merkel and current European ...

JUNE 18: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been locked a feud with German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer over asylum and migration policy. JUNE 18: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has ...

Germans went to the polls today to vote in federal elections. As the polls predicted, Angela Merkel's conservatives won the most votes, and she will remain chancellor. But the political landscape in ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Polish President Lech Wałęsa received the top distinction. Among those awarded the second-highest honor were ...

Germany will never be neutral when it comes to Israel, Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Jewish newspaper. “The heinous crime committed by Germany against the Jews, the betrayal of all civilized values ...