German Chancellor Angela Merkel used her last summer press conference before she steps down to call on people in Germany to get vaccinated amid rising Covid-19 infections.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved a huge emergency aid package Wednesday for flood-stricken regions of Germany and said billions would be needed to rebuild homes, businesses and vital infrastructure.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday defended Germany's warning systems against widespread criticism during a visit to an affected town, after catastrophic floods claimed the lives of at least 169 people.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that she was horrified by the "surreal" devastation in the flood-ravaged region of Germany, as the toll in western Europe reached at least 184 people dead.
Chancellor Angela Merkel is to visit flood-ravaged areas in Germany on Sunday to survey the damage and meet survivors, after days of extreme downpours in western Europe left at least 183 people dead and dozens missing.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit flood-ravaged western Germany on Sunday, where the worst rainfall in living memory has caused huge destruction and left more than 140 people dead, regional officials said.
Merkel's final trip to Washington D.C. was overshadowed by disastrous flooding in western Germany that saw more than 90 people lose their lives on Thursday. The Chancellor promised aid to those affected.
Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit the White House in her diplomatic swan song on Thursday, underlining how important the veteran German leader has been to the transatlantic relationship, but also highlighting the unanswered questions she leaves behind.
Germany is not planning to follow France and other countries in introducing compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations for parts of the population, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.
There were a few laughs during Angela Merkel's last official visit with the UK's Boris Johnson before she steps down as Chancellor - but serious topics were on the cards, including Covid travel rules, football and Brexit.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she visits Britain on July 2nd, a spokesperson for his Downing Street office said on Friday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel used what could be her last parliament address to discuss the "encouraging" Covid situation, the rise of the Delta variant and international politics.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised a new law in Hungary banning LGBTQ educational content for children as "wrong" as a European row on the measure hotted up.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel received a Moderna coronavirus vaccine as her second jab, after getting AstraZeneca as the first, a spokesman said Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron will have dinner with Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday - the first time this year the German chancellor has received a foreign leader in person, her spokeswoman said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says the coronavirus situation in Germany is "extremely pleasing" - but she is concerned about the Delta variant currently spreading in the UK.
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday rapped her
junior coalition partner SPD in an ugly row over claims that Germany's health
minister planned to dole out sub-standard masks to the homeless and disabled.
Angela Merkel's conservatives were heaving a sigh of relief on Monday after a convincing win in the last regional vote before a general election that also exposed the weaknesses of the Green party, their main rival at the national level.
Germans were heading to the polls in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, with the far-right posing a tough challenge to Angela Merkel's conservatives in the final major test before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran
chancellor.
Angela Merkel's conservatives could face a far-right upset at key state polls on Sunday, the last big test of Germany's political mood before the first general election in 16 years not to feature the veteran chancellor.
Germany's nationwide emergency brake, put in place in late April to stem the spread of Covid-19, will likely not be extended beyond June 30th, announced Chancellor Angela Merkel.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday warned against any show of anti-Semitic or racist behaviour ahead of expected weekend pro-Palestinian rallies in the wake of days of fighting in the Middle East.
After almost 16 years in charge of Europe's biggest economy and often dubbed the most powerful woman in the world, no one
could accuse German Chancellor Angela Merkel of kicking back.
