The former Chancellor's senior advisor conditioned the sale of submarines to Israel in exchange for stopping construction in ...

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

Angela Merkel is stepping down after 16 years as Germany's chancellor. Earlier this fall, NPR caught up with some people who remembered her earliest days as a politician and reflected on her legacy.

Who will replace Angela Merkel in Germany? 03:52 Berlin — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is about to leave her post as leader of Europe's biggest economy after 16 years in power. Just a few ...

Angela Merkel, a once-obscure scientist who claimed the global spotlight, leaves a mixed legacy as her 16-year tenure as Germany's chancellor ends.

BERLIN — For a dozen years, Angela Merkel seemingly floated above the laws of political gravity, making her calm and consensual leadership style as much a part of the German landscape as fairy ...

Germany met its new post-Angela Merkel government today. The three political parties that have been negotiating for weeks agreed on the shape of their new coalition under a new chancellor.

In her 13th year as German chancellor, Angela Merkel’s once-invincible reign is seemingly in free-fall. Every political career ends, and Merkel’s finale may be coming faster than just about ...

When German votes head to the polls on Sunday, an extremely familiar name will be absent from the ballot. After serving 16 years as German chancellor, Angela Merkel is not running for reelection.

Angela Merkel, 67, who has been chancellor since 2005, is retiring. And both of the leading candidates to succeed her are trying to persuade voters that he is the stable option who will continue ...

Angela Merkel: Germany's Wonder Woman Published May 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM EDT Updated Aug 23, 2011 at 10:40 PM EDT German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the NATO Summit in Portugal on November ...