Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel received her nation's highest honor Monday – becoming only the third leader to claim the award. Merkel received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit from ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party congress in Hamburg, Germany on December 7. The sign reads: "Thank you Angela Merkel". (REUTERS Photo) HAMBURG, December ...

EXCLUSIVE: As Germany is set to get a new chancellor, an acclaimed documentary examines the leadership and legacy of a ...

Longtime conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel has rarely appeared in public and even more rarely commented on politics since ...

The popularity of most politicians follows a similar course. Some grow to be palatable enough to win an election and then fall increasingly out of favour before eventually being booted out. Their ...

The German parliament on Friday voted to introduce voluntary military service as European nations seek to boost readiness ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel about a new chapter of leadership in the United States. Angela Merkel served Germany as chancellor for 16 years, the only ...

Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel has received the country's highest honour, the Order of Merit. Mrs Merkel, who was chancellor for 16 years, received the award at a ceremony in the German ...

A Feb. 19 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows several images of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Adolf Hitler. "The Fourth Reich began on November 22, 2005, when Angela Merkel ...

Baltic and Polish leaders slammed the former German chancellor for saying they had opposed talks with Russia before the ...

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 ...

The change means that all 18-year-olds in Germany will be sent a questionnaire from January 2026 asking if they are ...