In power so long she has been dubbed Germany’s “eternal chancellor”, Angela Merkel marked 15 years at the helm of Europe’s top economic power on Sunday with her popularity intact and public trust in her leadership reaching new heights. Merkel, 66,
German Health Minister Jens Spahn told CNBC on Wednesday it’s “too early to say” whether the country will extend its partial lockdown beyond the month of November, contending more time is needed to determine if the latest round of coronavirus restrictions has adequately reduced
Germany and France announced tough new restrictions on businesses Wednesday meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the countries respond to worsening outbreaks. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that the country will implement a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars,
Germany will introduce tougher measures on gatherings and mask-wearing to fight a surge in coronavirus infections, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday after talks with the heads of Germany’s 16 federal states. Europe’s biggest economy will begin imposing limits on people
Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to avoid another full national lockdown as coronavirus infections begin to spike again in Germany. Like its European neighbors, Germany has not been spared a second wave of the virus after the region’s economies reopened
BERLIN, September 28. /TASS/. German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russian blogger Alexey Navalny when he was undergoing treatment in Berlin’s Charite hospital, Germany’s Der Spiegel wrote, citing sources. According to Der Spiegel, Merkel’s “unusual move highlighted the German government’s solidarity
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stands against a full ban on China’s technology giant Huawei opposing negotiators working on rules for the country’s fifth-generation wireless networks, according to the U.S. news agency Bloomberg. The rules, which were meant for entitling key
Thousands of people demonstrated Sunday in Berlin and other German cities, urging the European Union to take in migrants left without shelter after a fire destroyed their biggest camp in Greece. The EU is set to unveil proposals this week
BERLIN, September 16. /TASS/. The German government offered a billion-euro deal to the US in exchange for Washington’s rejection of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, Die Zeit newspaper reported Wednesday. According to the newspaper’s sources, Berlin expressed readiness to
Germany has come under increasing pressure to pull the plug on its controversial giant gas pipeline project with Russia, following the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Experts say Berlin is unlikely to do so for now, however,