Angela Merkel

During her acceptance speech for a distinguished award in Strasbourg, former German chancellor Angela Merkel passionately advocated for stringent regulations on social media platforms, and artificial intelligence, voicing concerns over the potential erosion of democratic principles from unfiltered information.

Modi’s Melody gift to Giorgia Meloni sparked amusement online, but political candy is far older than social media. From ballot boxes to White Houses, sweets have shaped political theatre for generations.

Former German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel ruled Germany for 16 years. And now, Dr Merkel's political memoir is all set to be published by Pan Macmillan.

Angela Merkel was on Tuesday overwhelmingly elected as German chancellor for a rare third term after she struck a hard-fought deal with her centre-left rivals to end months of political limbo in Europe's biggest economy.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party picked her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader on Saturday, in a vote for "continuity" as Europe's biggest economy heads into a key election year with the deadly coronavirus pandemic still raging.

The world leaders gathered at Hamburg, Germany, for the G20 Summit, a casual exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel took the social media by storm.

German conservative opp leader Angela Merkel insisted she had won a mandate to form the next government.

Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, finds herself once again in the politically perilous position of balancing the future of Europe and its common currency against a German public that is unhappy at the price the country will have to pay.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman said on Monday that the German leader has tested negative for the new coronavirus. Spokesman Steffen Seibert told news agency dpa "the result of today's test is negative" but that "further tests will be conducted in the coming days."

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel is now a small-town detective after her retirement but in a popular German TV show which is making its debut in Italy. Miss Merkel reimagines Angela Merkel as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple -- with all her characteristics including het jacket and hair.

Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that Covid-19 hotspots in Germany will be given 10 days to tackle their rising case numbers before tougher action is taken. "We all sense that the big cities, the urban areas, are now the arena where we will see if we can keep the pandemic under control in Germany as we have done for months, or if we lose control," Merkel said.

The alarming jump in numbers came with autumn school holidays about to begin, prompting calls from Chancellor Angela Merkel's government for citizens to avoid travel abroad during the usually busy period for tourism.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday following a bilateral meeting said that the two countries will work towards further strengthening their ties in the field of technology, business and trade. Merkel, on the other hand, suggested a teacher exchange programme to further augment the 20,000 Indian nationals studying in Germany.

Modi met Merkel during a brief stopover in Berlin after wrapping up his visit to the UK where he attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and held a series of bilateral meetings.

German chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have suffered a historic defeat in a state ballot after almost six decades in power there, preliminary results have showed, in an election that amounted to a referendum on the party’s stance on nuclear power.

India urged Germany to remove restrictions on high technology transfers to India when PM Manmohan Singh met Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday.

German carmakers including Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz will restart production at some German factories next week after the country eased restrictions designed to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Chancellor Merkel on Wednesday said Germany has achieved a "fragile intermediate success" and partial reopening of shops will start next week and schools from May 4.

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin met a Syrian mother Mona and her 11-year-old daughter Joudi following their sit-down with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit, Germany on Thursday said it was high time India and the European Union resumed negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), which they had deliberated upon for years before India pulled out of talks. Merkel will take up the issue with PM Narendra Modi when she meets him on Monday.

German chancellor Angela Merkel will arrive in Bengaluru on Monday as part of her three-day visit to India to participate in the third Indo-German Inter-governmental Consultations hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The executive committee voted unanimously in favour of a proposal by party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to decide on Jan. 16 whether it will be possible to hold the meeting with 1,001 delegates in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Tuesday to quash talk of an imminent Greek default as the United States president Barack Obama voiced fresh concern at the euro zone's inability to master its debt crisis.

As chancellor Angela Merkel raised with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the issue of dropping German as an alternative to Sanskrit in central schools, the German ambassador on Sunday voiced confidence that a "practical solution" will be found soon.

Germany’s has had some of the most steadfast leaders in the last few decades. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been in power for three terms spanning 12 years, and with her win in the general election on September 24, 2017, she will serve another four years at the helm of the country—there is no limit on terms she can serve—catching up with her political mentor, Helmut Kohl, who served 16 years as chancellor. Here’s a look at how Merkel’s tenure compares with some other heads of state.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in her first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asked him to take a decision on the German language teaching imbroglio in India.