Angela Merkel wrote a 736-page memoir to secure her crumbling legacy. The effort is backfiring. Her new book, “Freedom”—published in late November in nearly 30 languages—is riling up even some of her ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called President Obama today to tell him that any spying on her communications were "completely unacceptable." The New York Times reports that Germany said that it had ...
Angela Merkel receives her guests in the same place she wrote her book: in an apartment in a prewar building in the Mitte district of Berlin. Framed photos hang on the walls, taken by one of her ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a minor bird attack but is OK. Merkel appeared to enjoy the visit to the bird zoo — it produced some colorful photos. The German leader is set to step down ...
The world's most powerful woman earned her Ph.D. in quantum physics, presides over the richest economy in Europe, and is the central broker in a massive euro-bailout deal. Germany's Angela Merkel is ...
“You can be sure that, firstly, I am aware of the responsibilities that come with my office and that I behave appropriately as far as my health is concerned,” Merkel said Thursday after meeting with ...
ANGELA MERKEL DOES not often muse publicly about the European project. A physicist by training, she prefers solving concrete problems to holding forth about abstract ideas. A sunny morning in late ...
Germans vote on Sunday in elections that will ultimately bring down the curtain on Angela Merkel's final term as chancellor of Germany. When Mrs Merkel steps down after 16 years in power, how will ...
Angela Merkel celebrates her 65th birthday on Wednesday, but despite speculation about her health she intends to stay chancellor until the end of her current term in 2021. A series of severe shaking ...
A summer afternoon at the Reichstag. Soft Berlin light filters down through the great glass dome, past tourists ascending the spiral ramp, and into the main hall of parliament. Half the members’ seats ...
Angela Merkel has been written off many times in her career – by the politician’s rivals, her own party members and, yes, the press. It’s difficult to imagine today, as Germany’s widely respected ...
IN JUNE A newly surfaced segment of a German talk show from 1997 set the internet alight. The clip shows Angela Merkel, a fresh-faced environment minister in Helmut Kohl’s government, explaining the ...