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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron pose prior to a meeting and a working dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 16 September 2021. Picture: Ludovic Marin/AFP

German chancellor angela merkel

End of 'Merkron': EU's power couple prepares to bow out

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Angela Merkel is to relinquish power after German elections on 26 September, bringing an end to her 16 years in office that has seen her work with four...

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the International Motor Show (IAA) Germany, on 7 September 2021 in Munich, southern Germany. Picture: Michaela Rehle/AFP

    Merkel says car industry can be part of climate 'solution'

    The German car industry was previously seen as 'reluctant' to embrace the switch to environmentally-friendly electric cars, Angela Merkel said at the IAA motor show, before praising the progress that has been made.

    292 days ago
  • Britain's Queen Elizabeth II gestures as she views exhibits at the new Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum at Stirling Castle, Stirling in Scotland on 29 June 2021, as part of her traditional trip to Scotland for Holyrood Week. Picture: Andrew Milligan/POOL/AFP

    Queen to host Germany's Merkel during UK visit

    The Queen, who has met the chancellor several times during Angela Merkel's 16 years in power, will host the German leader at Windsor Castle, west of London.

    361 days ago
  • FILE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 10 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Conservatives in disarray as scrum for Merkel job opens wounds

    The fight between long-time Merkel-ally Armin Laschet and his more popular Bavarian rival Markus Soeder threatens to further destabilise the once-dominant CDU/CSU alliance.

    435 days ago
  • This file photo taken on 29 September 2019 shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivering a speech during a demonstration in Moscow. Picture: AFP

    Merkel tells Russia to investigate suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic

    Alexei Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, collapsed on a plane in Russia last week, and he was flown to Germany for treatment on Saturday.

    671 days ago
  • Alexander Murakhovsky, chief doctor at Omsk Emergency Hospital No. 1 where Alexei Navalny was admitted after he fell ill in what his spokeswoman said was a suspected poisoning, speaks to the media in Omsk on 21 August 2020. Picture: AFP

    Putin critic Navalny under guard after likely poisoning, says Germany

    Navalny collapsed on a plane on Thursday last week after drinking tea that his allies said they believe was laced with poison. He was flown to Germany for treatment on Saturday.

    671 days ago
  • This file photo taken on November 11, 2015 shows planes of German airline Lufthansa being parked at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. The Cockpit Union trade union will call a strike on November 22, 2016 over wages dispute. Picture: AFP.

    Lufthansa confirms in talks with Berlin on $10 bn rescue

    If agreed, the solution would close weeks of wrangling over Lufthansa between Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU conservatives and their centre-left junior partners the SPD.

    767 days ago
  • French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath of flowers during a ceremony to mark the end of World War II at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on 8 May 2020. Picture: AFP

    World leaders evoke WWII spirit in battle against pandemic

    With parades and commemoration events cancelled or scaled down as part of efforts to contain the outbreak, Europe and the United States marked the defeat of Nazi Germany in a sombre mood.

    779 days ago
  • This videograb taken from German TV channel ARD on 18 March 2020 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing the nation on the spread of the new coronavirus COVID-19 at the Chancellery in Berlin. Picture: AFP

    Germany eases lockdown as Merkel hails end of pandemic first phase

    Under measures agreed with Germany’s 16 federal state leaders, people from two households will be allowed to meet, and more shops will open, provided hygiene measures are in place.

    781 days ago
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Cyril Ramphosa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 6 February 2020. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    WATCH LIVE: Ramaphosa & Merkel brief media on SA-Germany relations

    The leaders are briefing the media on the discussions they've had.

    871 days ago
  • FILE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: AFP

    Merkel to pay first visit to Auschwitz

    Angela Merkel will be only the third chancellor after Helmut Schmidt and Helmut Kohl to travel to the camp installed by the Nazis in then occupied Poland during World War II.

    940 days ago
  • FILE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 10 January 2019. Picture: AFP

    Merkel has third bout of shaking, says she is fine and 'working through' issue

    Medical experts have played down speculation about what Merkel’s ailment is, saying there are multiple potential causes of tremor.

    1082 days ago
  • FILE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: AFP

    Angela Merkel contradicts Trump, says Islamic State not defeated

    President Donald Trump has said that he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting the militants has reclaimed all the territory it previously held.

    1234 days ago
  • Angela Merkel. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    German politicians' data hacked, government cyber team in crisis meeting

    Germany’s BSI national cyber defence body met early on Friday after it received news of the hack, a spokesman told Reuters.

    1269 days ago
  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin chat as they pose for the media on 18 August 2018 at Schloss Meseberg castle in Meseberg, northeastern Germany, where they meet to discuss conflicts in Syria and Ukraine as well as energy issues. Picture: AFP.

    European politicians call for new sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

    Russia opened fire on the Ukrainian boats and then seized them and their crews on Sunday near Crimea - which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

    1306 days ago
  • FILE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: AFP

    German coalition hangs in balance as spymaster saga drags on

    Chancellor Angela Merkel, her Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer and Social Democrat leader Andrea Nahles were all seen entering the chancellery.

    1372 days ago
  • FILE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: AFP

    Germany reaches deal on sending back migrants to Greece

    Last week Germany and Spain sealed a similar deal on returning migrants.

    1409 days ago
  • FILE: Survivors rescued from the Mediterranean by the Aquarius, which is operated by the Medecins Sans Frontieres and SOS Mediterranee charities. Picture: unhcr.org.

    100 migrants drowned off Libyan coast

    The EU summit in Brussels agreed that secure centres for migrants may be set up in European states to process asylum claims.

    1458 days ago
  • FILE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Picture: AFP.

    Merkel under pressure at EU summit over migration

    She is going into the meeting in Brussels having failed to reach an agreement with her coalition partners who are insisting on turning back asylum seekers.

    1459 days ago
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