In the West, Merkel Is Among the Longest Serving Leaders Among Western European leaders who were elected after World War II, Ms. Merkel ranks 14th... READ MORE›
East Germany, thought to have had the strongest economy of any European Communist country, turned out to be bankrupt... READ MORE›
Merkel and Trudeau of course have serious politics to discuss in their fourth face-to-face meeting, ahead of the Canadian PM addressing the EU parliament... READ MORE›
Helmut Kohl, the chancellor who presided over both German reunification and the creation of the eurozone, has died aged 87... READ MORE›
For decades, Mr. Schmidt was one of West Germany's most popular politicians... READ MORE›
Helmut Kohl Former German Chancellor has died at 87... READ MORE›
This week, Alternative for Germany's leaders wasted no time in blaming Ms. Merkel and her policies for the Berlin attack... READ MORE›
Both reasoned that Europe would only be safe and secure if its two leading powers and its most frequent antagonists, France and Germany, worked in tandem... READ MORE›
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of Germany's reunification, died on Friday aged 87, his party said... READ MORE›
First as chancellor of West Germany from 1982 to 1990 and then as chancellor of the reunited Germany until 1998... READ MORE›
9 showed support slipping slightly for Ms. Merkel's handling of the refugee crisis... READ MORE›
Helmut Kohl was a great German and a great European... READ MORE›
Kohl-Richter announced shortly after the 87-year-old's death that he was to have a European state ceremony outside Germany... READ MORE›
An unsparing 1985 address to the Bonn Parliament on the 40th anniversary of Germany's surrender in World War II earned him respect abroad... READ MORE›
Helmut Kohl was a great German and a great European... READ MORE›
In an interview on the weekly Die Zeit website, Walter Kohl criticised the lack of national funeral services, which were refused by his stepmother Maike Kohl-Richter... READ MORE›
A spokesperson for Axel Springer would only confirm that Diekmann had organised the interview in person... READ MORE›
Roland Holschneider DRESDEN, Germany -- Some world leaders may find it challenging to direct one country... READ MORE›
An earlier version said in reference to Angela Merkel, whom Kohl promoted but turned against after an expenses scandal in 1999 ... READ MORE›
Novaya Gazeta, nominated by Luke Harding, senior international correspondent Telling the truth in Vladimir Putin's Russia has never been more difficult... READ MORE›
Germany's Bild-Zeitung has just reported the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl 1930-2017, the longest-serving head of government since Otto von Bismarck... READ MORE›
A left-leaning German newspaper is apologising for a front-page headline on the death of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl that some considered distasteful... READ MORE›
In the morning, he welcomed his German counterpart under heavy rain at the German cemetery of Consenvoye, near Verdun, where 11,148 German soldiers are buried... READ MORE›
Her family moved from the old East Germany to the west after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989... READ MORE›
Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of Germany's 1990 reunification and mentor to Angela Merkel, has died at age 87, his Christian Democratic Unio... READ MORE›
Roman Herzog was born in Landshut, Germany, on April 5, 1934... READ MORE›
German chancellor from 1982 until 1998, Kohl called on European Union governments to work together to help solve the refugee crisis, while respecting national differences... READ MORE›
We have fundamental problems in Germany that led to this election result, said AfD chief Frauke Petry, whose party entered all three regional parliaments... READ MORE›
Mr Trump told supporters at a rally on Wednesday evening in Iowa that a solar wall would create energy and pay for itself ... READ MORE›
Announcing on Sunday that she will seek a fourth term in office, Germany's Angela Merkel faces perhaps the biggest test of her career defending the Europe... READ MORE›
Mr Herzog was born on April 5, 1934, in Landshut in Bavaria... READ MORE›
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