Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the presentation of her book, "Freedom," at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP ...

Angela Merkel sounds like she is enjoying retirement. She has pared back her schedule to little more than “feel-good” engagements and thinned out her once‑familiar array of coloured blazers, though ...

The former German chancellor receives the new European Order of Merit this week. Yet, her policies are facing fresh scrutiny amid global instability and a changing world order. When Angela Merkel ...

As per usual, Angela Merkel has no time for Donald Trump's nonsense. On Saturday, the German Chancellor shared a striking photo of the G7 summit on Instagram that prominently showed her and other ...

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel says she thinks people need to have patience with the coalition government, amid widespread dissatisfaction. Meanwhile, Germany's men are celebrating Father's Day.

The last time Angela Merkel and Bono shared top billing, at the G8 meeting in a German Baltic Sea resort in 2007, it didn’t end well. The U2 frontman made a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at the EU on Monday for not using its diplomatic clout to help end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “I think the military support we’ve ...

Germany's first female chancellor, Angela Merkel, has spoken about her rise to the top. She rejected accusations that she ...

The former German chancellor added that diplomacy alongside military deterrence is crucial when dealing with Russia. Meanwhile, we seems to have a late addition to our opening debate on whether (and ...

Germany's Angela Merkel and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy are among the first laureates of the European Order of Merit. They and other winners will be awarded the honor at a ceremony in the French ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited former German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit mass graves in Bucha, saying they were the result of her 2008 decision not to let Ukraine join NATO. With ...