Merkel turns her back on Hoeness over tax row

Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience, hours after he held talks at the ...

Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting, Reuters said. Denmark's ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande vaunted their close ties on Thursday despite increasing tensions between the eurozone's two biggest economies.Merkel told a panel discussion in Berlin that she had a "good" ...

A SENIOR ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel says France and Italy have structural problems that needs to be addressed in order to fix their economy. An ally of Angela Merkel said Italy and France have structural not economic problems Michael ...

German Chancellor and head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel drinks a beer after her speech in a beer tent in Munich May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle 8:40am IST 8:20am IST 1:30am IST Wed, May 15 2013 Wed, May 15 2013 Wed, May ...

Angela Merkel has denied claims made in a new book that she played a senior role in the East German communist youth movement. The allegations in the book relate to a period when the German Chancellor studied for her doctorate and worked as a ...

President Barack Obama will visit Berlin next month for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first visit to the German capital since taking office, her spokesman said Friday.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is drawing fire from Germany's banks for pushing through regulation they say is rushed and meant to appeal to voters more than lenders. The legislation, bundled into three votes scheduled today and tomorrow in the lower ...

A biography focusing on Chancellor Angela Merkel's time growing up in East Germany is making headlines because it suggests she was closer to the communist system than hitherto known. Her spokesman has denied she has covered anything up. A new ...