Angela Merkel

FLOTUS smiling and greeting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 Summit with an "air kiss" while holding hands with her husband has gone viral.

The idea of liberal democracy — for decades the cornerstone of the vaunted "European project" — is under fire.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel quits as head of her Christian Democratic party and won't run for another term a in 2021.

Merkel's visit as the head of a delegation of government and business leaders is her first since she formed her new government.

Germany's equality czar wants to remove words like "fatherland" and "brotherly".

President Vladimir Putin spoke to Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron over the violence in Syria.

Germany is biggest breaker of EU rules and subject to 74 infringement proceedings, according to figures released by German Economics Ministry.

Weeks of talks after the elections have brought political and economic uncertainty to Europe's largest economy.

Germany has granted asylum to four Turkish soldiers, one of whom is accused of being a leading figure in the failed July 2016 military coup.

Angela Merkel left journalists at Davos laughing at the way she is negotiating Brexit with Theresa May.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to fresh talks to form a new government in a bid to end the political crisis in Europe's largest economy.

The relationship between the US and Germany has been strained in 2017 after a frosty first meeting in March.

Lufthansa and Eurowings pilots in Germany are preventing planned deportations of asylum seekers and refugees.

Mayor of Altena Andreas Hollstein was allegedly targeted by a man wielding a 15-inch knife possibly because of his 'very liberal views on refugees', said German media.

Twitter, Facebook and Google have come under scrutiny over the past few months over the role their platforms played in Russia's disinformation campaign during the 2016 election.

Political developments spark another intraday rally keeping the British currency firmly in positive territory.

UK PM Theresa May is urged to exploit Angela Merkel's weakness after German elections to lower Britain's Brexit divorce bill.

After weeks of coalition talks, the three parties were unable to come to an agreement, putting Merkel's leadership under the spotlight.

Collapse of coalition talks in Eurozone's biggest economy weighs on the euro ahead of next round of Brexit talks.

The fashion designer described Angela Merkel's open door policy as an effort to "improve her image as the wicked stepmother after the Greek crisis".

Security staff at refugee centres in Berlin are prostituting young male asylum seekers – including minors – a documentary by broadcaster ZDF has claimed.

Talks have reached a deadlock between Britain and the European Union with trade discussions yet to commence .

The German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has proposed that the nation introduces public holidays during Muslim festivals. His comments were rounded on by the AfD.

Major parties suffer disastrously as 4 smaller parties including AfD all set to enter the Bundestag.

Coalition talks after the election will decide the next German government.

Angela Merkel threw open Germany's doors to migrants from war-torn nations, and some said it would be the end of her chancellorship.

The German chancellor has seen many other leaders come and go.

A so-called 'Jamaica coalition' has never held the balance of power in Germany before.

Politics aside, the personal life of Germany's Angela Merkel is highly guarded.

Brexit could "overwhelmingly impair the quality of British nationality" according to top index.