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BERLIN: Former chancellor Angela Merkel received Germany's highest honour on Monday (Apr 17) despite facing continued criticism of her legacy since leaving office, especially over her policy towards Moscow. Merkel, who led Europe's biggest…

Last Updated: February 26, 2023, 12:46 ISTFile photo of Angela Merkel, Boris Johnson, Prince Harry and Andrzej Duda.Earlier in Nov 2022, when a missile exploded in eastern Poland, the comedians pretending to be Emmanuel Macron tricked…

BERLIN: Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine's ex-President Petro Poroshenko managed to contact Angela Merkel by phone to discuss developments in Ukraine and Belarus, although the former German chancellor appeared wary during the…

BERLIN: Russian pranksters posing as Ukraine’s ex-President Petro Poroshenko managed to contact Angela Merkel by phone to discuss developments in Ukraine and Belarus, although the former German chancellor was wary about the entire call,…

INVITATION TO BUCHA Germany's first female chancellor has been accused of placating Russian President Vladimir Putin in the name of realpolitik, while deepening Germany's energy dependence on Moscow - not least by backing the Nord Stream 2…

Issued on: 04/10/2022 - 22:04 Former German chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday won the United Nations refugee agency's prestigious Nansen Award, receiving praise for her…

GENEVA: The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday (Oct 4) that it is giving its highest award to former German chancellor Angela Merkel for her efforts to welcome more than 1 million refugees - mostly from Syria - into Germany,…

Angela Merkel says she will not apologize for her policies during her 16 years as Germany’s chancellor, rebuffing criticism that they were somehow responsible for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in her first extensive comments to the public…

BRUSSELS — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine lambasted the former leaders of Germany and France, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, in a video address released late on Sunday, seemingly blaming them for the deaths of Ukrainian…

BERLIN: German former chancellor Angela Merkel, whose conciliatory policies toward the Kremlin while in office have come under fire, on Friday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Merkel, who left politics in December after 16 years at…