Having established a clear lead over both the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens, this motley movement of ...

The former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was once described as the world's most powerful woman. Here she talks to the BBC’s Katya Adler about Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threat - and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and then German chancellor Angela Merkel are joined by his dog Conny before talks at the presidential residence near the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Jan. 21 ...

European officials are working on a major new package to ramp up defense spending and support Kyiv as President Donald Trump ...

Angela Merkel’s black limousine cruised to a ... Macho men in power are nothing new for Merkel. Russian President Vladimir Putin is virtually the only major world leader who has held office ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and then German chancellor Angela Merkel are joined by his dog Conny before talks at the presidential residence near the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Jan. 21, 2007.

Vladimir Putin's 25-year interaction with foreign ... There was evidence Putin played psychological games with German chancellor Angela Merkel, for example. In a 2007 meeting in Sochi in which ...