Sources: CNN
Germans head to the polls to elect the new Bundestag, as well as a new Chancellor to succeed Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after 16 years in power. 2021-09-26
President-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen resigns from her position as Federal Minister of Defence of Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel appoints Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of the ruling CDU, as her successor. 2019-07-17
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she's "fine" following two bouts of shaking in public that have sparked concerns about her health. 2019-06-29
An emergency landing delays German chancellor Angela Merkel's arrival at the summit due to a complete shutdown of the onboard-ground communication system aboard the official Airbus A340-313 "Konrad Adenauer". 2018-11-29
German Chancellor Angela Merkel asserts she still isn't prepared to name an upper limit to the number of refugees who can come to Germany, despite mounting domestic political pressure. 2015-11-13
The President of France François Hollande and the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel call on the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to implement measures agreed on the Minsk ceasefire. 2015-05-29
The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel arrives in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit to Bundeswehr troops. 2012-03-12
Iran denies a plane carrying the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel access to its airspace for two hours en route to India. 2011-05-31
Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, pays tribute to freedom of speech at a ceremony to honour Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist at the centre of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. 2010-09-9
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and nearly half her cabinet begin a five-day visit to Russia, China and Kazakhstan as part of an attempt to boost trade, energy and security links. 2010-07-14