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Chancellor Angela Merkel announces that the partial lockdown will not be lifted until December 20 at the earliest, and may be extended until the beginning of January unless there is an unexpected drop in infections. Additional measures will also be introduced, including requiring masks in schools and limiting private gatherings to five people from two households beginning December 1.
2020-11-25

Russian anti-corruption activist and opposition leader Alexei Navalny falls ill on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow, and is rushed to a hospital in Omsk after an emergency landing. His spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, says it was suspected that he was poisoned by something mixed into his tea, with Navalny's team suspecting that it was in the airport café shortly before his flight. He is reported to be in a coma. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have offered Navalny medical assistance and unspecified protection in their countries.
2020-08-20

Germany reopens shops, but Chancellor Angela Merkel warns of a second coronavirus wave in the country.
2020-04-20

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

European Union leaders advise the United Kingdom that, after their EU exit, to retain access to the bloc's lucrative single market, the UK must allow free movement for EU workers. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande reiterated that freedom of movement of EU citizens is non-negotiable.
2016-06-29

Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, says that if allegations that a German intelligence officer was working for the United States are true, it would be a "clear contradiction" of trust between allies.
2014-07-7

The Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel arrives in Afghanistan for an unannounced visit to Bundeswehr troops.
2012-03-12

Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, and Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, call for a new European Union Treaty to help prevent future Eurozone crises.
2011-12-5

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, reaffirms that country's support for the euro in a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi.
2011-01-12

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