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The Senate of Thailand passes a marriage equality bill that will legalize same-sex marriage in the country, with the bill now awaiting royal assent.
2024-06-18

German businessman Hans Peter Walter Mack, 62, suspected of running a child sex trafficking ring in Thailand, is found mutilated with a chainsaw in a freezer in Pattaya.
2023-07-10

The Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Free Democratic Party of Germany, and Alliance 90-The Greens agree to a "traffic light coalition" to form the next government with Olaf Scholz of the SPD as the next Chancellor, succeeding Angela Merkel. The government will be formally elected by the Bundestag in early December.
2021-11-24

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

The Bundestag votes to introduce same-sex marriage in Germany. With 393 votes in favor and 226 against, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, the law is expected to enter into force before the end of the year.
2017-06-30

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, announces the possibility of further sanctions from the European Union against Russia for the invasion and annexation of Crimea.
2014-03-20

Angela Merkel is elected for a third term as Chancellor of Germany.
2013-12-17

British Prime Minister David Cameron travels to Berlin to discuss his demands for sweeping reform of the European Union with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
2013-04-12

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