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Merkel: Progress in EU-Turkey relations to benefit both sides

Merkel: Progress in EU-Turkey relations to benefit both sides

Improvement in Turkey-European Union ties is in the interest of both parties, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday during an EU summit in Brussels. Pointing at the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, the chancellor expressed that …

Merkel urges 'immediate ceasefire' in Karabakh fighting

Merkel urges 'immediate ceasefire' in Karabakh fighting

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for an "immediate" end to the fighting in the region of Nagorny Karabakh in phone calls with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, her spokesman Steffen …

Merkel: Germany 'seeking dialogue' with Belarus president

Merkel: Germany 'seeking dialogue' with Belarus president

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is "seeking dialogue" with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko after the EU rejected the country's election results. Lukashenko, who has been in power for 26 years, was …

Erdogan and Merkel discuss Syria and Libya

Erdogan and Merkel discuss Syria and Libya

Turkish and German leaders Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Angela Merkel discussed developments in Syria and Libya, as well as the fight against the coronavirus, Turkey’s Directorate of Communications said Wednesday. The office said …

Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine, Iran, Libya

Putin, Merkel discuss Ukraine, Iran, Libya

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situations in Ukraine, Iran and Libya with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone conversation Wednesday, the Kremlin has said in a statement, Xinhua reports. While discussing the …

Europeans dispute over China

Europeans dispute over China

Merkel is under pressure to cut Germany's ties with China as the Hong Kong crisis triggers a European backlash against Beijing

Merkel explains why she doesn't wear a mask in public

Merkel explains why she doesn't wear a mask in public

Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has never been seen with a mask because although she wears one for buying groceries she is keeping her shopping destination secret. Merkel made the deadpan joke during a news conference on Monday …

French President Macron to meet Germany's Merkel on June 29

French President Macron to meet Germany's Merkel on June 29

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the German town of Meseberg on June 29 to discuss a European economic recovery plan, Macron’s office said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. They will also …

Erdogan and Merkel discuss Libya and pandemic

Erdogan and Merkel discuss Libya and pandemic

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a video conference call, Turkey's Communications Directorate said. In the call, Erdogan and Merkel discussed regional issues, focusing on the …

Putin and Merkel discuss Syria, Libya, Ukraine in phone call

Putin and Merkel discuss Syria, Libya, Ukraine in phone call

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had a telephone conversation, noted the lack of progress in the implementation of the Minsk Package of Measures to settle the situation in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin …

Germany: Angela Merkel quashes talk she may seek 5th term

Germany: Angela Merkel quashes talk she may seek 5th term

Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected intimations she might run for a 5th term in 2021. Asked on German television, she said her 2018 decision to exit after completing her current term stood "very firmly", DW reports. …