TEHRAN, March 14 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of post-election coalition haggling, on Wednesday starts her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe's biggest economy.
TEHRAN, March 13 - An anti-Merkel demonstration under the name of 'Merkel Must Go' was held in Hamburg on Monday night, which drew a large crowd from antifascist counter protesters as well as pro-Kurdish demonstrators.
TEHRAN, February 26 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged her Christian Democrats (CDU) on Monday to approve a coalition deal with the Social Democrats (SPD), a step that would bring her closer to a fourth term.
TEHRAN, February 8 - Martin Schulz, the leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), has said he will step down as leader following the party's coalition agreement with Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
TEHRAN, February 7 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives made major concessions to the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) to agree a coalition deal on Wednesday that should give Europe's powerhouse a new government after four months of uncertainty.
TEHRAN, January 13 -Germany’s veteran Chancellor Angela Merkel, often called the world’s most powerful woman, will embark on a fourth term with diminished influence and little vision for shaping Europe’s future, analysts say.
TEHRAN, January 2 -Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, which has been struggling to form a coalition, faces more difficulties as its prospective coalition partner, the Social Democrat (SPD) Party, expresses disagreements over migration and tax policies.
TEHRAN, December 12 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged hastening talks aimed at forming a new coalition government with the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
TEHRAN, December 7 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed regret Wednesday over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the “capital” of Israel.
TEHRAN, November 24 - Chancellor Angela Merkel said she had reassured her European Union counterparts during a summit on Friday that Germany continued to have a government committed to the EU despite delays in forming a new coalition.
TEHRAN, November 22 -Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would prefer a new election to ruling with a minority after talks on forming a three-way coalition failed overnight, but Germany’s president told parties they owed it to voters to try to form a government.
TEHRAN, November 20 - The pro-business Free Democratic Party abruptly announced its exit from three-way talks to form the German government on Sunday, citing a lack of common ground. The setback may see Germany hold new elections, challenging Merkel’s all but secured chancellorship.
TEHRAN, November 20 - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday her efforts to form a three-way coalition government had failed, thrusting Germany into a political crisis and pushing Europe’s largest economy closer to a possible new election.
TEHRAN, October 20 -German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday begins the first full round of talks on forming a three-way “Jamaica” coalition that she needs to work or else risk her time in power coming to an end after 12 years.
TEHRAN, September 24 - People in Germany have started heading to the polls in national elections that are likely to see Angela Merkel winning a fourth term as chancellor and a right-wing party entering parliament for the first time in 60 years.
TEHRAN, September 10 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she can imagine an Iran-style nuclear talks format being used to end the North Korea conflict.
TEHRAN, August 30 - More than 1,000 criminal complaints for high treason had been filed against German Chancellor Angela Merkel since the 2015 refugee crisis mostly by right-wing, anti-immigrant groups in the country but all of them were deemed baseless.
TEHRAN, July 6, YJC -Most of Americans say they have more confidence in German Chancellor Angela Merkel than US President Donald Trump, a new poll shows.