Angela Merkel is coming to George W. Bush's defense after over an awkward photograph where he appeared to be giving her a back massage at the G7. The former Chancellor's new autobiography Freedom ...

Germany’s first female chancellor served for 16 years from 2005 to 2021 Matt Webber is an experienced personal finance writer, researcher, and editor. He has published widely on personal finance ...

Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005, Merkel made history not only as the first female leader of the federal republic but also as the first Ossi, as those of East German origin are ...

It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming ...

Europe’s most powerful leader is a refugee from a time and place where her power would have been unimaginable. The German Democratic Republic, where Angela Merkel grew up, was neither democratic ...

For the past five years Angela Merkel has been lauded the most powerful woman in Europe. Today (25 August) her influence has seen her top Forbes' World's Most Powerful Women list. This political ...