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Chancellor Angela Merkel's new government was supposed to be a harmonious alliance that would focus energetically on reviving Europe's biggest economy.
Germany will extend its mission in Afghanistan for another year, the government said Wednesday, despite the growing unpopularity of the war at home.
Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow.
Angela Merkel, the first leader of reunited Germany to grow up under communist rule, has worked as chancellor to warm up ties with the United States — a country she couldn't travel to until she was in her mid-30s.
Angela Merkel was sworn in Wednesday for a second term as German chancellor and her new center-right government took up the task of tackling the country's tough economic situation a month after national elections.
Germany's next government is considering slashing subsidies to renewable energy industries, particularly solar, an energy expert with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats said Tuesday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Monday to have a new center-right German government in place by the time Germany marks 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9. She said tax cuts were possible in 2011, but rejected spending cutbacks that might strangle an incipient economic recovery.
In a Sept. 24 story about national elections in Germany, The Associated Press erroneously gave Chancellor Angela Merkel's age as 54. Merkel, who was born July 17, 1954, is 55.
Final results confirm that Chancellor Angela Merkel has won a second term and a majority for a new center-right government in Germany's parliamentary election.
A poll published Friday underlined expectations of a tight outcome in Germany's weekend election, finding that Chancellor Angela Merkel's preferred center-right alliance is level with its rivals.
Economic recovery is the main issue in Germany's elections Sunday, and Chancellor Angela Merkel says tax cuts should be used to spur more growth — something her challenger disputes.
It's the most-avoided issue in Germany's election campaign, but chances are good that Chancellor Angela Merkel could be leading another "grand coalition" of the country's biggest parties after Sunday's vote.
Since the end of World War II, Germans have shown a preference for a slow, steady hand over charismatic fervor when looking for a leader — especially in times of crisis.
Chancellor Angela Merkel drew encouragement Friday from polls that showed her on track to form a new center-right government after Germany's national election, and pushed her agenda of tax relief to stimulate growth.
General Motors Co. will sell European unit Opel to Canadian auto parts maker Magna International and Russia's Sberbank in a deal that preserves GM's ability to develop new cars with its longtime subsidiary.
Germany's foreign minister on Sunday advocated laying the foundations by 2013 for an eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has kicked off her conservative party's campaign for the Sept. 27 German election by calling for a center-right coalition with the pro-business Free Democrats.
Voters inflicted losses on Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in state elections Sunday, a setback weeks before a national election that she hopes will produce a new center-right government.
Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her support Saturday for a memorial to Germans forced to relocate from eastern Europe after World War II, but said it did not mean Germany was seeking to diminish responsibility for starting the war.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that Germany's talks with General Motors Co. over the future of its Opel unit are focused on Berlin's preferred bid, by Canadian auto parts maker Magna.
Forget that they're cramped, have a limited driving range and outstrip the average consumer's pocketbook. The race is on to create a viable electric car.
Debate is raging in Germany over whether a campaign poster using a now infamous photograph of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a deep-cut evening gown is cleverly ironic or downright tacky.
A black politician in Germany vowed Thursday to continue campaigning for Chancellor Angela Merkel's party despite suffering racial abuse from far-right opponents.
The U.S.-Iranian TriangleNEW YORK - France and Germany fought three wars in 70 years before the bright idea dawned of enfolding their problem into something larger: the European Union. The United States and Iran have not gone to war but have a relationship of psychotic mistrust.
German politician argues for 7-year marriagesA latex-wearing, twice-divorced German politician has stunned her staunchly conservative party by suggesting marriages make way for the seven-year itch.
Letter From Berlin: Voters Sour at Merkel Over 'Milk Shock' Shock, horror. Dairy prices are going up in Germany. As hoarders fill their BMWs with butter and long-life milk, support for Merkel's conservatives is slipping.
Sarkozy and Merkel talk togetherness - International Herald TribuneG-8 AIDS proposal is criticized, but Putin breaks ice - International Herald Tribune
Sarkozy vows action on EU, EADS in BerlinBERLIN (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy got down to business on his first trip abroad as French president, vowing in Berlin to tackle the EU's institutional crisis and surprising his hosts by highlighting problems at Franco-German aerospace giant EADS.
U.S. reaches out to a Europe that has yet to emergeLately Americans have had to recognize the power of Europe - often for its bite. It was Old Europe that sniped about the war in Iraq, while regulators in Brussels have derailed U.S. mega-mergers and taken on Microsoft.
German carmakers fail the green testEurope prides itself on its pioneering approach to climate change — a commitment that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany aims to deepen in her term as president of the European Union.
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