Angela Merkel

The German Federal Government has suggested that it considers a British exit from the EU as a possibility.

Liberal head Klaus Iohannis, running for president of Romania in this Sunday's polls, said on Tuesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not come to Romania for the electoral campaign, as having been circulated, but she will visit Bucharest after he becomes president.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she is opposed to plans by British Prime Minister David Cameron to increase control over the number of EU migrants entering the UK.

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BRUSSELS - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will join numerous European leaders in Belgium on Tuesday at an event marking the 100 years since the First Battle of Ypres.

Former chancellor criticizes Merkel in new book

BERLIN -- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has made a series of derogatory remarks about Angela Merkel in his new book, due to be published soon.

He described the current chancellor as an incompetent politician who could not even eat properly with a knife and fork.

German Chancellor Merkel said on Tuesday that the first positive signs of growth were coming out of Greece and the country was heading in the right direction in the implementation of its bailout programme.

German politicians and media Sept. 8 called for stricter laws against radical Islamist propaganda after a group of ultra-conservative Salafists took to the streets calling itself the "Sharia Police".
      

Germany shows no sign of regret over the electronic spying claims, with a senior German official saying it would not be surprising if they learn that Germany is also being spied on by the Turkish government in a similar way.

German magazine Der Spiegel reported last week that the German intelligence agency has been spying on Turkey since 2009.

"Ukraine deserves Western military support"

KIEV -- Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin says his country deserves military support from the West to combat militias of self-proclaimed people's republics.