Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that ...

Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from ...

In Berlin, Friedrich Merz was elected Germany’s chancellor, but not without a surprising setback. For the first time in Germany’s modern history, he lost the parliament’s initial vote and needed a ...

Across Europe, in forests, fields and beneath old farmland, the remains of German soldiers are still being found, exhumed and ...

Merz is now facing a myriad of challenges, including keeping his coalition government united and boosting Germany's ...

Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th ...

Merz won in a second round of voting after failing to secure an absolute majority in an earlier round.

Friedrich Merz succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he ...

Russia's celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany will take place from 7-10 May. Xi's visit to Russia comes after Putin proposed a three-day ceasefire with Ukraine around ...

In the latest exchange, 205 prisoners of war have been returned from Russia and Ukraine, according to Moscow. The Kremlin's Ministry of Defence said the United Arab Emirates helped to mediate the ...

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