Here’s a look at the life of Angela Merkel, former chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1954 Birth place: Hamburg, Germany Birth name: Angela Dorothea Kasner Father: Horst Kasner, a ...

Tuggar embodies the modern Nigerian diplomat, versatile, globally educated, culture-savvy, and unapologetically ambitious.

In the popular novel The German Lesson, a character based on Nolde falls victim to Nazi policies on “degenerate art”. Recent research on the painter’s life tells a more complex story.

In a wide-ranging discussion from her childhood under East Germany’s communist GDR, to her relationship with Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, Dr Merkel insisted she did not reject the decisions ...

Angela Merkel has admitted the EU was left feeling “abandoned” by the UK after its referendum result in June 2016, leading to the tumultuous years of Brexit negotiations. The former German chancellor ...

After a childhood behind the Iron Curtain, Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of a united Germany for 16 years, becoming the most powerful woman in the world while dealing with its most powerful ...

In this web exclusive, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, author of "Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021," talks with correspondent Mark Phillips about her childhood in East Germany, where she received ...

Book Review Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021 By Angela Merkel St. Martin’s Press: 720 pages, $40 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees ...

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 ...

BERLIN - Germany’s former chancellor Angela Merkel gives a spirited defence of her 16 years at the helm of Europe’s top economy in her memoir Freedom, released in 30 languages on Nov 26.