AFP- Angela Merkel on Wednesday was elected to a fourth term as German Chancellor by the Bundestag.
Lawmakers in Berlin's glass-domed Reichstag voted 364-315 with nine abstentions for Merkel who was then to be formally appointed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier before taking the oath of office at 12pm.
Merkel, wearing a white blazer, ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to join a Muslim community rally to promote tolerance and send a rebuke to Germany's growing anti-Islam movement.
President Joachim Gauck will address the rally starting at 17:00 GMT at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate on Tuesday, Aljazeera reported.
The event is organized by the Central Council ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to turn their backs on a growing movement of anti-Muslim protesters, calling them racists full of hatred, and said Europes biggest economy must welcome people fleeing conflict and war.
Referring to protests that took place before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Merkel said, "Today many people ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed Thursday that Europe's goal remains a free and whole Ukraine and that Western sanctions against Russia remain unavoidable until that goal is reached.
She was speaking to parliament hours before the start of a European summit in Brussels that will look at the standoff with economically-battered ...
[caption id="attachment_114492" align="alignright" width="276"] Germany Chancellor Merkel, second left, and German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, center, talking with other ministers prior to a special session of the Bundestag, Sept. 1, 2014. Photo by AFP[/caption]
Germany to send Iraqi Kurds enough weapons for 4,000 fighters against the Islamic ...
Berlin, Aug 18, IRNA German Chancellor said that in nuclear talks between member states of the Group 5+1 with Iran progresses have been achieved and added that the German government will use all its efforts to reach to a political and diplomatic solution in this regard.
Responding to a question by IRNA?s correspondent at a press conference in Berlin ...