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Angela Merkel, who served as chancellor of Germany for 16 years, will release her political memoirs in 2024

Olaf Scholz says country has enough energy to get through winter after Russia cut gas supplies

Insiders claim Trump perked up when personal details about his counterparts were mentioned in intelligence briefings

Mikhail Gorbachev was enduringly popular in Germany for enabling the country’s reunification after four decades of post-World War II division — and setting the scene for the peaceful collapse of communism that made it possible

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev prompted gushing tributes from across the West on Wednesday but much less of a reaction in Russia. FRANCE 24 examines why Gorbachev is lionised in the West for his role in ending the Cold War, but scorned in Russia for overseeing the collapse of the…

Mikhail Gorbachev was mourned in the West on Wednesday as a towering statesman who helped to end the Cold War, but his death received a cool response in Russia, engaged in a war with Ukraine to regain some of the power it lost when he presided over the Soviet Union's…

Sanna Marin follows in a long line of politicians filmed dancing, some more enthusiastically than others

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Friday urged Turkey to respect human rights during a testy visit at which she sparred openly with counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. The former German Green party co-leader also rejected Turkey's territorial claims to Greek islands in the Aegean and urged Ankara not to stage a…

As Russia reopens Nord Stream pipeline at lower capacity, pressure remains to reduce consumption and dependency on Russia

The European Central Bank says its president, Christine Lagarde, was targeted in an attempted cyberattack but no information was compromised