BERLIN — The personal relationship between Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Vladimir Putin of Russia is often boiled down to certain anecdotes: her put-downs about his role in the KGB ...

A former German foreign minister has described misjudging the intentions of Russian President Vladimir Putin as "one of the ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel by phone on Wednesday about the deal reached between Turkey and Russia on the rebel-held Syrian region of ...

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that he would stand up to any attempts by U.S. President Donald Trump to ...

Gerhard Schröder appeared slightly blurred on the big screens of a room filled with German councillors last month. But it ...

Former German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has described Germany’s misunderstanding of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ...

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he is demanding that Europe invest more in its military. Difficult times may be ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that it might be better to let Ukraine and Russia “fight for a while” before pulling them apart and pursuing peace, even as Germany’s new chancellor ...

Raised in Soviet-ruled East Germany, Merkel has said she never felt like the GDR was her home country. She got involved in politics in her 30s, just after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. By that ...

Plans by far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmakers to visit Russia have drawn outrage from opponents who say it ...

Angela Merkel: Well, it was a sort of preparatory meeting for the G20 meeting in Germany, in Hamburg. And I was asked that question. I had to think about that for a moment, because with classical ...