The leader of Germany's Social Democrats urged members of his center-left party to endorse coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives or...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she was optimistic that Social Democrats would approve the start of formal coalition talks with her conservatives...
Germany spent just 1.13 percent of its economic output on the military in 2017, falling below NATO's projection of 1.22 percent, itself well below the...
Germany will not plunge into political crisis if Chancellor Angela Merkel's efforts to form a coalition government with the Social Democrats fail, former...
Germany says it won't approve arms exports to countries involved in the conflict in Yemen, a move that could affect sales of military hardware to Saudi Arabia.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron will spend more than five hours together in Paris on Friday, putting on a show of Franco-German unity...
Intensified hostilities in Yemen have forced more than 32,000 people to flee their homes in the past two months, the United Nations refugee agency has said.
U.S. stocks meandered following a report that regulators are close to further easing banking rules, while the government shutdown drama in Washington weighed...
Few people outside Germany are familiar with the caricature of themselves that many Germans hold in their minds. Far from the aggressive bully of 20th-century...
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Germany needed a stable government and that she was counting on her would-be Social Democrat coalition partners to...
Romania's president named European Parliament lawmaker Viorica Dancila as the EU country's third prime minister, and also its first female premier.
Germany and Turkey on Wednesday resumed bilateral government consultations that had been suspended after arrest of German-Turkish journalist in 2017.
Romania's ruling Social Democrats met Tuesday to nominate a new prime minister after power struggles within the party forced out the impoverished EU country's...
The number of new asylum seekers in Germany fell sharply last year to 186,000, the government said Tuesday, easing pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel as...
Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was killed in a brazen drive-by shooting Tuesday that could reignite ethnic tensions in the region.
Czechs, like fellow voters from Europe to the United States, must weigh promises of a more outward-looking society against protection from the uncertainties...
Supporters and opponents of a new alliance with Chancellor Angela Merkel are making their case to members of Germany's main center-left party who will decide...
Leading members of Germany's Social Democrats voiced skepticism Sunday over a preliminary coalition agreement reached with Chancellor Angela Merkel's...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is considering joining French President Emmanuel Macron at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week in what could turn into...
Left-wing German Social Democrats lobbied party members on Saturday against joining Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in a re-run of their 2013-2017...