Angela Merkel

Exit now, pay later: Germany's rushed farewell to nuclear power

When Chancellor Angela Merkel called up the boss of Germany's biggest power producer RWE two days af...

Nov 02, 2015 06:37 AM EST

VW CEO to update Merkel on emissions probe on China trip: source

Volkswagen's new head, Matthias Mueller, will update German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the carmaker...

Oct 26, 2015 08:07 AM EDT

EU's Juncker wants decisions on Balkan refugee crisis on Sunday

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he wanted to get a group of EU leaders to agr...

Oct 24, 2015 07:26 AM EDT

Germany speeds up new measures to deal with refugee influx

Germany is introducing measures to tackle its refugee crisis earlier than previously expected, a top...

Oct 23, 2015 07:52 AM EDT

Merkel's deputy expects Germany to get over a million refugees in 2015

More than a million refugees will come to Germany this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputy said ...

Oct 12, 2015 01:38 AM EDT

German authorities accused of playing down refugee shelter sex crime reports

Germany's police union and women's rights groups accused the authorities on Tuesday of playing down ...

Oct 06, 2015 05:56 PM EDT

Germany needs to limit refugee influx, close borders: Merkel allies

Germany needs to limit the number of refugees it takes in or even close its borders, conservative al...

Oct 04, 2015 06:51 PM EDT

Volkswagen chief faces grilling by board over diesel scandal

Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn faced a reckoning with his board on Wednesday, summoned to explain ...

Sep 23, 2015 08:03 AM EDT

Croatia overwhelmed by flood of migrants, EU calls summit

Croatia threatened to close its border with Serbia on Thursday as migrants fled from overwhelmed pol...

Sep 18, 2015 01:09 AM EDT

Germany says still taking in refugees despite border controls

Refugees will continue to arrive in Germany despite the government's introduction of temporary borde...

Sep 15, 2015 12:46 AM EDT

U.N. says 850,000 to cross sea to Europe in 2015 and 2016

At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year a...

Sep 08, 2015 09:28 PM EDT

Austria plans to end measures allowing migrants from Hungary and move 'towards normality'

Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees ...

Sep 06, 2015 11:12 PM EDT

Europe's answer to refugee crisis should not be nationalistic: Moscovici

Europe should not respond to the inflow of immigrants from the Middle East and Africa with nationali...

Sep 05, 2015 05:04 AM EDT

Hungary says to bus migrants to Austrian border

Hungary said on Friday it would send thousands of migrants by bus to the border with Austria, appear...

Sep 04, 2015 07:17 PM EDT

Migrants protest as Hungary shutters Budapest train station

Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest's Eastern Railway Terminus on Tuesday deman...

Sep 01, 2015 10:20 AM EDT

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