The scale of the challenge is indeed daunting. Russia’s economy is on a war footing, its army is battle-hardened and it has a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons. Even though Europe’s economy dwarfs ...

Germany votes in a national election following the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition. Conservative leader Friedrich Merz leads the race, while far-right AfD eyes historic gains. Over 500, ...

BERLIN, February 24. /TASS/. The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) conservative bloc won the snap election to the Bundestag, the German legislative assembly, with 28.6% of ...

Merz, 69, now faces difficult and time-consuming coalition discussions after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) ...

Chancellor candidate from the conservative CDU/CSU bloc (Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union) Friedrich Merz announced his intention to form a new German government by Easter (celebrated ...

Conservatives projected to win German election in ‘last chance’ to fight off far right - Donald Trump declares the ...

German voters cast their ballots in Sunday’s election, with opposition leader Friedrich Merz claiming victory and Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceding defeat. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is heading ...

Germany's conservative bloc, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), has taken the lead in ...

Opposition conservatives win German election Conservative chief Friedrich Merz hits out at US AfD scores historic result but ...

German opposition leader Friedrich Merz's conservatives were on course for a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he may be forced to sign an economic agreement with the United States that would ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat as his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) faced their worst postwar election result, receiving just over 16% of the vote.