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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has fractured a bone in her pelvis in a cross-country skiing accident.
She also suffered severe bruising in the accident, in the Alpine Engadine region of eastern Switzerland.
Merkel will have to remain lying down as much as possible in the next three weeks and several visits will be cancelled, her spokesman Steffen Seibert has said, according to the BBC.
Seibert said the Chancellor would, however, continue working at home, and would also head Wednesday's Cabinet meeting.
"It goes without saying that as chancellor, she is capable of acting as well as communicating fully," Seibert said.
Grigor Dimitrov has concluded his participation in the US Open Tennis Championship due to an injury that forced him to withdraw from his quarterfinal match against Frances Tiafoe
The German army will honor with a farewell parade Chancellor Angela Merkel for her 16 years of rule, DPA reported.
Angela Merkel took another step towards resigning from politics today after receiving an official document for her dismissal from the post of chancellor, where she spent 16 years, the Associated Press reported.
The US spied on top politicians in Europe, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, from 2012 to 2014 with the help of Danish intelligence, AFP reported, quoting Danish and European media on Sunday.
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday (21 April) that the European Union needs more power to coordinate the bloc’s response to health crises like the coronavirus pandemic, and did not rule out a treaty change to secure them.
In an effort to reassert its authority in combatting the coronavirus pandemic and stem a third wave of infections sweeping the country, Germany's central government agreed today on a set of national measures - including night-time curfews.
President-elect Donald Trump referred to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the "Governor of the Great State of Canada"
European Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius has called for a significant increase in defense spending among EU member states, suggesting that nations allocate 3% of their GDP to military budgets
Artan Grubi, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Inter-Community Relations in North Macedonia, along with Appeals Court Judge Enver Bexheti
Several European countries have paused the processing of asylum applications from Syrian nationals following the dramatic fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime
As of November 2024, approximately 70% of Ukrainians expressed support for a NATO membership pathway modeled on the process used for divided Germany
Romania has initiated discussions to establish a new government following last week's agreement between four political parties to form a coalition
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