Berlin [Germany], December 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel will step down after her successor Olaf Scholz's election, preliminary scheduled for December 8, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Friday.
Berlin [Germany], April 17 (ANI/Sputnik): German Chancellor Angela Merkel got the first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 on Friday, German cabinet spokesman Steffen Seibert announced.
Berlin [Germany], September 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is continuing the probe of Alexey Navalny case and will provide results later, the spokeswoman for the German Foreign Ministry, Maria Adebahr, said Friday.
Berlin [Germany], September 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Berlin would rather not set any specific dates for the European Union's trade agreement with London and supports the EU's chief Brexit negotiator in his efforts to reach a deal, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said on Monday.
Berlin [Germany], Jan 08 (Sputnik/ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump spoke about the situation in Iran, Iraq and Libya in a phone call on Tuesday, a German government spokesman said.
Berlin [Germany], June 26 (ANI): Germany on Monday said it would work constructively with the new Turkish government, following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's historic election win on Sunday.
Moscow [Russia], Apr. 24 (ANI): Following the victory of French independent candidate Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French presidential election, German government spokesman Steffen Seibert expressed his satisfaction with the result.