Germany is likely to extend a national lockdown beyond Jan. 10 to curb coronavirus infection rates that are still running high and putting huge strains on hospitals and health workers, politicians said at the weekend.

Angela Merkel said in her last New Year's address to the nation as German chancellor that 2020 was by far the most difficult of her 15-year leadership, yet the start of vaccinations against COVID-19 made 2021 a year of hope.

Angela Merkel said in her last New Year's address to the nation as German chancellor that 2020 was by far the most difficult of her 15-year leadership, yet the start of vaccinations against COVID-19 made 2021 a year of hope.

Angela Merkel said in her last New Year's address to the nation as German chancellor that 2020 was by far the most difficult of her 15-year leadership, yet the start of vaccinations against COVID-19 made 2021 a year of hope.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that relations between the European Union and China had strengthened in recent years, following an investment deal that will give European companies greater access to Chinese markets.

China and the EU have provided one another with mutually beneficial market access commitments in the bilateral investment agreement the two sides reached on Wednesday, an official from the Chinese commerce ministry said.

China's President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday an investment deal with the EU will offer bigger markets and a better business environment for both Chinese and European investments, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

The European Union and China have struck an initial agreement on an investment accord designed to liberalise market access for investors in each other's markets.

The European Union and China have struck an initial agreement on an investment accord designed to liberalise market access for investors in each other's markets.

China's President Xi Jinping held a video call with Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, France's President Emmanuel Macron, European Council President Charles Michel, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, according to the offici…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she expects that Germany will be able to decide quickly whether to back the Brexit trade deal struck between Britain and the European Union on Thursday.

Turkey said on Tuesday that its Oruc Reis seismic research vessel, which had operated in disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean amid a row with Greece, will survey an area off the country's southern coast until mid-June.

German consumer morale fell a third month in a row heading into January as a stricter lockdown to contain a surge in coronavirus infections reduced income expectations and increased the propensity to save, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans on Saturday to avoid visiting family members over Christmas and to use video calls instead for greetings, the way service members stationed abroad do, as the country battles COVID-19.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel tested negative for COVID-19 after last week's EU summit, at which she met French President Emmanuel Macron, the government press office said after Macron tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

French President Emmanuel Macron met numerous heads of state and high-level officials in the 10 days before he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, including most European leaders at a summit on Dec 10-11.

French President Emmanuel Macron met numerous heads of state and high-level officials in the 10 days before he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, including most European leaders at a summit on Dec 10-11.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a joint media investigation that identified named individuals as state security assassins responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a "trick" to attack Russia's leaders.

French President Emmanuel Macron met numerous heads of state and high-level officials in the 10 days before he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, including most European leaders at a summit on Dec 10-11.

French President Emmanuel Macron met numerous heads of state and high-level officials in the 10 days before he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, including most European leaders at a summit on Dec 10-11.

French President Emmanuel Macron met numerous heads of state and high-level officials in the 10 days before he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, including most European leaders at a summit on Dec 10-11.

Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 140,000 people in Britain, and the feedback on side effects and tolerability has been reassuring, BioNTech's chief medical officer said on Thursday.

Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine has been given to 140,000 people in Britain, and the feedback on side effects and tolerability has been reassuring, BioNTech's chief medical officer said on Thursday.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a joint media investigation that identified named individuals as state security assassins responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a "trick" to attack Russia's leaders.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a joint media investigation that identified named individuals as state security assassins responsible for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was a "trick" to attack Russia's leaders.

RT @onlydjole: Washington, Brussels and Kiev used the agreement as a way to buy time for Ukraine to prepare for war with Russia. This was…

RT @onlydjole: Washington, Brussels and Kiev used the agreement as a way to buy time for Ukraine to prepare for war with Russia. This was…

RT @onlydjole: Washington, Brussels and Kiev used the agreement as a way to buy time for Ukraine to prepare for war with Russia. This was…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @DaveAtherton20: After Angela Merkel allowed in Syrian migrants, the electorate has turned to right-wing & populist parties. A resentfu…

In 2021 then-chancellor Angela Merkel - in an attempt to get more Germans vaccinated - warned her constituents that by the end of the winter "everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, cured or dead" #NeverForget #NoPandemicAmnesty #COVID19 #CovidVaccines

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @RnaudBertrand: 2nd one: "The history of [the Ukraine] conflict is as damning of the empire, us, NATO, etc, as it is of Vladimir Putin.…

RT @DaveAtherton20: After Angela Merkel allowed in Syrian migrants, the electorate has turned to right-wing & populist parties. A resentfu…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @MaxAbrahms: Concerns of NATO expansion provoking Russia began in the 90s, shared by Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, 2 US defense secret…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @MaxAbrahms: Concerns of NATO expansion provoking Russia began in the 90s, shared by Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, 2 US defense secret…

RT @RnaudBertrand: 2nd one: "The history of [the Ukraine] conflict is as damning of the empire, us, NATO, etc, as it is of Vladimir Putin.…

After his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Biden has requested all notes to be destroyed Oh wait that was TFG and Vladimir Putin

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @DaveAtherton20: After Angela Merkel allowed in Syrian migrants, the electorate has turned to right-wing & populist parties. A resentfu…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @DaveAtherton20: After Angela Merkel allowed in Syrian migrants, the electorate has turned to right-wing & populist parties. A resentfu…

RT @DaveAtherton20: After Angela Merkel allowed in Syrian migrants, the electorate has turned to right-wing & populist parties. A resentfu…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @OneQuantumLeap: 3.Angela Merkel revealing Minsk Agreement a stalling tactic to allow West to militarize Ukraine for an inevitable war.…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

RT @ricwe123: Why would Vladimir Putin ever rely on that what Western leaders promise? They never took him seriously from the start. Angel…

“I believe in win-win situations. He believes only one person can win, while the other loses.” - Angela Merkel on Donald Trump (@KatiMorton, The Chancellor) https://t.co/DY6W9BKA13

RT @m1ru1: What is your thought on this? If you are working as Chancellor’s Protective Intelligence do you expect your US Intel Vendor not…

RT @JIX5A: Germany did this to themselves Thanks to Angela Merkel.

RT @JIX5A: Germany did this to themselves Thanks to Angela Merkel.

RT @JIX5A: Germany did this to themselves Thanks to Angela Merkel.

“When it comes to human dignity, we can not make compromises.” - Angela Merkel

RT @JIX5A: Germany did this to themselves Thanks to Angela Merkel.

RT @JIX5A: Germany did this to themselves Thanks to Angela Merkel.

RT @JIX5A: Germany did this to themselves Thanks to Angela Merkel.