Ex-German leader Angela Merkel wins UN refugee prize
The recipient of the Nansen Refugee Award was praised for her determination to protect asylum seekers while in office.
![Merkel says the health situation in Germany is 'serious' [John Macdougall/pool/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/000_9TU2NC.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Christian Lindner, leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), far right, Olaf Scholz, SPD member and likely next German chancellor, third from left, Annalene Baerbock, left, and Robert Habeck, second from left, co-leaders of the Greens Party, arrive to present their mutually agreed upon coalition contract in Berlin [Michele Tantussi/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GettyImages-1236769885.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Since attending her first meeting of EU leaders in December 2005, at a time when Jacques Chirac was still French president and Tony Blair British prime minister, Merkel has embodied the drive for a more closely united Europe [Olivier Matthys/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AP21294741344029.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Scholz, who was finance minister in outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel's 'grand coalition' administration, has said he hopes to form a coalition government before Christmas [Michael Sohn/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21270365604644.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Tens of millions of Germans to cast ballots in what is seen as the first real contest in many years.
![People take part in a rally with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and candidate for chancellor Armin Laschet [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-09-25T114230Z_2012696142_RC2YWP9SQPKN_RTRMADP_3_GERMANY-ELECTION-CDU-MERKEL-LASCHET.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Sunday’s election is turning out to be one of the tightest in recent history.
Germany’s vote on Sunday marks the end of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16 years in office.
![Germany is scheduled to hold federal parliamentary elections on Sunday with little idea who will win [File: Sean Gallup/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/gettyimages-1336117192-594x594-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
German government faces growing questions about how well-prepared authorities were for devastating natural disaster.
![Merkel said Germany had a 'very good warning system' but pledged a thorough review of 'what worked and what didn't work' in response to the floods [Christof Stache/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-20T141607Z_948118071_RC2DOO989UCD_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-WEATHER-MERKEL-STATEMENTS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In Merkel’s final visit to White House as chancellor, the leaders pledge partnership, disagree on Nord Stream pipeline.
![President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel held a joint news conference in during what is likely Merkel's last visit to Washington as head of state. [Susan Walsh/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AP21196835859897.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
And as Haiti decends into chaos after the assassination of its president, Biden says he is not sending US troops there.
![US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not pictured, attend a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, July 15, 2021 [Tom Brenner/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-15T214147Z_189431059_RC29LO9PTTM9_RTRMADP_3_USA-GERMANY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Why are G7 countries worried? And what’s China’s endgame?
Several countries have allowed switching COVID vaccines for second doses and several medical studies are under way.
![The 66-year-old took her first dose of AstraZeneca's vaccine in April [File: Annegret Hilse/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/000_93D72F.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Germany’s Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said the country is using ‘all means to uncover tax offenses’.
![The purchase comes ahead of Germany's September 26 national election in which Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (pictured), who is also the vice chancellor in the outgoing government, is the centre-left Social Democrats' candidate to succeed conservative Angela Merkel as Germany's leader [File: Axel Schmidt/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/olaf.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Danish broadcaster says US used a partnership with Danish intelligence to spy on top European officials.
![In addition to Merkel, above, the NSA spied on the German foreign minister and former opposition leader at the time, DR said [File: John Thys/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-25T152733Z_1874621786_RC23NN9KU5XB_RTRMADP_3_EU-SUMMIT.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)