Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday amid opposition demands that he hold a referendum on the new EU treaty, which Merkel spearheaded.

Chancellor Angela Merkel vigorously defended Germany's politically contentious troop deployment in Afghanistan, a day after one of two Germans kidnapped there was found dead.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has hailed agreement by G8 leaders to work for greenhouse-emissions cuts, though the deal sets no specific benchmarks and thus falls short of her ambitious hopes.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel feels the G8 stand a good chance of finding a joint position on climate protection issues. That is what she stressed after bilateral meetings with US President George W. Bush and other Heads of State and Government.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she will not compromise in getting the world's top industrialized nations to agree to cut greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging developed countries to join forces to battle global warming, but says she is doubtful that industrialized nations will reach a consensus to do so at a summit in June.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that anti-globalization protesters have their right to peaceful protest - but defended the massive security measures ahead of next month's Group of Eight summit.

Leaders from Africa and Germany are meeting in Berlin for a conference aimed at promoting sustainable development and economic growth in Africa.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged President George W. Bush to step up dialogue with Russia over a planned U.S. missile defense system. The comments, during a U.S.-European Union summit at the White House, followed the chancellor's praise over the weekend of greater U.S. efforts to consult Russia over its plans to install a radar system and interceptors in Eastern Europe as part of the system.

Intensified talks between Russia and the United States were welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday. Russia and the U.S. try to solve the problem of the U.S. plan to deploy missile defense systems in Poland and Czech republic.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Israeli and Palestinian leaders Sunday in the latest international bid to revive the Middle East peace process. Germany and Israel enjoy warm ties, but as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Ms. Merkel kept the Palestinian Authority at arms length.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has proposed holding a regional peace conference with Arab leaders to discuss ideas for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict.