Olaf Scholz

Alice Weidel, co-faction leader of the Alternative for Germany party, delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s centrist parties alarmed as poll shows growing support for far right

By AP

Survey shows Alternative for Germany party on par with Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats, a steep gain since the 2021 election

June 4, 2023, 3:52 am

Germany’s centrist parties alarmed as poll shows growing support for far right

Survey shows Alternative for Germany party on par with Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats, a steep gain since the 2021 election

By AP

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

May 26, 2023, 11:24 am

Man breaches German chancellor’s security, gives him a hug

Incident occurs as Olaf Scholz prepared to board a plane at Frankfurt Airport

By AP

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (center) is awarded the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2023 by Juergen Linden (left), chairman of the Charlemagne Prize board of directors and Aachen's mayor Sibylle Keupen (right) on May 14, 2023 in Aachen, western Germany. (Federico Gambarini/ POOL/ AFP)

May 14, 2023, 8:17 pm

EU fetes Zelensky, Ukrainian people for championing Europe’s values

Ukraine’s president receives standing ovation as he accepts Charlemagne Prize at ceremony in Germany, will travel to Paris later for talks with French counterpart Macron

By Michelle Fitzpatrick and Hui Min NEO

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a media conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

May 14, 2023, 3:53 pm

Zelensky says looming offensive aims to retake lost ground, not attack Russia

At press conference with German chancellor, Ukraine’s president responds to rumors Kyiv may try to take towns outside its borders to use as leverage in future talks with Moscow

By Frank Jordans

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a joint press conference following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 16, 2023. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

March 16, 2023, 7:38 pm

On Berlin visit, Netanyahu denies he’s working to curtail independence of judiciary

German chancellor says he’s watching overhaul debate ‘with great concern,’ urges weighing Herzog plan; PM insists Israel ‘will remain a liberal democracy’

By Lazar Berman

Security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Jerusalem's Old City on January 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 28, 2023, 5:50 pm

Palestinian Authority: Israel ‘fully responsible’ for ‘dangerous escalation’

Meeting Abbas, PA officials say Israeli practices will cause ‘further deterioration,’ make no mention of Jerusalem terror shootings, including deadly attack feted by Palestinians

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands with German army Bundeswehr soldiers at a 'Leopard 2' main battle tank during a training and instruction exercise in in Ostenholz, Germany, October 17, 2022. (Moritz Frankenberg/dpa via AP, File)

January 25, 2023, 1:43 pm

Germany to provide Ukraine with advanced battle tanks, in landmark move

Long-awaited decision, also approving other countries’ transfers, comes after US officials announce preliminary deal to send M1 Abrams tanks to help Kyiv push back Russian forces

By Frank Jordans

Illustrative: A German army Leopard 2 tank is seen at the Sestokai railway station some 175 kms (109 miles) west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, February 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

January 21, 2023, 6:30 pm

German caution on supplying arms to Ukraine rooted in post-WWII political culture

Pattern has been repeated over the months, with Scholz often hesitating before eventually agreeing to provide better equipment

By Geir Moulson

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht rides in a tank during her visit to the Tank Training Brigade 9 in Munster, Germany, February 7, 2022. (Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP, File)

January 16, 2023, 1:46 pm

German defense minister steps down amid criticism of Ukraine policy

Christine Lambrecht was accused of hesitancy on aid to Kyiv, along with amateurish public communication and misuse of government property

By Geir Moulson and Frank Jordans

Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, on the platform left, and Rabbi Segal Shmoel, on the platform right, inspect a giant Hanukkah Menorah, set up by the Jewish Chabad Educational Center ahead of the Jewish Hanukkah holiday, in front of the Brandenburg Gate at the Pariser Platz in central Berlin, Germany, Dec. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

December 20, 2022, 2:55 pm

Holocaust survivors to celebrate Hanukkah by spreading message of hope worldwide

Virtual event will highlight survivors from across the globe, including some recently evacuated from war-torn Ukraine; ceremony to feature Herzog, Scholtz, Barbra Streisand

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Illustrative: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

November 30, 2022, 10:46 pm

German parliament labels 1930s ‘Holodomor’ famine in Ukraine a genocide

More than 3 million died in famine blamed on Stalin, though historians have debated if it was the result of intentional starvation or incompetence

By Geir Moulson

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hold a joint press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, on August 16, 2022. (JENS SCHLUETER / AFP)

November 23, 2022, 6:22 am

Germany closes incitement probe into Abbas’s ’50 holocausts’ remark

Prosecutor says complaint against PA chief didn’t have legal basis, even though he made an ‘inappropriate comparison’ on German soil where trivializing Nazi crimes is barred

By Jacob Magid

FILE -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

November 12, 2022, 3:01 pm

Germany’s Scholz warns Iran that more EU sanctions coming

Chancellor slams Tehran for bloody crackdown on protests, says Iranian government ‘solely responsible for this spate of violence’

By AP

A composite photo of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) and Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP photos/Michael Varaklas and Ariel Schalit)

November 10, 2022, 9:48 pm

Netanyahu, German leader talk expanding Arab ties; Erdogan offers congratulations

Likud party head also speaks to UAE president and Italy’s new leader Meloni as he prepares to once again assume power

By ToI Staff

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talks to the media during a press conference after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, at Maximos Mansion in Athens, October 27, 2022. (AP/Michael Varaklas)

October 27, 2022, 3:11 pm

Greece ready to ‘extend a hand of friendship’ to Turkey despite increased tensions

PM Mitostakis accuses Erdogan of spreading lies among Turks; German chancellor pans Ankara for questioning Greek sovereignty on islands

By Elena Becatoros