Konrad Adenauer was born on 5 January 1876 in Cologne ... His rise to become a charismatic founding Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and respected statesman in the Western world was ...

Friedrich Merz, believes the upcoming elections are as important as the country's first federal vote in 1949. Speaking at an event held in the western German town of Königswinter to mark the 149th ...

Konrad Adenauer became the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. As his successor Ludwig Erhard ascended in 1963, he could look back proudly to his political achievements: the ...

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is second place in current German polls. If that strong showing holds, what might ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next Wednesday, two days after the ...

For long-time Berlin watchers, the most likely electoral outcome is a return to the Merkel era with another CDU-SPD grand ...

Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, without doubt the most important German since Hitler. Says Adenauer: “During the Nazi years I sometimes despaired of my people.

Speaking at an event held in the western German town of Königswinter to mark the 149th birthday of Germany's first chancellor Konrad Adenauer on Sunday, Merz said almost every election is hailed ...

In April, Germans will remember the 50th anniversary of the death of Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of post-war Germany. The conservative Konrad Adenauer Stiftung carries his name.

The uproar in Bonn last week sounded little like the usual well-oiled functioning of the Federal Republic of Germany. All the factions in Bonn seemed to want weary Chancellor Konrad Adenauer ...