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The US president Donald Trump Angela Merkel Monday phoned to congratulate her on the election victory of the CDU in Saarland. That said, Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer Monday.

The CDU of Chancellor Angela Merkel remains by far the largest party in the western German state of Saarland. That predict the ARD and ZDF on the basis of exit polls after the Sunday elections. The Social Democratic SPD projected may not be noticeable from the euphoria to take advantage of the new party leader Martin Schulz.

Former IRA commander and leader of the nationalist party Sinn Féin Martin McGuinness is deceased at the age of 66. That the BBC reports Tuesday, indicating that he was suffering from a rare heart condition.

The German chancellor candidate Martin Schulz welcomed the SPD has reacted to the Dutch election results. ' Wilders can not win the election in NL '' he twittered in both German and Dutch. ' I am relieved, but we have to move to an open and continue to fight for Europe, '' said the Social Democrat.

Matthias Mueler, CEO of Volkswagen Group, has despite the problems of Diesel Gate for the group to receive a reward of € 7.78 million.

Her Majesty's digital security (NCSC) has called upon political parties to protect themselves against possible cyber attacks. The organization offered to help parties in taking measures to keep hackers out.

Danish MPs are about to visit Russia. And therefore they may not bring any smartphones, tablets or computers. During the week in Russia, they can also use Internet, read emails or visit social media. That urgent advice they got.

The pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) won the Northern Irish parliamentary elections with a minor difference. The DUP took one seat more than the republican party Sinn Fein and remains the largest party in Northern Ireland.

The European Anti-Fraud Office is investigating the conduct of Martin Schulz, the former President of the European Parliament. Schulz in Germany currently SPD candidate for chancellor shelf.

The right-wing and populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) by Frauke Petry always sinks further into German polls. In a poll published Wednesday by the magazine Stern and RTL gets the AfD supported by 8 percent of respondents.

German voters prefer the Socialist Martin Schulz as chancellor than Angela Merkel. But 38 percent want Merkel as head of government, against 49 percent Schulz, said the 'Politbarometer' of the public broadcaster ZDF. A month ago that figure was 44 percent for Merkel and 40 percent for Schulz, who until recently was President of the European Parliament.

Before he was terminated as US president phoned Donald Trump twice with US Lieutenant General Chris Bogdan about the F-35 fighter aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin.

Former president of the board Ferdinand Piëch of VW refuses to testify at a parliamentary inquiry into the possible role of the German government in the diesel scandal at the auto group. That has let his lawyer know.

Angela Merkel is no longer untouchable. The fresh SPD candidate for the chancellorship, Martin Schulz, going even beyond her in the polls. He is the German voter popularity, and also benefits the left side of an unprecedented catch.

The most recent contracts that the US government with the aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin signed on the development of the fighter F-35 or Joint Strike Fighter, are cheaper. This said, the new American president Donald Trump on Monday.

Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, with immediate effect, the German foreign minister. Federal President Joachim Gauck, the outgoing SPD chief Friday in Bellevue Palace officially appointed.

The German socialist Sigmar Gabriel is Friday appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany. The office of the Federal President showed Wednesday that the head of state Joachim Gauck will appoint him Friday in Bellevue Palace.

SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel and vice chancellor will be German foreign minister, succeeding Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Which is on behalf of the ruling coalition candidate for the German presidency. The election is on 12 February.

President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) signed his first two Presidential Decrees. Trump did so shortly after he had taken in Washington the parade in honor of his inauguration to 45th US president.

18:00 Dutch time has come, then Donald Trump is taking over Barack Obama and he is the 45th President of the United States. And Trump will know in the coming years with little opposition Republican majorities in Congress.

Italian Christian Democrat Antonio Tajani (63) is the new President of the European Parliament. The former EU Commissioner and confidant of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defeated Tuesday in Strasbourg at the fourth and decisive round of voting his rival Gianni Pittella, a Social Democrat, according to several sources, including from the fraction of Tajani, the European People's Party.

The European Parliament Tuesday vote a second time on a new president. In the first round of voting Tuesday in Strasbourg took none of the six candidates for the EU perch the necessary absolute majority.

Seven candidates have officially signed Monday for the presidency of the European Parliament. The 751 members in Strasbourg on Tuesday to choose a successor to the Social Democrat Martin Schulz entering the German national politics.

Guy Verhofstadt withdrew Tuesday as a candidate for the presidency of the EU Parliament. The liberal Belgian former president was doing that started a few minutes before the first ballot, the outgoing President Martin Schulz announced.

Northern Ireland is on 2 March to the polls to elect a new parliament. That the British minister for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire published Monday.

The 751 Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday to choose a new president. The Social Democrat Martin Schulz swapped after 22 years, the last five as parliament president, the European political stage for the German national politics. He is the secret ballot of up to four rounds itself.

A brand new sports hall in the Czech Republic this weekend collapsed at the official opening. The roof of the hall that January 2 was put into operation, collapsed under a layer of 30 centimeters of snow. At the time of the collapse, there was a floorball game in progress. The players of this 'ice hockey in the hall 'literally had to run for their lives when the roof suddenly started cracking and collapsing. The governor had just been officially opened the hall in the town of Ceska Trebova.

Donald Trump has caused a stir by opening the attack on a famous American civil rights activist. Representative John Lewis had the wrath of the incoming president are called up by saying that he does not see Trump as 'legitimate president.'

The Deputy Prime Minister of the UK region of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness, on Monday resigned in a row over the policies of his coalition partner and boss, Prime Minister Arlene Foster. He demands new elections on behalf of his party, the Republican Sinn Fein (We Itself).

As the most powerful Twitterer world picks up his phone, which is driven across the globe. And a new app that plays in: Trump Trigger. Which sends its users an alert as soon as the next US president Donald Trump puts a tweet about a publicly traded company.