1947 – Begins working in the Christian Democratic Union. 1959-1976 – Serves in the legislature of the West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. 1969-1976 – Serves as minister-president of ...

The EU will pay an unprecedented tribute Saturday to former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, one of the architects of modern Europe, in a ceremony attended by a host of leaders. Kohl, who oversaw German ...

Rats feasting on mounds of rotting rubbish during a refuse collection strike in Britain's second-biggest city have led to warnings of a public health crisis, with no end in sight to the long-running ...

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has described his conversations with former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl as productive, noting that he remembers meetings with him fondly ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe, died Friday at his home in ...

Kohl worked for German reunification, campaigning in East Germany for the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and getting NATO and the Soviet Union’s approval. 1947 – Begins working in the ...