Germany

Love her or hate her… there’s lots to say about the German chancellor even when its not about politics.

Photos of German Chancellor, Angela Merkel entering the Chancellery have been causing a bit of a stir over the internet. Merkel’s hair looked disheveled and she appeared to be extremely fatigued and tired.  Last night’s Greek referendum results could have had something to do with her looks.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel played down prospects of a breakthrough with Greece in the coming days, but said she stood ready to restart talks with the government in Athens after a planned referendum on Sunday.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited leaders from all the major German parties to a crisis meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday to discuss the Greece crisis, a senior German official said.

Fashion designer Rick Owens has in the past refered to German model Jera as his muse, but his muse upstaged all his designs on the runway this week despite the fact that designs were edgy with snout-like helmets and radical cloth.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth urged Europe on June 24 to guard against division in the continent, at a state banquet in Berlin where Germany's president declared: "the European Union needs Great Britain". 

Are German tourists still welcome in crisis-battered Greece? "Definitely!" insists the travel board of Europes top economy, which nevertheless issued a few words of caution Thursday.

Protracted talks on Greece's debt crisis may have driven up tensions with Europe's paymaster Germany but visitors can still count on a warm reception, the German Travel Association (DRV) said.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz told a national television audience in Germany on Sunday evening that he called Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier, with both agreeing to do whatever they can to keep Greece in the Eurozone.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday denied reports that there was a rift between Chancellor Angela Merkel and himself on Greek debt negotiations.

"You shouldn't waste much time on these rumors," Schaeuble said during a panel at an economic conference organized by Merkel's conservative CDU party in Berlin.

By Birgit Jennen, Rainer Buergin & Brian Parkin

A split between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is widening over Greece as the funding standoff goes down to the wire, said people familiar with the matter.