The NATO secretary general will pay a visit to Berlin from August 26-27 to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and join the EU defense ministers' informal meeting, the alliance said on Tuesday

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas released a joint statement on Monday to call for a comprehensive inquiry by Russia into the case of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny and prosecution of perpetrators, if any

Germany maintains contact with Russia in connection with the situation around opposition figure Alexey Navalny, who is currently in intensive care in a Siberian hospital, the foreign ministry's spokeswoman said on Friday

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Berlin on Thursday on the sidelines of the informal gathering of top EU diplomats, her spokesman said