ANGELA MERKEL has been savaged for not offering support to residents in Germany after 14 weeks of lockdown as one furious caller detailed how the UK has handled the pandemic better than the German Chancellor.

ANGELA MERKEL was told to resign as thousands marched on the streets of Berlin to show their "lack of trust" in the Government and its conduct during the coronavirus crisis.

VIOLENCE erupted in Germany's capital Berlin after 20,000 protesters took to the streets to vent their fury at Angela Merkel and her Government's anti-pandemic measures.

When Vigdis Finnbogadottir assumed Iceland's presidency on August 1 1980, she made history as the first elected female head of state in the world, and four decades later the 90-year-old remains a role-model to Icelanders. In 1980, Iceland's Vigdis Finnbogadottir became history's first elected head of state (AFP Photo/ERIC CABANIS) With 16 consecutive years in office, thanks to three re-elections, the former teacher and theatre director holds the record for elected female heads of state and government, though Germany's Angela Merkel could match her next year. "She...