The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been injured during a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland.
Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for Mrs. Merkel, said the Chancellor suffered a fractured pelvis and must rest as much as possible over the coming weeks.
Mrs. Merkel has been forced to cancel a number of meetings over the next three weeks due to the injury.
She will work from home during this period, Mr. Seibert said.
He added that Mrs. Merkel's injury occurred "at low speeds" but was unable to say if another person was involved.
She has cancelled a planned trip to Warsaw on Wednesday, as well as a visit to Berlin by Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel that had been scheduled for Thursday.
"It goes without saying that as chancellor, she is capable of acting as well as communicating fully" Mr. Seibert added.
Mrs. Merkel was skiing in the Swiss region of Engadin, which boasts top ski resorts such as St. Moritz, when the accident occurred over the Christmas holidays.
The injury was initially thought to be just painful bruising, but after Mrs. Merkel's return to Berlin doctors diagnosed a fracture in the pelvic area.
