Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan expects the German Bundesbank to eventually row in behind ECB plans, unveiled yesterday, to make unlimited purchases of short-term bonds of stressed eurozone member states.

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence service has resigned after admitting that his agency had shredded files on a neo-Nazi cell whose killing spree targeting immigrants rocked the country late last year.

MORE than 1,800 people across the globe have been infected in a toxic E coli outbreak — believed to be the world’s deadliest.

Manchester City have made an official approach for Hamburg midfielder Nigel de Jong, the Bundesliga’s director of sport Dietmar Beiersdorfer confirmed today.

PARALYMPIC champion Oscar Pistorius’ hopes of competing as an able-bodied athlete appeared to be in the balance last night.

Vitali Klitschko’s trainer believes a number of “young, strong fighters” can step up to become world heavyweight champion.

Conservative leader Angela Merkel and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder headed into a showdown today over who will lead a new government, seeking to end a post-election stalemate that is delaying efforts to tackle Germany’s stubborn economic problems.

Siemens AG, Germany’s largest employer, plans to increase work hours for an additional 19,000 employees to boost profitability, German daily Die Welt said.

The total number of jobless for the whole of Germany in October was almost 3.92 million, up 190,000 from October a year ago, reported Die Welt, citing no sources.

London shares ended a six-session run of successive losses when it closed up today boosted by a recovery in telecom stocks, strength in oils - led by an update from Shell - and gains in the heavyweight banking sector after Royal Bank of Scotland issued an upbeat trading statement, dealers said.