German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called off a trip to Italy as signs increase that president Christian Wulff will resign amid a scandal over favours he allegedly received before becoming head of state.

GERMANY’S president and its biggest-selling newspaper traded blows last night over whether he tried to prevent it from publishing a report on a controversial private loan, adding to the embattled head of state’s troubles.

GERMAN President Christian Wulff personally called the editor of Bild, the country’s top-selling newspaper, last month and threatened legal action if it published a story on a private home loan he received at cheap interest rates.

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Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Germany on his first state visit to his homeland.

Germany is marking the 20th anniversary of its reunification today, celebrating the country’s increasing sense of national pride while also stressing the importance of integrating immigrants.

A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans left 15 people dead and dozens injured at the famed Love Parade festival in western Germany today.

Germany’s new president was sworn in today as Chancellor Angela Merkel tried to put behind her an internal rebellion that turned his election into a near-disaster.

Nearly two in three Germans think chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition will break up in the wake of an embarrassing presidential vote, a poll indicated today.

The government of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a tough test with today's election of the country's new president.

Porsche chief executive Wendelin Wiedeking is leaving the luxury sports car maker after 16 years at the helm, a move widely expected to clear the way for a merger with Volkswagen AG.

A new memorial exhibition centre at a former Nazi camp in central Germany reflects the experiences of inmates when it was a prisoner of war facility, a concentration camp and then a holding centre for displaced Jews after World War II.

A FAR-RIGHT anti-foreigner party has embarrassed German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a regional election in her home state and delivered a wake-up call to her 10-month-old government, analysts warned yesterday.

Germany’s conservatives are moving toward completing the lineup of Chancellor-designate Angela Merkel’s cabinet, with a key ally preparing to nominate his final choice for the new government.

Germany’s top political leaders were to meet today at a summit aimed at resolving their two-and-a-half-week stand-off over who will lead the country, with Angela Merkel’s conservatives hopeful Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will let go of the top job.

PORSCHE plans to buy 20% of Volkswagen’s shares to prevent a hostile takeover of Europe’s largest carmaker and strengthen the companies’ partnership.