It was no presidential weather in Berlin, but grey and wet. However the old and new Heads of State were in good spirits as the German Presidency was officially handed over on Sunday.
German President Joachim Gauck said he was worried about the prospect of Donald Trump winning the race for the White House, citing the US Republican hopeful's "unpredictability" as a cause for concern, according to a magazine interview published on Sunday.
On Thursday, German president Joachim Gauck spoke in Kiev 75 years after the Nazis slaughtered 33,771 Jews during one of the worst single massacres of the Holocaust.
German President Joachim Gauck on Friday expressed his concerns over security at Euro 2016, saying despite the massive security measures in place "there are people who want to hurt others".
Germany’s well-loved President, Joachim Gauck, announced on Monday he will not stand for renomination in 2017. Some of the most famous names in German politics are being discussed as potential successors.
The highest elected official in the land, President Joachim Gauck, said on Monday he will not run for a second term due to the encroaching weathers of time.
Germany's 76-year-old president Joachim Gauck will not run for a second term next year because of health concerns and his age, the Bild newspaper said on Saturday.
Germany's president on Wednesday condemned the illegitimacy of Communist rule in East Germany and lauded the benefits of human rights in a provocative speech to Shanghai university students.
Germany's president said Wednesday it is "morally and politically necessary" to limit Europe's refugee influx, warning that failing to do so meant ceding ground to populists and extremists.
German President Joachim Gauck warned on Sunday that Germany is approaching the limits of its capacity to take in refugees, saying that keeping society stable was an important part of being able to help those fleeing war when they arrived.
President Joachim Gauck on Tuesday warned Germans against drawing a line under the Holocaust as the Bundestag (parliament) opened a day of commemorations on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
German President Joachim Gauck told the country's Muslim community Tuesday that "we are all Germany" at a rally to condemn the Paris jihadist attacks and take a stand against rising Islamophobia.
The parents of good samaritan Tugce Albayrak are to found an institute name after their daughter, who died after intervening to stop a fight in a McDonald's restaurant.
Business leaders, the political class and average Germans are pushing back against a growing anti-immigrant movement, saying it threatens the values and image the country fought hard to establish
since the war.
Germany's president appealed in a Christmas message for compassion and openness towards refugees coming to the country, which is grappling with a growing anti-Islam movement.
Germany's president sparked a heated debate on Monday after questioning whether the country's far-left party, Die Linke, is fit to lead its first state government since the Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago.
A quarter of all politicians in the German Parliament are making additional income on top of their parliamentary salary, a transparency group said on Saturday. Thirteen lawmakers have made more than €100,000 in the last few months.
President Joachim Gauck has halted a pay rise for Germany’s politicians which was meant to come in on July 1st. Are German MPs paid too much and how do they compare with the rest of Europe?
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday rejected criticism from Germany's president who said he was "scared" by the Turkey's recent spate of rights abuses.
Germany's president called for reform of the United Nations Security Council to include more members and to "reflect the realities of the world today", during a visit to India on Thursday.
German sports stars have called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi after President Joachim Gauck said he would avoid the event.
President Joachim Gauck is not being clear enough in his decision to boycott the Sochi Winter Olympics. As a citizen he can afford a lack of clarity, but as head of state he cannot, the Tagesspiegel's Stephan-Andreas Casdorff argues.
