The body of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who died last week in Italy aged 100, should be sent to Germany and incinerated, the head of Jewish human rights organization the Simon Wiesenthal Centre said.
Argentina will not accept the remains of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke who died in Italy, officials in Buenos Aires said on Friday following his death.
Former SS captain Erich Priebke, a Nazi war criminal who never showed remorse for a World War II massacre in Italy, died on Friday in Rome aged 100, Italian media reported.
An accident off the coast of Italy this weekend in which hundreds of African refugees died has prompted President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz to call on Germany to take in more people in need.
Staff at a German auction house have reacted with shock over the “preposterous” arrest of their director, accused of stealing hundreds of precious volumes from one of Italy’s most treasured libraries.
A gondola and a vaporetto waterbus collided Saturday on Venice's Grand Canal, killing a 50-year-old German tourist and badly injuring his young daughter, local media reported.
Günther Oettinger, Germany’s EU commissioner for energy issues, has attacked Europe as ripe for “overhaul” with several countries “ungovernable.” He also slammed Chancellor Merkel’s political agenda.
Some 300 African refugees currently living behind Hamburg's Bismarck monument reportedly received €500 from the Italian government to leave for Germany. Officials are unsure what to do next, as they have no shelter and no money.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she was angry at paparazzi for taking photos of her and her family on holiday without permission. Shots of her in a swimming costume have sprung up in newspapers in and out of Germany.
The head of Germany's central bank has told Italy to stick to its pledges of budget cuts and economic reforms, warning there was no guarantee of being bailed out.
Germany's leaders said over the weekend they were confident that Italian politicians would act responsibly and continue structural reforms following an inconclusive election last week.
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Germany has failed to mask its unease over Italy's anti-austerity protest vote that has led to political deadlock, with calls for Italians to stay reform-focused and derisory digs in the media.
The Social Democrat who is challenging Chancellor Angela Merkel in this year's election has been snubbed by Italian president who has cancelled a planned meeting after he called two of the candidates in Italian elections "clowns."
Germany's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Italy to continue its policy of reforms after an inconclusive election and stressed that the crisis-hit eurozone member needed to form a stable government as quickly as possible.
Martin Schulz, the German president of the European Parliament once invited to play the role of a Nazi concentration camp guard by Silvio Berlusconi, has warned Italians not to vote for the scandal-dogged former prime minister.
German traffic police stopped a 13-year-old runaway who had driven himself 1,000 kilometres across Europe in his Italian adoptive father's stolen Mercedes, heading towards Poland in a quest to see his biological sister.
Berlin real estate has become hot property for buyers from crisis-hit countries like Greece and Italy, it emerged on Monday. Often paying in cash, overseas clients have become particularly popular among estate agents.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that reforms carried out by Prime Minister Mario Monti had put Italy on a good path, dismissing Silvio Berlusconi's criticism he had been too "German-centric."
Mercedes-Benz presented Pope Benedict XVI with a sleek, ecologically-friendly "Popemobile" on Friday which has been vamped up with the latest gadgets for maximum comfort, the Vatican said.
Germans looking for a holiday home in Italy should make a move now – Italians no longer have the money to snap up good deals, and prices are falling, even in popular regions like southern Tirol.
