Europe needs a leader, but the only person capable of steering Europe out of the current crisis doesn't want the job - Angela Merkel, the "Slow-Motion" German Chancellor, as the US news magazine Newsweek calls her in a cover story.

Some newspapers have been devastated by giving away their content online for free, according to the Axel Springer publishing company. Now the company is  adopting a new business model and charging for local news.

Tom Cruise’s latest film is to be rewritten after its script was found dumped in a bin in Austria. Some of the scenes were shot in Salzburg. The film also features Cameron Diaz.

A video clip of a dogged Dutch journalist repeatedly asking Chancellor Angela Merkel how she could trust a man who once allegedly forgot about 100,000-mark political donation to be her new finance minister has become an online sensation in Germany.

Germany filed court papers in federal court in New York objecting to Google Inc's  settlement with book authors and publishers, saying it is illegal under both German and wider European law.

Imagine the leading US TV network getting the President's name wrong. That's what happened on Saturday night when public broadcaster ARD accidentally called Germany's head of state Klaus Köhler - his fisrt name is Horst. The printed press relished  in the gaffe.

The Central Council of German Jews supports an annotated publication of Adolf Hitler's 1925 book Mein Kampf, German media reported on Tuesday.

Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, photo, are rumored to be among a host of A-list international celebrities due to attend a gala in a disused nuclear power plant.

Newspaper executives from around the world are meeting in Barcelona to discuss the future of print media. Experts agree that high quality and multimedia elements will ensure the newspaper's survival.

By Sabina Casagrande

The quality newspaper Der Standard increased its reach by 0.5 per cent (5.5), beating its main competitor Die Presse, whose reach decreased by 0.4 per cent (3.8).

US publisher Condé Nast will end production of Vanity Fair in Germany. The publishers blamed the economic crisis. The German edition was launched in 2007.

A cyberlaw professor argues that the online encyclopedia Wikipedia is doomed. Case in point: the bizarre recent news about Germany's new economy minister, whose full name is Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg.

A new weekly has caused something of a stir in Germany. Zeitungszeugen was designed to explore the darkest period in the country's history through contemporary newspapers, including Nazi ones. The first issue focuses on Hitler's rise to power.

British-based newspaper publisher Mecom is selling its German operations to M. DuMont Schauberg for $204 million in cash, to reduce debt which has hammered the company's stock.

A company called Plastic Logic unveiled a lightweight electronic newspaper device this week that can be updated automatically over wireless connections. The device is to be manufactured in Germany.