The smiling face of Angela Merkel dominated the front pages of the main Italian newspapers on Monday, the day after the German general elections.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces off her Opposition challenger Peer Steinbrueck on Sunday night in their only TV debate before the Sept. 22 general election as polls have been suggesting Merkel will win a third term.
A railway connecting Beijing to Berlin is said to be being built according to Chinese netizens.
The remaining two hostages were freed in the town hall of the southern German city of Ingolstadt as police raided the building after hours of standoff on Monday.
The German government announced a plan on Monday to look into the ties between its secret services and the United States intelligence agencies following mounting pressure as media reported over the weekend that Germany's intelligence services used a spying program of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).