Plans to hold a topless tobogganing competition next month in the east German ski resort of Oberwiesenthal have caused a furore.

Mercedes-Benz is adhering to a high-quality production process with the SLS AMG super-coupe.

Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is one automotive industry executive sceptical about the ability of Dutch niche player Spyker Cars NV to turn around the fortunes of Sweden's Saab.

"I am still in Sobibor 67 years on," the trembling man told Court 101. "I still have nightmares about the place.

France and Germany have warned web users against using all versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer to protect security.

Unseeded American John Isner is the first man to advance through to the final at the Heineken Open in Auckland.

A young German tourist hit and killed by a truck wrote of aggressive Kiwi drivers just a few days before her death.

Size-zero models have been kicked out of fashion features.

A kidnap victim reveals in a new film how her captor shaved her head, forbade her to cry and brutally abused her during eight years in a cellar.

Pete Doherty has been arrested in Germany for allegedly smashing the back window of a car.

Evidence of mass cannibalism in which even children and unborn babies were on the menu has been uncovered in Germany by archaeologists.

Singer Pete Doherty has apologised for offending festival-goers in Germany when he performed a Nazi-era rendition of their national anthem.