Christian Wulff

A German court cleared Christian Wulff on Thursday of corruption charges for accepting about 700 euros in expenses at a beer festival when he was a state premier, ending the country's first post-war trial of a former president.

Germany's president resigned on Friday in a scandal over favors he allegedly received before becoming head of state, and Chancellor Angela Merkel moved quickly to try and head off a domestic political crisis as she grapples with Europe's debt troubles.

Christian Wulff was sworn in as Germany's 10th President on Thursday, two days after he was elected in an embarrassing third round of voting by the electoral college of federal and state parliamentarians.He took the oath of office at a brief ceremony in Bundestag, lower House of German Parliament, in presence of former President Horst Kohler, whose...

A German court cleared Christian Wulff on Thursday of corruption charges for accepting about 700 euros in expenses at a beer festival when he was a state premier, ending the country's first post-war trial of a former president.

Germany's president resigned on Friday in a scandal over favors he allegedly received before becoming head of state, and Chancellor Angela Merkel moved quickly to try and head off a domestic political crisis as she grapples with Europe's debt troubles.

Christian Wulff was sworn in as Germany's 10th President on Thursday, two days after he was elected in an embarrassing third round of voting by the electoral college of federal and state parliamentarians.He took the oath of office at a brief ceremony in Bundestag, lower House of German Parliament, in presence of former President Horst Kohler, whose...